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	<title>Space Fellowship</title>
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	<description>The Race To Space</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New N-Prize Team &#8220;Team Prometheus&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6532</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6532#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	New team signed up, check out their temp site at http://sites.google.com/site/teamprometheusnprize/
	Their site states:
	We are interested in the advancement of space exploration for all mankind. Currently we are pursuing the N-Prize.http://www.n-prize.com as a booster to the X-Prize. http://www.xprize.org/ Please read our mission plan and mission status.
	    To quote a former employer of mine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steins: A diamond in the sky</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6531</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6531#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>ESA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(ESA) - The first images from Rosetta’s OSIRIS imaging system and VIRTIS infrared spectrometer were derived from raw data this morning and have delivered spectacular results.
	&#8220;Steins looks like a diamond in the sky,&#8221; said Uwe Keller, Principal Investigator for the OSIRIS imaging system from the Max Planck Institut Fuer Sonnensystemforschung, Lindau. 
	Steins getting closer (actual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing Launches GeoEye-1 Earth-Imaging Satellite</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6530</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6530#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	ST. LOUIS, (Boeing) &#8212; Boeing [NYSE: BA], through its commercial launch business, successfully launched the GeoEye-1 satellite today aboard a Delta II rocket procured from United Launch Alliance (ULA). 
	Liftoff occurred at 11:50 a.m. Pacific time from launch pad SLC-2W at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The ULA Delta II rocket deployed the spacecraft approximately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIVE COVERAGE: Delta II GeoEye-1 Launch (updated 19:50 GMT)</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6516</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6516#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6516</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	19:50 GMT (3:50 pm EDT): The successful separation of the GeoEye-1 satellite ends this launch mission.
	19:45 GMT (3:45 pm EDT): Second stage cut-off.
	19:44 GMT (3:44 pm EDT): The second stage is restarted and will burn for about 13 seconds. 
	19:44 GMT (3:44 pm EDT): The ullage rockets were fired to settle the propellants for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rocket Racing League Completes Successful Flight Test Campaign At Oklahoma Spaceport</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6529</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6529#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(RRL) - Rocket Racer Flies Record Seven Times in Four Days 
	New York, NY-The Rocket Racing League today announced the successful results of the first seven test flights of the Bridenstine DKNY Rocket Racer conducted at the Oklahoma Spaceport (OKSP), a leading facility specializing in horizontal take-off and landing of Reusable Launch Vehicles, in Burns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESA’s ATV successfully undocks from International Space Station</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6528</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6528#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>ESA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	ESA PR 36-2008. At the end of a flawless six-month mission, Jules Verne, Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle, undocked from the International Space Station today at 23:29 hours CEST. The ATV has now embarked on the last leg of its journey in space, which will end with a controlled destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESSAIM demonstrator: in-orbit experimental phase extended</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6527</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6527#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6527</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(EADS Astrium) - The DGA informed Astrium and Thales of an 18-month extension to the support contract for the ESSAIM demonstrator 
	ESSAIM: a technical and operational experiment 
	Paris – The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has awarded a support contract of 1.5 million euros to joint prime contractors Astrium and Thales, which will extend the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rosetta Steins fly-by confirmed</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6526</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6526#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>ESA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(ESA) - The Rosetta control room at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre, ESOC, received the first radio signal after closest approach to asteroid (2867) Steins at 22:14 CEST, confirming a smooth fly-by.
	Closest approach took place at 20:58 CEST ground time, 20:38 CEST spacecraft time, at a distance of 800 km. Rosetta’s relative speed with respect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Changes 2008 Shuttle Target Launch Dates, Schedules TCDT</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6525</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6525#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	HOUSTON, (NASA) &#8212; NASA has adjusted the target launch dates for the two remaining space shuttle missions in 2008. Shuttle Atlantis&#8217; STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted for Oct. 10, while Endeavour&#8217;s STS-126 supply mission to the International Space Station has moved to Nov. 12. 
	Shuttle managers made the decision after Atlantis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Saturn&#8217;s Moons</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6524</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6524#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	PASADENA, Calif., (NASA) &#8212; NASA&#8217;s Cassini spacecraft has detected a faint, partial ring orbiting with one small moon of Saturn, and has confirmed the presence of another partial ring orbiting with a second moon. This is further evidence that most of the planet&#8217;s small, inner moons orbit within partial or complete rings. 
