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Was that America? The shuttle Discovery, as seen from afar ...
By Victoria Jaggard
From our new spot on the plush grass, NASA TV was just a Charlie Brown mumble. News reached us via an old-fashioned medium: excited strangers. "They've put a hold on the countdown!" Well, yes, there are several built-in holds, of ten minutes and ... Why's it moving so fast? Is everything all right?--and then a deadening roar, delay much reduced, thank you NASA TV--and just a second or two in, the dawning realization that yes, space shuttle Discovery was away from Earth. ...
Breaking Orbit - http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/breakingorbit/
Johannes Kepler operating flawlessly | Retroburn
Your only source for all space exploration news. Hand-picked. ... “ATV is a truly European spacecraft. Flying it requires experts from ESA, partner agencies and ... A Planetary Society Trifecta · Nice images of Discovery's launch ... Hand-picked press releases from NASA, ESA, Roscosmos and JAXA, delivered in a nice ...
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Feb 15 - Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News
STATION NEWS · Astro_Paolo And Views From Space Paolo Nespoli, ESA's astronaut working ... Lockheed Martin Ships Out First Orion Spacecraft ... During space shuttle Discovery's final spaceflight, the STS-133 crew members will ... NASA announced this week that the Planetary Society's LightSail-1 solar sail mission ...
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Don't Cry for Me, Discovery - Breaking Orbit
Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Kennedy Space Center today at 4:53pm ET in ... From dwarf planets to hot Jupiters, join NatGeo News space editor Victoria Jaggard in a global ... and a Safer Way · Pictures: Five Forerunners of NASA's Robot Astronaut ... 1996-2008 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.
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Future Planetary Exploration: ESA Medium Class Mission Candidates
Satellite News · Discovery Thunders into Space to Begin Final Flight - *Space ... Press Release: Planetary Society Weighs in on NASA Budget - On the Planetary ... Russia (unofficial - page down to Planetary Spacecraft) · ESA Future Missions · ESA Solar System News · JAXA Lunar & Planetary · NASA Planetary Missions ...
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Space Exploration Mattters - Feb 20 2011 - STS-133 Astronauts ...
I apologize for its... on February 3 From Planetary Society ... ESA's Bepi Colombo, the dual spacecraft mission to Mercury, conducted in partnership with ... Space shuttle Discovery's target launch date might move from Feb. ... The NASA news conference announcing the latest Kepler results will take place today at ...
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Johannes Kepler Launch « The National Space Society of Phoenix
Latest Space News. The European Space Agency's ISS resupply cargo vessel " Johannes Kepler" ... 24 February, one day before the launch of STS-133 Discovery . ... Image Credit: ESA/Stephane Corvaja. NASA TV coverage of the launch from the ... After an eight-day journey, the spacecraft will rendezvous and dock to the ...
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"Go" for Final Launch of Discovery - Breaking Orbit
National Geographic Society. P.O. Box 98199. Washington, DC20090-8199 ... Tanking of Space Shuttle Discovery began on time at 7:25 am ET this morning, ... down (just for a moment) and marvel at the flagship shuttle of NASA's fleet. ... From dwarf planets to hot Jupiters, join NatGeo News space editor Victoria ...
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STS-133 Shuttle Discovery set for lift-off | Johannes Kepler - ESA ...
At today's pre-launch news conference NASA's mission management team gave their unanimous decision for space shuttle Discovery's launch tomorrow at 4:50 p.m. EST (22:50 CET). ... Planetary Society Emily Lakdawalla's excellent blog ... Wired Science; JAXA HTV-2 news; Arianespace v200; ATV at Astrium Space ...
blogs.esa.int/atv/.../sts-133-shuttle-discovery-set-for-lift-off/
European Association for Astronomy Education » Discovery Docks to ISS
Image credit: NASA TV. Space shuttle Discovery docked to the ... This is the EAAE News blog that aims to allow astronomy teachers to know whats being ...
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NASA Sets Launch Date STS-133 - Worldnews.com
In this file photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the Japanese whaling ship Yushin ... Orange News Nasa will attempt to launch space shuttle Discovery next week ... 2011 at 05:44:33 AM Japan's space agency JAXA is considering putting a .... Cassini-Huygens, NASA/ESA/ASI Robotic Spacecraft Mission ...
