Latest Space News 2010-02-17 *Delivered Daily! Echoes of Apollo
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The hottest temperature ever in the lab has been created – four trillion degrees Celsius – hot enough to break matter down into the kind of soup that existed microseconds after the birth of the universe.
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 16, 2010 – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed on Monday introducing the Glonass navigation system throughout the country’s regions and getting it onto commercial rails.
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Five billion people to use mobile phones in 2010: UN
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Barcelona, Spain (AFP) Feb 15, 2010 – The ranks of cell phone subscribers will swell to five billion people this year thanks to the growth of smartphones in developed nations and mobile services in poor nations, a UN agency said Monday.
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Paris, France (ESA) Feb 16, 2010 – The biggest window ever launched to space has been installed in its final position on the Earth-facing port of Node-3. The latches and 16 electrically driven bolts were engaged today at 07:31 CET (06:31 GMT). …
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Brasilia, Brazil (XNA) Feb 16, 2010 – Brazil and China will postpone their fourth joint satellite launching from 2010 to mid-2011, a Brazilian official said Wednesday.
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Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 16, 2010 – The Atlas V roared to life Thursday morning to send the Solar Dynamics Observatory into space on its mission to evaluate the complex mechanisms of the sun.
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Jakarta, Indonesia (XNA) Feb 16, 2010 – The United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) offered Indonesia’s National Flight and Space Agency (LAPAN) to participate in researches at the International Space Station, Kompas daily quoted an official as saying on Saturday.
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Houston TX (SPX) Feb 16, 2010 – The International Space Station’s new viewport is facing the Earth now, ready to provide a panoramic view of the planet below and approaching cargo ships. Relocation of the cupola from the Tranquility node’s forward port to its new location was completed at 1:31 a.m. …
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Baikonur Space Center Marks 55th Anniversary
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 15, 2010 – On February 12, 1955, the first military construction units arrived at Tyura-Tam railroad siding (station) to launch the construction of a new missile test range – Scientific-Research Test Range No. …
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STS-130 Shuttle Report | Astronauts shuffle location of station docking adapter
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Astronauts operating the space station’s robot arm Monday moved a pressurized docking port from a temporary storage location on top of the space station’s forward Harmony module to the recently vacated outboard port on the new Tranquility habitation module.
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ULA considers medium-lift launch market strategies
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United Launch Alliance is taking a wait-and-see approach in deciding how to pursue the medium-class launch market after it phases out the stalwart Delta 2 rocket family.
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Martian Hunting: The Search for Extraterrestrial Genomes
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The possibility that life was shared between Earth and Mars could be tested with a DNA analyzer. One research team has built a prototype and plans field tests on a South American volcano.
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Space rock contains organic molecular feast
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Scientists say that a meteorite that crashed into Earth 40 years ago contains millions of different carbon-containing, or organic, molecules.
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www.physorg.com
(PhysOrg.com) — Today Mars Express began a series of flybys of Phobos, the largest moon of Mars. The campaign will reach its crescendo on 3 March, when the spacecraft will set a new record for the closest pass to Phobos, skimming the surface at just 50 km. |
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NASA’s Next Shuttle Launch Now Targeted for April 5
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WASHINGTON — NASA is targeting Monday, April 5, for the launch of the next space shuttle from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Shuttle Discovery’s seven crew members had planned to lift off on March 18 to begin the STS-131 mission to the International Space Station. However, cold weather in Florida has delayed Discovery’s move to the Vehicle Assembly Building to complete the shuttle’s processing, which has delayed the rollout to the launch pad. |
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On This Day – Feb 17:
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1959: 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
1965: Ranger 8 – USA Lunar Hard Lander launched. Ranger 8 arrived at the moon on February 20
1966: French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
1967: Kosmos 140 (Soyuz Test) launches into Earth orbit
1996: NEAR – USA Asteroid Orbiter launched.
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