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Today is the day that the first of three new British satellites, which have been destined to become the backbone for high-speed communications for its military and its allies was launched. Skynet 5 was boosted into orbit by an Ariane 5-ECA rocket, which will take roughly a week to achieve its final geostationary orbit.
“We’ve already […]
A new spacecraft is being readied for another trip to Mars to excavate the planet’s icy dirt, seeking a sunlit habitat where life might have been in the distant past. It will mark the first time since the famed life-seeking Viking missions 30 years ago that NASA has sent a tool to dig beneath the […]
Nothing can keep dedicated stargazers from trying to catch a peek of the brightest comet seen in decades not below-freezing temperatures. There hadn’t been a lot of news about comet McNaught, discovered just last year. But as the comet moved closer to the sun, it brightened and word spread that the comet was special.
Martin Gutoski […]
One of the greatest mysteries of the universe is about to be revealed with the first detailed, three-dimensional map of dark matter, the invisible material that makes up most of the universe. Astronomers stated yesterday that they have achieved the apparently impossible task of creating a picture of something that has defied every attempt to […]
The shuttle Discovery’s astronauts are getting ready to leave the International Space Station after they completed that most complex task of their mission, which was folding up a jammed solar array on an impromptu spacewalk. On their mission, the astronauts have also rewired the space station and conducted three scheduled spacewalks.
Their latest and greatest success […]