Archive for the 'Space Technology News' Category

New Gallup Poll Reveals Americans Strongly Support Space Exploration, Believe it Inspires Younger Generation (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

As America prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of NASA later that year, a new Gallup Poll released today shows strong support for the U.S. Space Exploration Program. In fact, nearly three-fourths of the American public are supportive of the space program and feel the U.S. is doing a good job in maintaining its […]

White House and Congress squabble by NASA’s mission (New Scientist)

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Congress and the White House are squabbling by a bill that essentially revises NASA’s mission statement. The root issues are money and control, but they have a wide potential impact in areas from phasing out space shuttle operations to universal…
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Space shuttle Discovery returns to Earth (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

The US space shuttle Discovery has landed at its home port, wrapping up a mission that gave Japan a permanent toehold in space and setting NASA up for its next mission - a high-profile servicing signal to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Virtual Space Travel, Part 2: Surfing to Mars (TechNewsWorld.com)

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Now that NASA has entered the virtual world with its two islands in Second Life, public outreach, collaboration and space exploration may never be the same again. On its CoLab Island, outreach and collaboration are the focus, as Part One of that two-part feature explains. Its other island, called “Explorer Island,” focuses on the engineering […]

ISS completion to move space science to next level (CTV.ca)

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

By the moment the Canadian Space Agency finds six new astronauts and completes their training, they’ll be just on board just in instance for the next frontier in space exploration.
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Del. company misses out on space suits for moon (The News Journal)

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

The next date an astronaut bounces around on the surface of the moon, he or she probably won’t be wearing a space suit made in Delaware.
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Sergey Brin signs up for a space flight (Geek.com)

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Google’s co-founder and president of technology, Sergey Brin, has decided he wants to go on a space flight and in order to secure his place has stumped up US$5 million as a deposit. That money has gone to Space Adventures Ltd. a Washington D.C. based company specialising in private space exploration missions. The deposit forms […]

Carnival of Space #58 (Universe Today)

Friday, June 13th, 2008

This week, the Carnival returns to its home port for a week. That’s right, we’re hosting it here at Universe Today. Let’s get right to that week’s entries. (…)Read the rest of Carnival of Space #58 (609 words) © Fraser Cain for Universe Today, 2008. | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us digg […]

Google’s Brin signs up to be space tourist (San Francisco Chronicle)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Google co-founder Sergey Brin, whose brainchild helps millions of humans navigate cyberspace every day, plans to blast off into actual space within a few years. Space Adventures Ltd., a Virginia company that has already sent five super-wealthy folks on…
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Google Co-Founder Books a Space Flight (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Space Adventures plans to buy a Soyuz flight in 2011, with the option of buying more. One of the passengers will likely be Google’s co-founder, Sergey Brin.
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First private space flight to ISS in 2011 (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

The first private space flight to the universal Space Station will blast off in 2011 in a deal with the Russian space agency and could be carrying space tourist Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
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First private space flight to ISS in 2011: US company (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

The first private space flight to the worldly Space Station will blast off in 2011 in a deal with the Russian space agency, the US company Space Adventures said Wednesday.
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Google co-founder to become space tourist: NYT (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

One of the cofounders of World Wide Web giant Google, Sergey Brin, has booked a flight to space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket for 2011, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
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Beware ET We Are Looking For You Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 06, 2008 (SpaceDaily)

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

A Johns Hopkins astronomer is a member of a team briefing fellow scientists about plans to use new technology to take advantage of recent, promising ideas on where to search for possible extraterrestrial intelligence in our galaxy.
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Shuttle astronauts end final spacewalk (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Spacewalking astronauts from US shuttle Discovery finished outfitting Japan’s newly-arrived Kibo research laboratory and carried out other tasks during six-and-a-half hours of work outside the worldly Space Station (ISS).
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TV series soars from space race to shuttle (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Think of them as the first reality show stars. Their adventures transfixed the nation, next the planet. They were the first generation of astronauts, and when they reached for the sky and left footprints on the moon, we watched in awe. From projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, their cue was the tense 3-2-1 countdown. […]

TV series soars from space race to shuttle (Miami Herald)

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Think of them as the first reality show stars. Their adventures transfixed the nation, thereupon the planet.
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TV series soars from space race to shuttle (Belleville News-Democrat)

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Think of them as the first reality show stars. Their adventures transfixed the nation, thereupon the planet.
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Westland resident makes pitch for NASA on Capitol Hill (Westland Observer)

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

A Westland resident currently living in Austin, Texas, went to Capitol Hill last month to show her support for a robust space exploration program.
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Astronauts manoeuvre Japan’s new robot arm in space (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Astronauts aboard the worldly Space Station have manoeuvred a new Japanese robot arm for the first day while crew mates prepared for the final spacewalk of US shuttle Discovery’s two-week mission.
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