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Dragon Expected to Set Historic CourseCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Apr 12, 2012 The upcoming launch of a SpaceX spacecraft and rocket on a demonstration flight to the International Space Station is expected to cross a key milestone on the path to operational, commercial missions. "It's almost like the lead-up to Apollo, in my mind," said Mike Horkachuck, NASA's project executive for SpaceX. "You had Mercury then you had Gemini and eventually you had Apollo. This would be similar in the sense that, we're not going to the moon or anything as spectacular as that, but we are in t ... read more |
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  Herschel Spots Comet Massacre Around Nearby Star ESA's Herschel Space Observatory has studied the dusty belt around the nearby star Fomalhaut. The dust appears to be coming from collisions that destroy up to thousands of icy comets every day. Foma ... more | .. |
  Learn to dock ATV the astronaut way Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? ESA is making actual astronaut training available on your computer and tablet, so you can see for yourself. ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle ... more | .. |
  Russia sets space science priorities: Astrophysics, plasma research and planetary missions On Cosmonautics Day Eve Russian scientists revealed their plans for the next years. While planetary exploration program is currently under discussion, there are other missions to be launched in near ... more | .. |
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  Could "advanced" dinosaurs rule other planets New scientific research raises the possibility that advanced versions of T. rex and other dinosaurs - monstrous creatures with the intelligence and cunning of humans - may be the life forms that evo ... more | .. |
  United Launch Alliance Announces New Human Launch Services Organization United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced the formation of a new organization that will focus exclusively on NASA's human spaceflight programs. ULA's Human Launch Services organization will b ... more | .. |
  Russia postpones Luna-Glob moon mission Russia's Luna-Glob moon mission will see its first moon landing in 2015, a year later than originally planned, the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences said Tuesday. "We ... more | .. |
  Study On Extrasolar Planet Orbits Suggests That Solar System Structure Is The Norm Recently, the HARPS spectrograph and the Kepler satellite made a census of the planetary population around stars like our own, revealing a bounty of planetary systems. A follow-up study lead by memb ... more |
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China says to hike defence spending by 7.2% this year
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  A Spiral Galaxy in Hydra This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 4980, a spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Hydra. The shape of NGC 4980 appears slightly deformed, something which is often ... more | .. |
 Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) The Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) is the first onboard mechanically cooled superconducting mixer and high-resolution system for measuring atmospheric minor consti ... more | .. |
  Venus Invades the Pleiades This week the second planet from the sun will pass directly in front of the Pleiades star cluster. It's a rare sunset conjunction that's easy to find with the unaided eye, but best seen through bino ... more | .. |
  Watching space weather through the MAGIC of CubeSat CINEMA A trio of CubeSats that will study the effects of space weather on the Earth's radiation belts and magnetic field are being prepared for launch. TRIO-CINEMA is a collaboration between UC Berkeley, K ... more |
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  U.K. skywatchers bemoan light pollution Light pollution of night skies over Britain meant half the star-gazers who joined a recent star count had trouble seeing even bright stars, organizers said. ... more | .. |
  Russian AA, ABM systems - alternative for India India's army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh said in March that the Indian army had been rendered inefficient, slamming the defense ministry for corruption, which can help Russia get its foot in the ... more | .. |
 Russia waiting for S-500 air defense system The S-500, a new generation surface-to-air missile system, is to enter the Russian Air Defense arsenal in 2015. At present, the Russian Air Forces are outfitted with the S-400 and S-300V4 complexes, ... more | .. |
  N. Korea rocket launch grows imminent despite anger North Korea on Tuesday put the finishing touches to its latest rocket ahead of a politically charged launch that will defy a swelling chorus of international concern including in China and Russia. ... more |
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Tree planting remains the most effective carbon removal strategy despite climate and economic uncertainties
FARMing with Data OpenET Introduces FARMS Tool to Aid Water Management
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  New 'rocket' can go to moon on 100 cc fuel A lightweight satellite thruster can go to the Moon on just 100 ml of fuel, slashing cost of space missions. The mini motor uses electricity to expel ions and generate thrust, built to manoeuvre spa ... more | .. |
  SDO and STEREO Spot Something New On the Sun One day in the fall of 2011, Neil Sheeley, a solar scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., did what he always does - look through the daily images of the sun from NASA's Sola ... more | .. |
  Big boost for UK space technology industry The Government is to grant nearly 6 million pound to co-fund major new British research that will develop commercial products and services using space technology and data from space-based systems. ... more | .. |
  NASA to Fly Deep Space Atomic Clock to Improve Navigation Technology When people think of space technologies, many think of high-tech solar panels, complex and powerful propulsion systems or sophisticated, electronic guidance systems. Another critical piece of spacef ... more |
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  Dark Heart of a Cosmic Collision Infrared and X-ray observations from two space telescopes have been combined to create a unique look at violent events within the giant galaxy Centaurus A. The observations strengthen the view that ... more | .. |
 First Spacecraft Flight Recorder for NASA's JWST Delivered to Northrop Grumman The solid-state electronics unit that will capture the James Webb Space Telescope's science and engineering data has been completed and delivered to Northrop Grumman by its teammate SEAKR Engineerin ... more | .. |
 Private Lunar mission and the future of space tourism Teams from America, Europe and Asia compete for the Google Lunar X-Prize. At stake are $30 mln. The aim is to send privately funded mission to the Moon, to land a robot on its surface able to travel ... more | .. |
  ITT Exelis delivers imaging system for next-generation, high-resolution GeoEye-2 satellite ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems has delivered GeoEye's next-generation commercial imaging system for the GeoEye-2 satellite to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Sunnyvale, Calif. When operation ... more |
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  NASA Selects Loral Platform to Help Enable Next Era of Space Communications Space Systems/Loral is teaming with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to host a laser communications relay demonstration (LCRD) on a commercial satellite to be launched in 2016. NASA 's Space Techn ... more | .. |
 When Stellar Metallicity Sparks Planet Formation In new research, scientists have attempted to determine the precise conditions necessary for planets to form in a star system. Jarrett Johnson and Hui Li of Los Alamos National Laboratory assert tha ... more | .. |
 Open access to science research debated One of the world's largest research charities, Britain's Wellcome Trust, says it will support efforts by scientists to make their work freely available for all. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea set to install satellite on rocket: official North Korea is set to complete the assembly of its latest rocket by installing the satellite payload later Tuesday, a senior space official said. ... more |
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 N.Korea rocket launch could prompt UN talks: US The US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said Monday that if North Korea goes ahead with a planned rocket launch, the UN Security Council will likely convene to discuss the issue. ... more | .. |
  Mars Express - Pit chains on the Tharsis volcanic bulge In the Tharsis volcanic region, almost the size of Europe, the Martian highlands have arched up into a shield several thousand metres in height as a consequence of volcanic processes. Quite a few un ... more | .. |
 Space Debris Remediation - Who Are We Kidding? Over the past few years we have endured idea after idea on how to remove space debris. The list is almost endless. There is the ground-based high energy laser that will zap trash right out of space. ... more | .. |
 Russia to shift space launches to Plesetsk, Vostochny The number of space launches from Russia-based space ports Plesetsk and Vostochny must rise from 25% to 90% by 2020. This ambitious goal was laid down in the state space development project pr ... more |
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