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SPACE.com – ALAMOGORDO, NM — NASA is eyeing ways to use privately operatedsuborbital vehicles to help carry out its space agenda.

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AP – Saudi Arabia’s top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast immoral content.

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was joined by a young Moon on September 1st,in planet Earth’s early evening skies.In this view of the celestial gathering

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SPACE.com – If astronomers could look back in time, one thing they’d love tosee is our solar system as it formed, 4.6 billion years ago.

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The view from the International Space Station as Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle, Jules Verne, retreats away from the orbital outpost following undocking.

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rain above the clouds

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ESA PR 38-2008. On 16 and 17 September, in the context of France’s presidency of the EU, Lille will play host to ‘Forum GMES 2008′ at the Grand Palais.

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SPACE.com – The spaceshuttle Endeavour, the rescue ship for NASA’s planned October mission to theHubble Space Telescope, moved a step closer to the launch pad Thursday as theagency closed down its Houston-based astronaut training center to prepare foran incoming hurricane.

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In just a few days time, the historic Jules Verne mission will draw to an end. After the ATV Control Centre commands the opening of the Automated Transfer Vehicle hooks, ESA’s first resupply and reboost vehicle will perform a fully automated undocking with the International Space Station on 5 September at 23:30 CEST (21:30 UT).

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SPACE.com – WASHINGTON— A former NASA scientist has used radio waves to transmit solar power adistance of 92 miles (148 km) between two Hawaiian islands, an achievement thathe says proves the technology exists to beam solar power from satellites backto Earth.

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