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Asteroid Eros draws skywatchers in Earth flyby

3 Feb 2012 at 5:06pm 

This picture of Eros, the first of an asteroid taken from an orbiting spacecraft, is a mosaic of four images obtained by the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft in 2000 on Valentine's Day, immediately after the probe went into orbit.Amateur astronomers and students around the world are taking a close look at the asteroid Eros as part of a hands-on experiment to measure solar-system distances.




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Space voyages shouldn't be politically incorrect

3 Feb 2012 at 1:19pm 

An artist's conception shows an astronaut examining the Mars Pathfinder mission's Sojourner rover, which operated on the Red Planet in 1997.Why should politicians support trips beyond Earth orbit? It's good for jobs in the short term, and good for our survival in the long term. Commentary by NBC News' Jay Barbree.




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NASA flooded with astronaut applications

3 Feb 2012 at 12:59pm 

The current and former astronauts who formed the crews of STS-1, the first space shuttle mission, and STS-135, the final shuttle mission, pose in a training facility at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Nov. 2, 2011. They are, from left, Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, Robert Crippen, STS-1 pilot, John Young, STS-1 commander, with STS-135 commander Chris Ferguson, and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim.NASA may not have space shuttles to launch people into the final frontier anymore, but that hasn't stopped Americans from lining up in droves for the chance to join the agency's iconic astronaut corps during the latest recruitment drive.




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Experiments look at how to fight fire in space

3 Feb 2012 at 12:01pm 

A color image of a fuel droplet burning in space during NASA's Flame Extinguishment Experiment aboard the International Space Station.New experiments on the International Space Station may reveal tips on fighting fires in space, and back here on Earth, too.




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Hubble captures Milky Way galaxy's twin

3 Feb 2012 at 8:38am 

The barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073 is seen in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope.An uncanny twin of our own Milky Way galaxy takes center stage in a new cosmic portrait by the Hubble Space Telescope unveiled Friday.




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Armadillo Aerospace launches their third "STIG-A" rocket from Spaceport America

3 Feb 2012 at 5:01am  UPHAM, NM ? New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) officials announced today a launch of a ?STIG-A? rocket designed and built by Armadillo Aerospace. The launch took place from Spaceport America's vertical launch complex on Saturday, January 28, 2012. The research and development test flight was a non-public, unpublished event at the request of Armadillo Aerospace, as the company is testing proprietary advanced launch technologies. Saturday?s Armadillo launch successfully lifted [...]



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Mars Express reveals wind-blown deposits on Mars

3 Feb 2012 at 5:00am  New images from ESA?s Mars Express show the Syrtis Major region on Mars. Once thought to be a sea of water, the region is now known to be a volcanic province dating back billions of years.
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Iran reports launch of small satellite into orbit

3 Feb 2012 at 4:49am 

A still from a broadcast report on the English-language Iranian Press TV is said to show the launch of the Navid observation satellite into orbit early Friday.Iran successfully launched a new small satellite into orbit early Friday, state media reported, the latest in the country's ambitious space program that has raised concerns because of its possible military applications.




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Largest optical telescope created

3 Feb 2012 at 2:15am  Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.
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Iran Launches Observation Satellite

3 Feb 2012 at 1:38am  Iran has successfully launched an observation satellite, Iranian news network Press TV reported on Friday. The domestically-built Navid (Harbinger) satellite is designed to take pictures of the Earth at low altitudes of 250 to 370 kilometers. Press TV hailed it as the ?first satellite to be completely designed and built by Iranian experts.? The head of Iran?s Space Agency, Hamid Fazeli, earlier announced plans to establish a ?national satellite launch base? in the Islamic repu [...]



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