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The first flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is now being targeted for no earlier than Friday, June 4 2010. The window for the test flight remains 1 p.m. to 5 p.m [see update below - TonyF]. Once the final approvals are given and related documentation is completed, the California-based company will be cleared to launch the Falcon 9 from Launch Complex 40 at the Air Force base.
UPDATE 2: Launch delayed, no new time - window extends to 3PM EDT. Check our Twitter for updates. SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. on Monday launched a new version of Google Earth that allows users to explore the oceans, view 3D images of the planet Mars and watch regions of the Earth change over time. Google and Nasa are throwing their weight behind a new school for futurists in Silicon Valley to prepare scientists for an era when machines become cleverer than people. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b162dfc-f168-11dd-8790-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 Three space voyagers have landed safely in Kazakhstan this morning. Two of the Expedition 17 crew of the International Space Station, along with "space tourist" Richard Gariott, returned to Earth in their Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft. No ballistic re-entry this time! Greg Chamitoff remains aboard the ISS as part of Expedition 18. He will come home in November aboard Endeavour. NASA reports:
News video here. Expedition 17 pics are up at the JSC Gallery. Video clips here. Discussion here. News resources here. Check the links at right for play-by-play and NASA TV. Moonlighting NASA Engineers Say They've Created a Rocket Better Than NASA's: By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design....JUPITER. Nearly 40 years after the USA beat the Soviets to the moon Internet giant Google said Thursday it will give $20 million to the first private group to land a roving robot on the lunar surface — a prize likely to start a 21st-century space race. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2007-09-13-google-moon_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip Skydiver plans head-first freefall from the edge of space in dizzying bid to break Mach 1 - but he must wear a special suit to ensure his body fluids don't boil: |
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