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Ariane 5's third launch of 2011

An Ariane 5 launcher lifted off this evening from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, ST-2 and GSAT-8, into their planned transfer orbits. Flight ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Ariane 5's fourth launch of 2010

Last night, an Ariane 5 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, W3B and BSAT-3b, into orbit. Flight V197 was Ariane 5's fourth dual-payload ...

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Final launch of Ariane 5 GS completes busy year

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, an Ariane 5 GS launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place the French military reconnaissance satellite Helios-2B into Sun-synchronous polar ...

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created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ariane 5 - First launch of 2009

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission to place two multi-role telecommunications satellites into geostationary ...

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created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Europe stakes billion-dollar bet on new rocket

A pencil-slim rocket is scheduled to lift into space from South America on Monday, carrying a billion-dollar bet that Europe can grab a juicy slice of the market to place satellites in low orbit.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 11, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New power source discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and RMIT University have made a breakthrough in energy storage and power generation.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (55) | comments 53 | with audio podcast

Russia to try again for Phobos-Grunt?

Russia says "eisho odin ras"* for its Mars moon lander mission, according to Roscomos chief Vladimir Popovkin.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Got creative block? Get out of your office and go for a walk

(Medical Xpress) -- The next time you're in need of creative inspiration, try thinking outside the box—or cubicle.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

How do you fight fire in space? Experiments provide some answers

Improving fire-fighting techniques in space and getting a better understanding of fuel combustion here on Earth are the focus of a series of experiments on the International Space Station, led by a professor ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lab team develops capability for atomistic simulations

(PhysOrg.com) -- Conventional scientific wisdom says that the interatomic forces between ions that control high-temperature processes such as melting are insensitive to the heating of the electron "glue" that ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newly engineered highly transmissible H5N1 strain ignites controversy

Scientists have engineered a new strain of H5N1 (commonly known as bird flu) to be readily transmitted between humans. Two perspectives being published early online in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New report outlines trends in U.S. global competitiveness in science and technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- The United States remains the global leader in supporting science and technology (S&T) research and development, but only by a slim margin that could soon be overtaken by rapidly increasing ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Could natural nuclear reactors have boosted life on this and other planets?

While modern-day humans use the most advanced engineering to build nuclear reactors, Nature sometimes makes them by accident.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Australian air safety bureau probes smoking iPhone

Australia's aviation safety watchdog said Tuesday it was investigating after an Apple iPhone apparently began glowing red and emitting smoke after a flight to Sydney last week.

Technology / Business

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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