Latest Space News 2009-12-08 *Delivered Daily!*
Special Feature – STARWALKER TV Show Update
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STARWALKER Presenter Competition. Do you want a gig as one of our on-the-spot presenters? If so, this competition is for YOU!
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO:Make a video clip of yourself doing a vox populi (street interviews) for Starwalker. You need to identify yourself by name on the clip, identify what you are doing and why, name our show, and then ask the people you find their opinions on space travel, living and working in outer space and on other planets, would THEY want to be an astronaut, and so on! And of course, let them know that Starwalker exists and that they HAVE the chance to compete to be an astronaut!
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Cape Canveral FL (SPX) Dec 07, 2009 – The Ares I-X rocket stood more than 325 feet tall on the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Spectators watched in awe as its massive solid rocket motor blazed to life with a thunderous roar, and the spacecraft rose off the launch pad.
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ESA Relay Satellite System To Spark European And Canadian Leadership
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Paris, France (ESA) Dec 07, 2009 – More than a hundred senior managers and experts from European space industry, national agencies and ESA packed a Geneva conference room earlier this week to learn about the commercial opportunities offered by ESA’s planned data relay satellite system.
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India Hopes To Join Cryogenic Rocket Engine Club January 2010
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Chennai, India (PTI) Dec 07, 2009 – India’s heaviest rocket – the 49-metre tall, 414-tonne Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV), powered by the indigenous cryogenic engine, will be launched in January 2010, making it a member of the select club of countries possessing this technology.
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 07, 2009 – The test launch of Russia’s new Angara carrier rocket, which had been scheduled for 2011, have been put back by one year due to lack of financing, space agency Roscosmos said on Saturday.
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Galileo Satellite Platform Tests Under Way
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Rome, Italy (ESA) Dec 07, 2009 – The engineering model of the first Galileo satellites has completed platform integration tests at the Thales Alenia Space facility in Rome. The platform is now undergoing functional testing. …
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2009 – An unmanned NASA satellite will soon survey the entire sky to discover millions of uncharted stars and galaxies, asteroids, and planetary construction zones, providing valuable new information on our solar system, the Milky Way and the universe.
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Washington DC (SPX) Dec 07, 2009 – The 30th anniversary of Ariane’s first flight was celebrated in Washington, D.C., where Arianespace Chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall underscored the importance of launch services maturity and continuity in today’s competitive marketplace.
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 07, 2009 – EADS is keen to forge a partnership with ISRO on supersonic and hypersonic aeroplane technologies, a top company official said. We are looking very much into the future, …
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Washington DC (SPX) Dec 07, 2009 – NOAA officially deactivated its Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-10 after 12 years of service. GOES-10 tracked some of the most memorable tropical cyclones |
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Bethesda MD (SPX) Dec 07, 2009 – After 50 years of trashing space and ignoring the mess, the possibility of cleaning up the debris is finally starting to get serious attention. A few months ago DARPA began an initiative to study the removal of space debris.
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 07, 2009 – India’s first science satellite Astrosat is all set to be launched next year, former chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Madhavan Nair said.
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Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 07, 2009 – The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a new-generation military communications satellite from here at 8:47 p.m. (EST), when a Delta IV rocket carried a Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) into space.
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Moscow, India (RIA Novosti) Dec 07, 2009 – Russia will launch four manned and six cargo supply missions to the International Space Station in 2010, space agency Roscosmos said on Friday.
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Virgin Galactic launch vehicle attractive to U.S. military
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As Virgin Galactic prepares to roll out its suborbital passenger spaceship, U.S. military officials seeking low-cost, responsive access to space are studying the company’s latest exotic concept to deliver small satellites to orbit.
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Logistics module to be modified for new mission
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NASA and the Italian Space Agency are planning to strip the Leonardo cargo module of unnecessary parts and beef up shielding to equip the barrel-shaped spacecraft for a permanent stay at the International Space Station.
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First Public Spaceship to be Unveiled Today
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A super-slick looking rocket plane showcased as the world’s first passenger-carrying commercial spacecraft is making its debut today.
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Mystery of Changing Star Brightness Deepens
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New observations deepen mystery of brightness fluctuations in sun-like stars.
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Virgin Galactic: Let The Journey Begin
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Conceptual animation of a typical adventure on Virgin Galactic – videos of the new vehicle
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NASA and Arab Youth Venture Foundation Launch Student Program
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NASA and the Arab Youth Venture Foundation in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) have partnered to provide three to 12 UAE engineering students each year the opportunity to work with U.S. students, scientists, and engineers on NASA missions.
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NRL’s MISSE7 launched aboard STS-129
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This is an illustration of the MISSE7 experiment showing the two Passive Experiment containers (labeled PECa and PECb) and the Express Payload Adapter. Credit: Naval Research Laboratory
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Nearly 100 years after the discovery of cosmic rays, a new type of gamma ray telescope is finally allowing physicists to make images of sites of cosmic ray acceleration.
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An Australian technology entrepreneur is set to become one of the first space tourists after paying his 10 per cent deposit on a $US200,000 ($219,000) ticket with Virgin Galactic.
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Echoes of Apollo Special Historic Feature:
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LCROSS was Not the First to Hit the Moon. You maybe forgiven if you thought that the picture on the right was from LCROSS mission and dual impacts, but you would be wrong. Nor is it the impact of the sled used in the fun movie “Space Cowboys”. The image is from an impact experiment conducted nearly 40 years earlier.
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SCIENCE with a TWIST:
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What’s That Smell? – P is for Pheromones – sneaky chemicals that send secret messages. Doctors Of Smell – They love the sweet stench of science. Tilde’s Fart Game. Rid the park of those pesky rats. Celebrity Farts – Stephen Curry ‘fesses up!
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