Extreme Solar Weather

Video: Sun Fires Up Furious Avalanche

By Staff Writers on October 14, 2011

Source NASA: During a solar eruption, a growing mountain of plasma culminated in an avalanche-like fall back to the surface. NASA's Solar Dynamics... Read more →

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Virgin Galactic signs deal with NASA for Research Missions on SpaceShipTwo

By Staff Writers on October 14, 2011

Source Virgin Galactic: Virgin Galactic has been selected under its Flight Opportunities Program to provide the Space Agency with up to three... Read more →

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Iran Fails Attempt to Launch Monkey Into Space

By Andrea Gini on October 13, 2011

According to press agency AFP, an Iranian attempt to launch a rocket carrying a live monkey into space in September has failed. The... Read more →

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Boeing CST-100 Wind Tunnel Tests Nearly Complete

By Staff Writers on October 13, 2011

A model of Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft, equipped for wind tunnel tests at NASA Ames Research Center - (Credits: Boeing). Source Edward... Read more →

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Testimony of VADM Joseph W. Dyer

By Staff Writers on October 13, 2011

Vice Admiral Joseph W. Dyer USN (RET) - (Surce: NASA). Source Science, Space, and Technology Committee:  October 12, 2011, Statement of  VADM... Read more →

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Amateur Skywatchers Help Space Hazards Team

By Staff Writers on October 13, 2011

Amateur discovers near Earth asteroid in ESA-sponsored survey (Source: ESA). Source ESA: For the first time, observations coordinated by ESA's... Read more →