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Delta 2 rocket did its job successfully, NASA says
Initial concerns about the performance of the Delta 2 rocket that launched the Jason 2 oceanography satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California earlier this month have proven unfounded, officials say.
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New gamma ray burst instrument powers up
NASA's GLAST Burst Monitor Instrument Operations Center in Huntsville, Ala., the focal point for observing gamma ray bursts, was alive with energy as scientists gathered to witness instrument activation last week.
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Learning from Tunguska
The impact event that rocked the unsuspecting Siberian outback 100 years ago today may hold the secrets to the protection of our precious blue planet against a similar cosmic assault in the future.
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SOHO finds 1,500th comet
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is celebrating the discovery of 1,500 comets since the mission began 13 years ago, making it more successful than all other comet discoverers throughout history put together.
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100 years since Tunguska
At around 7:17 on the morning of June 30, 1908, a man based at the trading post at Vanavara in Siberia is sitting on his front porch. In a moment, 40 miles from the center of an immense blast of unknown origin, he will be hurled from his chair and the heat will be so intense he will feel as though his shirt is on fire.
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Mars lander characterizes conditions near north pole
Martian soil analyzed by NASA's Phoenix lander could likely support plant life under the right conditions. "We basically have found what appears to be the nutrients to support life," says the lead scientist for the wet chemistry lab aboard the craft.
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Questions await as Cassini begins a new mission
NASA's Cassini mission is closing one chapter of its journey at Saturn and embarking on a new one with a two-year mission that will address new questions and bring it closer to two of its most intriguing targets -- Titan and Enceladus.
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Astronaut Barbara Morgan to leave NASA
Veteran space shuttle astronaut Barbara R. Morgan will leave NASA in August to become an educator at Idaho's Boise State University. Morgan was backup to Christa McAuliffe and later became the agency's first educator astronaut.
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Russian military spacecraft launched by Proton booster
Russia launched a Proton rocket Thursday night with an early warning satellite to defend the country against missile attacks. The launch was the first mission for the Proton since a different version of the booster failed in March.
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NASA approves shuttle launch pad repair plan
Shuttle program managers Thursday approved a plan to strip away fire bricks from damaged sections of the "flame trench" at launch pad 39A, to erect a steel grid over the exposed concrete back wall and to spray on a thick coating of heat-resistant Fondu Fyre to protect the structure from super-hot shuttle booster exhaust.
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Mars air once had moisture, new soil analysis says
A new analysis of Martian soil data suggests that there was once enough water in the planet's atmosphere for a light drizzle or dew to hit the ground, leaving tell-tale signs of its interaction with the planet's surface.
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Asteroid-hunting satellite will be a world first
Canada is building the world's first space telescope designed to detect and track asteroids as well as satellites. Called NEOSSat, this spacecraft will provide a significant improvement in surveillance of asteroids that pose a collision hazard with Earth and innovative technologies for tracking satellites in orbit high above our planet.
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Giant impact explains the Mars dichotomy
The surface landscape of Mars, divided into lowlands in the north and highlands in the south, has long perplexed planetary scientists. Was it sculpted by several small impacts, via mantle convection in the planet's interior, or by one giant impact? Now scientists have shown through computer modeling that the Mars dichotomy, as the divided terrain has been termed, can indeed be explained by one giant impact early in the planet's history.
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Phoenix Mars lander puts soil in chemistry lab
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander placed a sample of Martian soil in the spacecraft's wet chemistry laboratory today for the first time. Results from that instrument, part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer, are expected to provide the first measurement of the acidity or alkalinity of the planet's soil.
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Additional video from Delta launch of Jason 2
More video coverage has been posted to Spaceflight Now+Plus from last week's Delta 2 rocket launch that put the Jason 2 oceanography satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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Water-seeking moon craft passes major tests
NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite is one step closer to determining whether water ice exists in a permanently shadowed crater near the lunar south pole, having passed rigorous preflight testing earlier this month.
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Galaxy cannibals eat their neighbors
Previously unseen galactic cannibalism within the supermassive black holes that occupy the centres of Seyfert galaxies has been revealed by radio observations courtesy of the Very Large Array.
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SpaceX pushes back launch date for next Falcon 1
The military informed SpaceX last week that mandatory support equipment and tracking stations in the Pacific Ocean are booked through the end of July, forcing officials to delay launch of the next Falcon 1 rocket, the company's founder said.
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Hawaiian lava holds clues for planetary evolution
Precision analysis of lava samples taken from the Kilauea Iki volcanic crater in Hawaii has given planetary scientists a new tool for reconstructing planetary origins.
