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Indonesia launches rocket into space
Jakarta (AFP) July 2, 2009 - Indonesia successfully launched a home-grown rocket into space on Thursday as part of plans to send a satellite into orbit by 2014, officials said.
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ILS Proton Launches SIRIUS FM-5 Satellite
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jul 02, 2009 - ILS International Launch Services (ILS) successfully carried the SIRIUS FM-5 satellite into orbit on an ILS Proton. This was the third commercial mission of the year for ILS and the fifth successful Proton launch of 2009. ILS has launched the entire SIRIUS three-satellite constellation beginning with the first launch in 2000.
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Largest-Ever Telecommunications Satellite Launched
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 02, 2009 - The Ariane 5's 31st consecutive mission success was another record-setting flight for this workhorse Arianespace launcher - lofting the world's largest commercial satellite, TerreStar-1, from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Russia launches US radio satellite: report
Moscow (AFP) July 1, 2009 - Russia successfully launched Tuesday a US radio satellite from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported.
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No leaks in Endeavour’s fuel tank: NASA
Washington (AFP) July 1, 2009 - The US space shuttle Endeavour has cleared a test for potentially harmful hydrogen gas leaks that twice delayed its high-profile launch, NASA said Wednesday.
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NASA Selects New Astronauts For Future Space Exploration
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 30, 2009 - After reviewing more than 3500 applications, NASA has selected nine men and women for the 2009 astronaut candidate class. They will begin training at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, in August.
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Cargo Ship To Undock From ISS, Serve As Technical Platform
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 30, 2009 - Russia's unmanned Progress spacecraft, due to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on June 30, will be used as a technical space platform before being dumped in the Pacific, mission control said Monday.
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NASA Holds Test To Verify Endeavour Tank Repairs
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 30, 2009 - NASA will conduct a tanking test at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, July 1, to ensure repairs to space shuttle Endeavour's external fuel tank were successful.
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Plans Unveiled For Most Isolated Hotel In The World
London, UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2009 - Plans for a new international space hotel have been unveiled by students this month as part of a project for their Masters degree in Innovation Design Engineering (IDE).
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Space Station Room With A View
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 29, 2009 - The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) is about to get a new eye-pod. The Tranquility node headed for the space station early in 2010 will feature a viewing dome unlike any other window ever flown in space. The dome, called the Cupola, is literally studded with windows for observing Earth, space, and the marvelous expanse of the ISS itself.
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Integration Of Ariane 5 Completed
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 29, 2009 - The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's upcoming heavy-lift mission is now complete following its payload fairing's installation over the TerreStar-1 payload - which will be the world's largest commercial telecommunications satellite ever orbited.
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NASA Seeks Help With Von Braun Collection
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2009 - On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the historic first moon landing, NASA is seeking ideas from the public, academia, and industry about how to analyze and catalog notes from spaceflight pioneer Wernher von Braun into an electronic, searchable database or other system.
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NASA Partners With California Space Authority
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2009 - NASA has announced that it has signed an agreement with the California Space Authority, Inc., (CSA) to collaborate on participatory science and public outreach using a simulated lunar surface environment.
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Parallel Launch Campaigns For Next Two Ariane 5s
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 25, 2009 - Two Ariane 5 launch campaigns are in full swing at the Spaceport, keeping Arianespace on track for its targeted seven missions in 2009 with the workhorse heavy-lift vehicle.
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Progress To Undock From ISS June 30
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 25, 2009 - Russia's unmanned Progress M-02M cargo spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on June 30 and later be dropped into the Pacific, mission control said on Wednesday.
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December trial set for love-triangle US astronaut
Miami (AFP) June 24, 2009 - A trial for an American astronaut who drove halfway across the United States to confront a romantic rival in a NASA love triangle has been set for December 7, a Florida court said Wednesday.