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Ariane 5 Successfully Delivers 2 Satellites Setting New Record

By Matteo Emanuelli on February 11, 2013

Ariane 5's Lift-off from Kourou spaceport in French Guyana (Credits: ESA) The first Ariane 5 ECA mission of 2013 successfully delivered the... Read more →

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ISS: Is Somebody Singing?

By Merryl Azriel on February 11, 2013

ISS astronaut Chris Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies' band member Ed Robertson share a star-lit recording studio (Credits: CBC Music). On February... Read more →

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Faster than Expected: Baumgartner’s Jump Exceeded Expectations

By Tereza Pultarova on February 11, 2013

The three month’s analysis of data regarding the historic jump of Austrian adventurer Felix Baumgartner has brought interesting results. During his... Read more →

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Is the AXE/Apollo Campaign Sexist? The Resentment Builds Up

By Tereza Pultarova on February 9, 2013

It’s been a couple of weeks since I spotted the first poster advertising the Axe – Apollo competition in London. Yes, I am talking about that... Read more →

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Asteroid Mission OSIRIS-REx to Nail Down Yarkovsky Effect

By Merryl Azriel on February 8, 2013

OSIRIS-REx, envisioned approaching 1999 RQ36 (Credits: NASA). NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, due to launch in 2016, has a primary mission of... Read more →

Deep Space Exploration

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Back in Action after Recovery

By Siddharth Raval on February 8, 2013

Kepler Space Telescope (Credits: NASA). NASA's Kepler space telescope got back into the action, after a 10 day rest, on January 29. Kepler, named... Read more →