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NASA News, Feb 01, 2012


Space Station Dodges Debris From Destroyed Chinese Satellite
Space.com
by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor The International Space Station fired its thrusters Saturday (Jan. 28) in order to steer clear of orbital debris from China's 2007 anti-satellite test. The dodging maneuver was required to avoid space junk from ...
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Gingrich's space vision sounds a lot like Obama's
Washington Post (blog)
The Space shuttle Discovery leaves the International Space Station. (NASA) Yesterday, Newt Gingrich elicited a few guffaws over his proposal to colonize the moon and dole out $1.8 billion in space-prize money to private companies. Wild!
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Russia Launches Robot Cargo Ship to Space Station
Space.com
Liftoff occurred at 6:06 pm EST (2306 GMT), though it was early Thursday at the launch site, marking Russia's first space mission of the year. "Progress 46 successfully delivered to orbit … it is en route to the International Space Station," said NASA ...
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NASA, University of Maryland Invite Public to Astronauts' Discussion of Recent ...
Sacramento Bee
By NASA WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering invite the public to a discussion with three astronauts from recent International Space Station expedition ...
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Three Space Shuttle Veterans Chosen for Astronaut Hall of Fame
Space.com
by Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com Editor A spacewalker who tied the record for the most space missions, the military's highest ranking astronaut, and a former chief of the NASA astronaut corps will be inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame ...
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ISS Program Monitors Soyuz Test Failure
Aviation Week
By Mark Carreau The International Space Station's NASA-led mission management team is tracking a Russian investigation into the ground test failure of the Soyuz spacecraft assigned for the next crew launch to the orbiting science lab, and whether the ...
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Aviation Week
How do you fight fire in space? Experiments provide some answers
PhysOrg.com
This is a color image of a burning droplet during a fuel combustion experiment on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Glenn Research Center Improving fire-fighting techniques in space and getting a better understanding of fuel combustion here ...
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PhysOrg.com
NASA to Solicit Private Space Taxi Proposals Feb. 7
Space.com
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to solicit proposals Feb. 7 for the third round of its commercial crew program and award at least two funded Space Act Agreements this summer that will run through 2014 and prepare competing astronaut transportation concepts ...
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Russian Cargo Ship Docks At International Space Station
Huffington Post
The unmanned spacecraft is carrying about 2.9 tons of supplies for the space station'sExpedition 30 crew, according to a NASA description. The cargo ship is packed with about 2050 pounds (930 kilograms) of fuel, 110 pounds (50 kg) of oxygen and air, ...
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New Report Pinpoints NASA's 16 Biggest Space Tech Needs
Space.com
The National Research Council released the NASA-commissioned the spacetechnology roadmap report Feb. 1, after a year of analysis. The report is designed to give the agency feedback on draft roadmaps they submitted in 2010 and to help thespace agency ...
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Newt Gingrich: Space visionary and future Geek-in-Chief?
Christian Science Monitor
The rally in Cocoa was just down the road from the Kennedy Space Center. With the retirement of the space shuttles last year, the United States is dependent on Russia to fly its astronauts to the International Space Station, a service that costs NASA ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Storming Robots win NASA satellite competition
NJ.com
By The Messenger-Gazette A team of students at Branchburg-based Storming Robots won a worldwide space robotics competition on Jan. 23. The Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge, held by MIT and NASA, took place aboard the International Space Station(ISS).
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What If The Apollo Program Never Happened?
Discovery News
Between then and now, NASA's small space shuttle fleet filled in for space travel, but astronauts could only venture as far a low earth orbit -- at an altitude much shorter than the distance the early pioneers covered in settling the West.
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Taylor, family, friends connect with space station commander
Berkshire Eagle
Through an iPad and satellite hookup from the high-tech recording studio at Taylor's hilltop home base overlooking Lenox, to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and then 220 miles above the Earth to flight commander Dan Burbank aboard the ...
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Orion test to reach deep space — with broad NASA implications
Orlando Sentinel
What's now clear is that the capsule will be sent into deep space, far beyond the lower Earth orbit of the International Space Station. At its peak, Orion's orbit is expected to extend nearly 3700 miles from Earth — the farthest a NASA spacecraft ...
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Orlando Sentinel
Last man on moon, other space leaders backing Romney
msnbc.com
A heavy-lift rocket carrying NASA's Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle launches on the Exploration Test Flight 1 in this still from a NASA video. The test flight, targeted for 2014, would test vital Orion systems and re-entry techniques for deep space ...
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The NASA Space Shuttle Returns to Florida
WCTV
High school student teams are invited to submit a proposal for a scientific experiment that could be conducted on the International Space Station in zero-gravity conditions. A panel of experts in the field of science and science education will evaluate ...
