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50 years ago: Luna 1 escapes Earth’s gravity
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-02 12:05:25
Fifty years ago, on January 2, 1959, Luna 1 started its mission to become the first ever human-made object to exceed the escape velocity of the Earth. The pioneering flight helped to secure further Russian history, with its historic 1961 space flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-02 12:05:25
Fifty years ago, on January 2, 1959, Luna 1 started its mission to become the first ever human-made object to exceed the escape velocity of the Earth. The pioneering flight helped to secure further Russian history, with its historic 1961 space flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space.
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NASA furthers space commercialization with OSC, SpaceX
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-24 11:27:02
NASA announced on Tuesday, December 23, 2008, that it has awarded two contacts for twenty commercial flights to re-supply cargo to the International Space Station. NASA is preparing for the future of the U.S. space program with the help of the private space sector.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-24 11:27:02
NASA announced on Tuesday, December 23, 2008, that it has awarded two contacts for twenty commercial flights to re-supply cargo to the International Space Station. NASA is preparing for the future of the U.S. space program with the help of the private space sector.
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Mars webcam goes dark
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-08 22:12:21
Mars has moved behind the Sun (from an Earthbound perspective), so the webcam aboard the Mars Express space probe has been shut down until the northern spring.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-08 22:12:21
Mars has moved behind the Sun (from an Earthbound perspective), so the webcam aboard the Mars Express space probe has been shut down until the northern spring.
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ESA agrees to spend US$12.8 billion on future space missions
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-29 08:30:35
Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) agreed to spend euro 10 billion (US$12.8 billion) for a series of thirty space missions, including a robotic Martian rover, experiments onboard the International Space Station, and a network of climate satellites.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-29 08:30:35
Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) agreed to spend euro 10 billion (US$12.8 billion) for a series of thirty space missions, including a robotic Martian rover, experiments onboard the International Space Station, and a network of climate satellites.
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NASA's five-year mission to Jupiter proceeds
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-25 18:54:08
US space agency NASA has announced it is "officially moving forward" on Juno, an "extremely energy efficient" mission to put a spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-25 18:54:08
US space agency NASA has announced it is "officially moving forward" on Juno, an "extremely energy efficient" mission to put a spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet.
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