By allison
While there's been no official confirmation of the dog in space from ESA or NASA , we were able to obtain this exclusive photo, taken just a few days ago before the undocking of Japan's HTV-2, and we are happy to publish it just in time for April ... Mars Express blog Interplanetary science from the Red Planet; Cumbrian Sky Stuart's keen look at our Solar System; Bad Astronomy Phil Plait's unique take on the Universe; Planetary Society Emily Lakdawalla's excellent blog ...
Johannes Kepler - http://blogs.esa.int/atv/
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By drdave
Latest Space News. Satellite fleet operator Intelsat has agreed to be the inaugural customer for a novel system to refuel satellites in orbit being developed by MDA Corp. of Canada, agreeing to purchase one-half of the 2000 kilograms of fuel that the ... This entry was posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:04 pm and is filed under Commercial Spaceflight, Human Exploration, International Space Development Conference, NASA, National Space Society, Space Exploration, Technology. ...
The National Space Society of Phoenix - http://nssphoenix.wordpress.com/
Lunar Pioneer: Real-Time Photo of the Year: "Moon from Space"
By Joel Raupe
NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock was honored with a Shorty Award for an image of the moon he took and posted to his Twitter account, @Astro_Wheels, while living aboard the International Space Station last year. The awards ceremony was held ...
Lunar Pioneer - http://lunarnetworks.blogspot.com/
NASA space inventions benefit all our lives on Earth
msnbc.com
Astronaut Leroy Chiao performs an ultrasound examination of the eye on cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov aboard the International Space Station. NASA helped turn the station's ultrasound machine into an all-purpose diagnostic imager with a direct line to ...
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msnbc.com
NASA Team Inspects 'Endeavor' For Possible Damages
WESH Orlando
NASA workers inspected Space Shuttle Endeavor on Saturday to see if there had been any storm damage caused by this week's severe weather. They team set up platforms to conduct a detailed inspection of the shuttle and its launch pad. ...
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Ticket pic of the week: First photo from Mercury orbit -- long time, never seen
Los Angeles Times
When the space shuttle flies the last time this year, we'll begin renting seats in Russian space capsules. Which means no more tall American astronauts. However, NASA's generally obedient robot equipment continues to wander around space visiting and ...
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Optical alignment of James Webb Space Telescope breaks new ground
SPIE Newsroom
3,4 These fixed settings will be verified under flight-like conditions using a telescope simulator at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Figure 2. The Integrated Science Instrument Module's flight, composite, optical bench metering structure just ...
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SPIE Newsroom
NASA's 18th Annual Moon Buggy Race
WAFF
On Friday some of the top future engineers showed off their creativity in the race at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. Nearly 90 high school and college teams are competing in the race. Each moon buggy will be carry two students, ...
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NASA readies ocean study satellite
UPI.com
The mission is collaboration between NASA and Argentina's space agency with participation from Brazil, Canada, France and Italy. After testing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, the spacecraft will be mounted atop a Delta II rocket for a scheduled June 9 ...
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NASA to broadcast Soyuz events and launch in HD
UberGizmo
By George Wong 04/01/2011, 12:23 pm PT Great news for fans of the NASA TV HD channel. The space administration has officially announced that the launch for their next space mission will be broadcast live on the NASA TV HD channel. ...
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UberGizmo
Cosmic Log: Sample a stellar smorgasbord
msnbc.com
Quantum fluctuations in science, space and society, from quarks to Hubble and Mars. Served up by Alan Boyle, msnbc.com science editor. E-mail Alan, or connect via Facebook or Twitter. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer captured this picture of ...
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Space Odyssey
Times of India
Dr Kamlesh P Lulla, a Gujarati, and scientist for earth observation in the human exploration science office of the Space and Life Sciences Directorate at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Lulla is an alumnus of Maharaja Siyajirao University ...
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NASA: Mysterious Fireball Season Set to Light Up Night Sky
Space.com
... of normal-brightness meteors per night, researchers said. "Autumn is the season for sporadic meteors," Cooke said. "So why are the sporadic fireballs peaking in spring? That is the mystery." A fireball camera at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Space.com
Q&A with Jack Lousma: Ex-astronaut from Ann Arbor talks about importance of ...
AnnArbor.com
Lucy Ann: The future of NASA human space flight is uncertain. It's clear in the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 that we should be developing the human space flight program, yet NASA maintains that the administration's budget does not support this. ...
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NASA cybersecurity report: ISS, Hubble, Shuttle vulnerable when hackers ...
Boing Boing
The office of NASA's Inspector General released a report this week titled "Inadequate Security Practices Expose Key NASA Network to Cyberattack," which details pretty much what it says on the tin: the International Space Station, the Hubble telescope, ...
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Our closest star
The Daily Planet
“The sun is actually a really neat thing,” said Dr. Holly Gilbert, a solar physicist with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, during a presentation to a large group of Telluride students on Thursday afternoon in the Michael D. Palm Theatre. ...
