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Flight Engineer Furukawa Pioneers Space Baseball

By Staff Writers on November 30, 2011

JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa who returned from a six month stay aboard ISS on November 22, spent some of his leisure aboard the space station... Read more →

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AsiaSat 7 Successfully Launched

By Joel Spark on November 29, 2011

AsiaSat 7, a communications satellite destined by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), was... Read more →

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Contact With Phobos Grunt Unreliable

By Joel Spark on November 29, 2011

The Phobos Grunt Probe (Credits: Roscosmos). Only intermittent contact has been possible with the ailing Phobos-Grunt probe, despite promising... Read more →

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Copenhagen Suborbitals Passes Rocket Test

By Merryl Azriel on November 28, 2011

On November 26, Copenhagen Suborbitals conducted a test of their two-stage rocket SMARAGD. The test was a success, with a 3 second burn on the... Read more →

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Video Introduces Curiosity’s Sample Analysis Instrument

By Staff Writers on November 28, 2011

Source: NASA This video trailer introduces the mission of the SAM instrument suite aboard the Mars Science Laboratory, otherwise known as the... Read more →

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Instrument-Laden Curiosity Heads To Mars

By Staff Writers on November 28, 2011

Source NASA NASA's Mars Science Laboratory lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Nov. 26,... Read more →