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ESA map reveals European shipping routes like never before
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 22, 2009 |
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A synoptic view of European shipping routes can be seen for the first time thanks to a new map created using seven years of radar data from ESA's Envisat satellite.
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NASA opens new seed money COTS competition
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 22, 2007 |
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The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched a new funding competition for its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Project.
NASA seeks space, launch logistics help
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 08, 2007 |
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is soliciting ideas to help shape its logistics services for the International Space Station.
Commercial rocket schedule delayed
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Mar 02, 2008 |
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The first launch in the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Service has been postponed until June 2009.
Firm out of NASA shuttle replacement plan
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Sep 16, 2007 |
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An Oklahoma company's development of a commercial U.S. spacecraft sustained a setback when NASA decided to quit financing the company's project.
NASA proposes $17.6 billion budget
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Feb 05, 2008 |
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U.S. space officials proposed spending $17.6 billion next year with a focus on the International Space Station and space shuttle programs.
Safety board issues wake-up call on sleep disorder
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Safety investigators have sent government agencies a wake-up call about sleep apnea, a disorder that's showing up in a wide range of transportation accidents.
NASA extends its Russian space contract
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Apr 10, 2007 |
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NASA has signed a $719 million extension of the International Space Station contract with Russia's Federal Space Agency for services through 2011.
Space commercialization contract signed
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Feb 01, 2007 |
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NASA says it has signed a space commercialization contract with PlanetSpace Inc. of Chicago and the Transformational Space Corp. of Reston, Va.
Virgin Galactic readies maiden suborbital flight
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 06, 2009 |
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British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars. (Update: Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship) ...
Exxon to make alternative fuel from algae: report
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Oil giant Exxon Mobil plans to announce a 600-million-dollar investment to produce liquid transportation fuel from algae, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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