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Our Turn Column: During the current economic decline, is space exploration a ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Currently, NASA has more than 6000 patents. NASA, in its attempts to investigate space, has also improved or invented CAT and MRI scanners, the vision screening test, water filters, smoke detectors, firefighting equipment, ear thermometers and ...
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Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
ISS may move to dodge space junk
UPI.com
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 1 (UPI) -- NASA says the International Space Station may carry out an avoidance maneuver to dodge space junk created by a collision of two satellites. If deemed necessary, the maneuver will be performed by thrusters on a ...
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Boeing and Airbus spar over latest WTO state aid ruling
Albuquerque Express
The money received came from the NASA space agency, as well as Washington, according to the panel and included funds for research and development. Last year, the same panel found that airbus had received similarly unfair subsidies from various European ...
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Albuquerque Express
NASA Facing $548 Million Payment To Cover USA Pension Fund Shortfall
Space News
By Brian Berger WASHINGTON — The single biggest check NASA expects to write next year will go to United Space Alliance (USA) to cover a half-billion-dollar shortfall in the space shuttle contractor's pension fund. It is not NASA's fault USA's pension ...
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NASA gives up on building sterescopic 3D camera for Mars Rover
MacVideo.tv
NASA has given up on the hope to build a sterescopic 3D camera for the next robotic rover that the space agency will send to Mars. Time simply ran out on efforts to develop the system and get it sufficiently tested before the Mars Science Laboratory ...
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Our views: Weekend wrap-up (April 2)
Florida Today
SpaceX already has a contract with NASA to fly supplies to the International Space Station starting next year, and is in the running to use its Dragon spacecraft to ferry NASA astronauts to the outpost around 2015, all from the Cape. ...
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Third engine removed from Discovery
Spaceflight Now
It flew on 13 shuttle flights beginning with Endeavour's STS-89 mission in 1998 to the Russian space station Mir. NASA plans to preserve these powerplants for potential use on next-generation vehicles. Discovery will be fitted with rebuilt engines used ...
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Spaceflight Now
NASA Wants Pittsburgh's Opinion
WDUQNews (blog)
The Pittsburgh community could change what new space-related discoveries are made in the next ten years. On Monday, April 4, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is inviting the public to give feedback on what kind of projects they ...
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Canada: Chris Hadfield
Financial Times
He vowed that one day he, too, would blast off into space. Two degrees in mechanical engineering, and five harrowing years as a test pilot later and his typical workday involves strolling into Building 9 at Nasa in his blue jumpsuit. ...
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Financial Times
Laurel High Partners with NASA
KULR-TV
The class gives students the opportunity to build components that NASA will actually use. Once the fluorescent lights the students are working on are finished, they will be installed in the International Space Station simulator at the Marshall Space ...
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Not Gone With the Wind
Wall Street Journal
Structurally, the Blunt falls somewhere between suspension bridge and NASA space probe: telescoping fiberglass ribs; an impressive array of chunky, polycarbonate struts; and, true to its name, tips that are rounded-off in lieu of those sharp metal ...
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Media Invited to Celebrate Yuri's Education Day at NASA Ames
Space Ref (press release)
News media planning to attend should contact Ruth Marlaire at 650-604-4709 or ruth.marlaire@nasa.gov before 5 pm PDT, Wednesday, April 6, 2011, for credentials. WHAT: An opportunity to attend a gathering of students learning about research and space ...
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Well Suited for Outer Space
Wall Street Journal
In the 1960s, NASA tested a series of hard fiberglass suits. (Many engineers looked down on soft suits, partly because they relied on seemingly fragile handwork like sewing rather than the usual methods of military-industrial manufacturing. ...
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NASA SPACE NEWS: NASA's Kepler Mission Helps Reveal the Inner ...
By Gabriella Brianna
The discovery, published in the latest edition of the journal Nature and made possible by observations using NASA's powerful Kepler space telescope, is shedding new light on the evolution of stars, including our own sun. ...
NASA SPACE NEWS - http://spacestation-shuttle.blogspot.com/
Local Museum Wants to Bring Space Shuttle to Aggieland
The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History is competing against more that 20 other museums to be the final home for NASA's Space Shuttle. Organizers of the campaign to 'Bring the Shuttle' say the education factor is out of this world.
KBTX - HomePage - Headlines - http://www.kbtx.com/blogs/money/45549582.html
International Space Station Shuttle NASA Missions Google Earth ...
By stanley prince
The mission was competitively selected under NASA's Explorers Program managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The science instrument was built by the Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, Utah, and the spacecraft was ...
International Space Station Shuttle... - http://internationalspacemission.blogspot.com/
Aerojet Completes Acceptance Testing on First MR-104G Engine ...
Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, in conjunction with Lockheed Martin and NASA, successfully completed vibration and hot fire acceptance testing on its first development MR-104G mono-propellant rocket engine planned for use on NASA's Orion ... The MR-104 engine family originally provided in-space propulsion for the Voyager 1 and 2 and Magellan missions. Subsequent MR-104 variants provided propulsion for Landsat and NOAA as well as for other U.S. government programs. ...
Commercial Space Watch - http://www.comspacewatch.com/
NASA Airborne Radar Set to Image Hawaiian Volcano | International ...
