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Meteor Lights Up UK

By Staff Writers on September 25, 2012

On September 21, clear skies gave residents of Scotland, Ireland, and Northern England a spectacular view of a meteor breaking up in the atmosphere.... Read more →

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Rumors of MetOp-B Launcher Anomolies Surface

By Merryl Azriel on September 24, 2012

The Sept 17 launch of MetOp-B (credits: EUMETSAT). On September 17, European weather satellite MetOp-B launched aboard a Soyuz-2.1a rocket with... Read more →

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Shuttle Engineer Henry Pohl Discusses the Non-intuitiveness of Microgravity

By Staff Writers on September 24, 2012

In this lecture on power and propulsion systems, provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Space Shuttle engineer Henry Pohl discusses... Read more →

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NASA Believes 3D Printing is the Future of Space Construction

By Tereza Pultarova on September 24, 2012

NASA provided $ 100,000 to the SpiderFab project in the framework of its Innovative Advanced Concepts program. The funding should allow in depth... Read more →

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Cavenauts Return to Earth

By Staff Writers on September 21, 2012

"Like walking in an underground wonderland," is how NASA astronaut Mike Fincke described the Sa Grutta caves in Sardinia, Italy, host to ESA's CAVES... Read more →

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First Dragon Supply Mission to ISS Scheduled While Soyuz Undergoes Repairs

By Merryl Azriel on September 21, 2012

The Falcon 9 that will carry Dragon on CRS-1 awaits wet dress rehearsal at Cape Canaveral (Credits: NASA). The SpaceX Dragon capsule made history... Read more →