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Is Mining Rare Minerals on the Moon Vital to National Security?
Mining the moon may turn up a bounty of rare earth elements vital for national security.



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This Week On The Space Show

The Space Show, hosted by David Livingston under www.TheSpaceShow.com, will have the following guests this week: 1. Monday, October 4, 2010, 2-3:30 PM PDT (21-22:30 GMT)
Jacob Gullish and Peggy Slye…


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Voices: Experts and Analysts Weigh In On NASA's New Direction
SPACE.com asked several experts, analysts and stakeholders about their thoughts on NASA’s new direction.



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A Million Questions About Habitable Planet Gliese 581g (Okay, 12)
Wondering what’s up with that Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone? We’ve got answers.



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Commercial Space Effort Gets Boost From FAA
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is trying to push commercial spaceflight along, starting up two programs in the last month to study and streamline the phenomenon.



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Station Crew Wraps Up Busy Week, Prepares for New Crew Members

Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin began their day aboard the International Space Station by participating in Friday’s planning conference…


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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report

Spacecraft: Glory
Launch Vehicle: Taurus XL 3110
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Date: Feb. 23, 2011 (tentative)
Launch Time: 2:10 a.m. PST
Altitude/Inclination: 440 miles/98.2…


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International partners update ISS launch manifest

NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on Friday agreed to update the International Space Station launch schedule. The target launch dates for the last…


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NASA's Webb Telescope MIRI Instrument Takes One Step Closer To Space

A major instrument due to fly aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is getting its first taste of space in the test facilities at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the United Kingdom….


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IAC 2010 Wrap Up