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NASA News, Dec 12, 2011


NASA Launches Internet Radio Station
InformationWeek
Space agency's music and news outlet, dubbed Third Rock-America's Space Station, will attempt to attract tech-savvy young adults with indie and alternative rock. By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek NASA and rock-n-roll aren't words usually said in ...
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Elon Musk's private Dragon ship to dock with ISS in Feb
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By Lewis Page • Get more from this author NASA has announced that - all being well - the first mission to the International Space Station by a privately built and operated spacecraft will lift off on February 7. The craft will be a Dragon capsule ...
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Sharon Smith Donahue '86 Plays Key Role in NASA's New Space Telescope
Lafayette College Campus News
Donahue continues to promote the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, which 15 years ago was the first project she managed for Goddard Space Flight Center. Astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station ...
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Asia's space race could turn into an arms race
Ars Technica
Japan has the most human spaceflight experience, with 15 manned flights since 1992 and a membership in the International Space Station, but it has always hitchhiked with the US or Russia; the country doesn't have its own personnel transport vehicle. ...
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Ars Technica
Dryden Supported Many Aspects Of Space Shuttle Missions
RedOrbit
The WATR provided telemetry, radar, voice communication and video support of shuttle missions to NASA's Johnson Space Center, support that continues today for the International Space Station. During the more than 30-year orbital program, ...
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RedOrbit
Remote-controlled robots headed to space?
CBS News
As part of a NASA project, researchers at John Hopkins University have modified a robotics console normally used in surgery so it could be used to operate a fillingstation in space. By refueling aging satellites, their owners can get more useful life...
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Buried in space? Virginia may help pay for it.
WTVR
It plans to start launching rockets from Wallops to the space station next year, spokesman Barron Beneski said. Wallops' rise from a rocket range used primarily to launch weather and military satellites to a commercial spaceport coincides withNASA's ...
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UNL team to help with NASA research, will work on sensors for International ...
The Republic
The university says the students will conduct experiments for NASA on reduced gravity missions. The flights will fly April 20-27 from the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The special aircraft will travel to 35000 feet above the Earth. ...
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Ed Fisher: Are we ready for space travel?
The Morning Sun
Hickam thinks it is sad that the US has to pay Russia to carry our astronauts to the International Space Station. With the end of the shuttle program we have no way to send humans above the atmosphere. He suggests that space is in the national interest ...
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Boeing hires last shuttle commander
The Flame Trench
The photo serves as the "after" shot following a great amount of work by joint crews from Atlantis and the International Space Station to transfer supplies to and from the two spacecraft. Approximately a week earlier Ferguson posed for the "before" ...
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The Flame Trench
Two satellites share one rocket launch into orbit
Spaceflight Now
Similar in concept to NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, the Luch 5A will operate 22300 miles above Earth to provide connections to lower-orbiting spacecraft beneath it, like the Russian segment of the International Space Station and the ...
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Spaceflight Now
Media Advisory: Governor General to Visit Montreal
MarketWatch (press release)
The Governor General will take this opportunity to present Eddy, the mascot of EduZone, to CSA president Steve MacLean and Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield -who will be live from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, via video conference. ...
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Sparta robotics team tops in U.S.
Asbury Park Press
... Regional High School was the highest scoring team in the United States during the semi-final rounds of a NASA robotics competition, and has now qualified to compete in orbit on the International Space Station (ISS) for the final round of play. ...
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NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 11 December 2011
Space Ref (press release)
... with Ekaterina Beloglazova, Editor of Rossiyskiy Kosmos (Russian Space) Magazine and an old friend of ISS cosmonauts. ["Hello, Anton and Anatoly, first of all, could you share with us your first impressions of the Soyuz flight and station docking? ...
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Space Ref (press release)
Google offers US$33m to restore Hangar One landmark
Siliconrepublic.com
While Google would get to use two-thirds of the floor space for their private planes, NASA would remain as the hangar's owner and could lease out the floor space that was being unused by Google. The building would also not contain Google branding. ...
