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his photo provided by SpaceX shows an unmanned Dragon freighter during its splashdown, after leaving the International Space Station with a stash of precious medical samples and aimed for a Pacific to end the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station used a giant robot arm to release the commercial cargo ship 255 miles up. The California-based SpaceX companysteered its capsule back to Earth via parachutes on Sunday afternoon, a couple hundred miles off the Baja California coast.
Photos   Science   Space   Technology   Wikipedia: Dragon (spacecraft)		  The Examiner 
SpaceX Dragon capsule completes first successful Space Station resupply mission
Related topics SpaceXinternational space stationFalcon 9 rocketElon Musk Advertisement A reusable SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California on... (photo: AP / SpaceX)
The planned NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. China plans to land the rover Chang'e 3 on the Moon in 2013, and to conduct a sample return mission in 2017.
NASA   Photos   Soviet Union   Space Programme   United States   Wikipedia: Exploration of the Moon		  Wired News 
>Around the Moon in 80 Hours (1958)
Image: NASA The Soviet Union declared in 1955 that it would place a satellite into Earth orbit during the 18-month International Geophysical Year (1957-1958). Few in the West took this claim... (photo: NASA / GDK)
In a photo provided by NASA, Family of the newly arrived International Station Expedition 33/34 crew members, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, front left, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, front center, and Russian cosmonaut Evgeny Tarelkin, front right, talk via phone to the crew from the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia shortly after the three joined Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, back left, Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, back center, and Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012.  CNTV 
Russian spaceship docks with ISS
MOSCOW, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Russia's manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-06M has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's Mission Control Center said Thursday. The docking was... (photo: AP / Bill Ingalls)
International Space Station   Moscow   Photos   Russia   Space Programme   Wikipedia: Soyuz TMA-06M
Sun shining - solar wind  Zeenews 
Earth’s magnetosphere allows solar wind to leak into it
Washington: Data from European Space Agency’s Cluster mission has revealed that it is easier for the solar wind to penetrate Earth’s magnetic environment, the magnetosphere, than had previously been... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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Kuala Lumpur International Airport ERL station The Examiner
Kuala Lumpur International Airport: The power of platinum
Related topics TravelMalaysia AirlinesFirst class Advertisement When Kuala Lumpur International Airport opened in 1998, it was actually met with a certain degree of... (photo: Creative Commons / Pizzaboy1)
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A planet a lot like Earth Star Tribune
A planet a lot like Earth
By SETH BORENSTEIN • Associated Press European astronomers say that just outside our solar system they've found a planet that's the closest you can get to Earth in... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
Earth   Photos   Planet   Solar   Wikipedia: Planet
Entrance to Garland Scout Ranch of the Boy Scouts of America is located in Stonewall CNN
Do we still need the Boy Scouts?
October 20, 2012 -- Updated 1257 GMT (2057 HKT) Boy Scouts of America is an organization that says it is focused on mentoring young men and helping them develop life... (photo: Creative Commons / Billy Hathorn)
Boy Scouts of America   Photos   Scouting   United States   Wikipedia: Boy Scouts of America
A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) during a joint Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy ballistic missile flight test. WorldNews.com
Obama's New 'Star Wars' Initiative Threatens To Reignite Cold War
Article By WN.com Guest Writer Sherwood Ross President Obama is continuing developmental work on the controversial Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars") plan begun... (photo: US Navy)
Defense   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Strategic Defense Initiative
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony during the Combined Commanders -in-Chief Conference, in New Delhi on October 19, 2012. The Defence Secretary, Shri Shashikant Sharma, the Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne and the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral D.K. Joshi are also seen. Newstrack India
Increase capabilities in new areas of threat like cyber and space: PM
Tweet New Delhi, Oct 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said there is a need to increase the country's capabilities in emerging areas like cyber and space,... (photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India )
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Future Space Exploration
Icy exoplanet. Artist's impression. The search for planets outside our Solar System constitutes a key element of what is possibly the most profound question for humanity: is there life elsewhere in the Universe Exoplanet around Alpha Centauri is nearest-ever BBC News
Interview with Philip Coppens on 'The Lost Civilization Enigma' Interview with Philip Coppens on 'The Lost Civilization Enigma' The Examiner
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner lands safely on Earth after skydiving fom 24 miles Skydiver Felix Baumgartner lands safely on Earth after skydiving fom 24 miles Detroit Free Press
Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-130 crew member as space shuttle Endeavour and the station approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities. Space Shuttle Endeavour Move The Examiner
NASA
Surrounded by press photographers, Gary McKinnon, 40, accused of mounting the largest ever hack of United States government computer networks _ including Army, Air Force, Navy and NASA systems_ gestures as he arrives at the Bow Magistrates Court for the last hearing of his extradition case, in central London Wednesday May 10, 2006. Gary McKinnon extradition: hacker to learn fate after 10 years The Daily Telegraph
Moon - natural satellite of Earth - nature - space Moon water could have solar source Independent online (SA)
Felix Baumgartner, of Austria, gestures prior to speaking with the media after successfully jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon at a height of just over 128,000 feet above the Earth's surface, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in Roswell, N.M. Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner smashes sound barrier Zeenews
File - Gary McKinnon, accused of hacking into U.S. military computers and facing extradition to the U.S. to stand trial, leaves the High Court in London after a hearing to prevent his extradition, in this July 14, 2009 file photo. UK hacker to learn extradition fate Al Jazeera
Mars Expedition
This image from the right Mast Camera (Mastcam) of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows a scoop full of sand and dust lifted by the rover's first use of the scoop on its robotic arm. In the foreground, near the bottom of the image, a bright object is visible on the ground. The object might be a piece of rover hardware. Curiosity Rover Scoops 1st Mars Sample, Finds 'Bright Object' Space
Curiosity rover on Earth Bottom: Descent to Martian surface as imaged by the HiRISE camera aboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The Curiosity rover is a car-sized Mars rover currently exploring Gale Crater, near the equator of Mars. The rover is the largest to date, and is designed to examine whether Mars could have once supported life. Mars rover Curiosity finds evidence of 'vigorous' stream Indian Express
This image shows the tracks left by NASA's Curiosity rover on Aug. 22, 2012, as it completed its first test drive on Mars. The rover went forward 15 feet (4.5 meters), rotated 120 degrees and then reversed 8.2 feet (2.5 meters). Curiosity is now 20 feet (6 meters) from its landing site, named Bradbury Landing. Mars rover finds evidence of 'vigorous' stream IBN Live
File - This composite image shows the Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum face of Mars, picturing the last days of the Mars’ northern autumn/southern spring. Viewpoint: When will we send humans to Mars? BBC News
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