Thursday, October 31, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Dream Chaser damaged by crash landing in California
From: "Spaceflight Now" <newsalert@spaceflightnow.com>
Date: Oct 28, 2013 4:10 PM
Subject: Dream Chaser damaged by crash landing in California
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SPACESHIPS SCALED TO FIT ON YOUR DESK
Beautifully crafted models of rockets and spaceships. The mighty Delta 4 Heavy now available in two sizes.
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DREAM CHASER DAMAGED BY CRASH LANDING IN CALIFORNIA
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A test article of the lifting body Dream Chaser spaceship built by Sierra Nevada Corp., one of several companies receiving NASA funding to develop a commercial space taxi, made a crash landing on a runway at California's Edwards Air Force Base on Saturday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1310/26dreamchaser/
EUROPEAN CARGO FREIGHTER UNDOCKS FROM SPACE STATION
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Europe's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle backed away from the International Space Station on Monday, firing thrusters to vacate the outpost's safety bubble and begin positioning itself for a destructive re-entry Saturday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va213/131028undocking/
SIRIUS XM RADIO SPACECRAFT LAUNCHES ON PROTON ROCKET
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A Proton rocket and a Breeze M upper stage guided a fresh satellite into orbit Friday to begin a 15-year mission broadcasting hundreds of music, news and entertainment channels to Sirius XM Radio's 25 million subscribers in North America.
http://spaceflightnow.com/proton/siriusfm6/131026launch/
GROUND CREWS GAS UP MAVEN FOR MARS MISSION
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A team of technicians with specialized skills filled the propellant tank inside NASA's Mars-bound MAVEN spacecraft with 3,626 pounds of hydrazine fuel Friday to help steer the mission toward its ultimate destination in orbit around the red planet.
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av038/status.html
GUIDE TO THE PLANETS FOR iPAD
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From tiny Mercury to distant Neptune and Pluto, this interactive guide to the planets from Astronomy Now magazine takes you on a tour of our Solar System and beyond.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planets-astronomy-now-guide/id633956878?ls=1&mt=8
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Saturday, October 26, 2013
Telecom Ramblings: “600Mbps to the Moon” plus 1 more
From: "Telecom Ramblings" <webmaster@telecomramblings.com>
Date: Oct 26, 2013 4:09 AM
Subject: Telecom Ramblings: "600Mbps to the Moon" plus 1 more
To: <aquarianm@gmail.com>
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Telecom Ramblings: "600Mbps to the Moon" plus 1 more |  |
| Posted: 25 Oct 2013 04:45 AM PDT There's something about bandwidth in space that simultaneously evokes the responses 'Oh Cool' and 'That sounds so primitive'. That's true for me with the report on various news sources this week about an actual 622Mbps broadband connection between the Earth and the Moon, or more precisely to the Lunar and Atmospheric Dust Environment Explorer probe that is currently orbiting it. … [visit site to read more]       |
| Friday Bytes: Lightower, tw telecom, GTT, Teliasonera Posted: 25 Oct 2013 04:16 AM PDT |
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