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GeekWire Radio: Mining asteroids in space, and finding the best food on Earth
Read more →: GeekWire Radio: Mining asteroids in space, and finding the best food on EarthWe’ve got all sorts of innovation to talk about on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast. Chaitanya…
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Soyuz TMA-22 returns to Earth with three outbound ISS crewmembers
Read more →: Soyuz TMA-22 returns to Earth with three outbound ISS crewmembersThe Russian Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft, known by its US designation of 28S, undocked from the International Space Station…
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Space Shuttle Enterprise – The Orbiter that started it all
Read more →: Space Shuttle Enterprise – The Orbiter that started it allFor 30 years, the Space Shuttle orbiters Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour wowed millions with their thunderous…
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Asteroid mining company flooded with job applications
Read more →: Asteroid mining company flooded with job applicationsWho wouldn’t want to work with these guys? Peter Diamandis, Chris Lewicki and Eric Anderson of Planetary Resources…
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Rockets, robots and a big week in the ‘Silicon Valley of Space’
Read more →: Rockets, robots and a big week in the ‘Silicon Valley of Space’Blue Origin’s space capsule. We’ve had fun this week following the story of Planetary Resources, the new startup…
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ESA sign big money deal with Astrium UK for Solar Orbiter
Read more →: ESA sign big money deal with Astrium UK for Solar OrbiterOn the 50th anniversary of Britain’s first journey into space, the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a…
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Science fiction writers inspired as asteroid miners make fiction fact
Read more →: Science fiction writers inspired as asteroid miners make fiction factIt was the very last question at the news conference announcing Planetary Resources’ plans to find mineral-rich asteroids,…
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Atlantis and Endeavour continue T&R processing after Discovery departure
Read more →: Atlantis and Endeavour continue T&R processing after Discovery departureTransition and Retirement (T&R) work continues at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for Atlantis and Endeavour in the Orbiter…
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ISRO PSLV launches with RISAT-1 satellite
Read more →: ISRO PSLV launches with RISAT-1 satelliteThe Indian Science Research Organisation launched the twenty first PSLV Thursday morning, carrying the RISAT-1 radar imaging satellite…
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Robots in Space: Live from the Planetary Resources news conference
Read more →: Robots in Space: Live from the Planetary Resources news conferenceBroadcast live streaming video on Ustream UPDATE: The news conference is over, but you can read our live…
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Mining asteroids: The official word (and videos) from Planetary Resources
Read more →: Mining asteroids: The official word (and videos) from Planetary ResourcesPlanetary Resources, a Bellevue-based startup backed by big names in space, technology and movies, has grabbed the attention…
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Meet Arkyd, the asteroid-hunting robot spaceship
Read more →: Meet Arkyd, the asteroid-hunting robot spaceshipAfter the big Planetary Resources asteroid-mining news conference today, the executives behind the venture talked more casually with…