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News: Storm forces NASA to call off underwater simulation China says to launch unmanned space-docking craft Prototype passenger spaceship poised for launch U.S. astronaut eager for "sports car" space ride Crop scientists now fret about heat not just water Soyuz rocket places satellites into orbit Europe's oldest nuclear reactor to close early Back space taxis or pay more for Russian rides: NASA Japanese team wins Australian solar car race Space taxi delays spur Bigelow Aerospace layoffs Oldest Sumatran orangutan in U.S. dies at age 56 Turning wood into oil, in two simple steps Analysis: ViaSat's growth hinges on satellite launch Russians see room for moonbase in lunar lava caves Japan still considering total nuclear power pullout Storm forces NASA to call off underwater simulation Wed,26 Oct 2011 12:13 PM PDT Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA evacuated astronauts and scientists participating in an underwater space simulation in the Florida Keys over concerns about Hurricane Rina, officials said on Wednesday. Full Story Top China says to launch unmanned space-docking craft Tue,25 Oct 2011 11:22 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday it will launch within weeks its first spacecraft capable of docking with a module it put into orbit last month, in what will mark a crucial test of its growing space program. Full Story Top Prototype passenger spaceship poised for launch Mon,24 Oct 2011 01:28 PM PDT Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A prototype passenger spaceship developed by privately owned Space Exploration Technologies arrived in Florida on Sunday for launch on a practice cargo run to the International Space Station, officials said on Monday. Full Story Top U.S. astronaut eager for "sports car" space ride Mon,24 Oct 2011 09:41 AM PDT Reuters - STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. astronaut Daniel Burbank said on Monday he was eager to fly Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station, likening it to a sports car and NASA's space shuttle to a big truck. Full Story Top Crop scientists now fret about heat not just water Mon,24 Oct 2011 09:39 AM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Crop scientists in the United States, the world's largest food exporter, are pondering an odd question: could the danger of global warming really be the heat? Full Story Top Soyuz rocket places satellites into orbit Fri,21 Oct 2011 08:38 AM PDT Reuters - KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz rocket successfully blasted off from French Guiana on Friday bearing the first two satellites in Europe's Galileo global positioning system, a much-heralded mission that will redraw commercial competition in space. Full Story Top Europe's oldest nuclear reactor to close early Fri,21 Oct 2011 08:32 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's oldest nuclear reactor at Britain's Oldbury power station will close down 10 months earlier than expected in February next year after operator Magnox decided that running the 44-year-old reactor was no longer economically viable. Full Story Top Back space taxis or pay more for Russian rides: NASA Thu,20 Oct 2011 10:36 AM PDT Reuters - LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - An extra year of buying rides for astronauts to the International Space Station will cost the United States $450 million -- money that would be better spent speeding development of private space taxis, NASA's deputy administrator said on Thursday. Full Story Top Japanese team wins Australian solar car race Thu,20 Oct 2011 12:59 AM PDT Reuters - CANBERRA (Reuters) - A team from Japan won a world solar car race through Australia's outback on Thursday, after battling more than 3,000 km (1,800 miles) of remote highways, dodging kangaroos and other wildlife and avoiding a bushfire. Full Story Top Space taxi delays spur Bigelow Aerospace layoffs Wed,19 Oct 2011 04:30 PM PDT Reuters - LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - A start-up space company building inflatable habitats for commercial and government lease has laid off half its staff because of delays developing space taxis needed to fly people to the outposts, the company president said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Oldest Sumatran orangutan in U.S. dies at age 56 Tue,18 Oct 2011 07:31 PM PDT Reuters - SACRAMENTO, Calif (Reuters) - Ginger, the oldest known Sumatran orangutan in the United States, was euthanized on Tuesday at the Sacramento Zoo to prevent further suffering from various age-related ailments. She was 56. Full Story Top Turning wood into oil, in two simple steps Tue,18 Oct 2011 01:11 PM PDT Reuters - ORONO, Maine (Reuters) - Efficiency and simplicity have long eluded renewable-fuel researchers, but a Maine scientist has developed a two-step process he says can make oil from the cellulose in wood fiber. Full Story Top Analysis: ViaSat's growth hinges on satellite launch Tue,18 Oct 2011 12:41 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - After being plagued by delays, U.S. satellite and wireless communications systems maker ViaSat Inc plans to send its most advanced satellite into orbit. Full Story Top Russians see room for moonbase in lunar lava caves Tue,18 Oct 2011 11:55 AM PDT Reuters - STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - The United States may have put the first man on the moon, but Russian scientists and space explorers are now gazing at a new goal -- setting up a colony on the moon. Full Story Top Japan still considering total nuclear power pullout Tue,18 Oct 2011 08:24 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Japan has not ruled out the possibility of complete closure of its nuclear power stations as one option for the country's future energy policy after the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years, economy minister Yukio Edano said. Full Story Top

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