Satellite gets perfect ride to space
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CAPE CANAVERAL-- The explosive growth of tools and toys using data from the US military&#39;s array of Global Positioning System satellites is showing no signs of letting up, and the US Air Force aims to meet demand.
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Saab (STO:SAABB) Space's fourth generation S19L Guidance & Control System performed flawlessly in its first two suborbital flights within a period of four days at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, USA.
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By MIKE SWAIN Science Editor  HERE is the world in all its wonder - captured from space in photographs as beautiful as anything from an artist's brush.   These remarkable pictures come from US space agency Nasa's satellite Earth observatory.
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The fastest-swiveling space science observatory ever built rocketed into orbit on Saturday to scan the universe for celestial explosions.
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The tractor weaves to ride the field's dips and rises while perfectly hugging the row previously cut by its black-clawed tiller, creating a seamless pattern of turned soil. But the person in the cab has nothing to do with this precision. Aided by a computer and a Global Positioning System &#151; a constellation of Earth-orbiting satellites &#151; the vehicle is driving itself.
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Hitching a ride on the space shuttle comes only to the lucky few, but the Kennedy Space Center has developed a ride that just may be the next best thing.
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Re-usable craft can carry a 0.5-kilogram payload up one kilometer in three seconds.
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With two short trips to the edge of space, the little rocket that could may have ushered in a new era in high-tech travel.
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The Huygens probe seems to be on the right course after being unleashed on its journey to Saturn's moon Titan.
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Commercial space flight doesn't offer too many opportunities for investors, but there is one tiny prospect.
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A privately funded spacecraft appeared to rocket past its target altitude more than 60 miles above California&#39;s high desert yesterday
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A private manned rocket soared into space for a second time yesterday, landing successfully after an unexpectedly bumpy ride that nearly meant an early end to the team&#39;s bid to win a $10 million prize.
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The American probe becomes the first spacecraft to transmit data from another planet back to Earth.
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In a crucial mission for Europe's space program, an upgraded Ariane-5 rocket successfully orbited two satellites into space on Saturday - two years after a first attempt ended in failure.
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While the exploration of the Moon and other planets in our solar system is&nbsp;exciting, the first task for astronauts and robots alike is to actually&nbsp;get to those destinations.
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Spy satellite, due to fall to Earth next month, is size of small bus and has hazardous chemicals on board
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Space is the one frontier that&#39;s out of reach to the average person, but the feeling of space travel is now a little less elusive.