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Discovery set to launch this week : Space and Astronomy news daily ...
HERE IS NASA'S LATEST video update, which—amongst other news—includes details of the last flight of space shuttle Discovery, due for lift-off at 8:50am Sydney time on Friday, .... James Benford, James Webb Space Telescope, Janus, JAXA ... Planet Hunters, planetary exploration, planetary nebula, planetary system ...
spaceinfo.com.au/2011/02/.../discovery-set-to-launch-this-wee...
Feb 16 - Space News From SpaceDaily.Com
The discovery and properties of the thick disc will const ... more ... NASA's Kepler spacecraft has located more than 1200 planetary candidates, however confirming them ... Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense .... of Ulster academics and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ... more ...
www.spacedaily.com/pageone/spacedaily-2011-02-16.html
When Stardust Met Tempel, a Love Story | Astroengine.com
A NASA spacecraft, a lonely comet and a Valentine's date with no ... have a read of my Discovery News article “Stunning Photos from a Comet Near-Kiss.” ...
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2011 February 24
Courtesy NASA TV. The space shuttle Discovery safely lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida today ... The disk may be in the process of forming a planetary system, ... Two new papers by independent research teams show that this cooling is likely ... Dr. Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy Blog · European Space Agency – ESA ...
astrocast.tv/blog/?m=20110224
Google Lunar X PRIZE final count of teams: 29. - NewsFeed ...
Teams on four continents are trying to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface ... “The thrill of discovery and the newness of it made me feel like I was part of something bigger,” he said. .... When you consider the cost of past NASA/ESA probes and rovers, .... Lunar X PRIZE Teams Announced - Space News - redOrbit ...
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Robonaut's Crush? - Really Rocket Science | We Love Space!
NASA JSC's Robonaut-2 is mostly all business. JAXA's HRP-4C is chatty and more communicative. ... Technorati Tags: gm japan jaxa jsc nasa robonaut hrp-4c ...
www.reallyrocketscience.com/node/1528
Tom's Astronomy Blog » Kepler
So far, Kepler has found 68 Earth-sized planetary candidates, ... Kepler's first five planets -- NASA/ESA/JPL/David Koch, Alan Gould, Edna DeVore ... I tried listening to the news conference but the internet connection I was on ... The Kepler spacecraft is getting down to the business of finding Earth-like planets. ...
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eo.st - Actualité et News en direct - L'actu en continu - 26/02 ...
On Super Sun-day, NASA's STEREO spacecraft moved into position to photograph . .... Les news sur Earthquakes. Sciences - Nature - Earthquakes. M 4.9, Java ... The galaxy NGC 2841 - shown here in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope ... A new paper in today's online edition of the American Chemical Society's journal ...
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BBC - Spaceman: Plotting a course for Europe's space freighter
She says: "Thanks to the extreme flexibility of this spacecraft, we can think of a .... mainstream news coverage there is for stuff about the European and UK space programmes. ..... Jaxa's Kankoh-maru 50 passengers to LEO SSTO "Space Ferry" NASA's space tug - the missing part of the Shuttle program cut by Reagan. ...
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Google-backed Moon robot teams confirmed
They are so important to bringing new minds and new ideas to space ... Several of the teams have already bought rides on spacecraft to transport their robots. ... "The most successful and revolutionary discoveries often come from small, .... There is no doubt about this and NASA, the ESA, and JAXA all have a focus ...
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trendr.tv | jaxa
Today: SPACE News, NASA, ESA, JAXA, Planetary Society He will later be joined by ... JAXA : Discovery News JAXA's HTV-2 Launches High School Experiment. ...
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Japanese News & Science/Tech 日本のニュースと科学技術 - Page 13 ...
Space station may get chatty, tweeting JAXA humanoid robot ... Following up on NASA's "Robonaut" R-2 program, which is set for launch on the Discovery .... with a shortage of labour in an ageing society or risk losing workers to China, ...
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Power From Space 2.0: [OLD SPACE ] STS-133 the last flight of ...
Space Solar 101 : European Space Agency, Look NASA dropped the ball. ... Mission managers today gave space shuttle Discovery a go for Thursday's .... Like many people GOOGLE DEVELOPMENT has been glued to the news unfolding in ... EUROPE - ESA WATCH ... SPACE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG). The Planetary Society ...
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