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1. Snapshot of the International Space Station

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   On March 13, 2008, the International Space Station passed across the field-of-view of Germany's remote sensing satellite, TerraSAR-X, at a distance of 195 kilometers, or 122 miles, and at a relative speed ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

2. NASA offers communication simulation

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   Washington (UPI) Mar 9, 2009 - NASA says it is now offering the public an interactive computer program that allows virtual explorers to experience many space-related simulations. ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

3. American Aerospace Accepting Research Reservations On Last Shuttle Mission

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   Radnor PA (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - American Aerospace Advisors has announced that it is accepting commercial reservations for research on STS-133 (ULF-5), the last scheduled Space Shuttle mission, which ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

4. NASA Launches Interactive Simulation Of Satellite Communications

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   Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - NASA has unveiled an interactive computer simulation that allows virtual explorers of all ages to dock the space shuttle at the International Space Station, experience ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

5. Historic Deep Space Network Antenna Starts Major Surgery

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   Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 10, 2010 - Like a hard-driving athlete whose joints need help, the giant "Mars antenna" at NASA's Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif. has begun major, delicate surgery ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

6. China's Fourth Space Center To Be Completed By 2015

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   Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010 - China's fourth space center, Wenchang, will be put into service between 2014 and 2015, not in 2013 as it was previously announced, the CCTV channel reported ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

7. Space shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA

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   Washington (AFP) March 9, 2010 - The US space shuttle fleet can continue flying beyond NASA's September 30 deadline if the money is made available to keep it going, a US space agency official told reporters ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

8. 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

9. Carnival of Space #144, Oscar Edition

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   This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Ian O'Neill over at Discovery News/Space, (and formerly of Universe Today!) who has given the Carnival the "Red Carpet" treatment. Click ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

10. New Investment Fund Backs Space Technologies Finding Uses On Earth

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    Paris, France (ESA) Mar 09, 2010 - For years, ESA has been bringing space technologies down to Earth through its Technology Transfer Programme and Business Incubation initiatives. Now, the Agency will ... Monday, 08 March 2010

11. ASTRA 3B Topped Off For Arianespace Year-Opening Flight

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    Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 09, 2010 - Satellite preparations for Ariane 5's initial launch of 2010 have moved into a new phase with the fueling of ASTRA 3B - which is one of two passengers to be ... Monday, 08 March 2010

12. Alternative Energy Crops In Space

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    Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 09, 2010 - What if space held the key to producing alternative energy crops on Earth? That's what researchers are hoping to find in a new experiment on the International Space ... Monday, 08 March 2010

13. 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

14. Obama to Unveil "Ambitous" Plan for NASA

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    President Obama will travel to Florida to unveil an "ambitious plan for NASA that sets the agency on a reinvigorated path of space exploration," according to a press release from the White ... Monday, 08 March 2010

15. Universe Puzzle No. 4

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    ... is a puzzle on a "Universal" topic – astronomy and astronomers; space, satellites, missions, and astronauts; planets, moons, telescopes, and so on. What's the next number in the sequence? ... Monday, 08 March 2010

16. Is That Titan Or Utah

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    ... working with a "volunteer researcher" who has put his own spin on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, they have found some recognizable analogies to a type of spectacular terrain on Earth known as karst ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

17. Boeing Transfers US Portions of International Space Station to NASA

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    Houston TX (SPX) Mar 08, 2010 - Boeing has officially turned over the U.S. on-orbit segment of the International Space Station (ISS) to NASA with the signing of government form DD-250 at the conclusion ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

18. China Plans To Launch Unmanned Space Module Next Year

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    Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 05, 2010 - China plans to launch an unmanned space module, Tiangong-1, in 2011, which is expected to accomplish the country's first space docking and regarded as an essential ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

19. Lava Likely Made River-Like Channel On Mars

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    ... the surface of Mars. These results were presented on March 4, 2010 at the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference by Jacob Bleacher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

20. ISRO Fires Up L110 Liquid Core Stage Of GSLV- MK3 Launcher

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    Mahendragiri, India (SPX) Mar 08, 2010 - Indian Space Research Organisation conducted the static test of its liquid core stage (L110) of GSLV Mk III launch vehicle, for 150 seconds at its Liquid Propulsion ... Sunday, 07 March 2010