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Read More; Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight; A month in space; Shuttle's details enthrall first visitors; PHOTO FEATURE: Smithsonian Welcomes Shuttle Discovery To The National Collection; Spacewatch: Envisat in trouble [...]]]> http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-22/feed/ 0 http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-20/ http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-20/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:34:52 +0000 Robert Brand http://echoesofapollo.com/?p=5259 http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-20/feed/ 0 http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-19/ http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-19/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:42:25 +0000 Robert Brand http://echoesofapollo.com/?p=5235 NASA TV Reaches Bigger Audience With Encompass And SES; Lockheed Martin Names New Leader for Commercial Launch Services Business; SpaceX said eyeing Texas launch site; US report urges easing rules on satellite exports; Spending panels recommend funds for Commercial Crew program; Dawn Gets Extra Time to Explore Vesta; Lyrid Meteor Shower: Tips to See April's 'Shooting Stars' [...]]]> http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-19/feed/ 0 http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-18/ http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-18/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:53:33 +0000 Robert Brand http://echoesofapollo.com/?p=5184 NASA Curiosity Mission En Route to Mars; Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives In Washington D.C.; Nasa's voyage of Discovery; Designing the interplanetary web; Looking Back Upon My Time With Discovery; Spaceport America Milestones: Record Rocket Launch, Runway Add-On; Lights at Night: Moscow from Space; Hubble Captures Incredible New Panorama of Tarantula Nebula; Earth's Asteroid Craters Point to Clues in Search for Life on Mars; Space shuttle Discovery signs off on chapter of Nasa history in ferried flight [...]]]> http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-18/feed/ 0 http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-17/ http://echoesofapollo.com/2012/04/latest-space-news-2011-04-17/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:00:15 +0000 Robert Brand http://echoesofapollo.com/?p=5128 NASA's Maven Spacecraft and Propellant Tank at Lockheed Martin, How to Buy a Launch Vehicle, Another weather satellite payload is readied for launch by Arianespace, Russia to Go Back to the Moon Before Reaching for Mars, 'Good chance' for SpaceX April 30 launch to ISS: NASA, H3+: The Molecule that Made the Universe, SpaceX, NASA confirm April 30 Dragon demonstration launch... 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Skywatcher Photographs Huge Solar Flare from Giant Sun... 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