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The Google Lunar X PRIZE JURBAN Team A Diverse Journey into Space

4 Jul 2009 at 3:48am  Baltimore, MD, June 1, 2009 — In 2008, the space industry was estimated to exceed $250 billion annually. The Personal Space Flight Industry invested $1.2 billion last year with a focus on space tourism. According to the FAA, this trend will continue and could generate more than $1 trillion (USD) in annual revenue by 2021. Moving [...]
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Rocket Racing League Closes Multi-Million Dollar Financing

4 Jul 2009 at 3:41am  NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – July 3, 2009) – The Rocket Racing LeagueŽ today announced the closing of a $5.5 million dollar financing round, ensuring the next phase of development of the league. It also announced the appointment of a new President & CEO and the commencement of manufacturing activities for its next generation Rocket [...]
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Space Station Marathon

4 Jul 2009 at 3:25am  If you?ve never seen a spaceship with your own eyes, now?s your chance. 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 a day for many days in a row. No [...]
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UK-born astronauts are to receive a commemorative pin

3 Jul 2009 at 10:38am  The five British-born individuals who have flown in space are being honoured with a commemorative pin.
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Planck achieves ultra-cold state

3 Jul 2009 at 10:31am  Europe's Planck telescope reaches its operating temperature, making it the coldest object in space.
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Speaker List Revealed for NewSpace 2009 Conference

3 Jul 2009 at 8:56am  The Space Frontier Foundation is proud to announce the list of speakers presenting at the NewSpace 2009 Conference. Industry leaders and visionaries will cover topics focusing on future space ventures on Saturday, incorporating the corporate side of the Newspace industry on Sunday, and envisioning our next giant leaps on Monday. The speakers will culminate the [...]
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Finalists Selected for the Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition

3 Jul 2009 at 8:48am  After a thorough selection process, the Space Frontier Foundation is pleased to announce the 10 finalists for the Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition. The winner will be announced at the Apollo 11 Anniversary Gala during the NewSpace 2009 Conference. And the finalists are? Aeronautic Enterprises Aerospace Technologies DDS, Inc Flagsuit, LLC Next Giant Leap NoumeniaC, Inc. PD Aerospace Santa Clara Satellite Syntiant Social Systems Thunderbird Communication ?There [...]
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Reaction Engines ? News Update ? June 2009

3 Jul 2009 at 8:21am  On the 25th June the government announced the formation of the Space Innovation and Growth Team (IGT). This is a joint government and industry initiative which will define a 20-year vision and strategy for the future growth of the space industry in the UK. The purpose of the Space IGT is to involve the entire [...]
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China environmental phenomena monitored from space

3 Jul 2009 at 6:16am  (ESA) – Western China is a very seismically active area and has had many catastrophic earthquakes during its history. A joint European-Chinese team is using satellite radar data to monitor ground deformation across major continental faults in China to understand better the seismic cycle and how faults behave. Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data and [...]
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Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2

3 Jul 2009 at 6:11am  Last night, the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273.05°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft has also just entered its final orbit around the second Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth system, L2.
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