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In 1959, a spaceship fell out of the lunar sky and hit the ground near the Sea of Serenity. The ship itself was shattered, but its mission was a success. Luna 2 from the Soviet Union had became the first manmade object to "land" on the Moon. This may seem hard to believe, but Luna 2 started a trend: Cras...

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Teenager floats £30 camera into space to capture curvature of Earth[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9531419/Teenager-floats-3...

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a nickname campaign for the first Quasi-Zenith Satellite (QZS-1) between October 16 (Fri.) and December 16 (Wed.), 2009, to familiarise people with the satellite. Among many suggestions, "MICHIBIKI" was selected as the nick...

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Outcrops of clay rich crust in Mawrth Vallis, Mars, revealed by OMEGA and HRSC/MEX D. Loizeau, N. Mangold (IDES-Orsay), F. Poulet, J.-P. Bibring, A. Gendrin, C. Gomez, Y. Langevin, B. Gondet (IAS-Orsay), V. Ansan, P. Masson (IDES-Orsay), G. Neukum (FU-Berlin), OMEGA Team, HRSC...

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India's space agency, readying for a mission to the moon, is also planning to launch a satellite, Aditya, to study the sun, parliament was informed Wednesday. "Aditya will carry an instrument intended to study the outmost region of the sun, called corona. It will also study the coronal mass e...

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The Conestoga was a rocket consisting originally of surplus Minuteman missile stages with additional strap-on boosters, as required, for larger payloads. The first launch of the new Conestoga I design took place on 9 Sep 1982, consisting of the core missile stage and a 500 kg dummy payload which in...

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Soyuz TM-6 was the sixth manned spacecraft to visit the Soviet Space Station Mir. It was launched in August 1988, during the station's third long-duration expedition, Mir EO-3. The three person crew that was launched consisted of Research Doctor Valeri Polyakov, who became part of the EO-3 crew, a...

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Media accreditation for Shuttle flight STS-128 with ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang The media accreditation deadline for the next Space Shuttle flight to the International Space Station has been set by NASA. Discovery is tentatively slated for launch on 18 August to begin its mission, STS-128...

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Teachers at Telstar Middle/High School have homeroom groups called satellites. The staff prides itself on open communication with students. And at one time, sports teams were called the Telstar Satellites. All this goes back to the unique place in history of the SAD 44 school district: Just over t...

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Pictures from the mid-1960s Lunar Orbiter program lay forgotten for decades. But one woman was determined to see them restored. Rising over the battered surface of the moon, Earth loomed in a shimmering arc covered in a swirling skin of clouds. The image, taken in 1966 by NASA's robotic probe Lunar O...

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Joseph Albert "Joe" Walker (20 February 1921 - 8 June 1966) was an American test pilot and a NASA astronaut. In 1963, Walker made two X-15 flights beyond 100 kilometres - the edge of space - Flight 90 (19 July 1963; 106 km) and Flight 91 (22 August 1963; 108 km). Walker was the first US civilian...

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Xcor Aerospace announced its intention to offer private suborbital space flights in 2010. The company plans to build the Lynx, a two-seat spaceship that is about the size of a private aircraft. The Lynx will let passengers experience weightlessness at the edge of outer space for about four and a hal...

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The Boeing Company today announced that Intelsat Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, has selected Boeing to build four telecommunication satellites that will refresh and add new capacity to Intelsat's global satellite fleet. This contract is the first order for Boe...

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NASA is preparing to fly a small satellite about the size of a loaf of bread that could help scientists better understand how effectively drugs work in space. The nanosatellite, known as PharmaSat, is a secondary payload aboard a U.S. Air Force four-stage Minotaur 1 rocket planned for launch the eve...

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ISRO to redesign Soyuz for its manned space mission After the historic moon mission, India will redesign Russian space capsule Soyuz to send its astronauts on the country's maiden manned space mission. Read more

