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For sale: Nuclear bomb-proof space station in Carmel Valley Who wouldn't want to own a nuclear bomb-proof earth station and a piece of space history? The Jamesburg Earth Station, which transmitted some of the first images of the Apollo 11 moon landing, is on the market. The one-of-a-kind securely fenced 160-acre property comes with a three-bedroom house, a 20,000-square-foot building,...


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While searching deep space for extra-terrestrial signals, scientists at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico have stumbled across signals broadcast from Earth nearly half a century ago. Radio astronomer Dr. Venn described how he made the historic discovery after analysing a number of signals originating from the same point in space. "I realised the signal was in the VHF Band and slap bang...


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Voyager 2 Completes Switch to Backup Thruster Set PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Voyager 2 has successfully switched to the backup set of thrusters that controls the roll of the spacecraft. Deep Space Network personnel sent commands to the spacecraft to make the change on Nov. 4 and received confirmation today that the switch has been made. The change allows engineers to reduce the amount of power...


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From the Discovery Channel series "Rocket Science": Alan Bean describes the lightning strike that knocked out power on the second lunar NASA landing mission shortly after launch. (www.foolishearthling.com) httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajOsHVK11Lw


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A powerful solar flare that erupted Thursday (Nov. 3) from a huge blemish on the sun's surface has been classified as an X1.9 flare, ranking it among the most powerful types of storms our star can unleash. The flare originated in a humongous sunspot that was sighted earlier this week, which is one of the largest sunspots seen in years. The event began at 4:27 p.m. ET (2027 GMT). The flare...


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The Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) initiative has another launch on October 28 at 5:48 a.m. EDT and a number of Amateur Radio satellites are among them. On the CubeSat reflector Connor Lange KJ6KSV ELaNa III Groundstation Coordinator posted this information: The ELaNa III Cubesats being launched are listed below: Satellite: AubieSat-1 Downlink Freq: 437.475 MHz EIRP: .708W Modulation...


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The weather was wonderful and I decided to go to one of the world's largest radio telescope, located in 45 minutes by car. The telescope is located about 1.3 km northeast of the village of Effelsberg, a southeastern part of the town of Bad M?nstereifel. It is placed less than 300 m west of the 398 m high H?nerberg, which is already in the neighbouring Land of Rhineland-Palatinate. In the vicinity...


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During the aftermath which followed the shock of Sputnik, America sought answers and explanations. Various targets for blame included lack of science and math education, inter-service military rivalries, and postwar American complacency as a self-regarded world leader in technology, politics and emerging cultures. Our consumer culture and materialism were also to blame. American obsession with standards...


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