New Display Counts Down for New Generation
The new generation of human space exploration spacecraft is getting a new generation clock to count it down for launch on December 4. The new forms of both the spacecraft and clock and clock will lo ... more
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NASA video shows off Orion cockpit
NASA's Orion spacecraft is set to take its first trip into space this week. Though the craft won't go far - just up, twice around in low Earth orbit and back - it's an exciting time for the future of space exploration. ... more
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NASA chooses UF mission to monitor Earth's water and ice
Researchers identify fastest rate of natural carbon dioxide rise over the last 50,000 years
Brazil's flooded south paralyzed as rivers swell, again
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Russia Opens New National Defense Control Center
The creation of the National Defense Control Center began in May 2013. President Vladimir Putin has announced that the council will improve the military's central command system. From April 1 to Dec ... more
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Ballistic Missile Launches Detected by Russia's Aerospace Defense
Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces (ADF) have detected the launch of three foreign ballistic missiles, Major General Anatoly Nestechuk, the deputy chief of the Space Command, said.
"We've detec ... more
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Most of Earth's carbon may be hidden in the planet's inner core
As much as two-thirds of Earth's carbon may be hidden in the inner core, making it the planet's largest carbon reservoir, according to a new model that even its backers acknowledge is "provocative a ... more
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Russia Tests First Military Space Surveillance Complex
The first surface complex of Russia's military space surveillance system has undergone state tests, Commander of Russian Aerospace Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Alexander Golovko told reporters Monday. ... more
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NASA's Orion Flight Test and the Journey to Mars
In the not-too-distant future, astronauts destined to be the first people to walk on Mars will leave Earth aboard an Orion spacecraft. Carried aloft by the tremendous power of a Space Launch System ... more
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