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Firms chosen for Galileo run-off »
Posted by: BronxBomber 1 month, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Eleven industrial groups will compete for the contracts to build Europe's much-delayed satellite-navigation system, Galileo.
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'Space traffic control' needed in junk-filled orbits »
Posted by: pagey 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
ON 11 January 2007, the People's Liberation Army destroyed an ailing Chinese weather satellite with a ballistic missile. The spacecraft was blown to smithereens ...
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China astronauts braced for walk »
Posted by: BronxBomber 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
China's three astronauts have spent their first day in orbit preparing for the mission's spacewalk.
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No More School Buses in Space? »
Posted by: hsaleem 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
NASA's first spacecraft were remarkably simple. A satellite series named Explorer, for example, launched 50 years ago, consisted of little more than 2-meter-long hollow ...
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Laboratory demonstration of an Earth-like extrasolar planet »
Posted by: shomtham 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Science & Technology
Detection of an Earth-like planet orbiting a nearby star requires a telescope with an extraordinarily large contrast. There are several space telescope systems that could ...
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'Space elevator' would take humans into orbit »
Posted by: Ousama 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A new space race is officially under way, and this one should have the sci-fi geeks salivating.The project is a "space ...
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Colorful Star Birth Region Near Tarantula Nebula Unveiled On Hubble's 100,000th Orbit Milestone »
Posted by: dirtyfratboy 3 months ago in Science & Technology
During Hubble’ s 100,000th orbit around the Earth it peered into a small portion of the nebula near the star cluster NGC 2074.
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Hubble Instruments Slated for On-Orbit 'Surgery' »
Posted by: dirtyfratboy 3 months ago in Science & Technology
When astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope in October 2008 for its final servicing mission, they will be facing a task that has no precedence ...
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New Product Review: Altec Lansing Orbit MP3 iM237 »
Posted by: inventhelp 1 month, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
The Altec Lansing Orbit MP3 iM237 certainly doesn' t look like an audio powerhouse. Smaller than a roll of packaging tape, the Orbit has a ...
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New Interview From James Myers, The Entertainment Critic of Jennifer Rardin on Bitten to Death »
Posted by: jamesmyers 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
Please check out the new interview by James Myers, The Entertainment Critic, of Author Jennifer Rardin about Her New Top Selling Book, Bitten to Death.
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Orbitrunner »
Posted by: Archbob 3 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
Keep you sun at a good distance from the planets to control them but not have the planets crash into it.
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Computer virus goes into orbit | Hacking Truths »
Posted by: justashik4u 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
SAN FRANCISCO: NASA confirmed that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine by security software.
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Chinese astronauts in final spacewalk countdown »
Posted by: ap 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
BEIJING (AP) _ Astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou 7 spacecraft were making final preparations for the country's first-ever spacewalk planned for Saturday afternoon.
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Video: SpaceX Falcon 1 - First Private Rocket To Reach Orbit. »
Posted by: marketplacepoint 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
SpaceX today made history with a successful launch of their Falcon 1 rocket. It has set a new record, becoming the first ever privately developed ...
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SpaceX successfully launched and sent into orbit a Falcon 1 »
Posted by: jhoomba 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
S pace Exploration Technologies Corporation ( SpaceX ) successfully launched and sent into orbit a Falcon 1 rocket, which was launched yesterday at 23:15 UTC from ...
