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Red Moon: Lunar eclipse makes memorable solsticeWashington (AFP) Dec 21, 2010 Skygazers with a clear view in North America and Europe were greeted with a celestial treat in the early morning hours Tuesday, as a unique total lunar eclipse transformed the Moon pink, coppery or even a blood red. Coinciding eerily with the northern hemisphere's mid-winter solstice - for the first time in almost four centuries - the eclipse showed the Sun, the Earth and its satellite as they directly aligned, with the Moon swinging into the cone of shadow cast by its mother planet. Despite b ... read more |
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  Goodrich Begins Environmental Test Of ORS-1 Satellite Goodrich has begun environmental testing of ORS-1, the first satellite in the Operationally Responsive Space program designed to support Combatant Command operations. The testing will validate satel ... more | .. |
  Mission To Pluto And Beyond Marks 10 Years Since Project Inception Billy Joel wrote a song, "This is the Time," and my favorite verse from that old piece goes like this: "This is the time to remember, 'Cause it will not last forever, These are the days to hold on ... more | .. |
  How Often Do Giant Black Holes Become Hyperactive A new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory tells scientists how often the biggest black holes have been active over the last few billion years. The object could help scientists better underst ... more | .. |
  Orbital Test Fires First Stage Engine For Taurus II Rocket Orbital Sciences has announced that it successfully carried out a long-duration test firing of the liquid-fueled AJ26 rocket engine that will power the first stage of the company's Taurus II space l ... more |
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  Galileo's Navigation Control Hub Opens In Fucino Galileo's terrestrial nerve centre formally entered service Today. With the first Galileo satellites due to be launched next August, Fucino in central Italy will oversee the running of all the navig ... more | .. |
  Asteroid's Coat Of Many Colors An international team of scientists studying remnants of an asteroid that crashed into the Nubian Desert in October 2008 discovered it contained at least 10 different types of meteorites. Some of th ... more | .. |
 NASA Discovers Asteroid Delivered Assortment Of Meteorites An international team of scientists studying remnants of an asteroid that crashed into the Nubian Desert in October 2008 discovered it contained at least 10 different types of meteorites. Some of th ... more | .. |
  Citizen Scientists Join Search For Earth-Like Planets Web users around the globe will be able to help professional astronomers in their search for Earth-like planets thanks to a new online citizen science project called Planet Hunters. Planet Hun ... more |
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  NASA's arsenic life-form scientist answers critics The NASA-funded scientist whose discovery of a bacterium that thrives on arsenic prompted an avalanche of criticism responded Thursday with a statement answering questions about her research. ... more | .. |
  Year Of The Dragon A new era in spaceflight opened last Wednesday with the successful first flight of Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) Dragon capsule by a non-government entity. It demonstrated the ability to ... more | .. |
  Japan's low-cost space programme pushes the limits Despite its shoestring budget, Japan's space programme has boldly reached for the stars, pioneering solar-powered galactic travel, exploring a distant asteroid and planning a robot base on the Moon. ... more | .. |
  Total Lunar Eclipse: 'Up All Night' With NASA The December holiday sky show doesn't stop with the Geminid meteor shower - this year, the moon is also bringing a holiday gift. In the very early morning of December 21, or late night of December 2 ... more |
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  NASA tests aging shuttle after failed launch NASA carried out tests on the external fuel tank of the aging shuttle Discovery on Friday after strange cracks appeared during a countdown last month which delayed its final launch into space. ... more | .. |
 Fuel error cost Russia three navigation satellites: official The costly launch failure that caused Russia to delay the deployment of its own satellite system was the result of a fuel miscalculation, a commission charged with probing the accident said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Robot Arm Improves Performance Of Brain-Controlled Device The performance of a brain-machine interface designed to help paralyzed subjects move objects with their thoughts is improved with the addition of a robotic arm providing sensory feedback, a new stu ... more | .. |
  Russian rocket docks with space station A Russian Soyuz space rocket carrying three astronauts on Friday docked with the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's mission control said. ... more |
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 China Launches Seventh Orbiter For Indigenous Global SatNav System China successfully launched an orbiter into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province at 4:20 a.m. Beijing Time Saturday. It was the seventh orbiter that ... more | .. |
  ISRO Puts Off GSLV Launch The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s next Geosynchronous Satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-FO6) flight from the Satish Dhawan spaceport at Sriharikota, 100 km north of here, scheduled for Mo ... more | .. |
 Paolo Nespoli Arrives At ISS The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft docked this evening with the International Space Station carrying ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli and his crewmates Dmitri Kondratyev and Catherine Coleman. They will stay in ... more | .. |
 NASA's LRO Creating Unprecedented Topographic Map Of Moon NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is allowing researchers to create the most precise and complete map to date of the moon's complex, heavily cratered landscape. "This dataset is being used t ... more |
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 Solstice Lunar Eclipse Everyone knows that "the moon on the breast of new-fallen snow gives the luster of mid-day to objects below." That is, except during a lunar eclipse. The luster will be a bit "off" on Dec. 21 ... more | .. |
  France's Industrial Policy And Future Of The Space Sector On Tuesday, 14 December 2010, President Sarkozy went to the French department of Eure to pay a field visit devoted to French industry and more particularly the future of the space sector. Duri ... more | .. |
 NASA Helps Create A More Silent Night The holidays are here and the nation's airports are busier than ever -thousands of airplanes taking off and landing. Passengers and people living around airports are reminded that the airplane is no ... more | .. |
 Voyager Crosses Point Of Solar Stillness The 33-year odyssey of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind. Now hurtling toward interstellar ... more |
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