Space Station Crew Launches from Birthplace of Human Spaceflight
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 26, 2010
One week shy of the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight, NASA astronaut Ron Garan and Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev launched to the International Space Station at 6:18 p.m. EDT Monday (4:18 a.m. local time, April 5) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz rocket that lifted Garan, Borisenko and [...]
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Ultraviolet Spotlight on Plump Stars in Tiny Galaxies
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 24, 2010
NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer is helping to solve a mystery — why do the littlest of galaxies produce the biggest of star explosions, or supernovae? Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Astronomers using NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer may be closer to knowing why some of the most massive stellar explosions ever observed occur in the tiniest of [...]
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Crowds gather in NYC, DC after bin Laden killed
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 16, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of jubilant people streamed to the spot where the World Trade Center fell almost 10 years ago, waving American flags, snapping pictures and breaking into song early Monday to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden with the boisterous enthusiasm of a Times Square New Year’s Eve crowd. ©2011 The [...]
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Conflict with Russian spacecrafts delays Endeavour’s mission
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The coming and going of two Russian unmanned supply ships for the International Space Station has forced NASA to delay the final mission of space shuttle Endeavour by ten days.On Sunday, insiders from Roscosmos stated that Russia will not delay an incoming craft’s arrival to the outpost, and that Endeavour would not be at the [...]
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Cargo Craft Undocking Sets Stage for More Arrivals
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 14, 2010
The ISS Progress 41 cargo craft backs away from the International Space Station after undocking Friday morning. Credit: NASA TV The departure of an unpiloted Russian cargo craft Friday set the stage for the arrival of the next supply ship and a final visit from space shuttle Endeavour. The ISS Progress 41 cargo craft, filled [...]
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Azerbaijan… Acquiring The Necessary Resources (Satellite)
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 12, 2010
[SatNews] Next month, Azerbaijan is to sign a loan agreement with French bank BNP Paribas on financing the building of the first national telecommunications satellite Azerspace. Satnews.com — Worldwide Satellite News
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SFP- NOW TV Special – Looking Ahead At Future Television Pilots
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 10, 2010
We’ll be a bit late with this week’s proper show due to technical issues. SciFi Pulse
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Sputnik – The Chosen Ones
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 8, 2010
“2012-12-21; For unto us a Savior is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty Sputnik, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the [...]
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Obama to Watch Shuttle Launch as Florida’s ‘Space Coast’ Sees Jobs Lost
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President Barack Obama is set to bid a personal farewell to America’s manned space shuttle at Cape Canaveral today, as Florida’s “space coast” prepares to say goodbye to thousands of NASA jobs in a state crucial to Obama’s re-election.Obama is scheduled to watch the Endeavour’s final lift-off, the second-to-last shuttle launch in the program’s 30-year [...]
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Obama reissues call to end oil company tax breaks
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans are dismissing a call from President Barack Obama to repeal oil industry tax breaks in the face of rising gasoline prices. www2.wnct.com – National
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