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Flame Dances Aboard Space Station - Scientific American


Flame Dances Aboard Space Station
Scientific American
Starting a fire on the International Space Station might not sound like such a good idea. But that's just what researchers have been doing since 2009—albeit with very small flames in controlled conditions. Working remotely from a NASA center in ...
International Space Station experiment explores fire in micro-gravityGeek

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More Space Station Delays Seen as Russian Vehicle Fails Ground Test - San Antonio Express


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More Space Station Delays Seen as Russian Vehicle Fails Ground Test
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WASHINGTON — Crew rotation on the international space station will be delayed for the second time in six months after a Russian space capsule ruptured during ground tests last week, Michael Suffredini, NASA's program manager for the space station, ...
Damaged Russian spacecraft forces space station crew delaymsnbc.com
MAST students chat up Space Station commanderMiamiHerald.com
1st Private Spaceship Flight to Space Station May Slip to April: NASASpace.com
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Commentary: Cutting NASA's budget would be a bad move - Washington Post


Commentary: Cutting NASA's budget would be a bad move
Washington Post
In 2010, Obama proposed a fundamental change in how NASA operates, shifting development of taxis to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station from the government to the private sector. Congress agreed, but last year gave the president less ...

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SpaceX hopes to launch to International Space Station on March 20 - EarthSky


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SpaceX hopes to launch to International Space Station on March 20
EarthSky
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is aiming to complete the first launch of a commercially built craft to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 20, 2012. But the launch might be pushed back to early April, 2012, ...
Stephen Colbert: Support NASA Space Station Research [VIDEO]Mashable
Stephen Colbert hops on the NASA bandwagoniTWire
NASA confident in Russia despite space accidentsTehran Times
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Delay for Space Station's 1st Private Cargo Run - ABC News


Delay for Space Station's 1st Private Cargo Run
ABC News
The first commercial cargo run to the International Space Station is off until spring. SpaceX planned to launch its unmanned supply ship from Cape Canaveral on Feb. 7. But the company said more testing was needed with the spacecraft, named Dragon.

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Air leak on Russian craft postpones return of space station crew - Christian Science Monitor


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Air leak on Russian craft postpones return of space station crew
Christian Science Monitor
An air leak discovered on the descent module of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft will likely mean that the next launch to the International Space Station will be delayed by 30 to 45 days, reports Russian media. By Nancy Atkinson, Universe Today / January 31, ...
Russia blames cosmic radiation for failure of Mars moon probe that fell to EarthWashington Post
Reports: Russia Delays Launch of Next Space Station CrewSpace.com
Russia blames Mars probe failure on space radiationReuters
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Bright lights of Broadway: The astonishing picture of a nighttime New York as ... - Daily Mail


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Bright lights of Broadway: The astonishing picture of a nighttime New York as ...
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter They may have to forgo comfort, room and breath a reconstituted atmosphere for months on end, but there is one thing the crew of the International Space Station will never be without: the most astonishing views of planet Earth.
From Space the Earth Eats the MoonGizmodo

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Thousands apply for astronaut program - TG Daily


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Thousands apply for astronaut program
TG Daily
It put out the call late last year for people who will live and work aboard the International Space Station, help build the Orion spacecraft for exploration beyond low earth orbit and work in partnership with the commercial companies scheduled to ...
NASA's Orion will go where man hasn't gone in agesSan Francisco Chronicle
Over 6000 apply for NASA's next astronaut classPanARMENIAN.Net
More people now want to be astronauts: NASAZee News
Yahoo! Contributors Network -SmartPlanet.com (blog)
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Space Station Dodges Debris From Destroyed Chinese Satellite - Space.com


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Space Station Dodges Debris From Destroyed Chinese Satellite
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by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor The International Space Station fired its thrusters Saturday (Jan. 28) in order to steer clear of orbital debris from China's 2007 anti-satellite test. The dodging maneuver was required to avoid space junk from ...
Space station dodges debris from Chinese satellitemsnbc.com
Space Station Maneuvers to Avoid Chinese Satellite Debris, Necessity to Clean ...International Business Times AU
ISS Dodges Space Debris From Chinese SatelliteHuffington Post
RIA Novosti -Universe Today -SlashGear
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Strange Forgotten Space Station Concepts That Never Flew - Wired News (blog)


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Strange Forgotten Space Station Concepts That Never Flew
Wired News (blog)
By Adam Mann Astronauts living and working in space rely on the International Space Station as their port of call. The iconic ISS is a modern engineering triumph, zipping around the Earth every 90 minutes at a height of 200 miles above the surface.
SpaceX posts panoramic view inside space station-bound capsuleLos Angeles Times
Delay for Space Station's First Private Cargo RunSci-Tech Today
As Seen From Space: African Storms, Asia's Lights and Cloudy KazakhstanWall Street Daily
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