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New Horizons Reaches the Final 4 AU Laurel MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2014 New Horizons sailed past another milepost today when the NASA spacecraft moved to within four astronomical units (AU) of Pluto – which is less than four times the distance between the Earth and the sun, or about 371 million miles (598 million kilometers). “We’re as close to ...

The Next Tiangong Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2014 In 2015, China is expected to launch its next space laboratory. Tiangong 2 will follow on from the Tiangong 1 module, which was launched in 2011 and is still in orbit at the time of writing. Tiangong 1 received two crews of astronauts and carried out China’s first space dockings. It ...

China’s Lunar Lander Still Operational Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2014 While the world awaits the awakening of China’s Yutu Moon rover at the end of this long lunar night, let’s not forget that Yutu is not the only spacecraft on the Moon. Yutu was delivered to the lunar surface aboard Chang’e-3, a large robot lander. Chang’e-3 is the first ...

NASA’s Kepler Mission Announces 715 New Worlds NASA’s Kepler Mission Announces 715 New Worlds. By Space Coast Daily // February 28, 2014. Loading the player … Share on Facebook Share on Twitter · Share on LinkedIn Share on Delicious Digg This · Stumble This … By SpaceCoastDaily.com on Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:25:20 -0800

VIDEO: NASA's FY 2015 Budget ProposalABOVE VIDEO: NASA's budget supports our new Strategic Plan to drive advances in science, technology, aeronautics and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic vitality and stewardship of Earth. SPACE-BUDGET-435-18.By SpaceCoastDaily.com on Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:15:00 -0800

Two Boosters Complete For Orion’s First Flight Test Two Boosters Complete For Orion’s First Flight Test. By Space Coast Daily // February 27, 2014. Loading the player … Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Delicious Digg This Stumble This … By SpaceCoastDaily.com on Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:05:23 -0800

Northrop Grumman’s Delivery of Modular Space Vehicle Means Faster, Flexible, Small Satellite Launch Capabilities Redondo Beach, CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2014 Battlefield commanders have long wanted satellites that can be assembled quickly and launched rapidly to meet immediate needs. Now they have that capability with the plug-and-play Modular Space Vehicle (MSV) delivered Feb. 25 by Northrop Grumman. The MSV is ...

Giant sunspot seen making third trek across surface of the sun Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) Feb 28, 2013 A giant sunspot – a magnetically strong and complex region on the sun’s surface – is making a third trip across the face of the sun, NASA reported Friday. Sunspots like the one being tracked by NASA scientists are part of active regions ...

Japan Calls For New Launcher Proposals Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 03, 2014 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is making final preparations towards the development of our new flagship launch vehicle from Japan Fiscal Year (JFY) 2014. The new flagship launch vehicle will be freshly developed with a goal of securing Japan’s autonomous launch capability of satellites and other payloads ...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Set For Liftoff March 16 fifth flight for SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launch from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida during the second SpaceX mission is to resupply the International Space Station. BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION – The SpaceX CRS-3 cargo ...

Experience A KSC Up-Close Explore Tour   BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – Experience the space program’s past and future on the KSC Up-Close Explore Tour, where visitors get an insider’s view of Kennedy Space Center’s role in space exploration. Experience the space program’s past and future on the KSC Up-Close Explore Tour, where visitors get an insider’s view ...

BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA – More than 150 model rocket hobbyists, vendors and others will assemble this week on Florida's …

VIDEO SPECIAL: Space To GroundVIDEO SPECIAL: Space To Ground. By Space Coast Daily // February 22, 2014. Loading the player … Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Delicious Digg This Stumble This …By SpaceCoastDaily.com on Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:03:45 -0800

In the Eye of the Beholder Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2014 Researchers supported by NASA’s Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development (ASTID) program are designing algorithms and instruments that could help future robotic missions make their own decisions about surface sites to explore on other planets. One such instrument is the TextureCam, which is currently being tested with ...

NEOWISE Celebrates First Month of Operations After Reactivation Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 27, 2014 In its first 25 days of operations, the newly reactivated NEOWISE mission has detected 857 minor bodies in our solar system, including 22 near-Earth objects (NEOs) and four comets. Three of the NEOs are new discoveries; all three are hundreds of meters in diameter and dark ...

Extra Time for Tiangong Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 23, 2014 China’s Tiangong 1 space laboratory is alive and well in orbit. For most spacecraft, that’s a nominal state. But for this mission, it’s strange. Tiangong 1 was launched in September 2011 with an advertised lifetime of two years. It played host to three dockings by Shenzhou spacecraft – Shenzhous 8, ...

NASA Launches Third Generation Communications Satellite Washington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite L (TDRS-L), the 12th spacecraft in the agency’s TDRS Project, is safely in orbit after launching at 9:33 p.m. EST Thursday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Ground controllers report the satellite ...

Space droids battle to save Earth from comet Paris (ESA) Jan 27, 2014 A comet heading towards Earth threatens humanity’s existence – that was the virtual scenario of this year’s Zero Robotics tournament. Secondary-school students from across Europe controlled miniature satellites on the International Space Station in a competition to save our planet.The Space Station was turned into a playing ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. —A congressional subcommittee is in Central Florida trying to speed up the process of turning unused space facilities into job-creating private businesses. Rep. John Mica’s panel met at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday. Private industry could make use of a pair of old trailers built to carry space shuttle fuel tanks. The trailers are sitting unused ...

The man in foreground is Daniel Schafer, history professor emeritus from University of North Florida. Bob Gross from Brevard County is on the left.