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University of Leicester scientists funded to design concepts for NASA microgravity

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Two University of Leicester scientists have recently been awarded 10,000 to design concepts for scientific experiments which would fly on the upcoming new generation of manned suborbital spacecraft, such as ...





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Space hotel taking bookings for 2012 opening

Space hotel taking bookings for 2012 opening

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first orbiting space hotel is on track to open for its first customers in 2012, but hurry, as bookings are filling fast.


Space tourism yet to fly, 5 years since 1st flight (AP)

Space tourism yet to fly, 5 years since 1st flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- When a private spaceship soared over California to claim a $10 million prize, daredevil venture capitalist Alan Walton was 68 and thought he'd soon be on a rocket ride of his own.


Night Time Artificial Cloud Study Conducted

Night Time Artificial Cloud Study Conducted

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A rocket experiment that may shed light on the highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere was conducted September 19 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.


Eve--named after Sir Richard's Mom

Sir Richard Branson All Fired Up With Latest Rocket Motor Test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 31, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 16

Virgin Galactic owned by Sir Richard Branson completed a successful test on May 28, 2009 of its hybrid nitrous oxide motor designed by Scaled Composites and a subcontractor Sierra Nevada Corporation. The ...


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Space tourism from Sweden to start in 2012

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Short tourist flights into space are expected to begin launching from northern Sweden in 2012, one of the companies involved in the project said Wednesday.


New Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica

New Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon prototype that may enable a new era of high-altitude scientific ...


Space Tourism to Rocket in 21st Century

Space Tourism to Rocket in 21st Century, Researchers Predict

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Seeking an out-of-this-world travel destination? Outer space will rocket into reality as “the” getaway of this century, according to researchers at the University of Delaware and the University of Rome La ...


Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record

Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 04, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 0

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have jointly achieved a new milestone in the almost 20-year history of scientific ballooning in Antarctica, ...


Clemson rocket launches test Alaskan auroras

Clemson rocket launches test Alaskan auroras

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 16, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

It may have been 40 degrees below zero at the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska, but aurora and weather came together one recent winter night in a perfect match for Clemson University researchers and students ...


HEX2 a success: 4-rocket aurora experiment launches from Poker Flat

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 15, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An experiment called HEX2 that consisted of four NASA suborbital sounding rockets, launched from Poker Flat Research Range during an aurora display over northern Alaska this morning. Each rocket emitted vapor trails in an ...



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