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NASA prepares for asteroid rendezvousPasadena, Calif. (UPI) Aug 24, 2010 NASA is getting ready for its Dawn spacecraft's encounter with a giant asteroid, set to happen in less than a year, the agency said. Dawn will conduct a detailed study as it spends a year circling the asteroid Vesta, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a body in the solar system's asteroid belt, SPACE.com reported Tuesday. There have been previous missions to asteroids, but scientists say Vesta offers a chance for something special. "Vesta is going to amaze us," Marc Rayman, Da ... read more |
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Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Aug 24, 2010 Astronauts, cosmonauts and even Chinese Sinonauts may soon have company in space, two Denmark engineers say - so get ready for the Danonauts. Self-employed engineers Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madsen are preparing a test launch their hand-built Hybrid Exo Atmospheric Transporter, or HEAT 4 rocket, from a barge off the wind-swept Danish island of Bornholm before mid-September, Brit ... more 
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2010SpaceX has announced their Dragon spacecraft has successfully completed a high altitude drop test - meeting 100% of test objectives. This is the last in a series of tests to validate parachute deployment systems and recovery operations before the craft's first launch. During the August 12th test, an Erikson S-64F Air-Crane helicopter dropped a test article of the Dragon spacecraft from a h ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 24, 2010Two start-up companies offering a communication handset for outdoor enthusiasts and a computer game to compete live with real racing drivers, both made possible thanks to space technology, are the first to receive funds from ESA's new Open Sky Technologies Fund. German TakWak GmbH is developing a three-in-one communication device integrating mobile phone, satellite navigation and walkie-ta ... more |
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Boeing to build Air Force satelliteSt. Louis (UPI) Aug 23, 2010 Boeing is to build a new satellite for the U.S. Air Force to enhance the U.S. military's capacity for intelligence, surveillance and battle-readiness operations worldwide. Boeing will construct the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite - the seventh in a series - as part of a follow-on contract worth $182 million that comes amid general belt-tightening in the defense industry. With conflict continuing in Afghanistan, an uneasy drawdown in Iraq and continued challenges from al-Qaida hot spot ... read more |
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