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An Entrepreneur's Dream - Space Debris Bethesda MD (SPX) May 18, 2009 
Entrepreneurs can smell an opportunity to make money. Some have a sixth sense and others have to work at it. But, all have something in common; they want to turn an idea into a profit. Many potential opportunities are connected to a negative event. Such events often create an imperative to correct a situation. Today, we are on the threshold of an event that may prove to be devastating to ... read more
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USA Could Lose New Moon Race
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 18, 2009The USA could lose a new "race to the Moon" with China, according to a space analyst. Dr Morris Jones, an Australian writer and space analyst, claims that America is losing its strategic lead in spaceflight. He claims that a rapidly advancing Chinese space program will soon have the capability to send Chinese astronauts to the Moon. In his latest book, "The New Moon Race" ... more QUIET Team To Deploy New Gravity-Wave Probe In June 
Chicago IL (SPX) May 18, 2009A tiny fraction of a second following the big bang, the universe allegedly experienced the most inflationary period it has ever known. During this inflationary era, space expanded faster than the speed of light. It sounds crazy, but it fits a variety of cosmological observations made in recent years, said University of Chicago physicist Bruce Winstein. "Theorists take it to be true ... more Astronauts wrap up 4th spacewalk to repair Hubble 
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 17, 2009Two spacewalking astronauts overcame a stuck bolt, a fickle power tool and other aggravations Sunday to revive a long-inactive science instrument inside the Hubble Space Telescope. The outing from space shuttle Atlantis by astronauts Mike Massimino and Mike Good to surgically repair a spectrograph that identifies super massive black holes was considered by NASA to be the most intricate space ... more Life's Cometary Payload 
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) May 18, 2009Comets have always fascinated us. A mysterious appearance could symbolize God's displeasure or mean a sure failure in battle, at least for one side. Now Tel Aviv University justifies our fascination - comets might have provided the elements for the emergence of life on our planet. While investigating the chemical make-up of comets, Professor Akiva Bar-Nun of the Department of Geophysics an ... more Hubble gets new gyroscopes in space fix-it struggle
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 15, 2009Two US astronauts struggled to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope's pointing and power systems Friday, on a marathon spacewalk to equip the 19-year-old observatory with new gyroscopes. In a spacewalk which stretched to seven hours and 56 minutes, Mike Massimino and Mike Good successfully installed new gyroscopes and new batteries on the revolutionary stargazer. Their persistence with ... more |
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Houston, Texas (AFP) May 14, 2009Spacewalking astronauts equipped the Hubble Space Telescope with the first of two new science instruments Thursday, launching the first overhaul of the 19-year-old observatory in seven years. John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel floated from the airlock of the shuttle Atlantis at 8:52 am (1252 GMT) to begin a spacewalk expected to span six to seven hours with a burst of enthusiasm. ... more Atlantis astronauts set for first Hubble fix-it spacewalk 
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 14, 2009Astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis prepared Thursday for an ambitious spacewalk to overhaul the Hubble space telescope and extend its working life. The spacewalks follow an operation Wednesday during which Atlantis astronauts plucked Hubble from orbit, maneuvering it into the cargo bay of the shuttle. John Grunsfeld, 50, will lead the first of five spacewalks Thursday at 1216 ... more Atlantis astronauts capture Hubble on fix-it mission 
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 13, 2009Astronauts plucked the high-flying Hubble Space Telescope from orbit Wednesday, maneuvering it into the bay of the shuttle Atlantis for an ambitious spacewalking overhaul. Astronaut Megan McArthur grappled the 13.2-meter long telescope with the shuttle's robot arm at 1714 GMT, after Atlantis commander Scott Altman maneuvered his spacecraft within 10 meters (35 feet) of the scientific icon. ... more Chinese space debris passes shuttle uneventfully: NASA 
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 13, 2009A small piece of debris from China's 2007 anti-satellite test passed by the space shuttle Atlantis, but not close enough to require an evasive maneuver, NASA said Wednesday. "No action was required," said Pat Ryan, a US space agency spokesman in Mission Control. The 10-centimeter-long (four-inch) object, which was being tracked by the Pentagon, was projected to pass within three kilomete ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 11, 2009Although its peak is still four years away, a new active period of Earth-threatening solar storms will be the weakest since 1928, predicts an international panel of experts led by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center and funded by NASA. Despite the prediction, Earth is still vulnerable to a severe solar storm. Solar storms are eruptions of energy and matter that escape from the sun and ... more The Crowded Universe 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 12, 2009Planets, planets everywhere. Many have been detected in our cosmic neighborhood, but none of them resemble our own. One planet guru thinks that is about to change. He argues in his new book that we are on the verge of uncovering a universe crowded with Earths. Alan Boss, a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, is well-known for his work on theories of planet formati ... more Hubble To Be Upgraded With e2v CCD Imaging Sensors 
Chelmsford, UK (SPX) May 12, 2009On May 11, 2009 e2v Charge Coupled Device (CCD) imaging sensors were launched into space by NASA, on board the space shuttle Atlantis, as part of a mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope. e2v CCD imaging sensors will equip Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), a new instrument that will be installed on Hubble to take large-scale, extremely clear and detailed pictures of the univers ... more Hubble's WFPC2 Takes Final Photographs Of A Planetary Nebula 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 11, 2009The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical camera, which was developed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., a planetary nebula has been imaged as the camera's final "pretty picture." This planetary nebula is known as Ko ... more
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