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Photos: A rare peek inside the Space Shuttle trainer
Read more →: Photos: A rare peek inside the Space Shuttle trainerWhat the astronauts saw: Looking through the windows of the Full Fuselage Trainer at Seattle’s Museum of Flight.…
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Turkmenistan Satellite Contract Came into Effect
Read more →: Turkmenistan Satellite Contract Came into EffectBEIJING, Aug. 25 (China Space News) — The launch service contract for Turkmenistan’s NSSC satellite, signed by China…
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A New Wild West: Imagining a future with Space Elevators
Read more →: A New Wild West: Imagining a future with Space ElevatorsWhen I walked into the small conference room on the second floor of the Museum of Flight this…
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Space elevators: 5 questions for conference chair Bryan Laubscher
Read more →: Space elevators: 5 questions for conference chair Bryan Laubscher(Credit: Science Photo Library) The Space Elevator Conference is in town this weekend. Intrigued by the concept, we…
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Fengyun-2F Meteorological Satellite Transferred to CMA
Read more →: Fengyun-2F Meteorological Satellite Transferred to CMABEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — China’s forecasts of severe weather conditions are set to be improved after the…
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Angry Birds join Curiosity on Mars, with help from NASA
Read more →: Angry Birds join Curiosity on Mars, with help from NASATurns out there is life on Mars, at least in the world of Angry Birds. Rovio Entertainment, those…
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Going up? Space Elevator dreams will be alive in Seattle this weekend
Read more →: Going up? Space Elevator dreams will be alive in Seattle this weekendArtist’s rendering of a space elevator. (By Kenn Man, via Museum of Flight.) Space elevators may not be…
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CGWIC to Send Spanish Rover to Moon in 2014
Read more →: CGWIC to Send Spanish Rover to Moon in 2014MADRID, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) will send a Spanish rover to the…
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China APMT to Launch 50 Miniaturized Satellites
Read more →: China APMT to Launch 50 Miniaturized SatellitesBEIJING, Aug. 9 (China Space News) — China Asia-Pacific Mobile Telecommunications Satellite Co., Ltd. (China APMT) has signed…
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CASC Getting Ready for Airshow China 2012
Read more →: CASC Getting Ready for Airshow China 2012BEIJING, Aug. 8 (China Space News) — A leading group meeting on the preparations for the Ninth China…
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Student rocket soars using hybrid propulsion system
Read more →: Student rocket soars using hybrid propulsion systemMembers of the winning team. Faculty adviser Carl Knowlen is at left, team lead Viggo Hansen is third…
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Amazon’s cloud powering NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover
Read more →: Amazon’s cloud powering NASA’s Curiosity Mars roverAmazon, the online super-retailer and South Lake Union Overlord, has the cloud computing system that best suits NASA’s…