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Siliconrepublic.com
United Launch Alliance Celebrates Five Years of Mission Success, 56 Launches ...
Space Ref (press release)
In addition to the satellite market, ULA is continuing its role in commercial human spaceflight and progress in human-rating the Atlas V vehicle to launch crews to the International Space Station. "The Atlas V vehicle is the lowest risk approach to ...
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Glantz: Sky-high expectations
The Times Herald
It “orbits a star like our sun” (don't know exactly what this means, but it's coming from Space.com) and a surface temperature approximated at 72 degrees (Los Angeles without the smog). Could it be the ultimate validation for we Star Trek fans...
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Say No to Bigotry and Lowes and Support 'All-American Muslim'
Patheos (blog)
But his occupational purpose in being brought here was to help ensure that the United States beat the Soviet Union in the Space Race, by rocketing Neil Armstrong to the moon, as a brilliant engineer with NASA's Apollo 11 mission. He was a patriot then, ...
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Best Photos Of 2011 from The Associated Press
Denver Post
Atlantis marked the 26th nighttime landing of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. It also was the final mission for the shuttle program. (AP Photo/NASA, Sandra Joseph and Kevin O'Connell, File) In this May 16, 2011 file photo, ...
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Blogs by TV reporters, anchors give glimpse inside news
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In one, he debunked long-range forecasting in the Farmer's Almanac; in another, he considered the possibility of life on other planets, with a diagram of the KeplerSpace Telescope and a link to the NASA website. In a controversial posting last spring, ...
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NASA Engages Public With New Custom Internet Radio Station ...
WASHINGTON -- NASA's mission of discovery and exploration will be showcased in a custom-produced Internet music radio station that is crafted specifically to speak the language of tech-savvy young adults. Third Rock - America's Space ...
Commercial Space Watch
NASA launches internet radio station third rock | Geekosystem
By Max Eddy
Now, you might think that this would be nothing more than audio versions of the kind of content you'd see on NASA TV. Instead, the station is actually a mix of various rock tunes intercut with space-related news bites and occasional ads for ...
Geekosystem
NASA Sets Date for SpaceX to Rendezvous With ISS « AmericaSpace
By Jason Rhian
“SpaceX has made incredible progress over the last several months preparing Dragon for its mission to the space station,” said William Gerstenmaier, NASA'sassociate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission ...
AmericaSpace
The Flame Trench space news and analysis: Boeing hires last ...
By James Dean
... and analysis. Space news and analysis from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral .... The steady hand who led NASA's shuttle launch team through the assembly of the International Space Station, the recovery from the 2003 Colu. ...
The Flame Trench space news and analysis
Third Rock Radio: America's New Space Station now online - NASA ...
By Keith Cowing
Third Rock Radio: America's New Space Station now online. By Keith ... My understanding is that this arranegment is made via a Space Act Agreement withNASA on a non-exclusive basis and that there is no cost to the Federal Government. ...
NASA Watch
NASA Launches Third Rock Radio – America's Space Station ...
By Richard Hay
NASA Launches Third Rock Radio – America's Space Station. By Richard Hay, on December 12th, 2011 (12 seconds ago). thirdrocklogo. NASA has made huge strides over the last few years in getting their mission and activities out in front of ...
WindowsObserver.com
SpaceX to make ISS trip in February 2011 | ZME Science
By Tibi Puiu
Since NASA retired its space shuttle program this summer, the space agency has been left with no viable means of transporting astronauts to and from the. ...“SpaceX is excited to be the first commercial company in history to berth with the International Space Station,” said Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX president. “This mission will mark ... Tip us on news, scientific reports and studies, scientific advances, science art, interesting phenomena or any kind of science related material. Just write ...
