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Space Adventures Signs Three Seat Soyuz Deal For 2013 ManifestVienna, VA (SPX) Jan 13, 2011 Space Adventures has reached an agreement with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA) and Rocket Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) to commercially offer three seats on the Soyuz spacecraft bound for the International Space Station (ISS), beginning in 2013. These seats will be made available through the increase of Soyuz production, from four to five spacecraft per year. Each flight will be short duration, approximately 10 days, and will contribute to the increase of launch ... read more |
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Moon becomes little more out of reach for NASA's VIPER rover
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  Cosmology Standard Candle Not So Standard After All Astronomers have turned up the first direct proof that "standard candles" used to illuminate the size of the universe, termed Cepheids, shrink in mass, making them not quite as standard as once thou ... more | .. |
  Extreme Endurance UAV Achieves Historic First Hydrogen-Powered Flight AeroVironment, Inc. reports that the Global Observer unmanned aircraft system has successfully completed its historic first flight powered by the aircraft's hydrogen-fueled propulsion system at Edwa ... more | .. |
  International Space Station and Mars Conference at George Washington University Explore Mars, Inc. is pleased to announce a two-day conference called "The International Space Station and Mars" (ISSMars-DC). This conference will take place on April 6-7, 2011 at the Jack Morton A ... more | .. |
 Planck Mission Peels Back Layers Of The Universe The Planck mission released a new data catalogue Tuesday from initial maps of the entire sky. The catalogue includes thousands of never-before-seen dusty cocoons where stars are forming, and some of ... more |
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  NASA Radar Reveals Features on Asteroid Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in the California desert on Dec. 11 and 12, 2010, revealed defining characteristics of recently discovered asteroid 2010 JL33. The images h ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Scalable SIRU Selected As Inertial Reference Unit For Boeing Satellites Northrop Grumman reports that its Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU) has been selected as the inertial reference unit of choice for Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems satellit ... more | .. |
 Deal expands commercial travel to ISS A U.S. company, Space Adventures, says it struck a deal to offer tourists a chance to go to the International Space Station. ... more | .. |
 Fujitsu unveils 'world's first' glasses-free 3D PC Japanese IT services giant Fujitsu on Wednesday unveiled what it calls the world's first desktop computer with a display that enables users to see 3D images without needing special glasses. ... more |
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  NASA aims to launch Discovery Feb 24 NASA said Tuesday it will aim to launch the space shuttle Discovery on February 24, after engineers found a way to shore up cracks on the external fuel tank that have delayed its final liftoff. ... more | .. |
  Russia to spend $3.8B on space program The Russian government will spend $3.8 billion on its national space program in 2011, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Planck space probe serves up cosmic feast Astronomers exulted on Tuesday at the first results from Europe's billion-dollar Planck space telescope, designed to probe the microwave secrets of the "Big Bang" 14 billion years ago. ... more | .. |
 Google launches global kids science fair Google on Tuesday launched its first ever global science fair for young people aged 13 to 18, with the grand prize being a trip to the Galapagos Islands and a 50,000-dollar scholarship. ... more |
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  Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet NASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system. ... more | .. |
  In Distant Galaxies, New Clues To Century-Old Molecule Mystery In a study that pushes the limits of observations currently possible from Earth, a team of NASA and European scientists recorded the "fingerprints" of mystery molecules in two distant galaxies, Andr ... more | .. |
 NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter Into Space Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before. Scientists think the antimatter ... more | .. |
  Under Pressure: Stormy Weather Sensor For Hurricane Forecasting It's hard to believe that, in this day and age, we don't have a way to measure sea-level air pressure during hurricanes. NASA researchers, however, are working on a system that will improve forecast ... more |
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  Hubble Snaps Image Of Space Oddity In this image by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, an unusual, ghostly green blob of gas appears to float near a normal-looking spiral galaxy. The bizarre object, dubbed Hanny's Voorwerp (Hanny's ... more | .. |
  RaySat And FUNTORO Offer LIVE Infotainment Systems To Mass Transportation Market RaySat and FUNTORO announce their global cooperation to promote and distribute their complementary products for LIVE satellite infotainment systems on buses, trains and ferries. This cooperation wil ... more | .. |
 Ex-NASA worker charged military tech sale to SKorea An American who worked for NASA was charged with illegally shipping infrared military technology to South Korea, the Department of Justice announced Monday. ... more | .. |
 JWST Makes Significant Progress In 2010 Highlighted by the completion of its most important milestone to date, Mission Critical Design Review, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope made significant progress throughout 2010. Northrop Grumman C ... more |
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  "Me-Too-Ism" Is Alive, But Not Well What is "me-too-ism?" It is a malady that afflicts much of the space industry. It is a cultural phenomenon that keeps people and organizations doing what they have done over-and-over again. It ... more | .. |
  New Insights Into Sun's Photosphere NJIT Distinguished Professor Philip R. Goode and the research team at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) have reported new insights into the small-scale dynamics of the Sun's photosphere. The o ... more | .. |
  Cassini To Probe Rhea For Clues To Saturn Rings Saturn's icy moon Rhea might seem a strange place to look for clues to understanding the vast majestic rings encircling Saturn. But that's what NASA's Cassini spacecraft plans to do on its next flyb ... more | .. |
  China schools issue GPS phones to boost safety Schools in Beijing are giving GPS-equipped mobile phones to students, as China seeks to tackle the twin problems of missing children and campus violence, state press said Monday. ... more |
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