SPACE.com – The United States Air Force’s secretive X-37B space plane has been circling Earth for more than 10 months, and there’s no telling when it might come down. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Mystery Surrounds Air Force’s Secretive X-37B Space Plane Landing Plan (SPACE.com)
Boeing’s Plan to Return to the Moon by 2022 (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – NASA Space Flight is reporting that Boeing made a presentation at the latest Global Exploration Workshop of a plan to return Americans to the moon by 2022, 50 years after the last astronauts walked on the moon. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA Plan for Private Space Taxis Hasn’t Won Over Lawmakers (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – The projected costs and benefits of helping to develop commercial spaceships, part of NASA’s plan to focus on exploration rather than transportation, drew skepticism today (Oct. 26) from members of a House panel. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA unveils new plan to buy rides for astronauts (Reuters)
Reuters – NASA plans to spend $ 1.6 billion over the next two years bolstering industry efforts to develop space taxis, officials said on Monday. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA Discusses Plan to Attach Bigelow Inflatable Module to ISS (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – NASA Space Flight is reporting that a meeting took place at the Johnson Spaceflight Center to discuss the possibility of attaching a Bigelow inflatable module to the International Space Station. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Satellites Help Aid Workers Plan Pakistan Flood Relief (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – Satellites are helping aid workers plan relief for flood-ravaged Pakistan by providing high-resolution maps of the destruction so rescue crews can reach the homeless, displaced and sick. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Giant Swimming Pool Helps NASA Plan Emergency Spacewalks (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – A malfunctioning pump in a vital cooling system onboard the International Space Station sent NASA scrambling to plan two emergency spacewalks this week to replace the faulty component module. At the center of that planning is a huge swimming pool in Texas. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA Scrambling to Plan Vital Space Station Repairs (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – NASA engineers are working round-the-clock to firm up plans to send astronauts on two emergency spacewalks outside the International Space Station to repair a serious cooling system failure. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Obama plan boosts foreign, private space projects (Reuters)
Reuters – The Obama administration on Monday outlined a space policy that offers an expanded role for foreign governments including possibly China and private companies in monitoring Earth’s climate, tracking and removing orbital debris and protecting satellites. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Indian space mission advances with satellite plan (AFP)
AFP – India plans to put a satellite into orbit using its indigenously built cryogenic rocket engine, marking another step in the nation’s ambitious space programme, officials said. View full post on Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Cuts cast doubt on asteroid plan
Funding cuts could threaten a plan by astronomers to refine the orbital path of an asteroid which has a very small chance of colliding with Earth in 2036. View full post on BBC News and Sport Search: astronomy
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