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Next ESA Astronaut Ready For Launch As Soyuz Rolls OutBaikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Dec 20, 2011 The Christmas season has brought the gift of a Soyuz launcher for the PromISSe mission. ESA's Andre Kuipers and his crewmates are running their final simulations and preparing to board the rocket on Wednesday to head towards the International Space Station. The weather at the Baikonur Cosmodrome was a crisp 24 degrees C below zero and the cloudless sky above the Kazakh Steppe was a deep blue. Respecting traditions, the rocket and its precious spacecraft on top was rolled out this morning at 07:00 ... read more |
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  SSTL tests TechDemoSat-1 plasma population payload Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has completed another milestone in the UK's technology demonstration satellite TechDemoSat-1 with the successful testing of the engineering model of the first ... more | .. |
  RXTE Detects Heartbeat of Smallest Black Hole Candidate An international team of astronomers has identified a candidate for the smallest-known black hole using data from NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). The evidence comes from a specific type o ... more | .. |
  As Soyuz Rolls ISS Crew Work On Science The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft that will carry new Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko, Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers into space rolled out to the launch pad Monday at Baikonur Cosmodrome in ... more | .. |
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  Mankind faces long road in space exploration After the retirement of the U.S. space shuttle fleet, the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station (ISS) is by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft until at least 2015. However, as one ... more | .. |
  New Insight into the centre of the Milky Way It sounds like the start of a bad joke: do you know about the bar in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy? Astronomers first recognized almost 80 years ago that the Milky Way Galaxy, around which the ... more | .. |
  Six more Globalstars Ready for launch on a Soyuz from Baikonur The next cluster of second-generation Globalstar satellites to be orbited by Arianespace is ready for launch on a Soyuz vehicle that will lift off next week from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ... more | .. |
 Goddard Scientists Selected as Participating Scientists in Mars Lab and Cassini Missions Five scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. have been selected as Participating Scientists in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and Cassini missions. The new MSL Parti ... more |
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 Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies are bright star clusters Astronomy and Astrophysics is publishing the results of a detailed investigation of how many 'ultra-compact dwarf galaxies' (UCDs) can be found in nearby galaxy clusters. UCDs were recognized as a p ... more | .. |
 First low-mass star detected in globular cluster Even the most powerful high-tech telescopes are barely able to record remote low-mass and thus faint stars. Together with researchers from Poland and Chile, an astrophysicist from the University of ... more | .. |
 Supernova Caught in the Act On August 24, 2011, astronomers discovered a nearby Type Ia supernova - the earliest detection ever - with help from a machine-based real-time classification system. The early detection and close pr ... more | .. |
  Seeking a Pot of Geological Gold Mass extinctions are a relatively common theme in the history and evolution of life on Earth,the most famous of which is the extinction of the dinosaurs. A plethora of research has been conducted to ... more |
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 Nigeria launches satellite to replace earlier failed attempt Nigeria on Monday launched a communications satellite into space to replace one that failed in 2008, the country's satellite agency said. ... more | .. |
  Africa pitches new promised land for astronomers Africa, the birthplace of the human species, has long been a magnet for archaeologists. ... more | .. |
  China celebrates success of space docking mission China held a rally on Friday to celebrate the success of the country's first space docking mission between the target orbiter Tiangong-1 and the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft. President Hu Jintao, als ... more | .. |
 NASA Reaffirms Agency Scientific Integrity Policy NASA has reaffirmed its commitment to science with the release of a new framework on scientific integrity. The framework summarizes the agency's policies and practices that strengthen and uphold sci ... more |
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Study reveals how rising temperatures could lead to population crashes
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  NASA Takes Next Step In Developing Commercial Crew Program NASA has announced a modified competitive procurement strategy to keep on track the agency's plan to have U.S. companies transport American astronauts into space instead of outsourcing this work to ... more | .. |
 Industry Leaders Discuss New Booster Development for Space Launch System On Dec. 15, more than 120 aerospace industry leaders from more than 70 companies attended the Space Launch System's Advanced Booster Industry Day held at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ... more | .. |
 Fear Not A Supernova 2012 Given the incredible amounts of energy in a supernova explosion - as much as the Sun creates during its entire lifetime - another erroneous doomsday theory is that such an explosion could happen in ... more | .. |
  Meteorite Shock Waves Trigger Dust Avalanches on Mars When a meteorite careens toward the dusty surface of the Red Planet, it kicks up dust and can cause avalanching even before the rock from outer space hits the ground, a research team led by an under ... more |
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 Acra Control Proven in Low Earth Orbit Acra Control is proud to support Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) as they work to become the first commercial company in history to berth with the International Space Station (ISS). In ... more | .. |
  Comet Lovejoy Plunges into the Sun and Survives This morning, an armada of spacecraft witnessed something that many experts thought impossible. Comet Lovejoy flew through the hot atmosphere of the sun and emerged intact. "It's absolutely as ... more | .. |
 AsiaSat and THAICOM Sign Cooperation Agreement Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Thaicom Public Company Limited (THAICOM), have announced the signing of a cooperation agreement to provide satellite services from the ... more | .. |
 Vega moves closer to its first liftoff The integration of Vega's first, second and third stages is now complete at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The new rocket is moving full speed ahead towards its maiden flight at the end of Jan ... more |
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 Opportunity at One of its Two Winter Spots Opportunity is positioned at one of the candidate sites for winter, on the north end of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. There are two candidate sites for winter havens that indicate suff ... more | .. |
 Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars A team of scientists from Oregon has collected microbes from ice within a lava tube in the Cascade Mountains and found that they thrive in cold, Mars-like conditions. The microbes tolerate tem ... more | .. |
Tiangong-1 orbiter starts planned cabin checks against toxic gas The Chinese prototype space lab Tiangong-1 on Thursday started regular checks for toxic gas inside the cabin to better prepare for the country's future manned space docking mission. The Tiango ... more | .. |
 Hubble Images Help Pin Down ID of Supernova Companion In August, as amateurs and professionals alike turned their telescopes on the nearest Type Ia supernova discovered in decades, University of California, Berkeley, research astronomer Weidong Li focu ... more |
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 Arianespace Completes 2011 Launch Manifest With Successful Soyuz Campaign Arianespace confirmed Soyuz' mission flexibility in operations from the Spaceport with tonight's successful launch that placed six satellite passengers into Sun-synchronous orbit. Departing pr ... more | .. |
 NASA Announces: Dragon To The Space Station December 8 2011, marked the one year anniversary of Dragon's first Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight. The flight made history as SpaceX became the only commercia ... more | .. |
 Soyuz is cleared for its second Arianespace launch from the Spaceport Arianespace's no. 2 Soyuz mission from French Guiana has been given the launch go-ahead, moving preparations into their final phase for a nighttime liftoff tomorrow with six satellite passengers. ... more | .. |
 NASA to change private spacecraft plans NASA says planned changes in the next stage of a program to develop privately operated U.S. spacecraft will give it more flexibility amid funding uncertainties. ... more |
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