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Zenit Launch with Intelsat 27 Ends in Ocean

By Merryl Azriel on February 2, 2013

the Sea Launch Odyssey platform, docked at home base in California (Credits: Sea Launch). At 06:56 GMT on Friday, February 1, a Zenit-3SL rocket... Read more →

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Sixteen Minutes from Home

By Staff Writers on February 2, 2013

Day of Remembrance 2013 service at the Space Mirror, Kennedy Space Center (Credits: NASA). On February 1, the Astronaut Memorial Foundation held... Read more →

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News Shorts: TRDS-K Launch, Laser Communications, and Dream Chaser’s First Test

By Matteo Emanuelli on February 1, 2013

Altas 5 blasts off from Cape Canaveral carrying TDRS-K, on January 30 (Credits: NASA). TRDS-K Launch Successful The new NASA’s Tracking and Data... Read more →

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Columbia And The Day of Remembrance

By Merryl Azriel on February 1, 2013

Patches from the Apollo 1, Challenger STS-51-L, and Columbia STS-107 missions (Credits: NASA). NASA commemorates its fallen each year in the week... Read more →

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The Cost of Exploring Space: Film vs. Reality

By Staff Writers on February 1, 2013

They say that space really is the final frontier and the media (probably even more so than the scientists) love the fact that it's all still so... Read more →

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Can “UFO Sightings” Help ISS?

By Matteo Emanuelli on January 31, 2013

Alleged UFOs near ISS (Credits:danielofdoriaa/Youtube). Unidentified flying objects (UFO) are always tickling the imaginations of many people. Now,... Read more →