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9 Oct 2007, 3:59 am
Google logo tweak sends critics into orbit — pdf Should the world’s most-used search engine be more of a Yankee Google Dandy? [read post]
8 Jul 2016, 7:59 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“Polar-orbiting satellites provide data that are essential to support weather observations and forecasts. [read post]
11 Sep 2012, 5:42 am by Jeff Foust
The hearing will start with an update on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, followed by a second panel of witnesses to discuss NASA’s “exploration portfolio” from low Earth orbit to Mars. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 9:17 am by PJ Blount
Blount with the blog faculty Source – Red Orbit: U.N. [read post]
13 Oct 2009, 4:28 am
 It takes the hook of the LCROSS mission last week to shift gears from explosions on the Moon to … orbital war on satellites. [read post]
6 Feb 2018, 4:52 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The Verge: “SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, this afternoon and soared to space, carrying its payload — CEO Elon Musk’s red Tesla Roadster — into orbit. [read post]
1 Aug 2009, 6:41 am
" Among the bequests mentioned are:Gene Roddenberry (creator of Star Trek): Ordered that his ashes be blasted into space on a satellite and distributed as it orbited the earth.Charles Vance Miller: Left three men -- who were known to despise each other -- joint lifetime tenancy in Millar's Jamaican holiday home.Samual Bratt: Left $30,000 to his wife who never allowed him to smoke on the condition that she smoke five cigars a day.Juan Potoachi: Left 200,000 pesos to a Buenos Aires… [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 10:36 am by Tom Smith
We currently have spacecraft in orbit around the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Saturn -- and one new rover recently landed on Mars. [read post]
9 May 2012, 7:54 am by Sonya Hubbard
In the ring of cities that orbits Columbus, Ohio, Dublin occupies the northwest corner, a short 25-minute drive from the state’s capital. [read post]
29 Aug 2022, 4:01 am
And it was the very first time humans orbited another celestial body. [read post]
22 Mar 2017, 9:44 am by Larry
What if I import some fuel and send it out into orbit? [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 2:52 pm by Jeff Foust
Unlike the previous 43, though, this one failed to reach orbit: an apparent failure in the Soyuz’s third stage caused the loss of the Progress as it plummeted back to Earth in a sparsely-populated region of Siberia. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 9:00 am by Jeff Foust
“We always knew that science and human exploration would have to get closer together as exploration moves out form low Earth orbit,” he said. [read post]
13 Jul 2012, 2:17 pm by Tom Lamb
Next, from the Orbit medical journal, "Bisphosphonate-associated orbital inflammation-a case report and review". [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 4:14 am by Jeff Foust
“What do you think would happen to United Launch Alliance, to Orbital Sciences or SpaceX, if there was a Columbia accident on their nickel? [read post]
9 Oct 2018, 8:31 am by Paul J. Feldman
  In addition, the current rules provisions are limited to communications with satellites in geosynchronous orbit (“GSO”) in the conventional C- and Ku-bands, as well as portions of the extended Ku-band. [read post]
23 May 2012, 2:34 am by Jeff Foust
“We must change orbital spaceflight from being dependent on and controlled by government employees, toward more entrepreneurial, cost-effective, commercial-based alternatives. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 4:51 am by Jeff Foust
But a hearing that long also allowed members to delve into other topics, from cybersecurity to China to an issue that’s still a sore point for some members: the disposition of the retired shuttle orbiters. [read post]
21 Oct 2022, 7:17 am
. 'When they converge beyond the critical fall-in proximity threshold, they orbit coordinatedly, as a Universe-precessed aggregate, as loose pebbles on our Earth orbit the Sun in unison, and as chips ride around on men’s shoulders.'... [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 3:36 am
•the rocket ship blasts off from a pool of water; water is commonly used today on launch pads to absorb and dissipate the extreme heat and damp the noise generated by the rocket exhaust• in space, the rocket ejects its first stage and fires its second stage rocket, predicting the development of modern multistage orbital rockets • the crew recline on horizontal beds to cope with the G-forces experienced during lift-off and pre-orbital acceleration• floor… [read post]