items tagged with Spacecraft
NASA IBEX to see edge of Solar System
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-02 11:54:39
The NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is scheduled to liftoff on October 19, 2008, for its two-year mission to image the boundary of our solar system with interstellar space.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-02 11:54:39
The NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is scheduled to liftoff on October 19, 2008, for its two-year mission to image the boundary of our solar system with interstellar space.
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MESSENGER spacecraft to slingshot Mercury
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-02 08:21:23
The NASA spacecraft MESSENGER is poised to flyby Mercury again on October 6, 2008. The first flyby, on January 14th of this year, was a humdinger, and the second one is expected to be even better as the spacecraft prepares to gravitationally slingshot itself into an orbit about the planet in 2011.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-02 08:21:23
The NASA spacecraft MESSENGER is poised to flyby Mercury again on October 6, 2008. The first flyby, on January 14th of this year, was a humdinger, and the second one is expected to be even better as the spacecraft prepares to gravitationally slingshot itself into an orbit about the planet in 2011.
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Jules Verne ATV completes mission with fiery re-entry
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-29 17:03:01
Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), has completed its mission with a controlled destructive re-entry over the South Pacific.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-29 17:03:01
Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), has completed its mission with a controlled destructive re-entry over the South Pacific.
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Chinese walk in space
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-27 09:43:08
The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, September 27, 2008, that China conducted its first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) beginning at 4:43 p.m. Beijing, China time (0843 UTC). The spacewalk is the first one conducted by China.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-27 09:43:08
The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, September 27, 2008, that China conducted its first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) beginning at 4:43 p.m. Beijing, China time (0843 UTC). The spacewalk is the first one conducted by China.
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China launches Shenzhou VII for first spacewalk mission
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-25 08:58:57
China announced on Thursday, September 25, 2008, that its third manned spacecraft was launched at 9:10 p.m. local time from its Jiuguan Satellite Launch Center.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-25 08:58:57
China announced on Thursday, September 25, 2008, that its third manned spacecraft was launched at 9:10 p.m. local time from its Jiuguan Satellite Launch Center.
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Solar wind dropping, says ESA
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-23 22:46:48
The solar wind emanating from the Sun has fallen to the lowest level observed since accurate readings have been made.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-23 22:46:48
The solar wind emanating from the Sun has fallen to the lowest level observed since accurate readings have been made.
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NASA to go to Mars with MAVEN robotic spacecraft
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-15 18:27:01
NASA announced on September 15, 2008, that it will send the unmanned Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft to find out why the planet lost most of its atmosphere billions of years ago.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-15 18:27:01
NASA announced on September 15, 2008, that it will send the unmanned Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft to find out why the planet lost most of its atmosphere billions of years ago.
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Astronauts at Space Station don't like Hurricane Ike
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-13 10:22:02
Russia launched a Progress cargo ship to the International Space Station on September 10, 2008, but NASA had to close down Mission Control in Houston due to the hurricane hitting its Johnson Space Center. So, what happens now?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-13 10:22:02
Russia launched a Progress cargo ship to the International Space Station on September 10, 2008, but NASA had to close down Mission Control in Houston due to the hurricane hitting its Johnson Space Center. So, what happens now?
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August 20: First space pets come home and Voyager 2 launched
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-08-20 11:55:47
Did you know? … That on August 20, 1960, the U.S.S.R. returned—for the first time—two live dogs from space and that, on August 20, 1977, the U.S. launched the NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft, which is still providing important data over thirty years later while racing toward the edge of the solar system.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-08-20 11:55:47
Did you know? … That on August 20, 1960, the U.S.S.R. returned—for the first time—two live dogs from space and that, on August 20, 1977, the U.S. launched the NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft, which is still providing important data over thirty years later while racing toward the edge of the solar system.
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Launch of moon-exploring LRO delayed by military spaceplane
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-18 09:06:48
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), the first mission for NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration, will be delayed from December 2008 to February 2009 after its launch date is switched with an Air Force reusable unmanned experimental spaceplane.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-18 09:06:48
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), the first mission for NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration, will be delayed from December 2008 to February 2009 after its launch date is switched with an Air Force reusable unmanned experimental spaceplane.
