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	Space exploration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer-Earth objects and generally anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space endeavors.
		The Indian Space Research Organization, also known as ISRO, was established on August 15, 1969 under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India.
		The first reusable spacecraft, the Space Shuttle, was launched by the USA on the 20th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight, on April 12, 1981.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_flight (1400 words)

	Private rocket ship breaks space barrier - The New Space Race - MSNBC.com
		During the flight, he had to cope with a serious glitch with the flight control system that knocked the plane 22 miles off course in a matter of seconds.
		Melvill's flight has turned him into the new star on the space scene, and he was being courted by late-night and morning news TV shows.
		Monday’s test flight represented a step toward winning the $10 million Ansari X Prize, which would be awarded to the first team to send a spaceship carrying a pilot and the weight of two passengers to an altitude of 100 kilometers twice within two weeks.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5261571 (1612 words)

	Space Adventures — Orbital Spaceflight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Space Adventures is the only private company to have successfully flown clients to the International Space Station, and is the only private space exploration company with an established track record of success.
		While the Space Shuttle fleet is undergoing an operations overhaul, the regularly scheduled Soyuz TMA taxi flights have still been flown, and are now being used for all ISS crew transfers.
		Space Adventures is currently seeking candidates who wish to participate in one of the greatest experiences of a lifetime by becoming a part of the historic SA-1 mission or by flying on an ISS taxi mission.
	www.spaceadventures.com /orbital (428 words)

	Office of Space Operations
		When humans start out into deep space, e.g., on expeditions to Mars, their ships will carry elaborate health maintenance stations and one or more of the crewmembers will be medically trained because a quick return to Earth would then not be possible.
		To navigate and maneuver in space, our three coordinates are usually given the designation X, Y and Z. Then, everyone involved agrees on a "reference system", i.e., a location and orientation of the coordinate system from which all measurements and determinations are universally made.
		In the longer run, too, the Space Station is necessary as a "spaceport" for more advanced space missions by humans out into deep space, a staging point, springboard and launch platform moving at a speed (23,000 feet per second) which is already close to what it takes to embark on interplanetary flights (37,000 ft/sec).
	www.hq.nasa.gov /osf/qanda.html (4051 words)

	Spaceflight Now
		When space shuttle Discovery launched its two solid-fuel booster rockets were equipped with video cameras, providing dazzling footage of separation from the external fuel tank, their free fall and splashdown in the sea.
		Slowly pulling alongside a space rock the size of several typical city blocks, a Japanese probe is preparing to begin scooping the first dusty samples of material from the surface of an asteroid this fall for an eventual return to Earth.
		Space shuttle Discovery, riding atop a 747 carrier aircraft, safely completed the final leg of its cross-country ferry flight to the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday morning, arriving at the Florida spaceport at 9:58 a.m.
	spaceflightnow.com /news/index.html (5533 words)

	Spaceflight Now
		Space shuttle program officials Friday held a news conference at the Johnson Space Center to provide a status report on efforts to understand and fix the external tank foam insulation problems and confirm that the next launch won't happen before May 2006.
		The astronauts from space shuttle Discovery's return to flight mission recently paid a visit to Japan, the homeland of mission specialist Souichi Noguchi, and were treated to a grand parade.
		The future may not be empty for a pair of NASA space probes that are wrapping up their primary missions this year, as the agency plans to formally announce the availability of the platforms this fall to gather proposals from the academic and science communities.
	www.spaceflightnow.com /index.html (2631 words)

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		During space flight, in the absence of gravity, animal studies have shown that certain bones appear to grow in length at about the same rate as on Earth, but that the diameter of the bone is slightly smaller.
		In addition, the structure or "architecture" of the bone formed in space is different from that of animals left on Earth.
		During space flight, changes in structure and strength have been noted in both the fore limbs and hind limbs of growing male rats.
	www.nsbri.org /HumanPhysSpace/focus6/spaceflight.html (845 words)

	Space Adventures — Suborbital Spaceflight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Suborbital flight is the next generation of commercial passenger travel.
		Space Adventures has been working to shape and develop the emerging suborbital tourism industry.
		We are recognized as being the first to send private space explorers into orbit, and when it comes to suborbital spaceflight, we will again be first.
	www.spaceadventures.com /suborbital (281 words)

	Scaled.com SpaceShipOne - Historic Space Launch Attempt Scheduled for June 21
		Sub-orbital space flight refers to a mission that flies out of the atmosphere but does not reach the speeds needed to sustain continuous orbiting of the earth.
		The pilot (to be announced at a later date) of the up-coming June sub-orbital space flight will become the first person to earn astronaut wings in a non-government sponsored vehicle, and the first private civilian to fly a spaceship out of the atmosphere.
		Based on the success of the June space flight attempt, SpaceShipOne will later compete for the Ansari X Prize, an international competition to create a reusable aircraft that can launch three passengers into sub-orbital space, return them safely home, then repeat the launch within two weeks with the same vehicle.
	www.scaled.com /projects/tierone/062104.htm (974 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Private craft makes space history
		Mr Melvill said the view from space was "spectacular", and he was only sad that Mr Rutan, who he described as his "best friend in the whole world", could not have been there, too.
		Mr Rutan confirmed in a press conference that it was not a "perfect flight", and that his team would be assessing data and addressing some "anomalies" that had occurred.
		When the X-Prize is won, it could open up the skies to future tourist trips to the edge of space for those looking for something a bit different in their lives.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/3811881.stm (898 words)