By sheldon
A NASA Gulfstream-III aircraft equipped with a synthetic aperture radar developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., is scheduled to depart Sunday, April 3, from the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, ...
International Space Shuttle Station... - http://spacestationinfo.blogspot.com/
Remind Your Representatives: They Are Not Rocket Scientists ...
By alvinr
Every pro-space American should call their Senators and Representative, and tell them that they must encourage NASA to compete the Space Launch System's design and contracts! This means you!!! what I'm asking you to do: ...
Moonandback - http://moonandback.com/
Lucy Ann Lance Show » Blog Archive » Ann Arbor Astronaut Jack ...
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Lucy Ann: The future of NASA human space flight is uncertain. It's clear in the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 that we should be developing the human space flight program, yet NASA maintains that the Administration's budget does not ...
Lucy Ann Lance Show - http://lucyannlance.com/
'In Flight' Shuttle Orbiter retirement display planned by Kennedy ...
By Ken Kremer
Another location that plays a pivoital role in the U.S. space program is NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, home to Mission Control. Johnson Space Center is also home base for the shuttle astronauts and houses the facilities ...
Universe Today - http://www.universetoday.com/
Space Shuttle Endeavour Headed for Display at USC School of ...
By Matt Molnar
Ahead of NASA's official announcement, NYCAviation can exclusively report that the Space Shuttle Endeavour has been earmarked for the University of Southern California's School of Theatre.
NYCAviation - http://nycaviation.com/
New image is worth 1235 potential alien planets | MNN - Mother ...
By Space.com
There is lots of interesting astrophysics that one can present," Rowe, a member of the Kepler team at NASA's Ames Research Center and the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute, told SPACE.com. ...
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Spacebound Bacteria Inspire Earthbound Remedies | Technology ...
By Steve
The findings are based on flight experiments with microbial pathogens on NASA space shuttle missions to the station and appear in a recent edition of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. "For the first time, we're able to ...
Technology Magazine Daily - http://www.techmagdaily.com/
NASA Light Technology Successfully Reduces Cancer Patients Painful ...
By Health
The clinical trial was funded by NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. It included 20 cancer patients from Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and 60 cancer patients from the ...
Health Medicine Daily News - http://www.healthmagdaily.com/
NASA Space Capsule Begins Tests at New Proving Ground | Orion ...
The Orion vehicle is slated to begin operational flights in 2016.
www.space.com/11198-nasa-orion-space-capsule-testing.html
NASA Space Lights Helping Cancer Patients | Cancer Patients ...
A NASA technology originally developed to help study plant growth in space has found a new application — helping cancer patients heal.
www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/nasa-space-lights-cancer-pain-1...
The Greatest "Space Craft" Designs From NASA And Etsy's Joint ...
To inspire the 5.8 million users of Etsy, an e-commerce site focused on homemade goods and original art, NASA hosted a “Space Craft” contest. ...
www.popsci.com/.../nasa-and-etsy-contest-inspires-space-craft-...
NASA Space Lights Help Cancer Patients Cope - Yahoo! News
NASA technology originally developed to study plant growth in space has found a new application — helping cancer patients recover from painful treatments.
news.yahoo.com/s/.../nasaspacelightshelpcancerpatientscope
Why Russian Space Images Look Different From NASA's - Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "The Russians have published two amazing photos of Earth using their new Elektro-L satellite, in 30000km high orbit around the ...
science.slashdot.org/.../Why-Russian-Space-Images-Look-Diff...
Museums Battle for One of NASA's Retiring Space Shuttle Orbiters ...
The front-runners in a competition to pick up one of the three remaining orbiters as NASA closes down its Space Shuttle program.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/...for.../73189/
Etsy & NASA Space Craft Contest: The Winners :: Etsy Blog
We held the final judging of the Etsy & NASA Space Craft Contest last Friday, March 18, showcasing the finalists' work to a panel of esteemed judges.
www.etsy.com/.../etsy-nasa-space-craft-contest-the-winners-12...
Space Alliance, Houston contractors extend NASA work
United Space Alliance will perform the work at its facilities in Houston, Huntsville, Ala. and NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
www.bizjournals.com/.../space-alliance-extends-nasa-work.ht...
NASA space lights helping cancer patients | MNN - Mother Nature ...
Originally developed for growing plants in space, LED device helps patients cope with the pain associated with some cancer treatments.
www.mnn.com/.../nasa-space-lights-helping-cancer-patients
NASA And Etsy Announce Winners Of "Space Craft" - NASA Lunar ...
During a Friday ceremony in Brooklyn, N.Y., NASA and Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade arts and crafts, announced the winners of “Space Craft,” a ...
lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/.../nasa-and-etsy-announce-winners-...
NASA tests Mars space suit in Argentine Antarctica | Reuters
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A NASA team has tested a space suit in a setting with extreme conditions akin to some of those found on Mars -- an Argentine base ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-argentina-nasa-spacesuit-idUSTRE72K...
Nasa International Space Station: NASA Stardust Spacecraft ...
The missions were part of the Discovery Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Joe Veverka of Cornell University was the ...
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