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June 01, 2012

NASA Selects Five Universities For 2013 X-Hab Innovation Challenge

Will Design Habitat Systems For Future Deep Space Missions

Five universities have been selected to participate in the 2013 Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge led by NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation. These universities will design habitat systems, concepts and technologies that could be used in future deep space habitats.

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NASA Lunar Spacecraft Complete Prime Mission Ahead Of Schedule

Now Preparing For Extended Science Operations To Begin In August

A NASA mission to study the moon from crust to core has completed its prime mission earlier than expected. The mission team of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, with twin probes named Ebb and Flow, is now preparing for extended science operations starting Aug. 30 and continuing through Dec. 3, 2012.

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Venus To Transit The Sun Next Week

Phenomenon Won't Be Seen Again For More Than A Century

Scientists and amateur astronomers around the world are preparing to observe the rare occurrence of Venus crossing the face of the Sun on 5-6 June, an event that will not be seen again for over a hundred years.

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Aero-Analysis: SpaceX And The COTS 2/3 Mission

A New 'Chapter' In Spaceflight Has Been Written... But Its Not The Entire Book

By Wes Oleszewski, ANN Space Correspondent Although I am a big fan of SpaceX, I am a bit more reserved than many who have followed the COTS 2/3 mission. Rather than saying that this is THE future of spaceflight, I'd rather think of it as a whole new chapter in the spaceflight story - a REALLY fun to watch and exciting chapter that reflects back to the grand old golden era of spaceflight with those all-liquid fueled boosters launching from Cape Canaveral, going into orbit and then splashing down to be recovered.

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SpaceX Dragon Returns To Earth After First Commercial Flight To ISS

Several Scientific Experiments Returned To Earth Along With The Spacecraft

SpaceX's Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 1142 EDT a few hundred miles west of Baja California, Mexico, Thursday marking a successful end to the first mission by a commercial company to resupply the International Space Station.

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Virgin Galactic Wins FAA Approval For Flight Testing

SpaceShipTwo Set To Go For Heavy-Weight Glide Tests With Supersonic Flight Targeted For Year's End

Virgin Galactic announced Wednesday that its vehicle developer, Scaled Composites (Scaled), has been granted an experimental launch permit from the FAA for its suborbital spacecraft, SpaceshipTwo, and the carrier aircraft, WhiteKnightTwo. “This important milestone enables our team to progress to the rocket-powered phase of test flight, bringing us a major step closer to bringing our customers to space,” said George Whitesides, president and CEO of Virgin Galactic.

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