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1. Secret Mini Space Shuttle Could Launch April 19

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   ... in Florida, and the word is that it will be launched on board an Atlas V rocket on Monday April 19, 2010 at around 10 pm EDT. Other than that, the Air Force isn't saying much about this mini-space ... Thursday, 18 March 2010

2. Interrogating The Asteroid

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   Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 17, 2010 - Meet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010

3. Aerojet And Orbital Complete Taurus II Tests

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   Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 16, 2010 - Aerojet and Orbital Sciences, along with Aerojet's Russian partner, SNTK, have announced that a series of NK-33 rocket engine tests conducted in Samara, Russia were ... Monday, 15 March 2010

4. Marsexpress Returns Phobos Flyby Images

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   ... Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board Mars Express, are being released today. The images show Mars's rocky moon in exquisite detail, with a resolution of 4.4 metres per pixel, including the proposed landing sites ... Monday, 15 March 2010

5. Video of Falcon 9 Hotfire Test

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   Unfortunately, I was not in Florida over the weekend to see SpaceX's successful static testfire of the Falcon 9’s rocket’s engines. But fortunately, SpaceX has now released a video of the event. ... Monday, 15 March 2010

6. New Images of Phobos from Mars Express Flyby

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   ... the rocky moon in exquisite detail and also in 3-D. Mars Express orbits the Red Planet in a highly elliptical, polar orbit that brings it close to Phobos every five months, and it is the only spacecraft ... Monday, 15 March 2010

7. Successful Engine Test Firing for SpaceX Inaugural Falcon 9

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   ... flight of the Falcon 9 rocket which SpaceX is building. This success follows an aborted test firing attempt on Thursday (Mar 11) and several other delays due to poor weather at the Cape this week. The ... Saturday, 13 March 2010

8. NASA manager says Shuttle Extension Possible; Key Issue Is Money not Safety

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   Endeavour rolls to pad 39 A at Dawn. Will the sun set on the shuttle era forever as scheduled by late 2010, or will Congress force an extension to the shuttle program until a replacement US rocket system ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

9. SpaceX Static Fire Update

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   ... abort event on this pad, we decided to scrub for the day to get a good look at the rocket before trying again. Everything looks great at first glance. ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

10. SpaceX Falcon 9 Test Fire Ends with Abort

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    Screenshot of the Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday. Credit: Spaceflightnow.com No official word from SpaceX yet, but it appears the 3.5 second test-fire on Tuesday of the Falcon 9 rocket aborted immediately ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

11. Rocket To Go To Moon Under Design

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    Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 09, 2010 - A new heavy-thrust carrier rocket is under scientific research, with the goal of sending astronauts to the moon, scientists said. ... Monday, 08 March 2010

12. France To Pay Russia One Billion For 14 Soyuz Carrier Rockets

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    Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 09, 2010 - France has put aside some $1 billion to buy 14 Soyuz carrier rockets from Russia, French satellite launch firm Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall said Tues ... Monday, 08 March 2010

13. X-51 Getting Ready For First Flight

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    ... plan is to air launch the X-51A WaveRider using an expendable solid rocket booster from under the wing of a B-52, this spring. ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

14. GOES-P Goes to Space

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    GOES-P launches from Kennedy Space Center. Image Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today. A Delta IV rocket rumbled and roared off launch pad 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ... Thursday, 04 March 2010

15. Scientists Come to a Conclusion: Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs

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    ... the structures preserved in the interior of the crater. Computer models predicted how much rock was vaporized or ejected by the impact. "Our work lets us visualize the astonishing events of the few ... Thursday, 04 March 2010

16. Rockwell Collins Conducts Waveform Testing For JTRS GMR

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    Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 - Rockwell Collins has successfully conducted UHF SATCOM and HF waveform Functional Qualification Testing (FQT) on the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) vehicular ... Wednesday, 03 March 2010

17. Spirit Hunkered Down for Winter; Stuck Forever ? Maybe Not !

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    ... terrain and embedded wheels and distinctly show a pointy rock perhaps in contact with the underbelly. Spirit fortuitously discovered extensive new evidence for an environment of flowing liquid water ... Wednesday, 03 March 2010

18. Russia Launches Proton-M Carrier Rocket With 3 Glonass Satellites

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    Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 03, 2010 - A Proton-M carrier rocket bearing three Glonass satellites was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan early on Tuesday, a spokesman for the ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

19. Student Rocket REXUS 7 Launched

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    Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 - The first student rocket planned for this week, REXUS 7, was successfully launched from SSC's launch facility Esrange Space Center. The rocket carried three student ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

20. Russia launches three new navigation satellites: report

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    Moscow (AFP) March 1, 2010 - A Russian Proton-M rocket was launched into space Monday with three new satellites for Moscow's GLONASS navigation system, aimed at competing with US and European systems, ... Monday, 01 March 2010