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NRC Pushes $1.6-Billion Infrared Telescope
24. august. 11:56 | Space
The National Research Council is urging NASA to develop and launch a $1.6-billion wide-field infrared survey telescope in 2020 that would spend at least five years searching for planets beyond the Solar System and exploring the effect of dark energy on the evolution of the universe.
ISS back in action after marathon spacewalk series
21. august. 13:24 | Space
Everything is up and running again on the International Space Station following a marathon series of spacewalks to replace a critical cooling pump. The pump's failure had forced the US-Russian crew to shut down non-critical systems and put many experiments on hold for nearly three weeks.
NASA Narrows Potential Asteroid List
19. august. 12:23 | SpaceNASA is taking its first steps toward meeting the Obama administration’s goal of sending astronauts to visit an asteroid by 2025, surveying possible targets and brainstorming how to make the trip possible.
Full Cooling On ISS Expected Aug. 19
18. august. 12:39 | SpaceHOUSTON — Expedition 24 flight engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson finished repairs to the crippled cooling system aboard the International Space Station on Aug. 16, completing their third spacewalk devoted to the task in 10 days.
SpaceX Readies First Dragon Spacecraft
11. august. 13:03 | SpaceSpace Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) this week is set to begin prelaunch checks of the first fully operational Dragon spacecraft destined to be launched under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
ISS Program Reaches Out
6. august. 08:52 | SpaceHOUSTON — Nearly 300 participants gathered Aug. 3 for the first NASA International Space Station Research Academy, a three-day offering designed to familiarize researchers and payload developers with the orbiting outpost’s designation as a National Laboratory and its capabilities to support experiments in fields ranging from fundamental biology and physics to biotechnology and Earth observations.
Space Station Cooling Repairs Delayed
3. august. 19:42 | SpaceNASA has selected Friday, Aug. 6, and tentatively Monday, Aug. 9, for a pair of spacewalks to replace the faulty external cooling pump module identified as the cause of last weekend’s abrupt interruption in cooling aboard the International Space Station.
NASA Takes Inventory For The Next Steps
3. august. 08:16 | SpaceLaunch vehicle engineers here believe a shuttle-derived vehicle built around the space shuttle main engine (SSME) is probably the fastest route to a heavy-lift launch vehicle. Some kind of heavy lifter is emerging as a centerpiece of the compromise space policy being worked out between Congress and the White House.
