Monday, July 29, 2013

Russian freighter makes rapid rendezvous with space station

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CARGO FREIGHTER TAKES 4-ORBIT SPRINTS TO SPACE STATION
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Launching at the precise moment to satisfy orbital mechanics, a Russian resupply ship took just four orbits from liftoff to docking Saturday for a linkup on autopilot with the International Space Station.

http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp36/prog52p.html

 

EUROPE'S ARIANE 5 BLASTS OFF WITH TWO SATELLITES
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An Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from French Guiana on Thursday with a sophisticated European communications satellite to test new broadcast technologies and an Indian weather satellite.

OPENING DAY FESTIVITIES:
http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va214/status.html

 

IMAGES OF EARTH TAKEN BY DISTANT NASA SPACECRAFT
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Captured from opposite ends of the solar system Friday, two NASA spacecraft turned their cameras on planet Earth, capturing our bright beacon in the black expanse of space.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1307/22earth/

 

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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Giant electromagnet’s journey to end next week at Fermilab - Aurora Beacon News

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

RAW Space...

 

Bill would establish national park on the Moon

The site where astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first landed on the Moon in…
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Astronomers spot star embryo in largest ever galactic ‘womb’

Astronomers on Wednesday reported their best observation yet of a massive star embryo growing within…
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Fwd: NASA's 2020 Mars rover to look for signs of past life




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2020 ROVER TO LOOK FOR SIGNS OF PAST LIFE ON MARS
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A team of scientists studying possible mission scenarios for a planned 2020 Mars mission modeled on NASA's Curiosity rover has recommended a spacecraft equipped with instruments designed to look for traces of past life in the red planet's frigid crust, agency managers said.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1307/10mars2020/

 

SPACEWALK COMPLETED AT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
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Astronauts Christopher Cassidy and Luca Parmitano took a six-hour spacewalk from the International Space Station on Tuesday to replace a Ku-band communications transceiver; to install cabling needed by an upcoming Russian laboratory module; to retrieve a pair of science experiments; mount radiator servicing attachment fittings; and carry out routine maintenance.

OPENING DAY FESTIVITIES:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1307/09eva/

 

NEXT PROTON PAYLOAD PUT IN STORAGE DURING FAILURE PROBE
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A European television satellite that was scheduled to ride a Russian Proton rocket into orbit later this month has been placed into an extended storage mode, its launch date now unknown in the wake of the disastrous liftoff and crash of a similar booster last week.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1307/09proton/

 

NAVY SATELLITE HOISTED ABOARD ATLAS 5 ROCKET
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The second satellite in the orbital assembly of the U.S. Navy's new mobile communications network was loaded atop its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket booster Monday at Cape Canaveral.

http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av040/payload/

 

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Proton rocket crashes in horrific explosion

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RUSSIAN PROTON ROCKET CRASHES NEXT TO LAUNCH PAD
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A Russian Proton rocket went out of control and slammed into the steppes of Kazakhstan mere moments after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday night. The booster was carrying three navigation satellites on the ill-fated mission. Live video showed the Proton gyrating left and right as it ascended off the pad before going into a nose dive and plummeting into a massive fireball.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1307/01proton/

 

ATLAS AND DELTA ROCKETS GET NEW BATCH OF LAUNCH ORDERS
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United Launch Alliance has received a seven-launch order for Atlas and Delta rockets to carry out missions for the U.S. Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office.

OPENING DAY FESTIVITIES:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1307/01eelvbuy/

 

NASA'S GALEX MISSION CONCLUDES AFTER A DECADE
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NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, a diminutive satellite launched 10 years ago with the monumental goal of mapping the history of star formation in a million galaxies, completed its mission and was turned off last week.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1307/01galex/

 

INDIA'S FIRST NAVIGATION SATELLITE LAUNCHED BY PSLV
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India's first navigation satellite launched Monday aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, beginning a program to provide autonomous positioning services for users over Indian territory.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1307/01pslv/

 

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Monday, July 1, 2013

Space shuttle Atlantis showcase opens to the public

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FOURTH SPACE SHUTTLE RETIREMENT HOME OPENS
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Two years after the final space shuttle launch, the sentimental sendoff to put the retired orbiters on public display around the country was finished Saturday with the opening of the extravagant Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex attraction showcasing Atlantis.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts135/130629opening/

PHOTOS: ATLANTIS READY FOR OPENING DAY
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PHOTO GALLERIES: ATLANTIS ATTRACTION NEW OPEN
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With more than 40 astronauts in attendance, including at least one member of every Atlantis flight crew, the space shuttle attraction launched at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Saturday morning.

OPENING DAY FESTIVITIES:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts135/130629opening/gallery.html

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PEGASUS LAUNCH PUTS SOLAR RESEARCH CRAFT INTO ORBIT
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The newest spacecraft to launch in NASA's oldest program -- the Explorer project that dates back to America's first satellite -- was propelled into Earth orbit Thursday night by an air-launched rocket off the coast of California.

http://spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/iris/launchstory.html

PHOTOS: TOUR OF L-1011 AND PEGASUS
http://spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/iris/tour/

 

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