	Recent Cassini images [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jules Verne Leaves Station, Progress Launches Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6523</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6523#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - The Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) undocked from the International Space Station Friday at 5:29 p.m. EDT. The ATV had been docked to the aft port of the Zvezda service module for five months. During that time the Expedition 17 crew members unloaded cargo and stowed trash and discarded items inside the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlantis Crew at Kennedy</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6522</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6522#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6522</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Space shuttle Atlantis&#8217; crew members visited NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday to familiarize themselves with some of the equipment they&#8217;ll use during their mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. 
	Next week, the astronauts will continue their training activities at NASA&#8217;s Johnson Space Center in Houston. 
	On Thursday afternoon, Atlantis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astrobotic - Sun-power in vacuum chamber</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6521</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6521#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	These lights radiate lunar-like sunshine within the vacuum chamber. 
	Experiments to determine limits of component performance and thermal regulation are now possible.


	
	Please feel free to discuss this topic further in the forum&#8230;

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		<title>Mystery Team: IM Interview with Discovery Space</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6520</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6520#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6520</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Mystery Team from the GLXP have posted: 
	I enjoyed a brief &#8220;Instant Message&#8221; (IM) interview with Discovery Channel&#8217;s Dave Mosher about our team last week. 
	I hope I didn&#8217;t give away too many secrets!

http://dsc.discovery.com/space/im/moon-x-prize-mystery-team.html 
	Please feel free to discuss this topic further in the forum&#8230;

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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Glonass system to comprise 30 satellites by 2011</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6519</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6519#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti) - The number of satellites comprising Russia&#8217;s Glonass navigation system will be increased from the current 16 to 30 by 2011, the head of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Friday. 
	Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite System) is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which is designed for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia backs international cooperation to address asteroid threat</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6518</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6518#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti) - Russia supports the idea of international cooperation to deal with the threat of an asteroid collision, the head of the federal space agency said on Friday. 
	&#8220;The problem really exists, and we need to think about how to solve it - naturally through broad international cooperation within the framework of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geomagnetic field: when will compass fail?</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6517</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6517#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6517</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov) - The recent trouble with the ISS, caused by simple computer virus capable of stealing logins and passwords for computer games only, was minor compared to possible environmental changes that could make space flights impossible. This could also cripple aviation and television, and even put terrestrial life at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robot Scout: Fly Me (Safely) to the Moon</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6515</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6515#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6515</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - The first attempt to land humans on the moon &#8212; Apollo 11 &#8212; was a triumph that almost ended in disaster. At just 400 feet from the lunar surface, with only about a minute&#8217;s worth of fuel remaining, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin &#8220;Buzz&#8221; Aldrin saw that their ship&#8217;s computer was taking them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Accepts Aeronautics Scholarship Applications</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6514</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6514#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	WASHINGTON, (NASA) &#8212; NASA&#8217;s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate will accept scholarship applications from Sept. 5, 2008, through Jan. 16, 2009, for the academic year beginning in fall 2009. NASA expects to award 20 undergraduate and five graduate scholarships to students in aeronautics or related fields. 
	Undergraduate students in their second year of study will receive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA To Announce Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Findings</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6513</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6513#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6513</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	WASHINGTON, (NASA) &#8212; NASA will hold a media teleconference Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 1 p.m. EDT, to discuss new results regarding the gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B, which was visible to the naked eye. 
	The burst&#8217;s optical emission is the brightest seen to date and appears to have been aimed almost directly at Earth. Extensive observations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Challenges Students to Imagine Supersonic Airliner</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6512</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6512#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	WASHINGTON, (NASA) &#8212; A new NASA competition is challenging students in high school and college to research and describe a small, supersonic airliner that could enter commercial service in the next decade. 
	During the upcoming academic year, individuals and teams of high school students will prepare well-documented short papers describing what needs to be accomplished [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlantis at the Pad</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6511</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6511#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - On Thursday afternoon, space shuttle Atlantis arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A, after its slow roll along the crawlerway from the Vehicle Assembly Building. 
	In an early-morning meeting, managers cleared the shuttle’s move after a weather briefing on the status of Tropical Storm Hanna that determined the storm would remain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jules Verne to Undock Friday</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6510</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6510#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>NASA</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - The Expedition 17 crew members made last minute equipment transfers and final preparations in the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) before they closed its hatches for the final time Thursday. 
	The ATV, filled with trash and unneeded items, is scheduled to undock from the aft port of the Zvezda service module on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spiky Probe on NASA Mars Lander Raises Vapor Quandary</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6509</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6509#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	TUCSON, Ariz., (NASA) &#8212; A fork-like conductivity probe has sensed humidity rising and falling beside NASA&#8217;s Phoenix Mars Lander, but when stuck into the ground, its measurements so far indicate soil that is thoroughly and perplexingly dry. 
