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Mars Pathfinder
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Mars Pathfinder (MESUR Pathfinder), was an American spacecraft that landed a base station with roving probe on Mars in 1997. Launched on December 4, 1996 by NASA aboard a Delta II booster a month after the Mars Global Surveyor was launched, it landed on July 4, 1997 on Mars' Ares Vallis, in a region cal...
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Skylon spaceplane
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An innovative UK launcher concept is to get 1m euros (£900,000) of investment from the European Space Agency (Esa). The Skylon spaceplane would take off from a conventional aircraft runway, carry over 12 tonnes to orbit and then return to land on the same runway. The money will help prove the vehicle...
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Wresat
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40th anniversary of Australia's first satellite It is now 40 years since the University of Adelaide played a key role in launching Australia's first satellite. Wresat, named after the former Weapons Research Establishment (WRE), was the name of the first Australian satellite, which was launche...
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Mars 2 mission
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On May 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 2 unmanned lander and orbiter. The Mars 2 and Mars 3 missions consisted of identical spacecraft, each with an orbiter and an attached lander; they were the first human artifacts to impact the surface of Mars. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...
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Apollo 12
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Ariane-5 rocket
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With the first flight of the launch vehicle Ariane in 1979 a consortium of European firms began exploiting commercial space travel. Ariane was developed for satellite transport. By the end of 1999 the five different versions of the launch vehicle had carried over 70 satellites for research and com...
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Meteosat
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Today, as throughout history, many aspects of our lives are dominated by the weather our well-being and prosperity relies on it. The economic and social benefits of accurate weather forecasts are immense and include improved efficiencies in agricultural systems, optimised planning of transpo...
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LAUE project
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Title: Development status of the LAUE project Authors: F. Frontera, E. Virgilli, V. Liccardo, V. Valsan, V. Carassiti, S. Chiozzi, F. Evangelisti, S. Squerzanti, M. Statera, V. Guidi, C. Ferrari, R. A. Zappettini, E. Caroli, N. Auricchio, S. Silvestri, R. Camattari, F. Cassese, L. Recanatesi, M...
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ESA microgravity research
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Britain attracted to microgravity Britain has indicated it will join the European Space Agency's (Esa) microgravity research programme. The roughly 15m euros (£12m), four-year commitment would give UK investigators access to facilities like sounding rockets, drop towers and even the Intern...
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Manned asteroid mission
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A planetary scientist visiting Edmonton this weekend wants to send a manned mission to an asteroid. Such a mission would provide more information about the formation of the solar system, said Paul Abell, who works for the Planetary Science Institute and is assigned to the NASA Johnson Space Centre...
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Venera 3
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Venera 3 was a Venera program space probe that was built and launched by the Soviet Union to explore the surface of Venus. It was launched on November 16, 1965 at 04:19 UTC from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The probe crash-landed on Venus on March 1, 1966 becoming the first spacecraft to land on another plane...
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X-15 Flight 191
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X-15 Flight 3-65-97, also known as X-15 Flight 191, was a test flight of the North American X-15 experimental aircraft. It took place on November 15, 1967 and was piloted by Michael J. Adams. It ended in tragedy when the aircraft broke apart minutes after launch due to technical difficulties, killin...
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In case the United States withdraws from the International Space Station (ISS) program, Russia will develop the orbital station with help of the new Kliper spaceship now on the drawing boards, deputy head of the Russian Space Agency (Roskosmos) Alexander Medvedchikov said.
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Mariner 9
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Mariner 9 was a NASA space orbiter that helped in the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program. Mariner 9 was launched toward Mars on May 30, 1971 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and reached the planet on November 13 of the same year, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another pl...
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UAE's Space Explorers
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Aspiring UAE's Female Space Explorers To Join Space Centre Training After two successful editions, the region's only space exploration programme is turning its attention to girls between the ages of 12 and 18 who aspire to be engineers, scientists, or even astronauts in the near future. Director...
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