Europe's ATV-3 Spacecraft to Raise Space Station Orbit

Source: GlobalSecurity.org

MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Two main engines of European Space Agency’s ATV-3 space freighter will be switched on early on Saturday to readjust the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), Russian Mission Control said. The engines ...
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Geek Goodness: Dragon docks with ISS

Source: Hot Air

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Private Space Run Makes History

Source: Wall Street Journal

The aerospace industry reached a milestone Friday, when Space Exploration Technologies Corp. became the first private company to dock a spacecraft with the International Space Station, some 240 miles above Earth. Astronauts have capt ...
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Boeing closing in on manned spacecraft

Source: Wichita Business Journal

The Boeing CST-100 space vehicle is shown preparing to dock with the International Space Station in this conceptual rendering. “The review, conducted with Boeing management along with independent Boeing and National Aeronautics and Space ...
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Marooned in Lunar Orbit (1968)

Source: Wired

The view in lunar orbit, 238,000 miles from home. Image: NASA. The three-man crew of Apollo 8 – Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders – was the first to leave ...
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NASA's Environment Simulation Lab Recreates Space on Earth [Monster Machines]

Source: Gizmodo

During the Apollo years, NASA basically made up spaceflight as it went along. Nobody was really sure what would happen to spacecraft and astronauts in the cold embrace of space. So, before exposing these multi-million do ...
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Pop Tart Paris Hilton Attends Cannes Film Festival! Why, Dear God Why?

Source: The Student Operated Press

"Cannes Film Festival might have a prestigious reputation - but not when Paris Hilton has an invite. As A-listers swan around red carpets at the industry`s elite pre-summer movie showcase, the heiress injected her wild an ...
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