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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Investigating Material Ejected From Young Crater

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    ... crater, with some rocks exhibiting a dark rind. On Sol 2158 (Feb. 18, 2010), Opportunity continued the in-situ investigation of the rock target, "Chocolate Hills." ... Monday, 01 March 2010

15. Satellites, Rockets And More

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    Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - On Sept. 17, 1959, a little heralded Thor Able rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Perched atop the rocket was Transit 1A, a satellite designed by scientists ... Monday, 01 March 2010

16. Kazakhstan hindering Russian space missions: official

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    Moscow (AFP) Feb 27, 2010 - Kazakhstan, home of the space base used to launch rockets to the International Space Station (ISS), is interfering with Russian space missions, the head of Russia's space agency ... Saturday, 27 February 2010

17. Small Asteroids, Bread Flour, and a Dutch Physicist's 150-year Old Theory

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    ...  Images sent back from space missions suggest that smaller asteroids are not pristine chunks of rock, but are instead covered in rubble that ranges in size from meter-sized boulders to flour-like dust. ... Saturday, 27 February 2010

18. CORRECTED: Scientist eyes 39-day voyage to Mars

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    Washington (AFP) Feb 26, 2010 - A journey from Earth to Mars could in the future take just 39 days -- cutting current travel time nearly six times -- according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of ... Friday, 26 February 2010

19. End of an Era: "Lasts" for Shuttle Program

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    Final test firing of reusable solid rocket motor FSM-17 on Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. Image Credit: NASA Yesterday, NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable ... Friday, 26 February 2010

20. Blasting Off Into History

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    NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. The flight support motor, or FSM-17, burned for approximately 123 seconds--the ... Thursday, 25 February 2010