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Dec 26, 2011

NASA News, Dec 26, 2011

A Russian Progress-M-12M cargo ship carrying s...
Russian Space Program Suffers Another Failed Launch
Forbes
Early in the year, a Soyuz rocket carrying an unmanned Progress spacecraft suffered a launch failure, a failure that had some concerned that NASA might decide to leave the International Space Station without a crew. But after some work, ...
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The 12 Most Anticipated Space Missions of 2012
Space.com
For NASA, this year will bring the first private space cargo missions to the International Space Station, while China plans to launch its first crew to a brand-new space laboratory in orbit. Meanwhile, new NASA probes are due to arrive at the moon and ...
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International Space Station snaps photo of Christmas Comet Lovejoy
The State Column
NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency docked at the orbiting laboratory late Thursday, the latest transition to take place on the orbiting space station. ...
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A year in spaaaaace: El Reg looks back on 2011
Register
After another hitch, this time with a feeler gauge, Discovery was cleared for launch on 24 February, a trip that went off without a hitch, delivering six astronauts and a robot - the Robonaut 2 or R2 - to the International Space Station. ...
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The year's top flying machines
CBS News
Like many shuttle missions before it--Discovery and Endeavour also recorded their final missions this year--this flight of the Atlantis ferried supplies to the InternationalSpace Station. Over the decades, the five shuttles in NASA's fleet took more ...
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Star-struck students aim for space
Adelaide Now
In teams, the students will come up with ideas for experiments that could be carried out in space. The idea judged the best may then be carried out on the International Space Station. University of Adelaide student branch of the American Institute of ...
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Microsoft's Kinect could keep an eye astronauts' weight
DVICE
Now the gaming system's sensors could be adapted as a next generation weight measurement system onboard the International Space Station. It would relay data via 3D modeling, and require less space than the current equipment. ...
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Sci-Tech & Health
Zee News
Ending a journey of 30 years of unmatched achievements and paving way for the next era of US human spaceflight, NASA's dream SpaceShuttle Program came to a 'wheels stop' on July 21, 2011 at the conclusion of its 135th mission. ...
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Zee News
Did Newt Gingrich Flip Flop on Space as Well?
Examiner.com
An oped in the Orlando Sentinel suggests that Gingrich's space position may be fluid as well. Gingrich, while a supporter of space exploration, has been a vigorous critic of NASA and what he regards as an unwieldy government bureaucracy that has gotten ...
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NASA Media Telecon on GRAIL Moon Orbit Insertion
Space Ref (press release)
The GRAIL mission is part of the Discovery Program managed at NASA's MarshallSpace Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. ...
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Better luck next year
Scienceline
According to its website, SpaceX had no flights in 2011 and plans its next flight, to the International Space Station, for February 2012. On Oct. 17, Virgin Galactic dedicated its “Gateway to Space” in New Mexico, and there is a bookings page on its ...
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Soyuz Rocket's Comet-like Re-Entry Captured on Video
Universe Today
by Nancy Atkinson on December 26, 2011 Part of the Soyuz rocket that brought the latest trio of crew members to the InternationalSpace Station fell back to Earth on Dec. 24, and its fiery re-entry was captured by several skywatchers in Europe. ...
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Universe Today
NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 25 December 2011
Space Ref (press release)
Andre completed his daily task of filling out his SHD (SpaceHeadache) questionnaire which he started after Soyuz launch and continues on ISS (on an SSC/Station Support Computer) for his first week in space. (Photos of the two questionnaires from his ...
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Space Ref (press release)
Russian Spacecraft Delivers 3 to Orbiting Station
The Moscow Times
"I can't think of a prettier picture than seeing all six back on board the space station," NASA's William Gerstenmaier told the assembled crew during a video linkup with Russian Mission Control outside Moscow. Families of crew members, who had joined ...
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Fresh crew joins the space station
The Independent
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, an American and a Dutchman docked at the International Space Station yesterday, restoring the permanent crew to six members for the first time since September. Russian's Oleg Kononenko, Nasa'sDon Pettit and the ...
