PSU telescopes rocket into orbit
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There were cheers, applause and even a bottle or two of champagne at Penn State&#39;s Mission Operations Center on Saturday. A group of university engineers and scientists
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The International Space Station Tuesday spread its new solar wings and got a boost of power generation capacity after astronauts of the US shuttle Atlantis wired them up during a space walk.
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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 device from Argonne National Lab takes a fresh approach to generating t-rays.
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The phenomenon, known as frame-dragging, is quite small, amounting to 6 feet in the distance that satellites, moving at about 18,000 miles per hour, cover in their orbits in a year, but it is within the ability of NASA&#39;s instruments to detect.
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DENVER, Colo. -- The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is one giant spacecraft, built to take&nbsp;unprecedented photos of the red planet. Engineers are in test time mode here at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, builder of the spacecraft, as the countdown ticks down&nbsp;for the probe's summer launch.
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HOUSTON -- The International Space Station (ISS) unfurled a shiny new set of solar wings Tuesday to increase its power supply and support future construction.
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A spacecraft in solar orbit reached almost directly above   the south pole of the Sun last week, giving   scientists a rare glimpse of this unfamiliar territory.
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Several crucial devices aboard NASA&#39;s Mars-bound Phoenix lander have passed in-flight testing.
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By Roy A. Bahls, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 15--Weather permitting, local sky watchers are in for some prime viewing of the international space station and space shuttle Discovery as they streak overhead.   Sightings of the ISS and shuttle can be had about 6:04 p.m.
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Due astronauti attiveranno nuovo sistema elettrico Iss
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By SONJA BARISIC ATLANTIC, Va. - A rocket carrying two experimental satellites into orbit blasted off Saturday in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, blazing a streak across the sky just before sunrise.
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THE fastest-swivelling space science observatory rocketed into orbit yesterday to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions, which astronomers believe represent the birth screams of black holes.
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The fastest-aiming space science observatory ever built rocketed into orbit Saturday to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions that astronomers
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The residents of the International Space Station will soon be able to fire up lots of new electronic gadgets, thanks to two giant solar panels for the station that astronauts successfully unfolded Thursday.
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Also: Space station spreads its solar wings. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Years in the planning, one of the world's most powerful telescopes sees its first light over the weekend. It should be fully operational by next May.