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Tugboats in SpaceSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 26, 2011 Rendezvous and docking in orbit is tricky. Take a huge, complex target like the International Space Station, and the task becomes even trickier. The problems of getting spacecraft to dock with ISS has been highlighted often in recent years. There are issues with the reliability of new or modified vehicles, as well as traffic control problems with the Shuttle and other spacecraft going to ISS at the same time. It's ironic. We've been doing rendezvous and docking for decades, but it now seems more difficult than ever. There are two ways of getting a spacecraft to the ISS - a controlled docking with one of the station's ports - or the "valet parking" model where you stop close by the station before being captured with a robot arm. ... read more |
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  End of an Era This week, Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to lift off on STS-134, the second to the last shuttle flight as a government-owned launch vehicle. Even as you read this article, Kennedy Space Cente ... more | .. |
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  Citizen Scientists Making Incredible Discoveries "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known," wrote Carl Sagan. And now you can be the one to find it, thanks to Zooniverse, a unique citizen science website. Zooniverse volunteers, who ... more | .. |
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 STEREO Turns Its Steady Gaze On Variable Stars Researchers have discovered 122 new eclipsing binary stars and observed hundreds more variable stars in an innovative survey using NASA's two STEREO solar satellites. The survey has been carried out ... more |
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 Call for Sustainable Use of Outer Space by SWF President An international forum is saluting the 50th anniversary of the first human to orbit the Earth - but also calling attention to concerns regarding the secure and sustainable uses of outer space. ... more |
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
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 GPS IIF Satellite Delivered to Cape Canaveral Officials from Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center announced the delivery of the second in the series of twelve GPS IIF space vehicles to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla ... more |
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