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1. Senate's New NASA Plan: Heavy Lift, Extra Shuttle Mission, Less Commericial and Tech Development

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   The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation today unanimously approved legislation that would add a shuttle mission and jump start work on a heavy-lift rocket next year. The NASA Reauthorization ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

2. Aerojet AJ26 Rocket Engine Arrives at Stennis

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   An Aerojet AJ26 rocket engine was delivered to NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center on July 15, 2010. This is the first of a series of Taurus II engines to be tested at Stennis to include acceptance testing ... Wednesday, 14 July 2010

3. External Tank for Final Scheduled Shuttle Mission Arrives at KSC (Gallery)

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   ... drive-by of some segments of used shuttle solid rocket boosters. (...) Read the rest of External Tank for Final Scheduled Shuttle Mission Arrives at KSC (Gallery) (239 words) © nancy for Universe ... Wednesday, 14 July 2010

4. Smoother Landings

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   ... technology demonstrator rocket engine, increasing the throttling capability by 35 percent over previous tests. This test series demonstrated this engine could go from a thrust range of 104 percent power ... Wednesday, 07 July 2010

5. Climate Change Contributes to Space Junk Problem

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   Artists rendition of an explosion from an upper stage of a rocket. Credit: ESA The effects of climate change can be seen across the majority of the planet, but a new study reveals it is also affecting ... Friday, 25 June 2010

6. Expedition 24 Heads to the Station

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   The Soyuz TMA-19 rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, carrying Expedition 24 NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock, and Soyuz Commander ... Tuesday, 15 June 2010

7. 100th Launch to the International Space Station

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   ... of space station assembly, resupply and crew exchanges. The rocket lit up the early morning sky in Kazakhstan at 3:35 a.m. Wednesday local time, (5:35:19 p.m. EDT and 9:35 pm GMT on Tuesday). The Soyuz ... Tuesday, 15 June 2010

8. Tooth Extraction With a Rocket

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   All that needs to be said is that this is the greatest You Tube video I have ever seen. © nancy for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: amatuer rocketry ... Tuesday, 15 June 2010

9. Unusual Views of the Soyuz Rocket

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   ... Space Station later today, and astronauts Douglas Wheelock has been able to get up close and personal with the Soyuz rocket that will take them there. He's taken a few pictures of his rocket from ... Tuesday, 15 June 2010

10. Shooting for the Moon

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    This image from 1967 shows the S-II stage of the Saturn V rocket as it was hoisted onto the A-2 test stand at the Mississippi Test Facility (now the Stennis Space Center). This was the second stage of ... Monday, 14 June 2010

11. South Korean Rocket Explodes 137 Seconds Into Flight

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    A South Korean rocket carrying a climate observation satellite apparently exploded 137 seconds into its flight early Thursday. The two-stage Naro rocket operated normally during and after liftoff from ... Thursday, 10 June 2010

12. Centaur's Rocket Engine

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    ... rocket. Centaur was responsible for sending the Surveyor spacecraft on its mission to land on the moon and to explore the surface in the early stages of the Apollo Program. Image Credit: NASA ... Tuesday, 08 June 2010

13. This Week in Space for June 6, 2010

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    In this special edition of This Week in Space, SpaceX boss Elon Musk speaks to Miles O'Brien about the successful flight of his Falcon 9 rocket and hits back at critics of the rocket's role ... Monday, 07 June 2010

14. Spirialing 'UFO' Over Australia Was Likely Falcon 9 Booster

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    Logical explanations take all the fun out of UFO's. After the Falcon 9 rocket launched successfully, later, over on the other side of the world, people in Australia saw a spiraling object in their ... Saturday, 05 June 2010

15. Spirialing 'UFO' Over Australia Was Likely Falcon 9 Rocket

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    Logical explanations take all the fun out of UFO's. After the Falcon 9 rocket launched successfully, later, over on the other side of the world, people in Australia saw a spiraling object in their ... Saturday, 05 June 2010

16. Falcon 9 Launch Gallery; 'Fantastic Day,' P–G Singularity and More

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    A Prandtl–Glauert singularity, or shock cone forms around the Falcon 9 rocket during launch. Credit: Alan Walters (awaltersphoto.com) for Universe Today. Universe Today photographer Alan Walters was on ... Friday, 04 June 2010

17. SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Launches, Reaches Orbit

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    ... their Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, with what seemed to be a picture-perfect lift-off and flight. The Falcon 9 rocket performed magnificently, hitting all the flight parameters precisely on time. The SpaceX ... Friday, 04 June 2010

18. Preparing for the Shuttle Mission

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    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

19. SpaceX Hopeful For Successful Flight Test of Falcon 9

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    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, FL. Credit: SpaceX The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits poised on Cape Canaveral to begin a new era in space flight, as the ... Thursday, 03 June 2010

20. NASA plans 'Summer of Innovation'

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    ... as launching paper rockets and building comets from Styrofoam and ribbon. They also will see NASA robotics in action and meet the next Mars rover, Curiosity, which is being assembled at JPL and scheduled ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010