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Space junk narrowly misses stationMoscow (AFP) June 28, 2011 A piece of debris travelling thousands of miles an hour narrowly missed the International Space Station on Tuesday in a harrowing incident that forced the crew to scramble to their rescue craft. Russian space officials told news agencies the piece of space junk whizzed past only 250 meters (820) from the 13-year-old orbiter - a microscopic distance in space terms. The Russian space agency separately issued a terse statement noting that "a situation occurred" involving "an object of unknown orig ... read more |
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  Shuttle Atlantis ready to fly July 8: NASA The shuttle Atlantis is ready to fly on its final mission to the International Space Station on July 8, NASA said Tuesday after a meeting to review plans for last-ever US space shuttle flight. ... more | .. |
  The ATLAS3D project: Replacing the handle of Hubble's tuning fork A team of 25 astronomers from Europe and Northern America, including ASTRON astronomers Morganti, Oosterloo, and Serra, has shown that many galaxies, which are normally classified as spheroid galaxi ... more | .. |
  Neutron star bites off more than it can chew ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory has watched a faint star flare up at X-ray wavelengths to almost 10 000 times its normal brightness. Astronomers believe the outburst was caused by the star trying ... more | .. |
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  Space debris a growing problem A scare triggered by orbital debris that on Tuesday came within a couple of hundred metres (yards) of the International Space Station (ISS) sheds light on an acutely worsening problem. ... more | .. |
  Islands of Life - Part One Southern Atacama Desert, Chile - Sunday, May 8, 2011 - This is the first of a series of reports from my recent trip to the Atacama Desert. I traveled with a group of scientists, headed by Jacek Wier ... more | .. |
  Astrium signs up for Next Gen Launcher High Thrust Engine Astrium, Europe's leading space company, continues to prepare Europe's future propulsion technology by signing a euros 60 million rider with the European Space Agency (ESA) and its partners of the ... more | .. |
  Astrium awarded Galileo Full Operational Capability Ground Control Segment Contract Astrium has been selected by the European Space Agency and the European Union as prime contractor for the Galileo Full Operational Capability Ground Control Segment. The contract value is 73.5 milli ... 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
Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military | .. |
  Volunteer Star Gazers Needed for NASA Mission Calling all amateur star gazers: Scientists need your help. A team from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville has developed the website IceHunters, which challenges the public to discover pot ... more | .. |
  Dawn Journal - June 2011 Vesta beckons, and Dawn responds. Now more than halfway through its approach to Vesta, Dawn continues creeping up on the destination it has been pursuing since it began its interplanetary travels. T ... more | .. |
 New Animation Depicts Next Mars Rover in Action Although NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will not leave Earth until late this year nor land on Mars until August 2012, anyone can watch those dramatic events now in a new animation of the mission. ... more | .. |
 New comet could put on 2013 show U.S. scientists say a newly discovered comet could provide an astronomical spectacle when it swings through the solar system in 2013. ... more |
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 Training for ISS flight operations Although he has long since completed his school and university education, Jerome Campan carefully follows the presentation given by instructor Paolo De Lunardi on the projection screen. Sitting in t ... more | .. |
  U.S. shifts focus to multipurpose robots The Obama administration has launched an ambitious new initiative that aims to shift focus on to robotic research and development to help Americans in all sectors, including defense and security, to interact with advanced technologies. ... more | .. |
  Williams and MIT Astronomers Observe Pluto and its Moons A Williams College team of astronomers, headed by Bryce Babcock and Jay Pasachoff, have been in Hawaii, near Honolulu, to observe a rare double-double event about Pluto. On June 23rd, they observed ... more | .. |
  System Integration of High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator Completed Boeing recently completed system integration of key components for the U.S. Army's High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD). The integration included installation of the Beam Control Syste ... more |
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
Economic losses from natural disasters down by a third in 2025: Swiss Re | .. |
  Charles Bolden National Press Club Address - July 1 NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. will address a National Press Club luncheon on July 1, one week before the final scheduled space shuttle launch. Discussing America's continued commitment to ... more | .. |
  Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Guardrail System The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Guardrail System, a significant tactical and national asset that has provided continuous surveillance capability wh ... more | .. |
 Russia launches Cosmos-series military satellite Russia's Space Forces launched on Monday a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with a Cosmos class military satellite on board, spokesman Lt. Col. Alexey Zolotukhin said. The rocket lifted off from the Ple ... more | .. |
  Do you want to call Andre in space Are you a science centre, a science museum, a planetarium or a science festival, engaging the public on science and space? Then ESA is offering you a rare opportunity to call Europe's next astronaut ... more |
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 Spend your summer in space...at the Science Museum This summer, make space at the Science Museum your holiday destination of choice. From 23 July - 31 August, pick up a passport as you enter the museum and follow the new space trail - embarking on a ... more | .. |
Debris narrowly misses International Space Station A piece of space debris narrowly missed the International Space Station on Tuesday in a rare incident that forced the six-member crew to scramble to their rescue craft, space agency officials said. ... more | .. |
 The 'Eyes, Ears and Hands' of the Shuttle Test Team When space shuttle astronauts are living and working in Earth orbit, their mission - and, ultimately, their lives - depend on all the shuttle orbiter's systems and controls working exactly as expect ... more | .. |
 Improving Slumber on the Space Station With Sleep-Long It is difficult to sleep in a strange place, especially when you are far from home. Just imagine if you were approximately 210 miles from home and free floating in a spacecraft orbiting the Earth, l ... 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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 Scientists a step closer to understanding 'natural antifreeze' molecules Scientists have made an important step forward in their understanding of cryoprotectants - compounds that act as natural 'antifreeze' to protect drugs, food and tissues stored at subzero temperature ... more | .. |
  Juno Blanket Check As the Juno spacecraft is elevated by a rotation fixture, a technician at Astrotech's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., examines the installation of blankets on the aft deck. The imag ... more | .. |
 Electron Beam Freeform Fabrication Imagine a machine that can build a part or a tool as the need arises, whether on Earth, Mars or the International Space Station. Almost 10 years ago, engineers at NASA's Langley Research Cente ... more | .. |
  Moon Geyser Finding Significant, UCF Scientist Says A team of international astronomers this week reported that a salt-water reservoir is the likely source of geyser plumes observed on Enceladus - one of Saturn's moons. Joshua Colwell, a Univer ... more |
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 Opportunity Getting Closer to Endeavour Crater Opportunity is making excellent progress towards Endeavour crater with only 2.3 kilometers (1.4 miles) to go before reaching the first landfall on the rim, a place called "Spirit Point." The r ... more | .. |
  Parallel Ariane 5 launch campaigns keep up Arianespace's 2011 mission pace Preparations for the next two Ariane 5 flights are underway at the Spaceport, once again demonstrating Arianespace's flexibility in meeting customer timing for the orbiting of their telecommunicatio ... more | .. |
 House Committee Acts to Halt LightSquared Proposal Until GPS Interference Issues Resolved The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee has approved action that would "fence" or halt the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from expending any funds related to a conditiona ... more | .. |
 NASA Will Compete Space Launch System (SLS) Boosters It should come as no surprise that NASA has selected a "shuttle-derived" vehicle with two existing LOX/LH2 stages as its reference design for the new heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) ordered by ... more |
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