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With Einstein's ok: Star Trek-type spacecraft can travel at warp speeds
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-14 10:44:19
American physicists Gerald Cleaver and Richard Obousy are proposing a “hypothetical propulsion device” that could travel faster than the speed of light without violating any laws of physics. However, we’ll have to ask Scotty for enormous amounts of dilithium crystals!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-14 10:44:19
American physicists Gerald Cleaver and Richard Obousy are proposing a “hypothetical propulsion device” that could travel faster than the speed of light without violating any laws of physics. However, we’ll have to ask Scotty for enormous amounts of dilithium crystals!
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SpaceX doesn’t mark the spot for NASA’s NanoSail-D spacecraft
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-13 11:32:47
The NASA NanoSail-D solar-powered spacecraft will not get a chance to test its four solar sails because, on August 2, 2008, the first and second stages of its launch vehicle, Falcon 1, failed to separate, and the payload did not achieve Earth orbit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-13 11:32:47
The NASA NanoSail-D solar-powered spacecraft will not get a chance to test its four solar sails because, on August 2, 2008, the first and second stages of its launch vehicle, Falcon 1, failed to separate, and the payload did not achieve Earth orbit.
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Musk's SpaceX Falcon rocket fails again
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-04 16:57:01
The third launch of the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 1 rocket failed to reach orbit after the first stage failed to separate. "It was obviously a big disappointment not to reach orbit," said company founder Elon Musk.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-04 16:57:01
The third launch of the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 1 rocket failed to reach orbit after the first stage failed to separate. "It was obviously a big disappointment not to reach orbit," said company founder Elon Musk.
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FAA official says space tourism risky, Virgin Galactic prez says not so
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-02 10:28:48
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned at the end of July 2008 that civil companies, such as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, who are pioneering the first sub-orbital flights as part of the fledgling space tourism industry have extraordinary risks in their endeavors. Virgin Galactic says it will be thousands of times safer than any previous human spaceflights.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-02 10:28:48
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned at the end of July 2008 that civil companies, such as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, who are pioneering the first sub-orbital flights as part of the fledgling space tourism industry have extraordinary risks in their endeavors. Virgin Galactic says it will be thousands of times safer than any previous human spaceflights.
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Spacecraft Jason 2 completes first surface maps of Earth’s oceans
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-31 12:51:55
According to the 7.30.2008 NASA news release, “Ocean surface topography mission/Jason 2 begins mapping oceans,” the internationally sponsored Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) featuring the Jason 2 oceanography satellite is well on its way to completing its mission of monitoring and analyzing global climate change.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-31 12:51:55
According to the 7.30.2008 NASA news release, “Ocean surface topography mission/Jason 2 begins mapping oceans,” the internationally sponsored Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) featuring the Jason 2 oceanography satellite is well on its way to completing its mission of monitoring and analyzing global climate change.
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Virgin Galactic shows off mothership “EVE”
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-28 09:47:55
On Monday, July 28, 2008, Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan unveiled for the first time their new WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft that will transport everyday space travelers inside SpaceShipTwo on suborbital space flights.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-28 09:47:55
On Monday, July 28, 2008, Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan unveiled for the first time their new WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft that will transport everyday space travelers inside SpaceShipTwo on suborbital space flights.
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NASA determines what puts the "dance" into Northern Lights
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-24 15:44:28
According to the July 24, 2008 news release, NASA confirms that the THEMIS spacecraft have found that stressed out magnetic field lines are causing the colorful lights shows of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) here on Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-24 15:44:28
According to the July 24, 2008 news release, NASA confirms that the THEMIS spacecraft have found that stressed out magnetic field lines are causing the colorful lights shows of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) here on Earth.
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NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft finds lopsided shape of solar system
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-05 10:06:29
Voyager 2 is flying near the edge of the solar system. It has sent back important data to NASA showing that the heliosphere (the volume of highly charged particles blown out in all directions from the Sun) is lopsided.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-05 10:06:29
Voyager 2 is flying near the edge of the solar system. It has sent back important data to NASA showing that the heliosphere (the volume of highly charged particles blown out in all directions from the Sun) is lopsided.
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Ulysses ends magnificent mission for NASA
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-12 16:54:20
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported on Thursday, June 12, 2008, that its Ulysses spacecraft will end its mission and cease functioning within the next several weeks.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-12 16:54:20
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported on Thursday, June 12, 2008, that its Ulysses spacecraft will end its mission and cease functioning within the next several weeks.
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