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Memories of another day
The Hindu
Goodbye Late in the year, in the world of science, it was goodbye to the spaceshuttle programme. Space Shuttle Atlantis made its last flight in July after completing mission STS-135. NASA also said its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter had photographic ...
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Russian spacecraft delivers 3 to orbiting station
PhysOrg.com
"I can't think of a prettier picture than seeing all six back on board thespace station," NASA's William Gerstenmaier told the assembled crew during a video linkup with Russian Mission Control outside Moscow. Families of crew members, who had joined ...
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PhysOrg.com
Faster forward: Imagining the future car of 2050
Digitaltrends.com
NASA has an ongoing research project trying to figure out how to beam energy down from solar collectors in space. There's a notion that all cars could then collect energy from space as well, transmitted the same way. “The trick will be in converting ...
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NASA - Journaling the Journey into Space
They likely don't make a notation of the star date or call it a captain's log, but astronauts aboard the ISS, like many other voyagers, keep journals.
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/.../Stuster_Journals.html
New Crew Blasts Off For Space Station : Discovery News
The new crew will restore a full staff of six to the space station. ... NEWS: NASAUnveils Rules for Space Taxis. Wednesday's launch proceeded without a hitch, ...
news.discovery.com/.../new-crew-blasts-off-for-space-station-...
NASA: Expedition 30 Docks To The Space Station ... - Staple News
After launching in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to the International SpaceStation, Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, NASA Flight Engineer ...
www.staplenews.com/.../nasa-expedition-30-docks-to-the-spac...
GAO says NASA plan to extend International Space Station life to ...
One factor still in play is whether commercial resupply flights to the station will take place as soon and often as NASA plans.
blog.al.com/space.../gao_says_nasa_plan_to_extend_i.html
NASA 'Smart SPHERES' tested successfully on international space ...
Science and technology news ... International Space Station researcher Mike Fossum, commander of Expedition 29, puts ... Provided by JPL/NASA (news : web) ...
www.physorg.com/.../2011-12-nasa-smart-spheres-successfull...
How Astronauts Celebrate Christmas in Space | NASA - Space.com
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are set to celebrate Christmas in low-Earth orbit, Expedition 30 commander ... NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, commander of Expedition 26 aboard the ... Follow SPACE.com for the latest inspace science and exploration news on ...
www.space.com/14038-astronauts-space-station-christmas-201...
NASA Names Top Stories For 2011 - Space News - redOrbit
NASA and its international partners celebrated 11 years of permanent human habitation on the International Space Station on Nov. 2. More than 1400 research...
www.redorbit.com/news/.../nasa-names-top-stories-for-2011/
Astronauts arrive at space station for the holidays
"The Soyuz crew arrives down the chimney of the space station with an early Christmas present for the station's crew," NASA spokesman Rob Navias said during ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../ns/technology_and_science-space/
Budget Uncertainty Alters NASAs Commercial ... - Space News
NASA's current contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency runs through ...We need to be able to fully utilize our Space Station until the end of this decade,...
www.spacenews.com/.../111215-budget-nasa-switches-comme...
Comet Lovejoy awes NASA astronaut aboard International Space ...
Comet Lovejoy as seen from the International Space Station on December ... You are here : Home » Space News » Comet Lovejoy awes NASA astronaut ...
americaspeaksink.com/.../comet-lovejoy-awes-nasa-astronaut-a...
NASA revamps, delays commercial space taxi work - Yahoo! News
News: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Budget cuts in a program to ... to the International Space Station until 2017, NASA's head of space operations ...
news.yahoo.com/nasa-revamps-delays-commercial-space-taxi-...
New space station crew blasts off for the holidays - Technology ...
Soyuz rocket sends NASA astronaut and two Russian crewmates into orbit ... The trio is bound for the space station, where they are scheduled to dock on Friday at... space agency] JAXA," Kuipers said in a press conference earlier this year. ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../new-space-station-crew-blasts-holida...
