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![]() Washington (AFP) Aug 25, 2012 Famed US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon, has died following complications from cardiovascular surgery, his family said Saturday. He was 82. Armstrong underwent cardiac bypass surgery earlier this month after doctors found blockages in his coronary arteries. Praising Armstrong as a "reluctant American hero," his family said they were heartbroken and in a heartfelt tribute noted that the space pioneer had "served his nation proudly, as a navy fighter pilot, test ... read more |
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![]() Neil Armstrong: First man on the moon With one small step off a ladder, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, making him the most lauded American of the Cold War space race. ... more | .. |
![]() Obama hails 'great American hero' Neil Armstrong A "deeply saddened" President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed late US space pioneer Neil Armstrong as one of the nation's greatest ever heroes, for having inspired a generation to reach for the stars. ... more | .. |
![]() NASA Administrator Announces New Commercial Crew And Cargo Milestones NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Thursday new milestones in the nation's commercial space initiatives from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The latest advances made by NASA's ... more | .. | ||
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![]() The Webb Telescope's 'Golden Spider' What looks like a giant golden spider weaving a web of cables and cords, is actually ground support equipment, including the Optical Telescope Simulator (OSIM), for the James Webb Space Telescope. O ... more | .. |
![]() Russian astronauts launch microsatellite Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Yuri Malenchenko, working in open space, have successfully launched the microsatellite Sphere. During their spacewalk, Padalka and Malenchenko are also installing addi ... more | .. |
![]() XCOR Aerospace to Establish Operations and Manufacturing Base in Florida XCOR Aerospace announced its intent to establish an East Coast U.S. operational base in Florida and as market demand dictates, establish a manufacturing and assembly center for XCOR Lynx Mark II sub ... more | .. |
![]() South Africa to launch mini satellite A mini satellite weighing 1.2 kilograms will be launched from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in November to collect information about space weather, it was learned on Wednesday. ... more |
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![]() Supernovae of the same brightness, cut from vastly different cosmic cloth Exploding stars called Type 1a supernova are ideal for measuring cosmic distance because they are bright enough to spot across the Universe and have relatively the same luminosity everywhere. Althou ... more | .. |
![]() Spacetime: A Smoother Brew Than We Knew Spacetime may be less like beer and more like sipping whiskey. Or so an intergalactic photo finish would suggest. Physicist Robert Nemiroff of Michigan Technological University reached this he ... more | .. |
![]() Research and Technology Studies 2012 This week, NASA's Research And Technology Studies (RATS) team will convene at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) to begin their 15th mission. In the past, RATS missions have been conducted in remote des ... more | .. |
![]() Halo of neutrinos alters physics of exploding stars Sparse halos of neutrinos within the hearts of exploding stars exert a previously unrecognized influence on the physics of the explosion and may alter which elements can be forged by these violent e ... more |
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![]() The Milky Way now has a twin or two Research presented at the International Astronomical Union General Assembly in Beijing has found the first group of galaxies that is just like ours, a rare sight in the local Universe. The Milky Way ... more | .. |
![]() Ariane 5s are on the move for Arianespace's upcoming missions Two Ariane 5 launchers have been positioned at the Spaceport for processing in preparation for Arianespace's upcoming flights from French Guiana, maintaining the company's mission pace in 2012. ... more | .. |
![]() Readying the "boost" for Galileo satellites on Arianespace's next Soyuz mission at the Space The Fregat upper stage for Arianespace's upcoming Soyuz launch from French Guiana has been moved to the Spaceport's S3B facility, where it will be fueled and integrated with the mission's two Galile ... more | .. |
![]() Chemcam Laser First Analyzes Yield Beautiful Results Members of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover ChemCam team, including Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists, squeezed in a little extra target practice after zapping the first fist-size ... more |
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![]() Europe's ATV-3 Space Freighter Raises ISS Orbit to 420 km Europe's ATV-3 unmanned resupply spacecraft raised the International Space Station (ISS) orbit to about 420 kilometers, a mission control spokesman said on Wednesday. ATV-3 engines were fired ... more | .. |
![]() Russia's ISS Crew Members Complete Spacewalk Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Yury Malenchenko completed a six-hour spacewalk having carried out all planned maintenance tasks on the International Space Station (ISS). It was the fir ... more | .. |
![]() Landsat Data Continuity Mission Environmental Testing is Underway Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Observatory Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC) testing is underway at Orbital Science Corporation's Gilbert, Ariz., location. ... more | .. |
![]() Fourth Galileo satellite reaches French Guiana launch site The next two Galileo satellites are now in place at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, being prepared for their shared launch this autumn. The fourth Galileo satellite flight model arrived at Caye ... more |
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![]() It's Always Sunny in Caltech Lab In orbit around Earth is a wide range of satellites that we rely on for everything from television and radio feeds to GPS navigation. Although these spacecraft soar high above storms on Earth, they ... more | .. |
![]() Russia to Build New Space Plant A space satellite manufacturing plant will be built in the town of Shchyolkovo, just outside the Russian capital, Moscow Region Governor Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday. "It will be a new prod ... more | .. |
![]() Sarah Brightman In Talks Over Space Trip British singer Sarah Brightman is in talks with the space tourism firm Space Adventures to become the world's eighth space tourist, a senior Russian space official said on Wednesday. "I think that i ... more | .. |
![]() Astronomy project hunts for Chinese helpers The online astronomy project - Galaxy Zoo - is searching for Chinese people to help categorize galaxies in the universe. The Zoo, which has no animals but more than one million galaxies, was set up ... more |
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![]() Sierra Nevada Supports Communications Experiment on ISS Over a month ago, Japan's HTV3 cargo carrier launched atop a Japanese H-II rocket delivering an innovative software-defined radio experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). This new ISS fa ... more | .. |
![]() ReAgent Supports Space Balloon Project Josh hit the headlines in October last year when he launched his home-made space balloon into the atmosphere and posted the video on YouTube. The astonishing results became an overnight sensation ge ... more | .. |
![]() Expert Analysis of Energy Infrastructure Using HiRes Satellite Imagery Genscape and DigitalGlobe have announced the launch of their new jointly produced Energy Infrastructure Development Report. Published monthly, each report features high-resolution imagery of key ene ... more | .. |
![]() NASA's Mars rover makes first test drive NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Wednesday made its first test drive, leaving wheel tracks near its landing spot - now dubbed "Bradbury Landing" in honor of late science fiction author Ray Bradbury. ... more |
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![]() NASA selects DLR experiment for InSight mission to Mars After the successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, NASA has selected one more lander mission to Mars. The InSight mission will reach Mars in September 2016, after a six-mon ... more | .. |
![]() WiggleZ confirms the Big Picture of the Universe We know that stars group together to form galaxies, galaxies clump to make clusters and clusters gather to create structures known as superclusters. At what scale though, if at all, does this Russia ... more | .. |
![]() First Words of Safe Landing on Mars - Tango Delta Nominal 10:32 p.m. on the evening of Aug. 5 was turning out to be one long minute for Steve Sell. Of course, the previous six had been significantly protracted as well. When added together, the entry, desce ... more | .. |
![]() NASA Mars Rover Begins Driving at Bradbury Landing NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, that scientists have named for the late author Ray Bradbury. Making its first movement on the Martian surface, Curiosity's drive ... more |
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