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Focus on solar storms takes priority at NASA's Goddard Space Weather Center
The State Column
The solar storms have also caused a bit of havoc for NASA, which had to take into consideration astronauts working on the International Space Station. The mass of energy poses problems to astronauts and spacecraft, which do not have the added ...
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Local students gain unique view of space
Rockport Pilot
During his visit he went to schools in the area, wearing his blue work clothes and standing by a complete space suit, he outlined the programs and activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the space station.
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Texas Students to Speak Live With Space Station Crew
MarketWatch (press release)
27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Asa Low Intermediate School in Mansfield, Texas, will speak with NASA's Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the InternationalSpace ...
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NASA seeks new astronauts for International Space Station
89.3 KPCC
Last week, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich gave a boost to thespace industry, promising to have a permanent base on the moon by the end of his second term. NASA isn't waiting for the election results. The pay's pretty good — $64724 to ...
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89.3 KPCC
SpaceX test-fires emergency escape rocket
MyFox Tampa Bay
SpaceX's first cargo flight to the International Space Station may have been delayed, but the company has taken a step closer to the first private manned flight. Video posted online shows the company's new emergency escape rocket engine being test ...
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MyFox Tampa Bay
Coast Guard Cadets Chat With International Space Station Commander (and ...
Patch.com
By Dirk Langeveld To the cheers of an auditorium of cadets at the Coast Guard Academy on Tuesday, academy graduate and former professor Daniel C. Burbank made an appearance from the International Space Station. Burbank, a Tolland High School graduate ...
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Astronaut Catherine 'Cady' Coleman shares vision of space travel
GazetteNET
"Flying in space is kind of an addictive thing," she said. "Even a six-month mission on a space station is not enough time to spend up there." NASA'sprogram is "in transition" to commercialization by private contractors likeSpace Exploration ...
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GazetteNET
NASA celebration of 50th anniversary of John Glenn's historic space flight ...
Plain Dealer (blog)
That flight led NASA on a trajectory that resulted in astronauts landing on the moon, the development of the space shuttle and the construction of the International Space Station. "Celebrating John Glenn's Legacy: 50 years of Americans in Orbit," will ...
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Plain Dealer (blog)
NASA SPACE NEWS: Gingrich call for moon foundation, space contest
By Gabriella Brianna
The rally in Cocoa was now down the road from the Kennedy Space Center. With the departure of the space shuttles last year, the United States is dependent on Russia to fly its astronauts to the global Space Station, a service that costs NASA ...
NASA SPACE NEWS
In NASA Country, Doubts About Gingrich's Moon Base Plan ...
By alvinr
News. In NASA Country, Doubts About Gingrich's Moon Base Plan. by gerald rich. AUSTIN, Texas — Last Wednesday, Jan. 25th, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich vowed that if he's elected, America will have a permanent base on the moon by his second term. But for members of Texas' ... Both Boeing and NASA are continuing work on the $100 billion International Space Station, including prototyping and exploration beyond the station. Korn says Texas-based aerospace ...
Moonandback
Legendary Astronaut Shannon Lucid Retires From NASA ...
By Klaus Schmidt
Welcome guest | Login | Sign Up · Overview News · Headlines > News > Legendary Astronaut Shannon Lucid Retires From NASA ... “She was a model astronaut for long-duration missions, and whether she was flying hundreds of miles up in space or serving as Capcom [capsule communicator] during the overnight hours for our space shuttle andspace station crews, she always brought a smile to our faces. Like so many others, I always will look up to her.” Lucid, who holds a ...
International Space Fellowship
How do you fight fire in space? Experiments provide some answers ...
By News
Forman Williams, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been working on fire research and fire safety with NASA since the 1970s. You will not, however, find him on the space station. The experiments are run by remote ...
Science Codex - Heavens
The Flame Trench space news and analysis: Russian Supply Ship ...
By Todd Halvorson
A Russian space freighter docked at the International Space Station tonight, hauling up three tons of supplies and equipment to the six astronauts and cosmonauts living and working in the orbital research laboratory. The Progress 46 spacecraft linked up with the station's Russian ... A group that includes the first space shuttle pilot, the last man to walk on the moon and a former NASA Administrator endorsed Republican p... Cargo Ship With Rocket Parts Crashes In Kentucky. A cargo ...
The Flame Trench space news and analysis
The Flame Trench space news and analysis: Russian Freighter ...
By Todd Halvorson
A supply-filled Russian cargo carrier is in hot pursuit of the International Space Stationtonight after launching from a spaceport on the central steppes of Kazakhstan. Mounted atop a Soyuz U rocket, the ... NASA chief Charlie Bolden met with a handful of former Apollo astronauts today to talk about resolving misunderstandings about ownership of... Secondary payloads dropped ... Former astronaut Ken Bowersox has left SpaceX,Space News reports . SpaceX confirmed Bowersox, the ...