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	Luna 2 mission Luna (Preview) In 1959, a spaceship fell out of the lunar sky and hit the ground near the Sea of Serenity. The ship itself was shattered, but its mission was a success. Luna 2 from the Soviet Union had became the first manmade object to "land" on the Moon. This may seem hard to believe, but Luna 2 started a trend: Cras...	Blobrana	3	Sep 12 05:34 2012 by Blobrana
	Adam Cudworth (Preview) Teenager floats £30 camera into space to capture curvature of Earth[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9531419/Teenager-floats-3...	Blobrana	0	Sep 11 07:04 2012 by Blobrana
	Quasi-Zenith Satellite ( 1 2 ) (Preview) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a nickname campaign for the first Quasi-Zenith Satellite (QZS-1) between October 16 (Fri.) and December 16 (Wed.), 2009, to familiarise people with the satellite. Among many suggestions, "MICHIBIKI" was selected as the nick...	Blobrana	12	Sep 11 05:59 2012 by Blobrana
	Martian Clays (Preview) Outcrops of clay rich crust in Mawrth Vallis, Mars, revealed by OMEGA and HRSC/MEX D. Loizeau, N. Mangold (IDES-Orsay), F. Poulet, J.-P. Bibring, A. Gendrin, C. Gomez, Y. Langevin, B. Gondet (IAS-Orsay), V. Ansan, P. Masson (IDES-Orsay), G. Neukum (FU-Berlin), OMEGA Team, HRSC...	Blobrana	5	Sep 11 00:55 2012 by Blobrana
	Aditya Mission (Preview) India's space agency, readying for a mission to the moon, is also planning to launch a satellite, Aditya, to study the sun, parliament was informed Wednesday. "Aditya will carry an instrument intended to study the outmost region of the sun, called corona. It will also study the coronal mass e...	Blobrana	5	Sep 10 01:31 2012 by Blobrana
	Conestoga I rocket (Preview) The Conestoga was a rocket consisting originally of surplus Minuteman missile stages with additional strap-on boosters, as required, for larger payloads. The first launch of the new Conestoga I design took place on 9 Sep 1982, consisting of the core missile stage and a 500 kg dummy payload which in...	Blobrana	0	Sep 9 05:35 2012 by Blobrana
	Soyuz TM-6 (Preview) Soyuz TM-6 was the sixth manned spacecraft to visit the Soviet Space Station Mir. It was launched in August 1988, during the station's third long-duration expedition, Mir EO-3. The three person crew that was launched consisted of Research Doctor Valeri Polyakov, who became part of the EO-3 crew, a...	Blobrana	1	Aug 29 05:46 2012 by Blobrana
	STS-128 ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) STS (Preview) Media accreditation for Shuttle flight STS-128 with ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang The media accreditation deadline for the next Space Shuttle flight to the International Space Station has been set by NASA. Discovery is tentatively slated for launch on 18 August to begin its mission, STS-128...	Blobrana	54	Aug 28 05:50 2012 by Blobrana
	Telstar (Preview) Teachers at Telstar Middle/High School have homeroom groups called satellites. The staff prides itself on open communication with students. And at one time, sports teams were called the Telstar Satellites. All this goes back to the unique place in history of the SAD 44 school district: Just over t...	Blobrana	6	Aug 24 18:04 2012 by Blobrana
	Lunar Orbiter 1 (Preview) Pictures from the mid-1960s Lunar Orbiter program lay forgotten for decades. But one woman was determined to see them restored. Rising over the battered surface of the moon, Earth loomed in a shimmering arc covered in a swirling skin of clouds. The image, taken in 1966 by NASA's robotic probe Lunar O...	Blobrana	6	Aug 23 05:49 2012 by Blobrana
	Joseph Albert Walker (Preview) Joseph Albert "Joe" Walker (20 February 1921 - 8 June 1966) was an American test pilot and a NASA astronaut. In 1963, Walker made two X-15 flights beyond 100 kilometres - the edge of space - Flight 90 (19 July 1963; 106 km) and Flight 91 (22 August 1963; 108 km). Walker was the first US civilian...	Blobrana	4	Aug 22 05:53 2012 by Blobrana
	Xcor Aerospace ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Xcor Aerospace announced its intention to offer private suborbital space flights in 2010. The company plans to build the Lynx, a two-seat spaceship that is about the size of a private aircraft. The Lynx will let passengers experience weightlessness at the edge of outer space for about four and a hal...	Blobrana	10	Aug 20 16:25 2012 by Blobrana
	Intelsat 21, Intelsat 22 (Preview) The Boeing Company today announced that Intelsat Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, has selected Boeing to build four telecommunication satellites that will refresh and add new capacity to Intelsat's global satellite fleet. This contract is the first order for Boe...	Blobrana	2	Aug 20 16:22 2012 by Blobrana
	PharmaSat TacSat (Preview) NASA is preparing to fly a small satellite about the size of a loaf of bread that could help scientists better understand how effectively drugs work in space. The nanosatellite, known as PharmaSat, is a secondary payload aboard a U.S. Air Force four-stage Minotaur 1 rocket planned for launch the eve...	Blobrana	7	Aug 15 02:14 2012 by Blobrana
	ISRO manned space mission (Preview) ISRO to redesign Soyuz for its manned space mission After the historic moon mission, India will redesign Russian space capsule Soyuz to send its astronauts on the country's maiden manned space mission. Read more	Blobrana	1	Aug 13 21:14 2012 by Blobrana
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