NewsDaily: Multinational crew blasts off for space station
Space Exploration Technologies, one of two firms hired by NASA to deliver cargo to the station following the space shuttles' retirement this summer, plans a trial ...
www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre7bk0uy-us-space-soyuz/
Trio Heads For Holiday Reunion With Space ... - Aero-News Network
Soyuz Launches Successfully From Kazakhstan NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit , ... Space Agency Flight | Published: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 | Aero-News Network.
www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id...
NASA Solicitation: Neutron Star Interior ... - Commercial Space Watch
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210. ... place an X-ray timing instrument on the International Space Station (ISS) to explore ... News from Moon Today ...
www.comspacewatch.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=39395
Green light for SpaceX flight to space station - CBS News
(CBS News). NASA has agreed to let Space Exploration Technologies -- SpaceX -- make a long-awaited test fight to the International Space Station, pending ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../green-light-for-spacex-flight-to-space-st...
Comet Lovejoy awes NASA astronaut aboard International Space Station
By Jason Samenow Comet Lovejoy as seen from the International Space Stationon December 21Earlier this week, when International Space Station commander...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAHMHdDP_blog.html
NASA ANNOUNCES: DRAGON TO THE SPACE STATION ...
Home Press Releases Podcasts News & Blogs ParticipateLinks ... NASAANNOUNCES: DRAGON TO THE SPACE STATION December... 18 Dec 2011, 09:54 ...
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/165562/
Russian Spacecraft Docks at Space Station - Silobreaker
... Earth Science. Published 41 mins ago by US News & World Report ... Spacestation gets full house for Christmas [ Published 14 mins ago by New Zealand Herald ] ... The European Space Agency's Andre Kuipers, NASA's Don Pettit and ....
www.silobreaker.com/russian-spacecraft-docks-at-space-statio...
NASA 'Smart SPHERES' Tested on ISS - SPACE TRAVEL
STATION NEWS. NASA 'Smart SPHERES' Tested on ISS by Kim Newton for Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL (SPX) Dec 22, 2011 ...
www.space-travel.com/.../NASA_Smart_SPHERES_Tested_on...
NASA launches new space station &#8212 - World News Network
Houston, we have a radio station. NASA on Monday unveiled a new online radio station dubbed "Third Rock: America's Space Station" in the U.S. space ...
article.wn.com/.../NASA_launches_new_space_station_8212_...
The Flame Trench space news and analysis: NASA: No Impact ...
NASA officials say a Soyuz 2.1b rocket crash today should not impact International Space Station operations because its failed third stage is significant different ...
space.flatoday.net/.../nasa-no-impact-expected-from-soyuz.ht...
A stranded probe, a Martian volcano and space trash – in pictures ...
Among last month's space news highlights were a marooned Russian probe, ...microscope and how they put out the trash at the International Space Station ...The unbroken filament was a million kilometres long Photograph: SDO/GSFC/Nasa ...
www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2011/.../space-in-pictures
Photos: NASA says 'so long' to Space Shuttle in 2011 | National ...
Atlantis is the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA. ... Local & RegionalNews for Eugene, Springfield Oregon · OSU grad Don Pettit blasts off for space ...
www.kval.com/.../Photos-NASA-says-so-long-to-Space-Shuttl...
New Crew Launches On Russian Soyuz Rocket To ... - Fox News
In a holiday video message from space, station commander Daniel Burbank ofNASA said the orbiting lab is festooned with decorations to mark the December ...
www.foxnews.com/.../new-space-crew-set-to-launch-on-russia...
CSExtra – Tuesday, December 20, 2011 « Coalition for Space ...
From Space News: NASA looks to astrophysicist John Grunsfeld, the former ...full time crew members, the space station will be prepared for the arrival of its first...
spacecoalition.com/.../csextra-tuesday-december-20-2011
Photos: NASA says 'so long' to Space Shuttle in 2011 | Technology ...
Atlantis is the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA. ... By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Published: Dec 21, 2011 at 8:10 AM PST Last Updated: ...Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers are to dock with the space station on Friday. ...
www.katu.com/.../Photos-NASA-says-so-long-to-Space-Shuttl...
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