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1. Preparing for the Shuttle Mission

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   The NASA Railroad transported the last space shuttle solid rocket booster segments over the Indian River on the 13-mile trip from the Jay Jay Rail Yard in Titusville, Fla., to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. ... Thursday, 03 June 2010

2. Tropical Cyclone Phet Intensifies

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   ... Oman, India (Gujarat), and Pakistan (Sindh and Balochistan). The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) has forecast the storm to continue intensifying and to approach Oman on its way to a weekend landfall ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

3. MSU Robot Digs Most Moon Dirt

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... of the nearest competitor in NASA's first Lunar Regolith Excavator Student Competition. A robot from Auburn University dug 6.6 kilograms. The University of Southern Indiana's robot dug 2.4 kilograms. ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

4. Boeing GPS IIF-1 Satellite Sends First Signals From Space

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   ... and a ground station on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean received the first signals from the newest member of the Air Force's GPS satellite constellation. The Air Force 19th Space Operations Squadron and ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

5. Indian Rockets To Soon Use Atmospheric Oxygen As Fuel

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Bangalore, India (SPX) May 31, 2010 - In an attempt to make its rockets lighter and carry heavier satellites, the Indian space agency is planning to flight test by the end of this year its own air-breathing ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

6. The Last Train to KSC: Final Set of Solid Rocket Boosters Arrive

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach, and the "voice" of NASA TV, George Diller. The train stopped across the Indian River from KSC where the tracks lead to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The ... Friday, 28 May 2010

7. Britain reveals nuclear warhead levels

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... very large number of 'spares' kept by Britain is similar to the supposed size of the entire nuclear arsenals of India or Pakistan," she added. ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

8. Indian Space Programmes Serve Societal Needs

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   Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2010 - Identifying India as a 'big partner' of the US space programme, NASA has applauded the country's efforts in using its space missions for "societal needs." "I think ... Wednesday, 26 May 2010

9. Japan Draws Plans To Build Research Center On Moon

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's administration, Japan will continue its lunar research projects. Japan is striving to secure its position on the moon before China and India, who are also interested ... Wednesday, 26 May 2010

10. Pakistan soldier killed in Kashmir border firing: military

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    Islamabad (AFP) May 23, 2010 - A Pakistani soldier was killed Sunday in firing allegedly by Indian troops at the border between the South Asian rivals in disputed Kashmir, Pakistan's military said. "A ... Monday, 24 May 2010

11. Future of India's Arjun tank looks secure

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    New Delhi (UPI) May 21, 2010 - The future of the controversial Indian-made Arjun tank has been secured after the army placed an order for another 124 units. The latest order is in addition to a previous ... Monday, 24 May 2010

12. DLR Operating Second Comsat For The German Armed Forces

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... via the antennas of the Indian ground station in Bangalore. Seventy DLR scientists and engineers were involved in taking control of the spacecraft," reports Thomas Kuch - Director of Mission Operations ... Monday, 24 May 2010

13. Soyuz Ready For Integration Of Its Third Stage

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... capacity across Europe, the Middle East, Russia and Asia from its orbital slot of 66 degrees East. This satellite will also expand Intelsat's C-band video distribution community in the Indian Ocean region. ... Monday, 17 May 2010

14. Global Award For Indian Space Agency's Commercial Arm

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    Bangalore, India (PTI) May 18, 2010 - Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) commercial arm Antrix Corporation bagged the Globe Sustainability Research Award 2010, set up by Stockholm-based Global ... Monday, 17 May 2010

15. NASA To Fund Innovative Museum Exhibits And Planetarium Shows

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    ... grants to nine informal education providers range from approximately $177,000 to $1.25 million and have a maximum five-year performance period. The projects are located in Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, ... Sunday, 16 May 2010

16. Nuclear fusion: North Korea claims Holy Grail of energy

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... Union (EU), which has a 45-percent share, China, India, South Korea, Japan and Russia as well as the United States. The idea is to have fusion in a reactor fuelled by two isotopes of hydrogen -- deuterium ... Wednesday, 12 May 2010

17. 'Starving yogi' astounds Indian scientists

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    Ahmedabad, India (AFP) May 10, 2010 - An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week ... Monday, 10 May 2010

18. Australia boosts Intelsat IS-22 payload

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... quarter of 2012 and will serve at the 72 degree East longitude orbital location over the Indian Ocean. Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems will manufacture the satellite that will be based on a Boeing ... Friday, 07 May 2010

19. ISRO May Launch Climate Satellite With France

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    New Delhi, May 3 (PTI) - The Indian Space Research Organisation is mulling launching of 'megha tropiques' satellite to study climate in collaboration with France, the government told Rajya Sabha today. Environment ... Monday, 03 May 2010

20. ISRO To Launch Cartosat-2B On May 9

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    Bangalore, India (PTI) Apr 27, 2010 - India's advanced, high-resolution remote-sensing satellite Cartosat-2B would be launched on May 9 at 9.23 am from Sriharikota spaceport, ISRO said today. ... Monday, 26 April 2010