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Soviet Space Program: Myth And RealityMoscow (VOR) Mar 28, 2011 A book about the Soviet space exploration program is coming out in Britain, telling of the Soviet space research effort and the cost at which these successes were achieved. Judging by newspaper reports, The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin, by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony, to be published next month, is full of extraordinary revelations which were carefully concealed from the public for years. The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin will see light in April, on the 50th anniversary of ma ... read more |
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  Life Stinks Says New Analysis The origin of life may have been smelly, according to a recent, NASA-funded analysis of residue from a variant of classic experiments performed by Dr. Stanley Miller in the 1950s. "One of the ... more | .. |
  Algae And Bacteria Hogged Oxygen After Ancient Mass Extinction A mass extinction is hard enough for Earth's biosphere to handle, but when you chase it with prolonged oxygen deprivation, the biota ends up with a hangover that can last millions of years. Su ... more | .. |
 Russia, Israel Agree On Cooperation In Outer Space The space agencies of Russia and Israel have signed an agreement on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space, the press office of the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos said on Sund ... more | .. |
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  None Of Our Officials Decided Spectrum Lease To Devas: ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation has said none of its official or anyone from Antrix Corporation or Space department was involved in the decision to lease precious S-band spectrum to Devas Multime ... more | .. |
  KIKU 8 Support Disaster Communications Measures Across Tohoku Quake Zone The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) began a satellite communication connection using the Engineering Test Satellite VIII "KIKU No. 8" (ETS-VIII) to support disaster measures following the ... more | .. |
  Light Technology Reduces Painful Side Effects Of Radiation and Chemotherapy A NASA technology originally developed for plant growth experiments on space shuttle missions has successfully reduced the painful side effects resulting from chemotherapy and radiation treatment in ... more | .. |
  First Student-Developed Mission In Which Satellites Orbit And Communicate Led By UT Students Two satellites designed and constructed by students at the Cockrell School of Engineering successfully separated in space March 22, completing the most crucial goal of the mission since its Nov. 19 ... more |
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SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
Space Systems Command activates System Delta 80 for assured space access
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 SSTL Welcomes The Chancellor'S National Space Technology Program British pioneer of small satellites, SSTL, has welcomed the UK Chancellor George Osborne's announcement of a new 10m pounds National Space Technology Program and changes to export regulations and UK ... more | .. |
  NASA Makes Selection For Integrated Communications Services NASA selected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of McLean, Va., for the NASA Integrated Communications Services (NICS) contract. SAIC will provide managerial and technical ... more | .. |
 Space Program Can Help Realise Sustainable Development: PM India's space program has a vital role in realising sustainable development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday, asking the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to give priority to tel ... more | .. |
  Compact-Sized GLONASS/GPS Receiver SkyTraq introduces a compact 25mmx25mm, high-performance low-power GLONASS/GPS receiver. It is compatible to a popular 25mmx25mm-sized GPS receiver model, user can use it as direct drop-in rep ... more |
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  Another Ariane 5 Completes Its Initial Build-Up At The Spaceport Initial assembly has been completed for the Ariane 5 launcher that will orbit a dual-satellite payload of the ST-2 and GSAT-8 satellites on Arianespace's third heavy-lift mission of 2011 from the Sp ... more | .. |
 Study: Supernovas source of cosmic rays? U.S. astronomers say a pattern of X-ray "stripes" in the remnant of a supernova explosion could explain the source of cosmic rays. ... more | .. |
  Suzaku Shows Clearest Picture Yet Of Perseus Galaxy Cluster X-ray observations made by the Suzaku observatory provide the clearest picture to date of the size, mass and chemical content of a nearby cluster of galaxies. The study also provides the first direc ... more | .. |
  Data Streaming In From ISS To OSU Lab A prototype scanner aboard the International Space Station has been taking new images of Earth's coastal regions during the 16 months since it was launched, providing scientists with a new set of im ... more |
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
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 Russia's New Angara Rockets To Be Test Launched Before 2014 Test launches of Russia's new generation Angara booster rockets will begin no later than 2013, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said. Alexei Zolotukhin said work to build on-ground inf ... more | .. |
  Hylas-1 Ready For Service It's all systems go for Hylas-1, the first satellite created specifically to deliver broadband access to European consumers. Since its launch in November, Hylas has performed well throughout its tes ... more | .. |
 Beginning Of Era Of Manned Spaceflight April 12, 1961 - 50 years ago engineering genius of S.P.Korolev blazed the trail into space for the Earth civilization by ushering in manned spaceflight. The flight into low-Earth orbit of Vostok sp ... more | .. |
 Mutant Microbes Test Radiation Resistance Early Earth lacked an ozone layer to act as a shield against high-energy solar radiation, but microbes flourished by adapting to or finding other forms of protection from the higher ultraviolet radi ... more |
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 Class Of 4000 Children: Trained Like Astronauts, Finishing Their Mission After eight weeks of exercises and classroom activities, 4000 children from more than 25 cities worldwide are about to conclude their 'Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut' challenge that promotes hea ... more | .. |
  Stardust Fires Up Main Engine For Final Burn On Thursday, March 24 at about 4 p.m. PDT (7 p.m. EDT), NASA's Stardust spacecraft will perform a final burn with its main engines. At first glance, the burn is something of an insignificant e ... more | .. |
  Exploding Stars And Stripes The discovery of a pattern of X-ray "stripes" in the remains of an exploded star may provide the first direct evidence that a cosmic event can accelerate particles to energies a hundred times higher ... more | .. |
  Against The Tide: Currents Keep Dolphins Apart Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and other conservation and research groups have discovered that groups of dolphins in the western Ind ... more |
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The Quantum Age will be Powered by Fusion
Physicists map axion production paths inside deuterium tritium fusion reactors
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 Measurements Of Winter Arctic Sea Ice Shows Continuing Ice Loss The 2011 Arctic sea ice extent maximum that marks the beginning of the melt season appears to be tied for the lowest ever measured by satellites, say scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder ... more | .. |
 First Student-Developed Mission In Which Satellites Orbit And Communicate Two satellites designed and constructed by students at the Cockrell School of Engineering successfully separated in space March 22, completing the most crucial goal of the mission since its Nov. 19 ... more | .. |
 Secretary Salazar Charts Future For Landsat Satellite Program The Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced plans to make the Department of the Interior the permanent manager of the Landsat series of Earth observation satellites. "Bringing the ... more | .. |
 UK Space Industry Given A Boost In The Budget The space sector is to be given a boost, Chancellor George Osborne announced during the budget. The UK's space sector, which turns over Pounds 7.5bn and has presented many job opportunities, ... more |
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 INTEGRAL Discovers Gamma Rays Originating From Black Hole Jets Can the powerful jets originating from the vicinity of black holes emit gamma rays? ESA's INTEGRAL observatory has shown that they can. An extensive study of Cygnus X-1, a binary system that hosts a ... more | .. |
 Learn About Future Space Missions At Town Hall Meeting The University of Central Florida is hosting a town hall meeting on Thursday, March 31, about NASA's planetary missions in the next decade. The public meeting is sponsored by the National Rese ... more | .. |
 Two Ariane 5 And One Soyuz Flights Are Now Being Prepared Arianespace is maintaining the mission pace with its heavy-lift and medium-weight vehicles as two Ariane 5 flights are being readied at the Spaceport in French Guiana, with a Soyuz campaign also und ... more | .. |
  Smartphones set to keep wristwatches timely With the younger generation opting to use their smartphones to tell time, the watch-making industry is being forced to get smart and high-tech to recapture consumers. ... more |
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