Virgin Galactic to Launch New Cargo Plan, Spaceship Design
• http://www.space.com, Rob CoppingerA new initiative could be on the horizon for suborbital spaceship company Virgin Galactic, founded by British billionaire Sir Richard Branson.
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Sky-high and abyss-deep: China’s double record-breaker (PHOTOS)
• http://www.rt.comChina has reached two technological milestones spanning great depths and heights. In the earth’s orbit, the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft manually docked a space module while under the Pacific, a Jiaolong sub dived to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Mars Might Have a Lot More Water Than We Knew
• PopSci.comUsing new technology, scientists examined the water content in meteorites from the planet, and it points to a lot of it in the Martian mantle.
Forgotten Star Cluster Now Found Useful in Studies of Sun and Hunt for Earth-Like Planets
• http://www.sciencedaily.comA loose group of stars, known for over 180 years but never before studied in detail, has been revealed to be an important new tool in the quest to understand the evolution of stars like the Sun, and in the search for planets like Earth.
Mars Might Have a Lot More Water Than We Knew
• http://www.popsci.comResearchers have discovered evidence that there's a lot more water on Mars--at least on parts of Mars--than anyone previously thought. Using new technology, scientists examined the water content in meteorites from the planet, and it points to a lot o
Voyager Entering Interstellar Space
• arcleinIndications over the last week implies that Voyager 1 is now leaving the heliosphere - the last vestige of this solar system.
Voyager 1 closes in on interstellar space
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren QuickBased on the latest data received from Voyager 1, scientists say the venerable spacecraft is now on the very edge of our solar system.
Chinese spacecraft docks with national orbital module (VIDEO)
• http://www.rt.comA Shenzhou-9 spacecraft with three people on board has successfully carried out an automatic space docking mission on Monday.
China sends first woman into space
• APThe crew will stay in space for more than 10 days, during which they will perform scientific experiments and the country’s first manual space docking — a complicated procedure that brings 2 vessels together in high-speed orbit.
SpaceX founder talks Mars with Caltech grads
• APFresh off SpaceX's historic return from the International Space Station, company founder Elon Musk said Friday that he would like to see humans settle Mars and become a "multi-planet species." The 40-year-old entrepreneur reiterated his vision to
The Crazy DIY Spaceflight Project That Just Might Work
• Dave Mosher via WIRED.comIn May 2008, two men climbed into a 40-ton submarine docked at an abandoned Copenhagen shipyard. One of the men had built the 58-foot-long sub in his spare time, and inside they chatted about the future. It involved rockets — big rockets.
NASA's Black-Hole-Hunting NuSTAR Telescope Has Launched
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comAt noon today, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) was released from a companion aircraft and sent off into Earth's orbit.
A Star System 12.9 Billion Light Years Away is the New Most Distant Galaxy
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comThe telescopes get bigger and more sophisticated, the light we can see comes in from deeper in the cosmos, and the most-distant visible objects keep getting further away.
Pegasus rocket lofts NuSTAR X-ray telescope into orbit Black hole scanner air launch successful
• Iain Thomson theregister.co.ukNASA has confirmed the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) X-Ray telescope has successfully made it into orbit after an airborne launch over the Pacific Ocean.
NASA Habitat Competition Looks For Bioregenerative Space Greenhouses
• By Rebecca Boyle popsci.comFuture astronauts en route to Mars or deep-space destinations will need specially designed living quarters and renewable sources of food — so this year’s X-Hab Challenge includes a remotely operated, robotically controlled space garden.
China to carry out manned space flight
• http://www.bbc.co.uk,China has announced it will carry out a manned space flight at some point in the middle of June.
China plans manned space launch this month
• APBeijing launched its independent space station program after being turned away from the International Space Station, largely due to U.S. objections. Washington is wary of the Chinese program's military links and of sharing technology with an economic
This Incredible Plan For A Mission To Mars In 2023 Is No Hoax
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Adam TaylorLast week we stumbled across the incredible plans for Mars One.
Mars Colonization Mission Will Happen Live on Reality TV
• http://www.popsci.com, By Colin LecherOne of the primary obstacles to human colonization of Mars is the funding -- creating a habitable environment and sending humans across the gulf of space is a costly process, well beyond the exploration budgets of most nations.
McDonnell Douglas Phase B 12-Man Space Station (1970)
• http://www.wired.com, By David S. F. PortreeIn the autumn of 1966, NASA asked President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s Bureau of the Budget (BOB) for $100 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 1968 to begin Phase B contractor studies of Earth-orbital space stations.
How to Book Your Ticket to Space
• http://www.wired.com, By Adam MannThe dream of flying to space is close to the heart of every kid – and even many adults.
Meet Lynx: XCOR Aerospace's Winged Space Plane (Gallery)
• http://www.space.com, by SPACE.com StaffMeet Lynx: XCOR Aerospace's Winged Space Plane (Gallery)
Venus’s once-in-a lifetime solar voyage (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
• http://www.rt.comThe transit of Venus across the Sun has enthralled astronomers and amateur stargazers alike.
Secret mission accomplished
• www.dailymail.co.ukAmerica's mysterious space plane to land after a YEAR in orbit - and no one knows what it did up there
NASA gets two military spy telescopes for astronomy
• Washington PostNASA’s windfall takes the pain out of the planned demise of the Hubble. The storied telescope, launched in 1990 and still operating, will lose functionality in coming years. NASA, lacking a space shuttle, has neither the means nor the money to repair
See Venus Pass the Sun on Tuesday
• http://www.space.comThought the solar eclipse was cool? The Transit of Venus on June 5 really is a once-in-a lifetime experience, occurring every 120 years—and astronomers are getting ready.
Everything you need to know about The Transit of Venus. Plus free eBook giveaway.
• Tarrin Lupo and Ruby HilliardFREE for the next 24 hours! Read our new short story "The Transit of Venus" so you are ready for the super rare event occurring in just a few days. Check out our new blog for a link to the FREE eBook. Also feel free to share this link on Facebook
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Did we land on the Moon?
Program Date:Fox TV Documentary - Moon Landing Hoax - Conspiracy Theory
ASU astronomers discover faintest distant galaxy
• http://phys.org, byArizona State UniversityAstronomers at Arizona State University have found an exceptionally distant galaxy, ranked among the top 10 most distant objects currently known in space.
Soviet find of water on the Moon in the 1970s ignored by the West
• http://phys.org, by Lin EdwardsIn August 1976 Luna 24 landed on the moon and returned to Earth with samples of rocks, which were found to contain water, but this finding was ignored by scientists in the West.
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