	&#8220;If you have water vapor in the air, every surface exposed to that air will have water molecules [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ariane 5: Nine launches with 17 satellites in 12 months</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6508</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6508#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>Arianespace</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(Arianespace) - Arianespace confirmed that high performance, reliability and increased launch tempo go hand-in-hand with its nine successful Ariane 5 missions that orbited 17 payloads in 12 months. 
	These flights were performed from August 14, 2007 to August 14, 2008, providing accurate payload deliveries for a broad range of international customers.  As a result, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aerojet Completes Additional Risk Reduction Engine Testing for NASAs Orion Crew Module</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6507</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6507#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Aerojet) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, successfully completed a hot-fire testing program of NASA’s Orion Crew Module’s 160 lb. thrust mono-propellant engine. Test program objectives were met by demonstrating pulse mode operation of the engine at expected Orion flight conditions. 
	The altitude/pulse mode hot fire test program consisted of 87 engine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronauts: Past and Present</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6506</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6506#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6506</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - An all-star gathering of legendary American astronauts appeared in Cleveland Aug. 29, 2008 to celebrate NASA&#8217;s 50th anniversary. 
	John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, Jim Lovell, veteran of two Apollo missions, and Kathryn Sullivan, the first woman to walk in space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlantis is Headed for the Launch Pad</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6505</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6505#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - At 9:19 a.m. EDT this morning, space shuttle Atlantis began its slow trek from Kennedy Space Center&#8217;s massive Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A, a journey that should take approximately six hours. 
	Managers met at 5:30 a.m. for a weather briefing on the status of Tropical Storm Hanna before making the final [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last-ever look at ESA&#8217;s gravity satellite GOCE</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6504</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6504#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>ESA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(ESA) - As preparations for the launch of GOCE on 10 September continue on schedule, an important milestone has just been achieved as engineers at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia say farewell to the satellite as it is encapsulated in the two half-shells of the launcher&#8217;s fairing.
	Now sealing the slender five-metre long GOCE (Gravity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GMES in Lille on 16 and 17 September</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6503</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6503#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(CNES) - The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme, one of Europe’s flagship projects alongside Galileo, will be in the spotlight for two days in September at the Grand Palais, Lille. 
	Key CNES contribution
	Officially integrated into Europe’s space strategy in November 2001, GMES is also the main European component of the international Global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOCE Project Manager: Interview with Danilo Muzi</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6500</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6500#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>ESA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6500</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(ESA) - Danilo Muzi has been responsible for managing ESA&#8217;s GOCE Project since the mission was selected for implementation at the end of 1999. His role has involved setting up, coordinating and managing the many components that make up this challenging mission.
	Danilo Muzi, an Italian national, began working at ESA&#8217;s European Space Research and Technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA&#8217;s Michoud Assembly Facility to Resume Operations Thursday</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6499</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6499#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	NEW ORLEANS, (NASA) &#8212; NASA&#8217;s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans is fully operational and will reopen Thursday, Sept. 4. The workforce will conduct safety inspections of the facility with the goal of resuming normal production operations of the space shuttle external tank&#8217;s assembly line on Monday, Sept. 8.
	Based on initial assessments, there was no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Goddard Invites Public To See &#8220;Launchfest&#8221;!</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6498</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6498#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	GREENBELT, Md., (NASA) - The public is invited to come and see the expertise, technology and challenges associated with space exploration when NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight Center holds its Launchfest open house Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. 
	Learn about exciting new missions as NASA Goddard prepares for an unprecedented year of 15 major science launches. Admission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D.C. and Baltimore Media Invited to Briefings for Hubble Telescope Shuttle Mission</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6497</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6497#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6497</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	GREENBELT, MD., (NASA) – NASA will hold a series of news media briefings Sept. 8 - 9 to preview the space shuttle&#8217;s fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA Television and the agency&#8217;s Web site will provide live coverage of the briefings from the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media Briefing on Use of Earth Data to Support National Priorities</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6496</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6496#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	WASHINGTON, (NASA) &#8212; NASA will hold a media teleconference on Monday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m. EDT, to present the results of a study on how the U.S. government currently uses Earth science information to manage resources and protect public health. 
	The report is the latest in a series from the U.S. Climate Change Science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA TV To Air The Next Space Station Cargo Ship Arrival</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6495</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6495#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	HOUSTON, (NASA) &#8212; The residents of the International Space Station will receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies next week. NASA Television will broadcast its arrival live. 
	Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko and Greg Chamitoff are awaiting the arrival of the unpiloted ISS Progress 30 resupply craft, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Station Crew Continues Preparing ATV for Undocking</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6494</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6494#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - The Expedition 17 crew of the International Space Station continued to prepare the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for its undocking Friday. 