The Flame Trench space news and analysis
The Flame Trench space news and analysis: From lunar colonies to ...
By Mara Bellaby
The Flame Trench space news and analysis. Space news and analysis from KennedySpace Center and Cape Canaveral ... You start with the question, do you really believeNASA in it's current form is the most effective way of leveraging investment in space? We now have a bureaucracy sitting there, .... SpaceX Gives World A View Inside Dragon. The company aiming to launch the first commercial cargo freighter to the International Space Station is giving the world a look inside its .
The Flame Trench space news and analysis
NASA's Online Radio Station Rocks Smartphones
By Inside KSC News Feeds
... Third Rock Radio just got mobile. Updates to the NASA App for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android now feature NASA's online alternative rock station. More... ...Welcome to InsideKSC.com - Your source for updates and information regarding Kennedy Space Center · Help. Remember Me? The Facebook Platform ... NASA'sOnline Radio Station Rocks Smartphones. By Inside KSC News Feeds in forum Space News Center. Replies: 0. Last Post: 2 Weeks Ago, 06:56 PM ...
InsideKSC.com
The Flame Trench space news and analysis: Record-Setting ...
By Todd Halvorson
Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, spent more than three decades with NASA, talling more than 1400 hours in space and performing nine spacewalks. Ross ranks third .... International Space Station comes together ...
The Flame Trench space news and analysis
NewsDaily: Gingrich calls for moon base, space contests
By Irene Klotz
With the retirement of the space shuttles last year, the United States is dependent on Russia to fly its astronauts to the International Space Station, a service that costs NASAabout $60 million per person. China, the only other country that has ...
NewsDaily: Science Headlines
Robotic Russian supply ship docks at space station - Technology ...
There are seven "opportunities for the debris to make a close approach to the station,"NASA officials said. More space news from msnbc.com. Image: Solar flare ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../robotic-russian-supply-ship-docks-sp...
Third Rock Radio, NASA's New Space Station
Third Rock Radio, NASA's New Space Station. Updated: Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012, 8:51 PM EST Published : Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012, 8:51 PM EST ...
www.myfoxdc.com/.../third-rock-radio-nasa-new-space-statio...
NASA TV Covers Space Station Cargo Ship Launch and Arrival ...
NASA Breaking News · NASA TV Covers Space Station Cargo Ship Launch and Arrival. 19 Jan 2012, 05:00 UTC NASA TV Covers Space Station Cargo Ship ...
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/news/view/171774/
NASA working with space tourist to release film shot on space ...
Digital Journal is a digital media news network with thousands of Digital Journalists in ...NASA working with space tourist to release film shot on space station ...
digitaljournal.com/headlines/?link=2900
NASA to Solicit Private Space Taxi Proposals Feb. 7 - Yahoo! News
News: WASHINGTON — NASA plans to solicit proposals Feb. ... of vehicles capable of ferrying astronauts to and from the international space station. ... Space Act Agreements allow NASA to provide companies with federal funds and access to ...
news.yahoo.com/nasa-solicit-private-space-taxi-proposals-feb-...
NASA TV Covers Space Station Cargo Ship Launch ... - Research.gov
A Progress spacecraft approaches the Space Station prior to docking. ... NASATelevision will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of the next spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station. ... Press Release: 12-023 ...
www.research.gov/research-portal/.../desktop?_...
Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Romney visits Space Coast ...
Sign up for our NewsAlert service and have the latest space news e-mailed direct to your desktop. ... Romney visits Space Coast, weighs in on NASA's future ... spacetaxis to ferry astronauts crews to and from the International Space Station.
spaceflightnow.com/news/n1201/27romney/
NASA Hosts DC Tweetup With Space Station Astronaut Ron Garan ...
NASA invites its Twitter followers to a special Tweetup with astronaut Ron Garan at 1:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The event will take place in the James E.
astronewsus.wordpress.com/.../nasa-hosts-dc-tweetup-with-spa...
International Space Station » Talk Radio 600 WBOB Jacksonville ...
Talk Radio 600 WBOB Jacksonville, Florida | News | Weather | Sports | Traffic ...Nevertheless, NASA said that as of late Friday, it had received 5700 applications, more... But the view is great, and they have Internet now on the space station.
www.wbobradio.com/tag/international-space-station/
Texas Students to Speak Live With Space Station Crew
You are subscribed to Shuttle and Station News for NASA. ... Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 11:50 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
www.newsroomamerica.com/.../texas_students_to_speak_live_...
  
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