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Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy

In the game of astronomy, size matters. To get crisp, clear images of things billions of light years away, a telescope needs to be big.

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created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2




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China's space ambitions ally glory with pragmatism

As China pushes to become a global space power, experts say its ambitions go well beyond a symbolic moon landing, to satellite observation and a global positioning system to rival that of the United States.

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Course excellent, adjustment postponed

Excellent launch precision for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission has forestalled the need for an early trajectory correction maneuver, now not required for a month or more.

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created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

NASA in high gear for Mars rover launch

The US space agency is poised to launch the most powerful and advanced robotic rover ever built to explore Mars and hunt for signs that life may once have existed on the red planet.

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created Nov 26, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 10

NASA launches super-size Mars rover to red planet (Update)

The world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer, NASA's Curiosity rover, rocketed toward Mars on Saturday on a search for evidence that the red planet might once have been home to itsy-bitsy life.

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created Nov 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 58

Mars science laboratory launch milestones

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory is tucked inside its Atlas V rocket, ready for launch on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Nov. 26 launch window ...

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created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

How will Mars Science Laboratory navigate to Mars? Very precisely

Getting the Mars Science Laboratory to the Red Planet isn’t as easy as just strapping the rover on an Atlas V rocket and blasting it in the general direction of Mars. Spacecraft navigation is a very precise ...

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created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4

NASA launching `dream machine' to explore Mars

As big as a car and as well-equipped as a laboratory, NASA's newest Mars rover blows away its predecessors in size and skill.

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created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

All systems go for next communication spacecraft

The most recent evaluations of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) project confirmed all systems go for a third generation upgrade of the orbiting communications network. TDRS-K is scheduled for ...

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created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Will Red Planet rover send groundbreaking data over?

One of the most sophisticated space vehicles ever made inches along the rocky landscape, aluminum wheels grinding like a spoon in a garbage disposal.

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created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 14

Skyrim videogame sales rocket skyward

"Skyrim" has become the year's second fastest selling videogame, with more than 3.4 million copies snapped up in the two days after its release, industry tracker VGChartz reported on Tuesday.

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created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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