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  • Weekly Space Blog 9/14

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    We are back again with our weekly blog and what a week it has been for space news. Voyager has left the Solar System This week the Voyager Science Team announced that the long serving Voyager 1 spacecraft had left the solar system, making it the first human made object to achieve the feat.  As…

  • Weekly Space Blog 8/24

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    WISE approved for asteroid survey NASA announced this week that the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft will be taken out of hibernation to start a three year mission to search for Near Earth Objects.  While the primary instruments on the vehicle required frozen hydrogen to operate which ran out in 2011 the other instruments…

  • Weekly Space Blog 8/17

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    We are back after a two week break to enjoy the New England summer, this week we have lots of great news. Russian Cosmonauts set new Space Walk Record The week two Russian Cosmonauts broke the space walk endurance record by complete a 7h 29m excursion outside the International Space Station.  Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander…

  • Weekly Space Blog 7/27

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    As we approach the end of July it seems things in the Commercial arena are ramping up, this week in space. Falcon 9 v1.1 arriving for launch The first of the next generation of Falcon 9 rockets have started to arrive at the Vandenburg launch site.  The v1.1 vehicle has several significant upgrades that pave…

  • Weekly Space Blog 7/20

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    ISS Space Walk This week’s space walk at the International Space Station was cut short due to a water leak problem in Luca P’s suit.  Both astronauts where able to complete the first of there assigned tasks before the problem with the suit and due to the build up of water in the helmet of…

  • Weekly Space Blog 7/13

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    Another week has come and gone and the stories continue to flow in, this week we have a number of exciting stories plus four Kickstarter projects related to space. Bold New Plan for first SLS/Orion Launch This week NASA managers announced the new plan which would see the first uncrewed mission named EM-1 travel to…

  • Weekly Space Blog 7/6

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    Another busy week in space Cassini captures picture of Saturn Moon Janus This week Cassini returned a picture of one of Saturn’s small lumpy moon’s named Janus, the moon doesn’t have sufficient gravity to pull itself into a round shape as seen with most other moons.  For more pictures of the moon check out the…

  • Weekly Space Blog 6/22

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    Lots of great news this week Herschel ends operations This week the Herschel team send the final commands to shutdown the spacecraft following a series of tests that were performed on the spacecraft after the primary mission finished because of the depletion of the helium coolant that cooled the primary instruments.  Since April the team…

  • Weekly Space Blog 6/15

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    This week SpaceX sign military agreement, Chinese Astronauts, Chris Hadfield, Opportunity and Kepler keep giving, and much more. SpaceX This week SpaceX signed a framework agreement for potential Military launches in the future.  Under the agreement the air force will evaluate the Falcon v1.1 rocket over at least three launches as well as all the…

  • Touch Tomorrow festival

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    Yesterday we visited Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) for the Touch Tomorrow festival, there were lots of activities for the kids to do and some fun exhibits for everyone to learn about advances in robotics. The event sponsored by NASA was an opportunity for people to learn about the Space Launch System (SLS), visit a Moon…