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Latest Space News 2010-03-04  *Delivered Daily!

NASA and NOAA’s GOES-P Satellite Successfully Launched
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The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-P, lifted off Thursday aboard a Delta IV rocket at 6:17 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

NASA Prepares ‘Plan B’ for New Space Plan
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NASA chief Charles Bolden [...]

Latest Space News 2010-03-02  *Delivered Daily!

Search for Water on Other Planets Takes Giant Leap Forward
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A new technique is being developed to detect water in the protoplanetary disks of other solar systems. If successful, it would help in our understanding of how habitable planets form.

Kansas Students Connect With International Space Station Crew For Out Of [...]

Latest Space News 2010-03-01  *Delivered Daily!

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 the US space agency.

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Latest Space News 2010-02-28  *Delivered Daily!

Spacepirations: Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference – The Vehicles
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The First NSRC ended a few days ago after two and a half days packed with presentations, ranging from vehicles to researchers, from small companies to NASA. I learned a lot about the benefits,possibilities and options of suborbital research.

Final Shuttle Motor [...]

Latest Space News 2010-02-25  *Delivered Daily!     Echoes of Apollo

First Images From ESA’s Water Mission

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Paris, France (ESA) Feb 24, 2010 – In less than four months since launch, the first calibrated images are being delivered by ESA’s SMOS mission. These images of ‘brightness temperature’ translate into …

Temperature Trackers Watch Our Watery World
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Latest Space News 2010-02-24  *Delivered Daily!

India Plans To Send Two Astronauts Into Space

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Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 23, 2010 – The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to send two astronauts to space within six to seven years, ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said.

A Stellar, Metal-Free Way To Make Carbon Nanotubes

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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 23, 2010 [...]

Latest Space News 2010-02-23  *Delivered Daily!

Endeavour beats the weather and lands on schedule
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The shuttle Endeavour dropped through a partly cloudy sky and glided to a ghostly night landing at the Kennedy Space Center Sunday, leaving the International Space Station behind with a new life support module and observation deck.

Endeavour Lands – Just Four Shuttle [...]

Latest Space News 2010-02-22  *Delivered Daily!

Eutelsat swaps rockets for satellite launch this summer
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Eutelsat is switching a communications satellite launch this summer from a Chinese booster to the Ariane 5 rocket, citing international trade regulations and consequences from an earthquake in Italy last year.

Thar She Blows: Saturn Moon Looks Like Moby Dick
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Prometheus, Saturn’s moon, appears [...]

Latest Space News 2010-02-21  *Delivered Daily!     Echoes of Apollo

Aussie Meteorite May Hold Key To Life On Earth
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2010 – New analysis of the famous Murchison meteorite that crash-landed in Australia over 40 years ago has turned up a surprise for astronomers. The space rock, which is over [...]

Latest Space News 2010-02-19  *Delivered Daily!

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Houston TX (SPX) Feb 17, 2010 – The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 4:15 p.m. EST to the song Window on the World by Jimmy Buffett, played for Mission Specialist Kathryn Hire.

Concrete Phase Of Runway Begins At Spaceport America
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Upham NM (SPX) Feb 17, 2010 – The first [...]