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Earth's laws still apply in distant Universe
One of the most important numbers in physics, the proton-electron mass ratio, is the same in a galaxy six billion light years away as it is here on Earth, according to new research, laying to rest debate about whether the laws of nature vary in different places in the Universe.
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Phoenix confirms frozen water at landing site
Scientists relishing confirmation of water ice near the surface beside NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander anticipate even bigger discoveries from the robotic mission in the weeks ahead.
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Black holes have simple feeding habits
The results of a massive observing campaign of spiral galaxy M81 have shed light on the feeding habits of different sized black holes, and provide a benchmark for predicting the properties of a new class of black hole.
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Satellite flown into space to monitor Earth's oceans
NASA partnered with European scientists to launch an ocean research satellite from California early Friday, giving forecasters a new tool to make more accurate predictions of weather patterns and climate change.
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Bright chunks dug up by Phoenix must have been ice
Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it.
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Data relay satellite cluster launched for ORBCOMM
Six new communications relay satellites were launched into orbit Thursday to
rejuvenate a space-based messaging service operated by ORBCOMM Inc.
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First results from Phoenix lander's bakery
After a difficult time delivering soil samples to one of the ovens onboard Phoenix, the results are now in from the first round of baking: no water, yet.
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25th anniversary of first American woman in space
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983 when she flew aboard space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-7. To mark the anniversary, Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers can watch highlights of the mission and an interview with Ride.
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Detective astronomers find hidden celestial gem
The European Space Agency's orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has re-discovered an ignored celestial gem. The object in question is one of the youngest and brightest supernova remnants in the Milky Way, the corpse of a star that exploded around 1,000 years ago.
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Space shuttle pad repair options being debated
Engineers assessing extensive damage to launch pad 39A during the shuttle Discovery's May 31 takeoff said Monday they are confident the "flame trench" that diverts exhaust to either side can be repaired in time for NASA's next mission, the Oct. 8 launch of shuttle Atlantis on a flight to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Sun sets on Ulysses mission
After more than 17 years dedicated to exploring the effects of solar activity on the space that surrounds us, the sun is setting on the Ulysses mission and will finally fade into darkness on July 1, but its legacy will live on.
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Trio of super-Earths discovered
A harvest of low mass planets has been discovered with the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, and 45 other candidate planets with masses below 30 Earth masses have also been identified.
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Discovery back on Earth
Commander Mark Kelly guided the space shuttle Discovery to a sun-drenched Florida landing Saturday, setting down on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center to close out a virtually flawless space station assembly mission, leaving a new Japanese lab module behind and bringing flight engineer Garrett Reisman back to Earth after 95 days in space.
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Good weather predicted for landing in Florida
The shuttle Discovery is in good shape and ready for landing Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center to close out a successful space station assembly mission. The Spaceflight Meteorology Group at the Johnson Space Center in Houston is predicting near ideal conditions for the planned 11:15 a.m. EDT touchdown.
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NASA says lost object from shuttle no worry for entry
Engineers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston believe a flashing bit of debris spotted floating away from the shuttle Discovery this morning was a clip used to secure thermal insulation in the ship's rudder/speed brake to protect against engine heat during ascent. Flight controllers told the astronauts the lost clip poses no threat to a safe re-entry.
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Ariane 5 reaches milestone 25th straight success
The Ariane 5 booster rocketed into space from a French Guiana launch pad minutes after sunset Thursday, painting a colorful spectacle in the sky en route to space with a British military communications satellite and a Turkish broadcasting spacecraft.
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NASA says Hubble plans not threatened by pad repairs
Serious damage to the "flame trench" at launch pad 39A during the shuttle Discovery's May 31 takeoff will require extensive repairs, officials said Thursday, but engineers believe the work can be completed in time to support the planned Oct. 8 launch of shuttle Atlantis on a long-awaited flight to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
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A new type of comet dust mineral found
NASA researchers have found a new mineral in a material that likely originated from comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup, which orbits the Sun once every five years.
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Pluto assigned 'plutoid' tag in new classification
Almost two years after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) caused a worldwide furore by stripping Pluto of its former status as a 'proper' planet to a dwarf planet, the term 'plutoid' has been introduced to describe "Pluto-like transneptunian dwarf planets."
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Oven full of Mars
After several attempts, Phoenix has finally succeeded in filling one of its ovens with Martian soil, ready to sniff out and assess its ingredients, such as water.
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Successful first test of high speed Moon penetrator
High speed penetrators that could one day be used to breach the surface of planets, moons and asteroids have successfully passed their first test in the UK, accelerating to over 1000 kilometres per hour and 20,000 gee at the point of impact.