	The crew readied and tested the ATV’s proximity communications equipment Wednesday in preparation for its undocking from the aft port of the Zvezda service module. The Jules Verne delivered more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlantis - Ready to Roll</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6493</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6493#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Space shuttle Atlantis tentatively is scheduled to roll out Thursday from Kennedy Space Center&#8217;s massive Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A, with its six-hour trek set to begin at 10 a.m. EDT. 
	Managers will first meet at 5:30 a.m. for a weather briefing on the status of Tropical Storm Hanna before making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astronaut Steve MacLean Appointed President of the Canadian Space Agency</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6492</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6492#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	CAMBRIDGE, Ontario, (CSA) — The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) today appointed Dr. Steve MacLean as President of the CSA.
	&#8220;Dr. MacLean is a modern hero and is very highly respected among academic, industrial and international partners,&#8221; said Minister Prentice. &#8220;His appointment as President is evidence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thales Alenia Space statement concerning Eutelsat W5</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6491</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6491#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Cannes, (Thales Alenia) - The W5 satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications experienced an anomaly on June 16, 2008, concerning its power supply subsystem. 
	An inquiry board was immediately set up, and after extensive studies, has issued a ruling concerning the definitive loss of one of the satellite&#8217;s two solar panels. Eutelsat, in conjunction with experts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA&#8217;s Carl Sagan Fellows to Study Extraterrestrial Worlds</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6490</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6490#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	PASADENA, Calif., (NASA) &#8212; NASA announced Wednesday the new Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars. 
	Planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, are being discovered at a staggering pace, with more than 300 currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utopian Plain</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6489</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6489#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - A boulder-strewn field of red rocks stretches across the horizon in this self-portrait of Viking 2 on Mars&#8217; Utopian Plain.
	Fine particles of red dust have settled on spacecraft&#8217;s surfaces. The same dust is responsible for Mars&#8217; salmon-colored sky as the particles hang, suspended in the atmosphere. 
	Color calibration charts for the cameras are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing Improves Testing Efficiency on US Air Force WGS Satellite Program</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6488</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6488#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	EL SEGUNDO, Calif., (Boeing) &#8212; Boeing [NYSE: BA] technicians prepare the third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for an around-the-clock sequence of tests inside a thermal-vacuum chamber at the company&#8217;s satellite manufacturing facility. 
	Boeing recently completed thermal-vacuum testing of the third satellite in record time, as a result of continuous improvements in testing efficiency. Boeing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: August 25-29, 2008</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6487</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6487#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES
August 25-29, 2008 
	o Auqakuh Vallis (Released 25 August 2008)
http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080825a 
	o Alba Patera (Released 26 August 2008)
http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080826a 
	o Arabia Terra (Released 27 August 2008)
http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080827a 

o Labeatis Fossae (Released 28 August 2008)
http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080828a 
	o Terra Sabaea (Released 29 August 2008)
http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20080829a 
	All of the THEMIS images are archived here: 
	http://themis.asu.edu/latest.html 
	NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JP Aerospace - Packages Away</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6486</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6486#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	When we head to the edge of space a lot of folks are flying with us. The big task after landing is getting everyones PongSats, ads, video and experiments back to them. This was quite the international mission. People flew with us from Australia, Canada (a lot from Canada), Belgium and Sweden and a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit the Moon</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6485</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6485#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - There&#8217;s more than one way to watch a meteor shower. 
	One, the old-fashioned way: Find a dark place with starry skies and count the meteors streaking overhead. Two, the new way: Find a dark place with starry skies and then completely ignore the meteors. Instead, watch the Moon. That&#8217;s where the explosions are. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launch Of GeoEye-1 Delayed</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6484</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6484#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The launch of the earth-imaging satellite GeoEye-1, planned for September 4, has been delayed due to the hurricane &#8220;Hanna&#8221;.
	GeoEye states: &#8220;Since the U.S. Air Force has declared HURCON 4 (Hurricane Condition 4) in Florida, some certified Delta II launch crew specialists based at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) have elected not to travel to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Clash of Clusters</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6483</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6483#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - A powerful collision of galaxy clusters has been captured by NASA&#8217;s Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. This clash of clusters provides striking evidence for dark matter and insight into its properties.
