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Russia comes to South America

Submitted by Yoo on 06/19/2009 - 01:06
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Recent reports from the Paris Air Show hinted at a construction delay at Roscosmos' new Soyuz launch facility at "Europe's Spaceport" on the Atlantic coast in French Guiana.

Herschel opens its eye!

Submitted by Yoo on 06/20/2009 - 00:40
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The European Space Agency's Herschel Space Telescope has taken its first light image.

Hubble Space Telecope's new computer is acting up

Submitted by Yoo on 06/19/2009 - 01:11
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A mystifying problem has arisen with a computer running the science cameras of the Hubble Space Telescope.

LRO/LCROSS launched

Submitted by Yoo on 06/19/2009 - 07:53
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite have been successfully launched.

Shuttle delayed until July, LRO goes up Thursday

Submitted by Yoo on 06/18/2009 - 00:23
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The launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor has been delayed due to another hydrogen vent leak.

Endeavour to launch Wednesday

Submitted by Yoo on 06/16/2009 - 00:11
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The Space Shuttle Endeavor has been rescheduled to launch on June 17, while the launch for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been delayed to June 18.

Launching the end of the Shuttle Era

Submitted by Yoo on 06/12/2009 - 02:55
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Launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center has been handed off from the Space Shuttle program to the Constellation program.

Tracking Penguin Poop From Space

Submitted by Yoo on 06/03/2009 - 02:27
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Penguins are too small to track easily from space, so British scientists track the next best thing.

Falcon 9 Moves To Fall Launch

Submitted by Yoo on 05/30/2009 - 13:34
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Private company SpaceX's planned summer demonstration launch of the first Falcon 9 has slipped to the fall.

Mars Science Lab gets a name

Submitted by Yoo on 05/28/2009 - 04:54
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The Mars Science Laboratory scheduled for 2011 has been named Curiosity.

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