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NASA, Space Community Remember 'Freedom 7'Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 06, 2011 On the morning of May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard crawled into the cramped Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," at Launch Complex 5 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The slender, 82-foot-tall Mercury-Redstone rocket rose from the launch pad at 9:34 a.m. EST, sending Shepard on a remarkably successful, 15-minute suborbital flight. But more than that, it kick-started America's future as a spacefaring nation. On the 50th anniversary of Shepard's pioneering flight, his three daughters, ... read more |
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 NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Missions NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars' interior for the first time; study an extraterrestrial sea on one of Saturn's moons ... more | .. |
 Orbital Space Tourism Demand Space projects and organisations such as Excalibur, Galactic Suite, Bigelow's Space Complex Alpha and Russian Orbital Technologies plans have created increasing interest in orbital space tourism, an ... more | .. |
 Space Adventures Reflects Upon A Decade In Space Tourism Space Adventures, the only company that has provided human space missions to the global marketplace, has outlined a forecast for commercial orbital spaceflight and announced details of how additiona ... more | .. |
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  Romania, US conclude talks on missile shield Bucharest and Washington have concluded talks on the deployment of US missile interceptors in Romania and will sign the agreement next autumn, Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 US marks 50 years since second human spaceflight Three weeks after the world marked 50 years since Russia's Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel in space, the United States is honoring the American who followed him, Alan Shepard. ... more | .. |
 Patriot Test Fires PAC-3 MSE Missile Raytheon's Patriot Air and Missile Defense System successfully test fired Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 MSE (Missile Segment Enhancement) missile recently at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. "This de ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Participates in E2DS Energy and Climate Change Conference Chief technology officers (CTO) from Northrop Grumman shared their views this week on how the aerospace, defense and security sector can leverage its expertise to address the challenges faced by the ... more |
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Arrival of US aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack
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 Russia demands defence safeguards from US Russia's foreign ministry said Tuesday it would seek defence safeguards from the United States following Romania's decision to host US interceptors for a proposed European missile defence shield. ... more | .. |
  Measuring Mercury's Surface Composition Messenger carries a Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (GRS) that is capable of measuring and characterizing gamma-ray emissions from the surface of Mercury. Just like radio waves, visible light, and X-ra ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Built Space Probe Brings Home The Goods Launched on April 20, 2004, Gravity Probe B (GP-B) gathered data during its 16-month mission that have now provided verification for two subtle physical effects predicted by Albert Einstein's Genera ... more | .. |
 Two Views of a Lopsided Galaxy The Meathook Galaxy, or NGC 2442, has a dramatically lopsided shape. One spiral arm is tightly folded in on itself and host to a recent supernova, while the other, dotted with recent star formation, ... more |
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 A Soyuz is "born" at the Spaceport The first fully-assembled Soyuz in French Guiana was unveiled Wednesday as the completed vehicle made its initial appearance during ongoing dry run evaluations at the Spaceport. This workhorse ... more | .. |
 ESA and the World Bank join forces Recognising the value of using Earth observation satellite data to support development activities, ESA and the World Bank will work together on several projects through the 'eoworld' joint initiativ ... more | .. |
 First Soyuz almost ready for launch from French Guiana The final countdown before its maiden flight later this year has begun for Soyuz with a simulated launch campaign at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. This dry run ensures that the Soyuz an ... more | .. |
 Comet Elenin: Preview of a Coming Attraction You may have heard the news: Comet Elenin is coming to the inner-solar system this fall. Comet Elenin (also known by its astronomical name C/2010 X1), was first detected on Dec. 10, 2010 by Leonid E ... more |
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AI enables tailored education for medical students at scale
MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic
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 U.S. Air Force Poised To Launch First-Of-Its-Kind Space Based Infrared System Satellite The first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite stands at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., prior to being mated with the launch vehicle in preparation for its M ... more | .. |
 Endeavour's Last Flight a Big Deal to University Research Team As the world watches space shuttle Endeavour's final mission to deliver equipment and science experiments to the International Space Station, a research team from Northwestern University is followin ... more | .. |
 SpaceShipTwo's First "Feathered" Flight Early on Wednesday 4th May 2011, in the skies above Mojave Air and Spaceport CA, SpaceShipTwo, the world's first commercial spaceship, demonstrated its unique reentry 'feather' configuration for the ... more | .. |
 Russia successfully launches military communication satellite A Russian Meridian series military communications satellite has been put into a designated orbit, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said on Thursday. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Me ... more |
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 Stanford's Gravity Probe B confirms two Einstein theories Stanford and NASA researchers have confirmed two predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, concluding one of the space agency's longest-running projects. Known as Gravity ... more | .. |
  'Green' GPS saves fuel, energy U.S. computer scientists say new software for GPS devices can reduce energy consumption in transportation systems. ... more | .. |
 NASA Space Images App, Website Broaden Cosmic Horizons Professional and amateur space aficionados are in for a treat with the new Space Images Version 2 app, created by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif. The free app is now optimized for ... more | .. |
 Voyager's Love Story One day, years from now--or maybe billions of years, no one knows - aliens might be surprised to run across an old spaceship from Earth. Improbably far from home, the ancient probe is space cold, it ... more |
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High precision measurement advances fusion plasma diagnostics
New design strategy boosts lithium alloy electrodes for solid-state batteries
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 Intelsat Reports Antenna Reflector Deployment Delay with New Dawn Intelsat S.A. has reported a delay in deploying the west antenna reflector on the Intelsat New Dawn satellite, launched on 22 April 2011. The satellite's solar arrays have been successfully deployed ... more | .. |
ISS Orbit raised to help crew return to Earth The International Space Station's orbit was raised 0.62 miles Thursday to help NASA's Catherine Coleman and other crew members return to Earth, Russia said. ... more | .. |
  ESA expands its Earth-exploring service Since 2006 ESA has been making satellite images of Earth available to anyone wanting to explore the planet in near-real time. ESA has now added nearly 13 000 radar images to the service, bringing th ... more | .. |
 Soyuz given "go" for simulated first launch The "dry run" simulation of Soyuz' first flight from French Guiana was given the green light for a virtual liftoff this week with the successful conclusion of the launch readiness review, which was ... more |
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 Elite among elite: US Navy SEAL's 'Team Six' The US Navy commandos who swooped on Osama bin Laden's compound reportedly came from a renowned squad known as "Team Six," an elite unit drawn from the already elite ranks of the SEALs. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Challenges Emirati Students to Think in an Unmanned World Showcasing unmanned technology while raising student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) sponsored the first Unmanned Systems ... more | .. |
  Patriot Test Fires PAC-3 MSE Missile Raytheon's Patriot Air and Missile Defense System successfully test fired Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 MSE (Missile Segment Enhancement) missile recently at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. "This de ... more | .. |
 LockMart and SELEX Systems Integration and Cobham Team for Project MARSHALL Bid Lockheed Martin, Finmeccanica - through its UK company SELEX Systems Integration - and Cobham have signed an agreement to form Fusion Air Traffic Management, which will address Project MARSHALL - fo ... more |
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