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July 01, 2013

NASA's Voyager 1 Explores Final Frontier Of Our 'Solar Bubble'

Entering 'Strange Last Region' Before Interstellar Space

Data from Voyager 1, which is now more than 11 billion miles from the sun, suggest the spacecraft is closer to becoming the first human-made object to reach interstellar space. Research using Voyager 1 data and published in the journal Science Thursday provides new detail on the last region the spacecraft will cross before it leaves the heliosphere, or the bubble around our sun, and enters interstellar space.

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Upswing In Demand Provides Lift For Canadian Aerospace Industry

But Conference Board Of Canada Says Inventory Of Used Airplanes Remains High

Demand for new aircraft appears to be on the rise, which will provide a boost to Canadian production over the next four years, according to The Conference Board of Canada's Industrial Outlook: Canada's Aerospace Industry-Spring 2013.

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NASA Thruster Achieves World-Record 5.5 Years Of Operation

Advanced Ion Engine Has Run Continuously for 48,000 Hours

A NASA advanced ion propulsion engine has successfully operated for more than 48,000 hours, or 5 and a half years, making it the longest test duration of any type of space propulsion system demonstration project ever. The thruster was developed under NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) Project at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Glenn manufactured the test engine's core ionization chamber.

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Space Frontier Foundation Launches NewSpace Business Plan Competition

Calls The Effort Its 'Richest And Most Exciting'

With $135,000 in prizes, more industry support than ever before, and a new location and date, the Space Frontier Foundation has announced the details of the largest, richest and most exciting NewSpace Business Plan Competition to date.

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PayPal, SETI Institute, Buzz Aldrin And Space Leaders Launch PayPal Galactic

Will Allow Future Space Tourists To Have Access To Money

In space, no one can hear the cash register ring ... until now. PayPal has announced the launch of PayPal Galactic, an initiative that addresses the issues to help make universal space payments a reality. PayPal Galactic brings together leaders in the scientific community, including the SETI Institute and Space Tourism Society, to prepare and support the future of space commerce.

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Remains Of Gene Roddenberry And Majel Barrett To Be Sent On Final Journey

Star Trek Creator's Cremains To Be Carried Into Eternity On NASA-Developed Solar Sail

Gene Roddenberry's remains have been sent to space and recovered before, but on an upcoming flight, the remains of the creator of Star Trek and his wife Majel Barrett will fly into eternity together carried by an experimental solar sail developed by NASA.

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Financial Publication Looks At Space Tourism And Its Projected Costs

Posts Article Titled '"Space Tourism: How Much Should You Save For A Space Trip?'

Much has been made recently about the coming availability of seats on sub-orbital spacecraft for those with the ability to pay for them, but what are the actual possibilities, and how much will it cost in the future?

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