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NuSTAR to Drop from Plane and Rocket into Space

By Staff Writers on June 13, 2012

Source: NASA NASA's NuSTAR mission is scheduled to launch from Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean on June 13, no earlier than 8:30... Read more →

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Expert Launch Cancelled after Russia Withdraws from Project

By Stavros Georgakas on June 13, 2012

The European Experimental Reentry Test Bed may never be deployed following the cancellation of its inaugural launch aboard a Russian missile.... Read more →

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Producing Solar Space Killers: Gamma Rays

By Staff Writers on June 12, 2012

Gamma rays supply the most hazardous radiation to which crew and satellites in are exposed in space. Gamma rays come from every direction in what... Read more →

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Mars Science Lab Curiosity: Changes on the Go

By Merryl Azriel on June 12, 2012

NASA's massive nuclear powered Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity launched on November 26, 2011 and will not land until August 5, 2012. But even... Read more →

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Dragon Needs Docking Upgrade to Carry Crew

By Merryl Azriel on June 12, 2012

International Docking System Standard schematics (Credits: International Docking Standard System). Updated June 12, 2012 The world watched as... Read more →

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Venus Transit from the Solar Dynamics Observatory

By Staff Writers on June 11, 2012

NASA's heliophysics lab compiled these images in multiple wavelengths from the Solar Dynamics Obervatory's view of the June 5-6 Venus transit across... Read more →