Exploration News - 01 July 2011
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05 July 2011
NASA Chat: Administrator Bolden Answers Questions About NASA's Future
Join NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden in a one hour web chat on Tues., July 5, at 3:30 p.m. EDT, where he will answer your questions about what NASA's future holds.
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Exploration News - 21 June 2011
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21 June 2011
ESA chief hits at 'anarchy' over space station planning
Europe's space chief on Monday said the International Space Station faced lean times as a result of the US shuttle phase-out and said project planning for transport to the ISS had been "anarchy".
Jean-Jacques Dordain, director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), said the scheduled phase-out of the US space shuttle meant "we are not in a very comfortable situation, and that's just a euphemism."
"The biggest lesson from the international space station programme is entirely the lack of a joint transportation policy," he said at a press conference on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show.
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Exploration News - 06 June 2011
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06 June 2011
Five Steps Toward Future Exploration
The NASA Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP) program has announced a set of new projects to develop and test technologies that will enable the astrobiological exploration of the Solar System. The ASTEP program advances the search for life on other planets by supporting research and exploration of some of Earth's most remote and extreme places.
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Exploration News - 14 May 2011
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Amazing Cultural Exploitation of the ISS - Space Flute Duet
Harmony reaches new heights as NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman, circling Earth aboard the International Space Station, and musician Ian Anderson, founder of the rock band Jethro Tull, join together for the first space-Earth duet.
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Exploration News - 24 May 2011
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24 May 2011
Testing Spacesuits in Antarctica - Part 1
The spacesuit we are testing is a fully pressurized suit which is being developed for future planetary exploration. Testing it in a Mars-relevant environment allows us to really optimize it for the types of activities we will be doing on Mars.
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Exploration News - 28 April 2011
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28 April 2011
First Cuban cosmonaut receives award from Russian gov't
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