Planetary Society sets date for launch of solar sail spacecraft
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PASADENA, Calif. There could be something new under the sun next year -- the first controlled flight by a spaceship designed to run off solar wind.
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A Nasa spacecraft set for launch early next month will explore the two biggest asteroids in the Solar System.
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NASA set a tentative date yesterday of Jan. 24 to launch the space shuttle Atlantis, which will carry a long-delayed European space laboratory to the international space station, while saying that additional troubleshooting may be necessary to fix a nagging problem with the external tank's backup...
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The first spacecraft with an Ecliptic RocketCamâ¢ video system on board is scheduled for launch around 11:15 am PDT by a Pegasus XL winged rocket on October 26 (Tuesday) off the California coast near Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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The US space agency NASA on Thursday launched the space probe Dawn on an eight-year mission to unlock the secrets of the solar system and how it was born.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Sun Microsystems Inc. will formally launch the next major release of its flagship Solaris operating system at a press event Nov. 15 at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California, company officials confirmed Friday. The launch will be part of Sun's quarterly Network Computing product announcement, which is expected to include new product offerings from a variety of Sun's product groups.
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The repair of a landing gear leak on the  space shuttle Discovery could put in jeopardy the U.S.  spacecraft&#39;s October 23 launch date on a construction mission  to the International Space Station, NASA said on Monday.
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The European Space Agency says its first Automated Transfer Vehicle, called the Jules Verne, will be ready for launch early next year.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Forecasters predicted an 80 percent chance that the weather would allow NASA to launch its first space shuttle mission of the year at 7:38 p.m.
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The $4 million Cosmos 1 project is backed by The Planetary Society, co-founded by Carl Sagan. By The Associated Press. A solar sail spacecraft designed to be propelled by the pressure of sunlight will be launched
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By Jeff Postelwait World Staff Writer  Sending a message to mission control, Cmdr. Garrett Pool asked for the countdown to commence as the five-member team of the Hawkings Explorer was ready to begin its mission to Mars. "We are ready for liftoff," Garrett said.
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The repair of a landing gear leak on the space shuttle Discovery could put in jeopardy the U.S. spacecraft's October 23 launch date on a construction mission to the International Space Station, NASA said on Monday.
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The US space agency (Nasa) has pushed back the return to flight of the space shuttles until May at the earliest. The Discovery orbiter was due to launch in March or April on a mission to the International
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On Wednesday September 29, a private company in California plans to launch a craft known as SpaceShipOne into near-earth orbit in an attempt to win the so-called &quot;Ansari X-Prize.
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NASA set February 7 as  the new date for a launch on a space shuttle of Europe's  Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station,  officials said on Thursday.
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The countdown clock on Sunday began ticking toward a Wednesday launch of the space shuttle after a week of weather delays kept Atlantis grounded. The launch time was set for 12:29 p.m. EDT Wednesday. If the shuttle does not lift off then, NASA has launch opportunities on the following two days.
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im333mfg writes &quot;Tonight at 7:08pm PST, the Cassini spacecraft will be releasing the much anticipated Huygens Probe for a rendezvous with the Saturn moon Titan.