	The observations of the cluster known as MACS J0025.4-1222 indicate that a titanic collision has separated the dark from ordinary matter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA&#8217;s Stennis Remains Closed After Gustav, Will Reopen Thursday</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6482</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6482#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss., (NASA) &#8212; Because of Hurricane Gustav&#8217;s impact on employees who live in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast in south Mississippi, NASA&#8217;s John C. Stennis Space Center will remain closed Wednesday, Sept. 3. The center will reopen for normal business hours Thursday, Sept. 4. 
	For center status, Stennis employees and reporters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Concerns Postpone Atlantis Rollout</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6481</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6481#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Space Shuttle Program managers are watching the forecast of Tropical Storm Hanna as they consider the best time to roll Atlantis to Launch Pad 39A. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, which is the launch site of NASA’s shuttle fleet, is under Hurricane Condition Four, the lowest hurricane alert level. 
	Atlantis could be rolled to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Station Crew Focuses on Station Departures and Arrivals</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6480</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6480#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - The Expedition 17 crew aboard the International Space Station began a new work week Tuesday, following a Labor Day holiday weekend capped off by the departure of the ISS Progress 29 cargo vehicle. 
	Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko tagged up with specialists on the ground to review procedures for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space Tracking and Surveillance System&#8217;s Demonstration Satellites Complete Acoustic Testing At Northrop Grumman</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6479</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6479#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	REDONDO BEACH, Calif., (Northrop Grumman)(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites being built by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have successfully completed acoustic testing. 
	The two space vehicles were tested in their launch configuration, simulating the planned tandem launch on a Delta [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pratt &#038; Whitney Rocketdyne’s Heritage Lunar Engine Fired Up Once Again – This Time With Liquid Methane</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6478</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6478#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	CANOGA PARK, Calif., (Pratt &#038; Whitney) – Engineers from NASA and Pratt &#038; Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed a series of hot-fire altitude tests using liquid methane on the RS-18 engine. The tests, conducted at White Sands test facility in New Mexico, are part of the technology development for NASA’s Constellation program, and gathered important data [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jules Verne prepares for ISS departure</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6477</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6477#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>ESA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(ESA) - In just a few days time, the historical Jules Verne mission will draw to an end. After the ATV Control Centre commands the opening of the Automated Transfer Vehicle hooks, ESA&#8217;s first resupply and reboost vehicle will perform a fully automated undocking with the International Space Station on 5 September at 23:30 CEST [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two years at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6476</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6476#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(EADS Astrium) - There was lots of work to do in Bremen and the pressure to meet deadlines was high. So a group of machine fitters from the Ariane centre in Ottobrunn was dispatched to lend a helping hand to their colleagues in the north. 
	One of them was Max Speckmaier, just 22 years old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rosetta Steins fly-by timeline</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6475</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6475#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>ESA</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	(ESA) - The Rosetta spacecraft control room is buzzing with anticipation as Rosetta closes in on asteroid 2867 Steins. The fly-by timeline includes a series of critical events, culminating with closest approach - expected at 20:58 CEST, 5 September 2008.
	At the time of closest approach, Rosetta is planned to be 800 km from the asteroid, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IBEX Status Update</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6474</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6474#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, final spin-balance testing of the integrated IBEX spacecraft and upper stage booster flight stack was successfully completed on Aug. 16. The upper stage motor and the IBEX spacecraft were then moved to the Pegasus launch vehicle hangar Aug. 19-20. They will be attached to the Pegasus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RapidEye Injection Accuracy</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6473</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6473#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(ICS Kosmotras) - Following expeditious telemetry data processing, injection accuracy of five RapidEye satellites launched on 29.08.2008 from Baikonur Cosmodrome was calculated. 
	Injection accuracy, as compared with predicted orbital parameters, was: along semi-major axis (altitude) - 660m for RapidEye 1 and 70m for RapidEye 5, which separated last; orbit eccentricity accuracy was: 0.00008; orbit inclination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mars Phoenix - Analysis Begins on Deepest Soil Sample</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6472</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6472#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6472</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	TUCSON, Ariz., (NASA) &#8212; Scientists have begun to analyze a sample of soil delivered to NASA&#8217;s Phoenix Mars Lander&#8217;s wet chemistry experiment from the deepest trench dug so far in the Martian arctic plains. 
	Phoenix has also been observing movement of clouds overhead. 
	The lander&#8217;s robotic arm on Sunday sprinkled a small fraction of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOCE System Manager: Interview with Michael Fehringer</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6471</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=6471#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>ESA</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	(ESA) - Michael Fehringer is responsible for overseeing the system design of the GOCE mission, which means ensuring that the satellite and related data-processing facilities all meet the scientific and technical requirements that were originally laid down when the mission was selected.
	Michael Fehringer, an Austrian national, has been working for the GOCE Project at ESA&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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