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Planetary Science Institute Selects XCOR To Fly ATSA Suborbital ObservatoryTucson, AZ (SPX) Jul 12, 2011 The Planetary Science Institute (PSI) and XCOR Aerospace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that lays the groundwork for flying the human-operated Atsa Suborbital Observatory aboard XCOR's Lynx spacecraft. The Atsa project will use crewed reusable suborbital spacecraft equipped with a specially designed telescope to provide low-cost space-based observations above the contaminating atmosphere of Earth, while avoiding some operational constraints of satellite telescope systems. "The XCO ... read more |
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  Time Enough for Tiangong It's taken long enough, but it seems that we are finally getting close to the launch of Tiangong 1, China's first space laboratory. This small, cylindrical spacecraft will almost certainly take off ... more | .. |
  Space debris will not approach station: NASA A piece of space junk from a broken Soviet satellite is not expected to collide with the International Space Station after all, NASA said Monday. ... more | .. |
  No Malfunction With Globalstar Satellites, Fregat Upper Stage or Soyuz Launch Vehicle Globalstar, Inc. reports that there will an additional delay in the launch of six new Globalstar satellites. The launch of the second-generation satellites was originally targeted for July 11, 2011 ... more | .. |
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  The universe may have been born spinning Physicists and astronomers have long believed that the universe has mirror symmetry, like a basketball. But recent findings from the University of Michigan suggest that the shape of the Big Bang mig ... more | .. |
  Crew Wraps Up Busy Day of Cargo Transfers, Spacewalk Preps STS-135 Flight Day 4 is drawing to a close as the crews of the International Space Station and Atlantis prepare for bed at 6:29 p.m. EDT and 6:59 p.m., respectively. They attached the Raffaell ... more | .. |
  Arlington Planetarium Saved at Last Minute With the deadline of the fundraising campaign approaching, the Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium have been making an all out, last ditch effort to hit the goal set in April 2010 by D ... more | .. |
  Stardust in our backyard provides new clues to galaxy evolution New data from ESA's Herschel Space Observatory have revealed surprisingly large amounts of cold dust in the remnant of the famous supernova SN1987A, which exploded 24 years ago in the Large Magellan ... 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 | .. |
  Punching Holes in the Sky Scientists, photographers and amateur cloud watchers have been looking up with wonderment and puzzlement at "hole punch" clouds for decades. Giant, open spaces appear in otherwise continuous cloud c ... more | .. |
 MILA Tracks its Last Launch and Landing With its beginnings rooted deeply in the historic days of Apollo, the MILA Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Station has played a key role throughout the 30 years of the Space Shuttle Program. B ... more | .. |
  Herschel finds source of cosmic dust in a stellar explosion ESA's Herschel Space Observatory is helping unravel the mystery of where cosmic dust comes from. Thanks to the resolution and sensitivity of Herschel, astronomers have been able to detect cosmic dus ... more | .. |
 Big step forward for SKA The discovery potential of the future international SKA radio telescope has been glimpsed following the commissioning of a working optical fibre link between CSIRO's Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP ... more |
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 STS-135: A Story Of What if Yesterday, at 11:07 a.m. EDT, Commander Chris Ferguson guided Space Shuttle Atlantis into Pressurized Mating Adapter #2 on the International Space Station's (ISS) Harmony node. The two spacecraft we ... more | .. |
 NASA adds extra day to Atlantis's final mission Astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis will get one extra day in space as they restock the International Space Station with a year's worth of food and supplies, NASA said Monday. ... more | .. |
  New Missile Warning Satellite Delivers First Infrared Imagery The first Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft beamed down its first infrared image on June 21 to the SBIRS ground station. Following its May 7 ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman-Led ICBM Prime Integration Team Participates in Test Launch of Minuteman III Missile The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Prime Team, led by Northrop Grumman, participated in an Air Force Global Strike Command flight test of an operational Minuteman III ICBM launched from V ... 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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 Debris may be on collision course with space lab: NASA NASA is tracking a piece of Soviet space debris that could collide with the International Space Station, the US space agency said Sunday after the shuttle Atlantis docked on its final mission. ... more | .. |
  Gas Giant Spacecraft All Gassed Up The Juno spacecraft completed hydrazine fuel loading, oxidizer loading and final tank pressurizations this week, and now the complete propulsion system is ready for the trip to Jupiter. The spacecra ... more | .. |
 Square Kilometre Array Telescope Unveils Site Selection Process The Founding Board of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope project today reported at the SKA Forum 2011 in Banff, Canada, that significant progress was made when the process and timeline for s ... more | .. |
 AAS Issues Statement On Proposed Cancellation Of James Webb Space Telescope Washington DC (SPX) Jul 11, 2011 The American Astronomical Society (AAS) today issued a strong statement protesting yesterday's proposal from the House Appropriations Committee to cancel the James ... more |
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  New Research and Technology Experiments Headed to the International Space Station on STS-135/ULF7 The space shuttle Atlantis launched to the International Space Station on July 8, carrying with it a mix of research ranging from microscopic cell research to macroscopic technology development equi ... more | .. |
  High costs, risks, policy shift make U.S. quit space shuttle program Space shuttle Atlantis will soar into the sky Friday on NASA's 135th and final flight. Its scheduled return to Earth later this month will mark the end of NASA's 30-year space program. Since i ... more | .. |
 End of an Era: Detachment 3 Provides Human Space Flight Support Dennis C. (Chris) Malbon (Lieutenant Colonel, ret.) supports the Space Shuttle mission in multiple capacities as MMT liaison officer, Support Operations Center Director, senior field training office ... more | .. |
 45th Space Wing Supports Successful Final Shuttle Launch The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing provided flawless Eastern Range support for NASA's successful launch of the final flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis Friday and the final Space Shuttle flight in h ... 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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  First-Ever View of a Sungrazer Comet In Front of the Sun On the evening of Tuesday, July 5, a comet flew into the sun. Such comets are not unusual, and they're called "sungrazers" since they come so close to the star that it is believed they evaporate and ... more | .. |
 Exploding stars can make good dust factories ESA's Herschel space observatory has discovered that titanic stellar explosions can be excellent dust factories. In space, the dust mixes with gas to become the raw material for new stars, planets a ... more | .. |
 The Lure of the High Frontier On April 12, 1981, I was on a rare visit home from University. I sat in front of the TV with my parents while we waited for STS-1 to get through its countdown. Even in a small terraced house i ... more | .. |
 NASA Depends on Freedom and Liberty When most people think of the ships in NASA's fleet, they think of the space shuttles that pierce the sky as they carry astronauts toward space. But NASA has two seagoing ships, Liberty Star and Fre ... more |
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 Shuttle Conclusion Leaves a Universe of Opportunities Open for DUNMORE As the space shuttle Atlantis, carrying DUNMORE Corporation's Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) materials, completes the last journey of the 30-year program, DUNMORE is looking forward to a growing range ... more | .. |
 End of shuttle flights only a 'bottleneck' A former German astronaut says the end of the space shuttle program is just a "bottleneck" and that the future of space exploration is bright. ... more | .. |
 Atlantis docks at space station for last time The shuttle Atlantis docked at the orbiting International Space Station for one last hitch-up Sunday, on its final space voyage before the entire 30-year US shuttle program shuts down for good. ... more | .. |
 Atlantis blasts off on end-of-era spaceflight Atlantis blazed a path into history Friday as it rocketed off the launch pad for a final time, marking the last-ever liftoff of the 30-year-old American space shuttle program. ... more |
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