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SpaceX Dragon capsule nears International Space Station News
25.05.2012 Elon Musk’s Dragon spacecraft could be about to ignite a new era for commercial space travel today, as the unmanned craft is still on track to dock with the International Space... -
50th anniversary of second American to orbit the earth News
25.05.2012 It was on 24 May in 1962 that NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit the earth, after he piloted his Aurora 7 spacecraft through three revolutions,... -
SpaceX Dragon capsule flies close to space station News
24.05.2012 SpaceX is still on target to berth with the International Space Station (ISS) tomorrow. And today it passed its demonstration testing, passing directly below the orbiting... -
SpaceX blasts off for International Space Station News
22.05.2012 The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft have successfully blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida to carry out an unmanned test flight to the International Space... -
Dermot Desmond invests in radio telescope for Ireland News
15.05.2012 One day Ireland could be a hub for scientific research into the early universe after the Big Bang in order to glean more insights about its evolution. Irish businessman and...Tags: IBM, Ireland, Dermot Desmond, Science, Education, Space, Earth, Astronomy, Tourism, Engineering -
Soyuz astronauts blast off for International Space Station News
15.05.2012 Two Russians and one American are aboard the Soyuz spacecraft that successfully launched this morning to head to the International Space Station (ISS). -
Elon Musk’s SpaceX in deal with Las Vegas aerospace firm News
11.05.2012 Do you see yourself heading into orbit anytime soon? Well SpaceX is teaming up with Bigelow Aeropspace to launch an international space marketing campaign. -
James Webb Space Telescope’s first instrument ready for NASA News
10.05.2012 A European consortium has completed the first instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the infrared space observatory that’s set to blast into space in 2018 to find... -
Soyuz spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan after ISS stint News
27.04.2012 The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft has returned safely from the International Space Station, with its three crew members. The spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan today at 7.45am EDT,... -
ESA inks €300m deal with Astrium UK to build sun explorer News
27.04.2012 The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Astrium, a subsidiary of EADS, a contract worth around €300m to build its next-generation sun explorer, which will carry the name of... -
Space shuttle Discovery prepares for final flight today News
17.04.2012 If you happen to be in the Washington, DC, area today between 10am and 11am EDT, you should cast your eyes upwards, as the space shuttle Discovery will be making its final trip... -
Weekend news roundup: another dot.com bubble, Iraq's telecoms boost, HSE conspiracy case News
16.04.2012 A roundup of technology news coverage in some of the weekend's newspapers, including the potential of another dot-com bubble with Facebook's US$1bn acquisition of Instagram,...Categories: Telecommunications, Science, R&D, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Energy, Consumer Tech, Computers -
ESA’s Envisat satellite stops sending data to Earth News
13.04.2012 The European Space Agency (ESA) has declared a spacecraft emergency as it is trying to establish why its Envisat satellite has suddenly stopped sending data to Earth after 10... -
NASA pioneers new atomic clock for deep space exploration News
11.04.2012 NASA is pioneering a new deep space atomic clock so future spacecrafts will be able to calculate their own timing and navigation data in real time. -
IBM and ASTRON to help scientists explore the Big Bang News
02.04.2012 ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, and IBM are preparing to engage in a €2.9m five-year collaboration to research the exascale computer systems that are... -
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wants to reclaim Apollo 11 space debris from Atlantic News
29.03.2012 Amazon founder and space enthusiast Jeff Bezos has today issued a web statement, indicating how he is going to be working with undersea experts to recover the Apollo 11 engines... -
NASA’s suborbital rockets to light up night skies News
26.03.2012 Following a couple of delays, NASA is gearing up to launch five sounding rockets into space early in the morning on 27 March. The launch window will be between 2am and 5am EDT.... -
Europe’s supply ship blasts off for International Space Station News
23.03.2012 The European Space Agency’s ATV Edoardo Amaldi successfully lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, today at 4.34am GMT on an Ariane launcher. It’s now... -
NASA finds ‘unusual’ geologic features on Vesta asteroid News
22.03.2012 NASA’s Dawn spacecraft scientists say they have discovered “unexpected details” on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta, which is one of the brightest objects in the solar...