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Shenzhou 9 to be ready for mid-June launch?London, UK (SPX) May 16, 2012 China seems poised to launch three astronauts into space, in the middle of June, onboard Shenzhou 9, the country's fourth, and most ambitious manned spaceflight. Shenzhou 9 is scheduled to rendezvous and complete a manual docking with the orbiting Tiangong 1 module, and will stay in orbit for 13 days, more than doubling China's current endurance record. The Long March 2F rocket was delivered to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on 9th May, and it is now being checked and assembled for flig ... read more |
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  Japan enters commercial space race Japan will put a commercial satellite into space on Friday, officials said, in its first foray into the European- and Russian-dominated world of contract launches. ... more | .. |
  German Astronomers Finish Europe's Largest Solar Telescope On Tenerife After ten years of development, the new German solar telescope GREGOR will start operating at the Spanish Observatorio del Teide of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias on Tenerife. It is the la ... more | .. |
  Ariane 5 ECA rocket orbits JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2 Mission accomplished On Tuesday, May 15, Arianespace successfully launched a direct broadcast and a communications satellite: JCSAT-13 for Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and VINASAT-2 for the operator Vi ... more | .. |
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  Watching an electron being born A strong laser beam can remove an electron from an atom - a process which takes place almost instantly. At the Vienna University of Technology, this phenomenon could now be studied with a time resol ... more | .. |
  New Space Station Crew in Orbit Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Tuesday have begun a two-day flight to the International Spac ... more | .. |
  Solar Eclipse this Weekend Something strange is about to happen to the shadows beneath your feet. On Sunday, May 20th, the Moon will pass in front of the sun, transforming sunbeams across the Pacific side of Earth into fat cr ... more | .. |
  JPL Invites all Earthlings to Annual Open House NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to its annual Open House on Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, themed "Great Journeys," wi ... more |
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Trump orders 'pause' on military aid to Ukraine, White House officials say
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  Space Systems Loral Provides High Capacity Broadband Satellite to Hughes Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that the EchoStar XVII satellite, designed and built for Hughes Network Systems has arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will ... more | .. |
  NASA trains astronauts to land on asteroid NASA wants humans to make contact with an asteroid up to three million miles away by the end of the next decade, something far beyond the scope of Earth-Moon space flight in 1969. Travelling a ... more | .. |
  Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow A fleet of 100 floating robots took a trip down the Sacramento River in a field test organized by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley. The smartphone-equipped floating robots demonst ... more | .. |
  Russia Does Not Rule Out Preemptive Missile Defense Strike Russia does not exclude preemptive use of weapons against [NATO] missile defense systems in Europe but only as a last resort, the Russian General Staff said on Thursday at a missile defense conferen ... more |
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  American Hypersonic Weapons Are Threat To Russia Says Rogozin American research into hypersonic weapons, which the U.S. aims to complete by 2015, represents an especially serious threat to Russia, acting Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Hitting the wrong target with missile-interceptor The US has carried out regular tests of the NATO missile defense system for Europe in anticipation of the NATO summit in Chicago scheduled fo ... more | .. |
  Russia Repeats Iskander Deployment Threat Moscow reiterated on Tuesday it may deploy Iskander theater ballistic missiles in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad that will be capable of effectively engaging elements of the U.S. missile defense ... more | .. |
NATO chief determined to move ahead with missile shield NATO's chief on Monday expressed the Western alliance's determination to move ahead with building an operational missile defense system, following what he called its first successful comprehensive test. ... more |
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Rare tropical cyclone swirls off eastern Australia
Hundreds evacuated as torrential rains flood Indonesia capital
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  Iran to launch observation satellite on nuclear talks day Iran will launch next week an experimental observation satellite, on the day of talks with world powers over its controversial nuclear programme, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday. ... more | .. |
  F-35 costs have US partners worried Countries backing the Pentagon's new F-35 fighter jet are anxious about the program's spiraling costs and incessant delays, with some postponing or cutting investments as they wait to see if the aircraft lives up to its promise. ... more | .. |
 Ariane rocket launches two Asian satellites An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched two Asian telecoms satellites into orbit from the Kourou space centre in French Guiana on Tuesday, European operator Arianespace announced. ... more | .. |
 China, Japan, US to witness 'ring' solar eclipse At sunrise in some parts of China and Japan and by sunset in the western United States, a partial solar eclipse is set to slink across a narrow swath of the Earth on May 20 and 21. ... more |
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  Cosmic dust rings no guarantee of planets Dust rings around distant stars, considered by many as "smoking gun" evidence of orbiting planets, can form on their own, U.S. research suggests. ... more | .. |
 North Korea stops jamming South's GPS: official North Korea has stopped transmitting signals which jammed the GPS systems of hundreds of civilian aircraft and ships in South Korea for two weeks, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Solar Eclipse to Sweep North America on Sunday, May 20th People with clear skies across most of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico will experience a partial eclipse of the Sun late this Sunday afternoon (May 20, 2012). Only those near the Eastern Seaboard will ... more | .. |
 Oslo-physicists use 20 new satellites to forecast space weather The northern lights interfere with radio communications, GPS navigation and satellite communications. Researchers are now going to launch 20 satellites containing world class instruments from the Un ... more |
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  Marshall Completes Wind Tunnel Testing For Dream Chaser Space System NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., successfully completed wind tunnel testing for Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo. The test will provide aerodynamic ... more | .. |
 Amateur astronomers boost ESA's asteroid hunt A partnership with the UK's Faulkes Telescope Project promises to boost the Agency's space hazards research while helping students to discover potentially dangerous space rocks. ESA's Space Situatio ... more | .. |
 Refurbishment on Grand Scale for Iconic VAB The Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been a landmark to the technological advancements of sending men to the moon and astronauts into space for more than 45 ye ... more | .. |
 Three astronauts blast off for ISS on Russian rocket Two Russians and an American on Tuesday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Soyuz FG rocket from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ... more |
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 Russia launches astronauts after 5-month break Two Russians and an American on Tuesday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Soyuz rocket in Russia's first manned space launch for almost five months. ... more | .. |
 Nigeria to commercialize satellite services: official The newly-launched earth observation satellite, NigeriaSat-2, is now set for commercial activities, a top government official has said. Director-general of the National Space Research and Deve ... more | .. |
 In search of new 'Earths' beyond our Solar System Light coming from an exoplanet only eight times larger than the Earth was observed with the help of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. With the advent of new space and Earth-based devices, the st ... more | .. |
 China confirms plans to build own orbital station Chinese space officials have confirmed plans to build a 60-ton space station by 2020 and develop a space freighter for hauling supplies to the station, the China Daily newspaper said on Tuesday. ... more |
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