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It's an off duty day for shuttle astronauts
The Discovery astronauts took the day off Thursday, enjoying the view from 210 miles up and chatting with family members in private teleconferences. The only mission-related activity on the schedule is a rocket firing to adjust the shuttle's orbit slightly to improve landing opportunities at the Kennedy Space Center.
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NASA launches observatory with gamma ray vision
A Delta 2 rocket roared to life and successfully boosted a $690 million space telescope into orbit Wednesday, the most sophisticated observatory ever built to study the tell-tale high energy gamma rays generated by the most violent explosions and processes in the known universe.
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NASA considers SARJ work on next shuttle visit
NASA managers are considering a plan for the crew of the next space station assembly mission, scheduled for launch around Nov. 10, to clean up and lubricate a damaged, debris covered solar array drive gear and to replace 12 bearing assemblies in a bid to use the mechanism as long as possible before switching to a backup gear, an official said Wednesday.
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Shuttle Discovery undocks from the space station
After its successful visit to the space station that delivered Japan's Kibo science laboratory, the largest module for the complex, shuttle Discovery undocked at 7:42 a.m. EDT Wednesday morning to prepare for this weekend's landing.
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Shuttle crew closes hatches for undocking Wednesday
The shuttle Discovery's crew bid farewell to space station commander Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko and incoming flight engineer Gregory Chamitoff Tuesday, sharing a few final thoughts, hugs and handshakes before closing hatches and preparing the shuttle for undocking early Wednesday.
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Reisman prepares for home after station expedition
The Discovery astronauts are working through a final day of equipment transfers to and from the space station before closing hatches late Tuesday and undocking early Wednesday. Outgoing flight engineer Garrett Reisman, returning to Earth after three months in space, planned to squeeze in a final few hours of handover time, briefing his replacement, Gregory Chamitoff, on the intricacies of life aboard the station.
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Spacewalker says cleaning damaged joint a 'big job'
The powder-like debris dusting the outer edge of the space station's left-side solar array rotary mechanism does not appear to represent a serious problem, spacewalker Mike Fossum said Monday. He said the grease and debris seen on the port solar alpha rotary joint does not look anything like the much more severe contamination that has hobbled the station's right-side SARJ.
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Japan's robotic arm extended and tested
The Discovery astronauts exercised the Japanese Kibo module's robot arm Monday, re-opened the Japanese logistics module mounted atop Kibo Friday and replaced spacesuit battery chargers in the Quest airlock module.
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Communications spacecraft launched by China -- China launched a new communications satellite Monday to beam television programming directly to millions of homes and businesses fitted with small receiving dishes, a state news agency reported.
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Discovery crew completes third and final spacewalk
Perched on the end of the space station's fully extended robot arm, astronaut Ron Garan manually carried a 528-pound nitrogen tank from one side of the lab's main power truss to the other Sunday, enjoying a spectacular there-and-back windshield-wiper ride that carried him eight stories above the research station.
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Booster cameras give dramatic views of launch
Hitch a ride up and down aboard the twin solid rocket boosters that launched shuttle Discovery on May 31. Video from cameras mounted on the reusable boosters provides stunning views of the ascent and subsequent splashdown into the Atlantic Ocean. The movies are presented here with launch audio.
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Phoenix tries to deliver first sample to instrument deck
An image beamed back to Earth from the Phoenix Mars lander early Saturday shows the platform's robotic arm has dumped a load of dirt near the opening of a tiny high-temperature oven, but a sensor inside the instrument did not detect any soil traveling through the narrow portal.
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Japanese robotic arm flexed for first time
The Discovery astronauts unlimbered the Kibo laboratory module's Japanese robot arm Saturday and prepared spacesuits and equipment for a third and final spacewalk Sunday to collect debris samples from a solar array rotary joint and install a tank of pressurized nitrogen for the space station's ammonia coolant loops.
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Spacewalkers may gather grease sample from joint
The Discovery astronauts may be asked to collect a sample of the presumed grease seen inside the space station's left-side solar alpha rotary joint. NASA managers have not made a final decision, but engineers would like to get a sample to pin down where the grease might be coming from and astronaut Michael Fossum will be in the area during a third and final spacewalk Sunday.
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Japanese logistics module moved atop the Kibo lab
The Discovery astronauts worked through a busy day inside the international space station Friday, continuing the outfitting of the Japanese Kibo laboratory module and moving a smaller storage module to its permanent home on Kibo's upward-facing port.
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Spacewalkers take second excursion outside Kibo
Astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan conducted a seven-hour spacewalk Thursday to mount cameras on Japan's Kibo lab module, remove launch locks and prepare a docking port for the attachment Friday of a Japanese logistics module.
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