Space
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SpaceAtlantis Set For Launch At 2:01 P.M. ET Monday
Space Shuttle Atlantis is poised to launch at 2:01 p.m. ET Monday on the STS-125 Mission to repair and refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope. Final launch preparations are underway at […]
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Business/FinancialNLOS-LS PAM Missile Passes Captive Flight Test
The Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System (NLOS-LM ) Precision Attack Missile (PAM) passed a captive flight test. That system is provided by NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Co. [RTN] and […]
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Business/FinancialAriane 5 Set To Launch Planck, Herschel Satellites In Liftoff Set For May 14
European Rocket To Rise From Spaceport In South America An Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket will dispense two satellites, Planck and Herschel, into orbit in a liftoff set for May […]
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SpaceSwift Spacecraft Finds Ancient Gamma Ray Burst
NASA’s Swift satellite and an international team of astronomers discovered a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the universe was only 630 million years old, or less than […]
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Business/FinancialILS Launch To Orbit Satellite Payload On May 14 From Baikonur
International Launch Services (ILS) will launch a satellite payload IndoStar II/ProtoStar II on May 14 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ILS reported. The launch at 6:58 a.m. Baikonur time translates […]
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SpaceMESSENGER Spacecraft Finds Planet Mercury A Busy Place
A NASA spacecraft gliding over the surface of Mercury has revealed that the planet’s atmosphere, the interaction of its surrounding magnetic field with the solar wind, and its geological past […]
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Business/FinancialFuture Of Constellation Moon Missions Thrown Into Doubt By Cost Problems
The Constellation Program goal of returning Americans to a moon base has been thrown in doubt, a House hearing revealed. Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.), chairman of the House Appropriations […]
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SpaceNASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — May 1, 2009 – 12:50 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 5 Mission: STSS ATRR […]
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Business/FinancialGIOVE-B Satellite Marks One Year On Orbit
The GIOVE-B navigation satellite completed its first year in orbit. That 500 kg (1,102 pound) satellite, built by an industrial team led by Astrium under contract to the European Space […]
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Business/FinancialLayoffs Begin On Space Shuttle Program; 160 Workers Leaving Posts Now; 900 To Lose Jobs By September: NASA Leaders
Contractor Employees At Risk; Some Will Shift To Other Jobs In Their Companies The beginning of the end has arrived for workers in the space shuttle program, with 160 workers […]