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SpaceX craft on way to ISS in first supply runWashington (AFP) Oct 7, 2012 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Sunday, launching the cargo-laden Dragon capsule into Earth's orbit on its way to the International Space Station for NASA's first privately-run supply mission. The engine fires traced a bright trail across the night sky over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the site of many launches into space after the on-time lift off at at 8:35 pm (0035 GMT). Dragon, carrying around 1,000 pounds (455 kilograms) of supplies, is set to reach the ISS o ... read more |
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  Russia, U.S. to send crew to ISS for year A Russian cosmonaut and a U.S. astronaut will fly to the International Space Station for the first-ever yearlong mission in 2015, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Wind delays Austrian's edge of space jump in US US organizers of an Austrian daredevil's record-breaking attempt to jump from the edge of space have delayed the mission by a day due to forecast wind, they said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Australia unveils colossal telescope Australia on Friday unveiled a colossal radio telescope that will allow astronomers to detect distant galaxies and explore the depths of the universe with unprecedented precision. ... more | .. |
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 Virgin Galactic Acquires Full Ownership of The Spaceship Company Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline, has announced that it has taken 100% ownership of its sister company, The Spaceship Company (TSC), by acquiring the 30% stake held by Scaled ... more | .. |
  Japan mini-satellite to flash code from space A palm-sized Japanese satellite in orbit around Earth will flash a Morse code message that will be visible around the world from next month, the mission commander said Friday. ... more | .. |
  McGill researchers explore big questions about universe A research team led by McGill University Physics Prof. Alexander Maloney is among the winners of the New Frontiers in Astronomy and Cosmology International Grant and Essay Competition who will prese ... more | .. |
  Sputnik is 55: what are prospects of Russian space research? Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 08, 2012 The first artificial satellite of the Earth was launched from the Tura-Tam testing ground, later famous Baikonur space launch centre, on the 4th of October 195 ... more |
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  AEDC's newest national space testing asset on its way to mission readiness Arnold AFB TN (AFNS) Oct 08, 2012 A project team at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex has successfully completed an initial site acceptance test campaign on Arnold Air Force Base's new, on ... more | .. |
  Air Force launces third GPS Block IIF satellite aboard Delta IV The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a United Launch Alliance Delta IV-Medium rocket carrying the third Global Positioning System IIF satellite at 8:10 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 37. ... more | .. |
 Ice-clad beauty on the 'Silver Island' of Mars On 8 June 2012, the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, acquired im ... more | .. |
  Comet crystals found in a nearby planetary system Pristine material that matches comets in our own Solar System have been found in a dust belt around the young star Beta Pictoris by ESA's Herschel space observatory. Twelve-million-year-old Be ... more |
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 NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Prepares to Study Martian Soil Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 08, 2012 NASA's Curiosity rover is in a position on Mars where scientists and engineers can begin preparing the rover to take its first scoop of soil for analysis. Curio ... more | .. |
 Deep Impact Spacecraft Completes Rocket Burn NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft completed a firing of its onboard rocket motors earlier today. The maneuver began at 1 p.m. PDT (4 p.m. EDT), lasted 71 seconds, and changed its velocity by 4.5 mph (2 ... more | .. |
 Black hole surprise in ancient star cluster Astronomers have made the unexpected discovery of two black holes inside an ancient cluster of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The research, published in the prestigious journal Nature, de ... more | .. |
  Asteroid fragments could hint at the origin of the solar system The tiny pieces of rock - at 50-100 micrometers smaller than a human hair - have been captured from asteroid Itokawa by the Japanese mission Hayabusa. They were carefully unpacked by experts at the ... more |
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'All eyes on Arctic': Canada boosts its northern force
Proposed 'weather control' bans surge across US states
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  TMT will take discoveries of stars orbiting the Milky Way's monster black hole to the next level Researchers have discovered a star that whips around the giant black hole at the center of our galaxy in record time, completing an orbit every 11.5 years. The finding, appearing in the journal Scie ... more | .. |
NASA's Swift Satellite Discovers a New Black Hole in our Galaxy Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Oct 08, 2012 NASA's Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The outburst, produced by a ra ... more | .. |
 Gone, With the Wind The case of the missing quasar gas clouds has been solved by a worldwide team of astronomers, and the answer is blowin' in the wind. Astronomers Nurten Filiz Ak and Niel Brandt of the Pennsylvania S ... more | .. |
 From 'Bathurst Inlet' to 'Rocknest' On Sol 55 (Oct. 1, 2012), Curiosity finished observations at the "Bathurst Inlet" rock target it had examined with instruments on the arm. Then the rover completed a drive of about 77 feet (23.5 met ... more |
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 Blanketing NASA's Webb Telescope's Science Instrument Electronics These engineers from Genesis Engineering Solutions are doing what's called "blanket closeout" and it took two days to complete. The gold louvers are composite mirrors, made of gold-coated carb ... more | .. |
 Twin Galileo satellites fuelled and ready for launch The twin Galileo satellites are now fully fuelled and mated together atop the upper stage that will haul them most of the way up to their final orbit. The launch is now planned for the evening of 12 ... more | .. |
  SMOS has a better look at salinity Earth observation measurements shouldn't be taken with a pinch of salt. ESA is comparing readings of sea-surface salinity from drifting floats to confirm the SMOS water mission's measurements. ... more | .. |
  A curious cold layer in the atmosphere of Venus Venus Express has spied a surprisingly cold region high in the planet's atmosphere that may be frigid enough for carbon dioxide to freeze out as ice or snow. The planet Venus is well known for its t ... more |
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  Rotors seen as method of spacecraft return Researchers at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida will try out a rotor system that could be used in place of parachutes on returning spacecraft, NASA said. ... more | .. |
 Minerals found in dust around distant star Pristine material that matches that of comets in the solar system have been detected in a dust belt around a distant star, European astronomers report. ... more | .. |
 Latin lithium output mired in controversy Latin America's emerging lithium giants Bolivia and Chile are finding tough hurdles need to be crossed before they can begin profiting from vast lithium reserves. ... more | .. |
Mars rover to 'sandblast' sampling equipment NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is parked at a sand pit and ready to scoop up soil to clean and test its geological sampling hardware, the US space agency said Thursday. ... more |
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 Brazil's vibrant high-tech industry urged to go global Boosted by strong government incentives, Brazil's high-tech industry is showing solid domestic growth but experts say the country's startup entrepreneurs must go global and shun copycat solutions. ... more | .. |
  Mission accomplished for ATV Edoardo Amaldi ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ferry, Edoardo Amaldi, completed the final part of its highly successful six-month servicing mission to the International Space Station by reentering the ... more | .. |
 ISS to Dodge Astro-Junk The International Space Station (ISS) will make a maneuver to a new orbit on Thursday to avoid debris from a Japanese satellite, a Russian Flight Control Center representative told RIA Novosti on We ... more | .. |
 Gale Crater Set for Summer Heat Wave? Preliminary weather reports from the Curiosity's Remote Environment Monitoring Station (REMS) are showing some surprisingly mild temperatures during the day. Average daytime air temperatures have re ... more |
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