News tagged with transfer orbits
European space freighter is destroyed after mission
A robot freighter was destroyed on Tuesday in a scheduled operation after a successful mission to supply the International Space Station (ISS), the European Space Agency (ESA) said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Upper stage engine ready for testing at NASA's Stennis Space Center
NASA's new J-2X rocket engine, which could power the upper stage of the nation's future heavy-lift launch vehicle, is ready for its first round of testing. The fully assembled engine was installed Saturday in the A-2 Test ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 14, 2011 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 13, 2009 |
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First Vega rocket assembled on launch pad
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA’s new Vega rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad. Final preparations are in full swing for the rocket’s inaugural flight from Europe’s Spaceport. The launch window ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2012 |
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OrcaM is new kid on block for 3-D data capture
(PhysOrg.com) -- Call it automated photograph station, seven-camera system, 3-D model showcase, or digital reconstruction tool. OrcaM is being described as all these things. Whatever the tag, the "OrcaM" name ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 21, 2012 |
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NASA Goddard spacecraft cleanroom goes green
When it launches in 2014, NASA's new Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission will give scientists unprecedented insights into a little-understood physical process at the heart all space weather. This process, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2012 |
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Europe's Vega rocket launch set for early February
The maiden voyage of Europe's Vega rocket, designed to launch small payloads of about 1.5 tonnes into low-Earth orbit, is set for February 9, the head of the European Space Agency said Monday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 09, 2012 |
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The next big step toward atom-specific dynamical chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- For Ali Belkacem of Berkeley Lab’s Chemical Sciences Division, “What is chemistry?” is not a rhetorical question.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jan 06, 2012 |
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What if the earth had two moons?
The idea of an Earth with two moons has been a science fiction staple for decades. More recently, real possibilities of an Earth with two moon have popped up. The properties of the Moon’s far side has ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 28, 2011 |
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Missions that weren't: NASA's manned mission to Venus
In the mid-1960s, before any Apollo hardware had flown with a crew, NASA was looking ahead and planning its next major programs. It was a bit of a challenge. After all, how do you top landing a man on the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2011 |
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With 'Google Earth' for Mars, explore the red planet from home
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new software tool developed by the HiRISE team in the UA's Lunar and Planetary Lab allows members of the public to download high-resolution images of the Martian landscape almost instantaneously ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Vampire star reveals its secrets
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have obtained the best images ever of a star that has lost most of its material to a vampire companion. By combining the light captured by four telescopes at ESO’s Paranal ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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First Vega launch campaign aims for January liftoff
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first Vega launch campaign began on Monday at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana with the installation of the first stage on the pad. Europe’s new small launcher is on track ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2011 |
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