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SpaceX delays mission to International Space Station

Category: Science Author : Daniel McCall Posted: January 16, 2012Tags : dragon capsule, international space station, iss, space capsule, SpaceX California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced today that it has delayed the launch of its “Dragon” space capsule. SpaceX’s capsule was scheduled to launch on February 7 aboard its Falcon 9 on a mission to [...]

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Report: The Air Force Using Secret Space Plane To Spy on China

Category: Science Author : H. Scott English Posted: January 5, 2012Tags : china, space station, spy plane, United States Secret spy plane, x-37b The Super Secret X37b unmanned space aircraft was launched into orbit 10 months ago.  Its capabilities…classified.  It mission…classified. Its return date…classified. According to Spaceflight magazine, there is a theory.  The craft is [...]

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NASA Space Telescope Discovers Earth Sized Planets

Category: Science Author : James Johnson Posted: December 20, 2011Tags : Keper-20e, Kepler, Kepler-20f, nasa, Space Telescope NASA’s Kepler mission has found two Earth-sized plaents that are orbiting a “sun-like” star outside our solar system. NASA officials have named the planets Kepler-20e and Kepler-2of and note that they are too close to their star to [...]

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Send your ashes into space and get a tax break – What?!

Category: Science Author : Steven Hodson Posted: December 12, 2011Tags : burial, death, moon, space I understand that we are running out of spaces where we can have out mortal remains buried so that everyone can come and pay their last respects but the idea of polluting the great expanse of space with an ever [...]

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Send your ashes into space and get a tax break – What?!

Category: Science Author : Steven Hodson Posted: December 12, 2011Tags : burial, death, moon, space I understand that we are running out of spaces where we can have out mortal remains buried so that everyone can come and pay their last respects but the idea of polluting the great expanse of space with an ever [...]

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Meet Your Space Twin [Stick Figures] (Jezebel)

Dana Zemack has been making stick figure comics since she was 12. This week, she made one just for us. More » Source : Jezebel Wikio – Celebrity

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Elon Musk’s L.A.-Based SpaceX to Send Private Spacecraft to International Space Station

SpaceX Dragon. ​The Space Shuttle might be a relic of the past, but that doesn’t mean America isn’t still going to space. More and more, it’s becoming a private affair. Elon Musk’s Hawthorne-based SpaceX was given a preliminary green light by NASA today for its second space mission. This one will be special, though: The [...]

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X-37B Space Plane’s Mission Extended By Air Force

Category: News Author : Dan Evon Posted: December 1, 2011Tags : Air Force, orbital test vehicle, unmanned space plane, x-37b, x37b The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle’s mysterious nine month mission was scheduled to come to an end on Wednesday, but the Air Force announced today that the mission has been extended. The unmanned space plane [...]

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Tiny brown dwarf star found free-floating in space

Category: Science Author : Daniel McCall Posted: October 13, 2011Tags : brown dwarf star, small brown dwarf star, tiny brown dwarf star Astronomers have been peering out in the direction of two star clusters recently, NGC 1333 and Rho Ophiuchi, and what they’ve been finding has been surprising. For starters, scientists have found even more [...]

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Google’s YouTube launches the YouTube Space Lab [Video]

Category: Science Author : Steven Hodson Posted: October 10, 2011Tags : competition, esa, google, JAXA, nasa, spacelab, youtube Even if you aren’t the world’s biggest fan of Google, which I’m not, you have to admit that they are always doing some pretty interesting stuff, especially when it comes to utilizing their existing service for interesting [...]

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Dark energy, sun to be studied in upcoming ESA space missions

Category: Science Author : Daniel McCall Posted: October 6, 2011Tags : dark energy, esa, european space agency, space, Sun The European Space Agency is gearing up for two of the most ambitious space exploration missions yet, the ESA announced today. The first mission to be launched, the Solar Orbiter, is currently planned to launch at [...]

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Draconid Meteor Shower Could Put Space Station at Risk

Category: Science Author : Dan Evon Posted: October 6, 2011Tags : draconid meteor shower, draconids, international space station, iss, meteor shower The Draconid Meteor Shower peaks this weekend with some forecasts predicting up to 600 meteors an hour. The hyperactive meteor shower will be a treat for sky-watchers, but NASA is keeping a close eye [...]

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