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The World Is Not Ending Yet, Says NASA

By Staff Writers on December 21, 2012

The world will not end on December 21, 2012 says NASA (Credits: The Santos Republic). With the approach of the so-called Mayan end of the world... Read more →

Press Releases

Chris Hadfield’s Cool Agenda for ISS Expedition

By Staff Writers on December 21, 2012

Expedition 34 supplement Chris Hadfield, Roman Romanenko, and Tom Marshburn are all avid guitarists. While Hadfield will perform with Barenaked... Read more →

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Health Clearance for Space Tourists

By Matteo Emanuelli on December 20, 2012

Spaceport America in New Mexico, is intended to host Virgin Galactic's first suborbital flights (Credits: Virgin Galactic). Space tourism is not... Read more →

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SpaceShipTwo Completes First Glide in Powered Configuration

By Staff Writers on December 20, 2012

Virgin Galactic issued the following notice on December 19, 2012: SpaceShipTwo today undertook its 23rd glide flight in the pre-powered portion of... Read more →

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A Good Launch Day: ISS Crew and Satellites Take Off

By Merryl Azriel on December 20, 2012

Soyuz TMA-07M takes off with its three crew members on December 19 (Credits: NASA). At 6:12 PM Baikonour time (1212 GMT) on December 19,... Read more →

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International Space Station Tests Debris Avoidance Ahead of Crew Arrival

By Merryl Azriel on December 19, 2012

A Soyuz capsule docked at the International Space Station (Credits: Roscosmos). On December 16, the International Space Station ran a test of the... Read more →