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Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path

Dec 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Ares I-X rocket stood more than 325 feet tall on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Spectators watched in awe as its massive solid rocket motor blazed to life with a thunderous ...

Rocket launches Air Force satellite from Fla.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- A rocket carrying an Air Force satellite that will be used by the military has launched from Cape Canaveral.

NASA Challenges 350 Rocketeers Nationwide to Aim a Mile High

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has invited more than 350 student rocketeers from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities -- 37 teams nationwide -- to take part in the 2009-2010 NASA Student Launch Projects.

STPSat-1 successfully completes extended mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The STPSat-1, built for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program (STP) and operated by the DoD STP for the first year then transitioned to NRL for the last 16 months, was decommissioned on October ...

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WISE Launch Scheduled for Dec. 11

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 04, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is scheduled for Dec. 11.

WISE Snug in Its Nose Cone; Launch Set for Dec. 9

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has been wrapped in the outer nose cone, or "fairing," that will protect it during its scheduled Dec. 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

TacSat-4 spacecraft complete and awaiting launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 01, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 1

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) engineers have completed all environmental and performance testing on the TacSat-4 COMMx payload. This completes the entire TacSat-4 spacecraft as the spacecraft bus was completed ...

MIT wins Pentagon prize in social networking contest

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15 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won a 40,000-dollar prize for using social networking tools to identify the locations of 10 large weather balloons in a contest sponsored by ...

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Taiwan to invest 65 million dollars in e-book industry

Technology / Business

Dec 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Taiwan plans to invest more than 65 million US dollars in its competitive electronic-book sector over the next five years, the economic ministry's Industrial Development Bureau said.

Hearst looks to digital readers of the future

Technology / Hi Tech

Dec 05, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

With an eye on the readers of the future, US publisher Hearst Corp. announced plans Friday to launch a digital newsstand, advertising service and electronic reader for newspapers and magazines.

Microsoft to kick off Office 2010 in June

Technology / Software

Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

When Microsoft starts selling Office 2010 next year, the company will take its workhorse software suite and move it one step closer to its vision of cloud computing.

MySpace Music has launched in Britain with a campaign that includes a playlist of tunes from the Vatican

MySpace Music debuts in Britain

Technology / Internet

Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

MySpace Music has launched in Britain with a "Get Real Close" campaign that includes a playlist of tunes from the Vatican.

NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft

Space & Earth / Astronomy

Dec 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 2

(AP) -- NASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth. The sky-mapping ...