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December 02, 2009
Expedition 21 Crew Lands In Kazakhstan
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 02, 2009
As the International Space Station's smaller, two-person, Expedition 22 crew enjoyed its first full day alone in orbit, Mission Control monitored a small piece of space junk until tracking updates showed it would not come close enough to require precautions. At 11:25 a.m. EST, Flight Director Dana Weigel decided not to awaken the crew based on the latest tracking data on the piece of a ... read more

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Construction Contract Awarded For Spaceport America's Terminal Hangar Facility
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Rocket Test Will Carry Purdue Experiment
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NASA Uses Twin Processes To Develop New Tank Dome Technology
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Space Jobs Go Wanting
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Blushing Dusty Nebula
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 02, 2009
A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of part of NGC 7023, or the Iris Nebula, highlights a perfect dust laboratory in the sky. On Earth, we tend to find dust nothing more than a nuisance that blankets our furniture and causes us to sneeze. Cosmic dust can also be a hindrance to astronomers because cameras using visible light cannot see through it. However, studying cosmic dust in ... more

Black Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy Into Existence
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 02, 2009
Which come first, the supermassive black holes that frantically devour matter or the enormous galaxies where they reside? A brand new scenario has emerged from a recent set of outstanding observations of a black hole without a home: black holes may be "building" their own host galaxy. This could be the long-sought missing link to understanding why the masses of black holes are larger in ... more

Astronomy Question Of The Week: Is There A Photograph Of The Universe
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 02, 2009
If the question means "Has anyone stepped outside of the universe with a camera and taken a picture of it?" then the answer is, of course, no. The concept of 'universe' means the totality of all things, including space and time. So logically, there can be no 'outside' to the universe. (Although speculative cosmological theories propose other concepts.) One - very abstract - representation ... more

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ESA Astronaut Frank De Winne Safely Back On Earth


Chang'e-1 Has Blazed A New Trail In China's Deep Space Exploration


Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk Lands On Earth
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NATO chief mulls missile shield if Iran gets bomb

Japan FM says govt must justify missile defence spending

Chile buying U.S. weapons, radar

Northrop, Airbus threaten to pull out of tanker bid: Pentagon

Global Market For Military Aircraft Avionics

Boeing Delivers 2 Wedgetail AEW And C Aircraft To RAAF

Zephyr UAS Flown By US Naval Air Warfare Center Personnel

Turkey demands Israel deliver drones

QinetiQ's Dragon Runner Robots Are Sent To Afghanistan

I'd rather not know: the psychology of climate denial

Australian Greens Vote Down Carbon Trading Laws

China gives hint of what to expect at Copenhagen

Japan's Amano takes helm as IAEA chief

French nuclear giant sells unit to two national champions

Russia, Iran steer shy of start date for nuclear power plant

Small South Florida Company Helps Power World's Largest Cruise Ship

Go Green This Holiday Season With Solar-Powered Gifts

Global Concentrated PV Market Worth 266 Million Dollars By 2014

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Boeing Ships High-Def Broadcasting Satellite DIRECTV 12 To Launch Site
El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2009
Boeing announced today that DIRECTV 12 was shipped Nov. 25 from Boeing's satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan. Upon arrival, the satellite will undergo final preparations for a December launch aboard an International Launch Services Proton/Breeze M rocket. "Boeing has provided advanced satellite systems to DIRECTV for more ... more

LHC Sets New World Record
London, UK (SPX) Dec 01, 2009
CERN's Large Hadron Collider has today become the world's highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the morning. This exceeds the previous world record of 0.98 TeV, which had been held by the US Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's Tevatron collider since 2001. It marks another important milestone on ... more

Superior Super Earths
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2009
Astronomers have discovered hundreds of Jupiter-like planets in our galaxy. However, a handful of the planets found orbiting distant stars are more Earth-sized. This gives hope to astrobiologists, who think we are more likely to find life on rocky planets with liquid water. The rocky planets found so far are actually more massive than our own. Dimitar Sasselov, professor of astronomy at ... more

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Rafael Releases New Member of Spike Family - Spike NLOS


Ahmadinejad blasts nuclear partner Russia over IAEA vote


US treaty inspections to end at Russia missile plant: report
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China tells West to heed poor nations on climate change

Climate change may be dire for Nigeria, minister warns

Japan to send hundreds of peace-keepers to Sudan: report

GM's China sales speed past those in US

China's Geely to own Volvo technology: report

Saab's road ahead leads to shutdown -- or Chinese rescue

LHC Sets New World Record

Black Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy Into Existence

Two Circulating Beams Bring First Collisions In LHC

Expedition 21 Crew Lands In Kazakhstan

ISS Crew Members Prepare For Departure

Soyuz TMA-17 Crews Take Final Tests Before Flight To ISS

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

Shuttle undocks from station, returns to Earth

NASA Uses Twin Processes To Develop New Tank Dome Technology

Rocket Stars: The Guys Making Rocket Science A Career

Russia Could Delay Maiden Launch Of Angara Rocket

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Game theorists hope to solve world's crises

North Korea revamps currency

Australian Greens Vote Down Carbon Emission Trading Laws

Big Freeze Plunged Europe Into Ice Age In Months

I'd rather not know: the psychology of climate denial

Study: Bhopal's drinking water still toxic

Amazon tribe in Peru warns it's close to extinction

New stem cell technology developed

Japan's Amano takes helm as IAEA chief

China's online sales soar in Jan-Sept: govt

French nuclear giant sells unit to two national champions

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GM's China sales speed past those in US

Russia launches US satellite after delay

GOES-14 (O) Moving Into On-Orbit Storage Around Earth

Opportunity Continues Study Of 'Marquette'

Scientists Explain Puzzling Lake Asymmetry On Titan

ISRO To Launch 8 Foreign Satellites

ISS Crew Members Prepare For Departure

Russia's Space Industry Output To Grow 18 Percent In 2009

Ball Aerospace Selected For Second NASA GMI Microwave Imager

SES Orders Four New Satellites From ASTRIUM

New way to make single-crystal structures

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