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Wednesday 22 February 2012

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Aerial view of Wallops Island launch site (includes artist concept of rocket on pad). - Image credit: Orbital Sciences

2012 A Big Year For Orbital’s Cygnus And Antares

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Frank Culbertson, Orbital’s Senior Vice President and head of its human space
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February 21st, 2012
Liftoff of Vega VV01 - Image credit: ESA

ESA’s New Vega Launcher Scores Success On Maiden Flight

Satellites and CubeSats built in Central and Eastern Europe now circling globe. KOUROU, French Guiana
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February 13th, 2012
The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon capsule is placed atop its cargo ring inside a processing hangar at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.  SpaceX is one of two companies under contract with NASA to take cargo to the International Space Station. - Image credit: NASA

NASA Calls For New Commercial Crew Proposals

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of NASA’s ongoing efforts to foster development of a U.S. commercial crew
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February 7th, 2012
The Dream Chaser structure at an earlier point in development. - Image credit: SNC

Sierra Nevada Delivers First Dream Chaser Vehicle Structure

Completes a Major Milestone for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program SPARKS, Nev. — Sierra Nevada Corporation
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February 2nd, 2012
The Liberty rocket. - Image credit: ATK

ATK Completes Third Space Act Agreement Milestone for Liberty

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Liberty program successfully held its Launch System Initial Systems Design
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January 25th, 2012
The Falcon 9 Demonstration Flight 2 vehicle undergoing final integration in the hangar at Cape Canaveral on Nov. 17th, 2010. - Image credit: SpaceX.

Date Pushed Back On SpaceX Plans For Dragon-ISS Rendezvous

HAWTHORNE, Calif. — The Febuary 7th date for launch of the Dragon spacecraft on a
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January 16th, 2012
A visual representation of space debris population in low Earth orbit. - Image credit: Nasa

Orbital Space Junk Will Make Private Space Travel From Firms Like SpaceX Impossible

by jason prechtel In previous weeks, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s company Stratolaunch Systems unveiled its plan to
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January 5th, 2012
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“Space Junk 3D” Launches In Theaters As Russian Satellite Plummets To Earth

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Just as the crippled Russian satellite, Phobos-Grunt, threatens to fall from our
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January 4th, 2012
Astronaut Mike Fossum puts one of the Smart SPHERES through its paces. - Image credit: NASA

“Star Wars” Movie Tech Tests Out Successfully On ISS

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – In November, a free-flying robot on the International Space Station successfully gathered
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December 29th, 2011
The Expedition 30/31 Soyuz TMA-03M Rocket rolls out to the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome. - Image credit: NASA TV

Station Crew Set To Launch To A New Home For The Holidays (Video)

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — Just in time for the holidays, the residents of the International Space
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December 19th, 2011
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Moonandback Interview With Diane Dimeff, part 1 – eSpace

eSpace Executive Director Diane Dimeff talks with MM about the organization, its incubation mission, and
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Moonandback Interview With John Gedmark, part 2 – Leveraging Rocket-Powered Spaceships

Commercial Spaceflight Federation Advisor John Gedmark talks with MM about the challenges for the space
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This shows the largest of the newly detected graben found in highlands of the lunar farside. - Image credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University/Smithsonian Institution

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NASA Spacecraft Reveals Recent Geological Activity On The Moon (Video)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — New images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft show the moon’s
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The 1987 Soviet publication “Salyut-Mir” gave a description of the Mir program. - Image credit: Novosti Press

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Soviets Lead ‘Peaceful Exploration Of Space’ | This Week In Space History

by michael shinabery Three weeks after NASA’s space shuttle Challenger exploded, the Soviet Union “opened
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Moonandback Interview With John Gedmark, part 1 – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation

CSF Advisor John Gedmark talks with MM about the composition, history and purpose of the
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Global map of forest height produced from NASA's ICESAT/GLAS, MODIS and TRMM sensors. The map will advance our understanding of Earth's forest habitats and their role in Earth's carbon cycle. - Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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NASA Map Sees Earth’s Trees In A New Light

PASADENA, Calif. — A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the
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Moonandback Interview With Steve Brody, part 3 – A Great Compliment

International Space University VP of North American Operations Steve Brody talks with MM about the
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Moonandback Interview With Steve Brody, part 2 – The ISU Experience

Steve Brody talks about International Space University’s founders, ISU’s Summer Program and its locations, the
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Moonandback Interview With Steve Brody, part 1 – The International Space University

Steve Brody, Vice President of North American Operations at the International Space University talks with
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A CubeSat, such as the one in this illustration, is a type of space research picosatellite with dimensions of 10×10×10 centimetres(i.e., a volume of exactly one litre), weighing no more than one kilogram, and typically using commercial off-the-shelf electronics components. - Image credit: SEDS VIT

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NASA Announces Third Round Of CubeSat Space Mission Candidates

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA has selected 33 small satellites to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard
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Teachers experience moments of weightlessness last week. - Image credit: NASA

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Teachers Fly Experiments on NASA Reduced Gravity Flights

HOUSTON, Texas — More than 70 teachers had an opportunity to experience what it feels
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Moonandback Interview With Dr. George Nield, part 2 – Commercial Space Transportation

Dr. Nield talks with MM about the emerging commercial space industry and about how suborbital
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