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February 01, 2010
Shuttle-Derived Vehicle: Shuttle-Derived Disaster
Honolulu - Apr 16, 2004
The space community finally seems to be coming to terms with the fact that the President's new space initiative requires the development of some kind of heavy-lift booster, one much more capable than the existing Delta 4H and Atlas 5H vehicles. But the question remains: what kind of booster? A popular answer is: a Shuttle-Derived Vehicle (SDV), similar to the Shuttle-C and Shuttle-Z proposals of years gone by. This notion has a lot of superficial attractions ... read more

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Animal rights group wants 'Robohog Day'
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Seed Bank For The Moon
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Endeavour to bring high-tech 'sunroom' to ISS
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NASA Adds Israeli Technical Expertise To Lunar Science Research
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Technology-Testing Proba-2 Opens New Eye On The Sun
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Spirit Bogged In Sand: Now A Stationary Research Platform
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Spirit rover to remain stuck in Martian sand
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Endeavour, Pad And Crew Preps Continue
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Slovenia Becomes Sixth ESA European Cooperating State
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 26, 2010
Slovenia becomes the sixth European country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement with ESA. ESA's Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, Peter Hulsroj, and Slovenian Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Gregor Golobic, signed the agreement at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, on 22 January 2010. This agreement strengthens Slovenia's relations w ... more

Spirit Struggles While Opportunity Rocks
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2010
NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity is allowing scientists to get a glimpse deep inside Mars. Perched on a rippled Martian plain, a dark rock not much bigger than a basketball was the target of interest for Opportunity during the past two months. Dubbed "Marquette Island," the rock is providing a better understanding of the mineral and chemical makeup of the Martian interior. "Marque ... more

Ferropaper Is New Technology For Small Motors, Robots
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 26, 2010
Researchers at Purdue University have created a magnetic "ferropaper" that might be used to make low-cost "micromotors" for surgical instruments, tiny tweezers to study cells and miniature speakers. The material is made by impregnating ordinary paper - even newsprint - with a mixture of mineral oil and "magnetic nanoparticles" of iron oxide. The nanoparticle-laden paper can then be moved using ... more

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Rover Gives NASA An 'Opportunity' To View Interior Of Mars


Rover Gives Opportunity To View Interior Of Mars


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First UK Service Pilot Flies F-35

Russia unveils top secret new fighter

Israeli soldiers get odour-free socks

US accelerating missile defenses in Gulf: report

Russia denies fleet boost over US Poland missile plan

Kuwait Air Defense Forces Conduct Patriot Test Firings

Marine Aviators Complete Integrated Testing Of APKWS

North Korea may be readying missile tests

Iran to unveil missiles during anniversary: commander

India Orders M777 155mm Howitzers

Despite rift, Obama keeps Israel armed

Libya strikes billion-dollar Russian arms deal

Animal rights group wants 'Robohog Day'

S.Korean scientists develop walking robot maid

Mint robot puts shine on hardwood floors

Disease spreads in quake-hit Haiti

Global swine flu death toll rises to 14,711: WHO

Canada donates excess swine flu vaccines to WHO

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Herschel Readies Itself For The Orion Nebula
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 20, 2010
ESA's Herschel observatory is back to full operation following the reactivation of its HiFi instrument. HiFi, having been offline for 160 days while engineers investigated an unexpected problem in the electronic system, is now perfectly placed to resume its study of forming stars and planets. HiFi, the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared, was built specifically to observe water in a variety of celestial objects. Its first observation, on 22 June 2009, showed that it was performing ... read more

CSF Comments On NASA Commercial Crew Program And Budget Increase

Obama trims US space ambitions

Lawmakers gird for NASA cut battle

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A Stationary Spirit

Spirit Bogged In Sand: Now A Stationary Research Platform

Close Encounter With Mars

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Arianespace Wins ESA Contract

Shuttle-Derived Vehicle: Shuttle-Derived Disaster

SpaceX And Spacecom Sign Contract

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Next Gen Weather Environmental Satellite Marks Major Milestone

New Satellite Maps Of Haiti Coming In

Fault Responsible For Haiti Quake Slices Island's Topography

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Four Years And Counting

New Horizons Now Closer To Pluto Than Earth

Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen

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