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NASA Solar-electric Propulsion Thruster

spaceboosters wrote 3 hours ago: The Engine Burns Blue   This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in d … more →

Tags: NASA, NASA JPL, propulsion thruster, Solar Electric, asteroid initiative

Tim Peake at No.10

spaceboosters wrote 3 days ago: 21 May 2013ESA astronaut Timothy Peake and UK prime minister David Cameron at the office of the prim … more →

Tags: ESA Spaceflight, esa news, UK Space, Tim Peake, Astronaut Tim Peake, ESA Astronaut Tim Peake

Curiosity at 'Cumberland'

spaceboosters wrote 4 days ago: Curiosity at ‘Cumberland’   NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity used its front left H … more →

Tags: NASA, Curiosity, Mars rover, Nasa rover

Astronaut Tim Peake

spaceboosters wrote 4 days ago: ESA astronaut Timothy Peake set for Space Station Timothy Peake 20 May 2013ESA’s Director General, J … more →

Tags: ESA Spaceflight, esa news, UK Space, Tim Peake, Timothy Peake, Timothy Peake U.K. Astronaut

Full tank, please

spaceboosters wrote 1 month ago: ESA News 16 April 2013A fuelling operator at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana inspects progress a … more →

Tags: ESA Spaceflight, esa news, ATV, ATV-4, Albert Einstein, ATV Embroidered Patch

NASA Extends Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Contract

spaceboosters wrote 2 months ago: WASHINGTON — NASA is extending its contract with the Association of Universities for Research … more →

Tags: esa news, NASA, Hubble Space Telescope, space telescope, nasa/esa hubble space telescope

Brilliant ISS Pass from Walsall Area Tonight

spaceboosters wrote 3 months ago: Brilliant bright ISS pass over our house tonight at 18.14 hours (6 minute duration) . Watched it cro … more →

Tags: International Space Station News, NASA, Russian Spaceflight, Canadian Space Agency, ISS, Astronauts, Expedition Crews, cosmonauts

Stranger in the night: space rock to make close Earth flyby

spaceboosters wrote 3 months ago: Stranger in the night: space rock to make close Earth flyby Artist’s impression of asteroids p … more →

Tags: astronomy, esa news, Asteroid, near earth objects, Neo's, 50 m-diameter asteroid, 2012 DA14

Columbus anniversary

spaceboosters wrote 3 months ago: NASA Astronaut Rex Walheim hanging on to ColumbusNASA astronaut Rex Walheim, mission specialist, hol … more →

Tags: ESA Spaceflight, International Space Station News, esa news, International Space Station, Columbus, laboratory, 5th Anniversary Columbus, ESA's Columbus laboratory

The Huygens Experience

spaceboosters wrote 4 months ago:   // The Huygens experience   The Huygens experience 14 January 2013Eight years ago today, ESA’s Huy … more →

Tags: ESA Spaceflight, NASA, esa news, Cassini-Huygens mission

Future International Space Station Expedition Crews Named

spaceboosters wrote 4 months ago: HOUSTON — NASA and its international partners have named several future International Space St … more →

Tags: esa news, ESA Spaceflight, International Space Station News, NASA, ISS, Expedition Crews, Future Crews

NASA'S Space Launch System Core Stage Passes Major Milestone, Ready to Start Construction

spaceboosters wrote 5 months ago:    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The team designing America’s new flagship rocket has completed suc … more →

Tags: NASA, SLS, Space Launch System.U.S Launch System

Expedition 34 at Launch

spaceboosters wrote 5 months ago: Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), top, NASA Flight En … more →

Tags: International Space Station News, NASA, Russian Spaceflight, Canadian Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, Cars, Chris Hadfield, ISS Expedition 34, Roman Romanenko

Expedition 34 Soyuz Rollout

spaceboosters wrote 5 months ago: The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, at the Baikonur … more →

Tags: International Space Station News, Russian Spaceflight, Expedition 34, Soyuz

NASA TV Coverage Set for Next Soyuz Space Station Crew Launch

spaceboosters wrote 5 months ago: HOUSTON — NASA Television will provide live coverage of next week’s launch and docking o … more →

Tags: International Space Station News, NASA, Russian Spaceflight, Expedtion 34/35, New Soyuz Crew, Taxi Fligh, Soyuz TMA-07

UK secures £1.2 billion package of space investment

spaceboosters wrote 6 months ago: The UK Space Agency is set to invest £1.2 billion in some of Europe’s biggest and most lucrative spa … more →

Tags: UK Space, ISS, UK Space Investment, Martian robotics

New Crew Headed to the International Space Station1 comment

spaceboosters wrote 7 months ago:   Image above: Pictured on the front row are NASA astronaut Kevin Ford (left), commander; and Canadi … more →

Tags: International Space Station News, NASA, Russian Spaceflight, ISS, International Space Station, Expedition 34

A curious cold layer in the atmosphere of Venus

spaceboosters wrote 7 months ago:     Venus terminator     1 October 2012   Venus Express has spied a surprisingly cold region hi … more →

Tags: ESA Spaceflight, esa news, Venus Express, Venus

Soyuz Landing Coverage Planned for NASA Television

spaceboosters wrote 8 months ago: WASHINGTON — NASA Television will provide live coverage of events surrounding three Internatio … more →

Tags: International Space Station News, NASA, Russian Spaceflight, International Space Station, Soyuz, Kazakhstan, Joe Acaba, Soyuz landing, Gennady Padalka


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