News tagged with space environment
Lotus Plant-Inspired Dust-Busting Shield to Protect Space Gear
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA team is developing a transparent coating that mimics the self-cleaning properties of the lotus plant to prevent dirt from sticking to the surfaces of spaceflight gear and bacteria from ...
MESSENGER Spacecraft Flies by Mercury
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Shortly before 5:55 p.m. EDT, MESSENGER skimmed 228 kilometers (141 miles) above the surface of Mercury in its third and final flyby of the planet.
NSF awards grant to track 'space weather' in Earth's near-space environment
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Global and real-time "space weather" observations of near-Earth space--and the solar storms that can knock out electric power grids--is about to happen for the first time, thanks to funding from the National ...
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China's first Mars orbiter in Russia for launch: state media
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 06, 2009 |
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China's first satellite to probe Mars has been transported to Russia for a launch later this year, state media reported Thursday.
Russia delays Mars probe launch until 2012: report
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Russia will pushed back its flagship satellite mission to Mars' moon until 2011 in a move which will delay the joint launch of China's first Mars probe, space sources were cited as saying Wednesday.
Proba-2's journey to Russia marks its first step towards space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Proba-2, one of the smallest satellites ESA has ever built for space, is about to leave its Belgian homeland. Its development and testing complete, the satellite is being packed up for the ...
Senate confirms ex-astronaut Bolden to head NASA
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Senate confirmed on Wednesday retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA, just in time for the space agency's 40th anniversary celebrations of man's first steps on the ...
Tackling new Arctic challenges from space
Nov 05, 2009 |
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International scientists, researchers and decision makers met at the 'Space and the Arctic workshop' to identify the needs and challenges of working and living in the rapidly changing Arctic and to explore how space-based ...
'Space headaches' come out of the blue
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Researchers are calling for space headache to be established as a new secondary disorder after carrying out a study of 17 astronauts, published in the June issue of Cephalalgia.
Space companies eye HI as potential new frontier
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tourists coming to Hawaii for high-end getaways could someday be launched from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights. Hawaii could even be the first state where space travelers ...
New research contributes to defense of Earth's technologies
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 03, 2009 |
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University of Leicester researchers have taken a step forward in helping to create a defence for earth's technologies -from the constant threat of space weather.
Space Station Marathon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 06, 2009 |
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The International Space Station (ISS) is about to make a remarkable series of flybys over the United States. Beginning this 4th of July weekend, the station will appear once, twice, and sometimes three times ...
Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth
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Nov 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word on the birth of one crewman's daughter Friday, as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.
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