Russia seals agreement with private investor for space tourism July 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The Russian space agency has sealed a deal with a private investor to build a Soyuz spacecraft specially for tourist hire and operational in 2011, a statement said Wednesday. | |
 Phoenix Scrapes 'Almost Perfect' Icy Soil for Analysis July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander enlarged the "Snow White" trench and scraped up little piles of icy soil on Saturday, June 28, the 33rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Scientists say that the scrapings are ... | |
 Solar Shield Experiment Aims to Keep the Power On July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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When you flip a light switch to illuminate the pages of your favorite book or reach into your refrigerator for that last piece of key lime pie, you expect the electric current coursing through the outlets ... | |
Fly me to the Moon: Japan firm offers weddings in space July 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A Japanese firm on Tuesday began accepting reservations for couples who really want to make the big leap -- by blasting into space to exchange their wedding vows. | |
 Aldrin warns US risks falling behind in space race June 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, warned in an interview published Sunday that the United States risked falling behind Russia and China in the space race if it did not redouble its efforts. | |
 NASA Goddard mission approved to probe matter in extreme environments June 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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An instrument to study the extreme environments of the universe has been given the "green light" from NASA Headquarters. The High-Resolution Soft X-Ray Spectrometer (SXS) was one of the two science proposals ... | |
NASA to Attempt Historic Solar Sail Deployment June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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"Hold your hands out to the sun. What do you feel? Heat, of course. But there's pressure as well – though you've never noticed it, because it's so tiny. Over the area of your hands, it only comes to about a millionth of an ... | |
 Phoenix Returns Treasure Trove for Science June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander performed its first wet chemistry experiment on Martian soil flawlessly yesterday, returning a wealth of data that for Phoenix scientists was like winning the lottery. | |
 SOHO discovers its 1,500th comet June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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The ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft has just discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all other comet discoverers throughout history put together. Not bad for a spacecraft that was designed as a ... | |
 NASA Spacecraft Reveal Largest Crater in Solar System June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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New analysis of Mars' terrain using NASA spacecraft observations reveals what appears to be by far the largest impact crater ever found in the solar system | |
 Mars air once had moisture June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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A new analysis of Martian soil data led by University of California, Berkeley, geoscientists suggests that there was once enough water in the planet's atmosphere for a light drizzle or dew to hit the ground, ... | |
 Hubble Instruments Slated for On-Orbit 'Surgery' 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope in October 2008 for its final servicing mission, they will be facing a task that has no precedence – performing on-orbit ‘surgery’ on two ailing science instruments ... | |
 GOCE prepares for shipment to Russia 14 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Launching in just two months' time, GOCE – now fully reconfigured for launch in September, is currently being prepared for shipment on 29 July 2008 from ESA's test facilities in the Netherlands to the Plesetsk ... | |
 Phoenix Completes Longest Work Shift July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Phoenix early Tuesday finished its longest work shift of the mission. The lander stayed awake for 33 hours, completing tasks that included rasping and scraping by the robotic arm, in addition ... | |
 More EU states eyeing ESA July 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Four countries that joined the European Union (EU) in 2004 are knocking on the door of the European Space Agency (ESA), French Research Minister Valerie Pecresse said here on Tuesday. | |
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