ZME Science
NASA Sets Date for Dragon's Space Station Debut : Discovery News
A spaceship developed by privately owned SpaceX is scheduled for launch Feb. 7 on an unprecedented mission to the International Space Station.
news.discovery.com/.../nasa-sets-date-for-dragons-space-statio...
NASA - Space Station Astronaut Will Answer Video Questions From ...
HOUSTON -- NASA has announced a unique opportunity to ask the commander of the International Space Station a question about his role on the orbiting ...
www.nasa.gov/home/.../dec/HQ_11-406_Ask_the_Crew.html
NASA OKs Feb. launch of private space station trip - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: A private California company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February.
news.yahoo.com/nasa-oks-feb-launch-private-space-station-tri...
NASA OKs Feb. launch of private space station trip - PhysOrg.com
A private California company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February.
www.physorg.com/.../2011-12-nasa-oks-feb-private-space.ht...
NASA OKs February launch of private space station trip » Latest ...
A private space company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February. NASA announced the news today. ...
tribstar.com/.../NASA-OKs-February-launch-of-private-space-...
NASA OKs launch of private space station trip- Kingsport Times-News
(AP) -- A private space company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February. NASA announced the news ...
www.timesnews.net/.../nasa-oks-launch-of-private-space-statio...
NASA Looks to 3-D Printing for Spare Parts for Space Station ...
A first step toward space factories may come from NASA's recent selection of a U.S. startup's proposal to build a 3D printer for the space station. Such printing ...
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nasa-d...spare...
NASA OKs Feb. launch of private space station trip | News - Home
For the first time a private space company will attempt a commercial cargo run to the International Space Station.
www.clickorlando.com/news/NASA.../-/index.html
NASA OKs launch of pvt space station trip; dawn of... - Silobreaker
NASAannounced the news Friday, one year and one day after Space ... NASAOKs 2012 private space station trip [Published 17 hours ago by BigPond News] ...
www.silobreaker.com/nasa-oks-launch-of-pvt-space-station-tri...
NASA OKs Feb. launch of 1st private cargo run to space station ...
A private California company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February. NASA announced the news Friday ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAGLWPiO_story.html
NASA OKs Feb. launch of private space station trip - SFGate
(AP) -- A private California company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February. NASA announced the news ...
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/12/09/...
NASA OKs Feb. launch of private space station trip - KSWT: Local ...
KSWT: Local News, Weather, Sports Yuma, AZ El Centro Imperial Valley, CANASA OKs Feb. launch of private space station trip. News - Home · News -News ...
www.kswt.com/.../nasa-oks-feb-launch-of-private-space-statio...
NASA OKs Feb. launch of private space station trip | lehighvalleylive ...
(AP) — A private space company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February. NASA announced the news ...
www.lehighvalleylive.com/.../1e6629fcdd4148e39151b07d35...
Historic Mission To International Space Station ... - Fox News
"SpaceX has made incredible progress over the last several months preparing Dragon for its mission to the space station," said William Gerstenmaier, NASA's...
www.foxnews.com/.../historic-mission-to-international-space-s...
NASA OKs February launch of private space station trip
A private California company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February.
www.statesman.com/.../nasa-oks-february-launch-of-private-s...
NASA OKs Launch of Private Space Station Trip
NASA OKs Launch of Private Space Station Trip. ... FREE NEWS ALERTS. Inside Cover |; Newsfront |; U.S. ... NASA announced the news Friday. The approval ...
www.newsmax.com/US/SCITestRocket/2011/12/09/.../420493
NASA OKs February launch of private space station trip | Examiner ...
(AP) — A private California company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February. NASA announced the news ...
www.examiner-enterprise.com/.../nasa-oks-february-launch-pr...
NASA OKs launch of private space station trip | www.ktvu.com
A private U.S. company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station next year. NASA announced the news Friday, one year ...
www.ktvu.com/ap/ap/aerospace/nasa-oks-feb.../nFyNQ/
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