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Heard What NASA Satellites Are Doing? Space Agency Wants You To Know.
You may not give them any thought, but NASA satellites are constantly sweeping overhead, their equipment trained on the planet below.
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Space Garbage In Orbit Makes Leaving Earth Much More Dangerous
Danger lurks in Earth's orbit as thousands of rogue objects speed around the planet-and you can't exactly call a guy with a truck to come sweep it all up.
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How NASA Found India's Chandrayaan, 'Lost' For 8 Years: Foreign Media
No one had heard from Chandrayaan-1 since Aug. 29, 2009. That's when the pioneering moon orbiter - the first lunar probe ever launched by the Indian Space Research Organization - abruptly went silent just 312 days into what was supposed to be a two-year mission.
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NASA Orbiter Avoids Collision With Mars Moon Phobos
In a rare event, NASA's Mars-orbiting MAVEN spacecraft was forced to perform a previously unplanned manoeuvre this week to avoid a head on collision with red planet's lumpy, crater-filled moon Phobos.
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After It Was Charred By A Rocket Explosion, NASA Has A New Launch Pad
The crater left by a rocket explosion has been filled in and leveled, as if it never happened. The launch pad, once charred and damaged, has been repaired. And a new rocket is getting ready to fly again.
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Key Science to Benefit Earth Set for International Space Station Launch
In a bid to support a research in space to benefit the Earth, NASA's commercial partner Orbital ATK is all set to launch its Cygnus commercial cargo spacecraft packed with key science experiments into orbit on December 3.
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NASA Could Have Cut Costs After Botched Orbital Launch: Report
NASA missed opportunities to save millions of dollars following Orbital ATK's failed cargo run to the International Space Station two years ago, the agency's top watchdog said on Thursday.
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Nasa Orbit Pavilion Lets World Science Festival Visitors Listen to Satellites
The sounds come from all directions - gliding from one end of the dome to the other on different paths.
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Nasa to Attempt Launch of Carbon Dioxide Tracking Satellite on Wednesday
The next attempt is now set for Wednesday at 2:56am Pacific time (09:56am GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Nasa Delays Launch of Carbon Pollution Satellite Due to Launchpad Glitch
The launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California was called off less than a minute before liftoff on Tuesday when the pad's water system failed.
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Nasa Launching Satellite Tuesday to Track Carbon Pollution
The launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 is expected at 2:56 am Pacific time (0956 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Heard What NASA Satellites Are Doing? Space Agency Wants You To Know.
You may not give them any thought, but NASA satellites are constantly sweeping overhead, their equipment trained on the planet below.
-
Space Garbage In Orbit Makes Leaving Earth Much More Dangerous
Danger lurks in Earth's orbit as thousands of rogue objects speed around the planet-and you can't exactly call a guy with a truck to come sweep it all up.
-
How NASA Found India's Chandrayaan, 'Lost' For 8 Years: Foreign Media
No one had heard from Chandrayaan-1 since Aug. 29, 2009. That's when the pioneering moon orbiter - the first lunar probe ever launched by the Indian Space Research Organization - abruptly went silent just 312 days into what was supposed to be a two-year mission.
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NASA Orbiter Avoids Collision With Mars Moon Phobos
In a rare event, NASA's Mars-orbiting MAVEN spacecraft was forced to perform a previously unplanned manoeuvre this week to avoid a head on collision with red planet's lumpy, crater-filled moon Phobos.
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After It Was Charred By A Rocket Explosion, NASA Has A New Launch Pad
The crater left by a rocket explosion has been filled in and leveled, as if it never happened. The launch pad, once charred and damaged, has been repaired. And a new rocket is getting ready to fly again.
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Key Science to Benefit Earth Set for International Space Station Launch
In a bid to support a research in space to benefit the Earth, NASA's commercial partner Orbital ATK is all set to launch its Cygnus commercial cargo spacecraft packed with key science experiments into orbit on December 3.
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NASA Could Have Cut Costs After Botched Orbital Launch: Report
NASA missed opportunities to save millions of dollars following Orbital ATK's failed cargo run to the International Space Station two years ago, the agency's top watchdog said on Thursday.
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Nasa Orbit Pavilion Lets World Science Festival Visitors Listen to Satellites
The sounds come from all directions - gliding from one end of the dome to the other on different paths.
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Nasa to Attempt Launch of Carbon Dioxide Tracking Satellite on Wednesday
The next attempt is now set for Wednesday at 2:56am Pacific time (09:56am GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Nasa Delays Launch of Carbon Pollution Satellite Due to Launchpad Glitch
The launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California was called off less than a minute before liftoff on Tuesday when the pad's water system failed.
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Nasa Launching Satellite Tuesday to Track Carbon Pollution
The launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 is expected at 2:56 am Pacific time (0956 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