	Vostok 1
		This is the first flight manual in the world for a piloted spacecraft, including instructions for all phases of flight and emergency situations.
		They agree with his position that the flight be announced as soon as the cosmonaut is safely in orbit.
		The flight is still seen as very risky - of seven Vostoks flown unmanned so far, five made it to orbit, three landed safely, but one did not.
	www.astronautix.com /flights/vostok1.htm (8327 words)

	SpaceShipOne 2004
		Live transmissions of radio communications between the ground controllers and SpaceShipOne were supposed to be broadcast throughout the flight, but in the end this didn't materialize, perhaps because of the problems on the way up, and everyone on the ground was left wondering what was happening.
		For instance, today's flight into space is actually the fifteenth flight that SpaceShipOne has made, most of them as a glider, but others under its own power (it broke the speed of sound during its first powered flight, while climbing at a forty-five degree angle).
		At the top of its trajectory there isn't enough atmosphere to use normal aircraft flight surfaces to control the attitude of the craft, so cold gas jets are used to push it one way or the other.
	www.richard-seaman.com /Aircraft/AirShows/SpaceShipOne2004 (1503 words)

	Space Flight
		Space Adventures announced this week that Olsen will be joining the crew of the Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft, currently scheduled for launch on October 1, 2005.
		This bill would streamline space tourism, allowing passengers to fly at their own risk, instead of forcing operators to take on excessive risk and insurance.
		This flight was the last in a series of three test flights by NASA in the development of its Hyper-X program, which explores alternatives to rocket power for access to space.
	www.universetoday.com /am/publish/spaceflight.html (1871 words)

	Flight... FDO!!
		NASA and the space exploration push as a whole is constantly under fire from organizations, politicians, and individuals who don't realize the benefits from space exploration.
		I was fortunate enough to have a 12 year career with NASA as a Rendezvous Flight Dynamics Officer working in the Space Shuttle Mission Control Center.
		The Society of Performers, Artists, Athletes, and Celebrities for Space Exploration, Inc. (SPAACSE) is a newly formed group that will promote space exploration through the use of celebrity endorsements and public education about the many technical spinoffs and benefits that have resulted from the space program.
	space.balettie.com (972 words)

	collectSPACE - space history, space memorabilia, space artifacts, and space collectibles
		The dedicated space auctions hosted by Aurora and other houses offer collectors one of the few gauges of the demand for space items.
		Crew mates Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng were photographed on their way to the pad wearing a circular patch sewn on the center of their spacesuits.
		At the time of landing, the Expedition 11 astronauts had logged 179 days in space, which brought Krikalev up to a career total of about 803 days - the most for any space traveler.
	www.collectspace.com (999 words)

	Affordable Space Flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Yet here we are, 35 years after the first manned landing on the Moon, struggling to launch the Space Shuttle 6 times a year at $500 to $600 million per flight, and no one talks about making the development of Affordable to the Private Individual Space Flight a primary goal of NASA.
		This section is taken from a NASA publication that was compiled by David Smitherman at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama.
		We need answers to the problem of Affordable to the Individual Space Flight and it really doesn't matter which idea it is as long as it is the one with the lowest possible user cost.
	www.affordablespaceflight.com (1721 words)

	New Scientist Breaking News - 'Anomalies' in first private spaceflight revealed
		The flight of the first private astronaut was not as perfect as it first appeared - a number of glitches occurred during the flight, some potentially catastrophic.
		Melvill's first frightening moment on the historic flight came at the very instant he flipped the switch to turn on the hybrid rocket motor.
		"I was ready to hit the switch" to turn off the motor and abort the flight, he said, but the craft remained steady and he was able to continue and achieve the 100 kilometre altitude that officially makes him an astronaut.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn6052 (620 words)

	CNN.com - Private craft soars into space, history - Jun 23, 2004
		A loud bang Melvill heard during the flight appeared to be a nonessential part of the composite airframe buckling near the rocket nozzle.
		Rutan said the flight, which went from a concept in 1995 to reality less than a decade later, was the realization of a long dream.
		The nonprofit X Prize Foundation is sponsoring the contest to promote the development of a low-cost, efficient craft for space tourism in the same way prize competitions stimulated commercial aviation in the early 20th century.
	www.cnn.com /2004/TECH/space/06/21/suborbital.test (1114 words)

	NASA - Space Shuttle
		Engineers are moving closer to resolving the problem of large foam insulation falling off space shuttle external fuel tanks during launch.
		NASA is using the May 3 to 23, 2006, launch window as a target for work to prepare Discovery for the mission.
		Continued shuttle safety testing and a trip to the international space station are planned for the next space shuttle mission.
	www.nasa.gov /mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html (318 words)

	Space history - aviation history, rocket pioneers history, NASA space history to space shuttle history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It could be said that the history of space flight began almost from the dawn of mankind.
		This history is far too vast to cover it all here so we will try to reveal the modern history of space flight, from the flight of the first airplane and first liquid fueled rocket to a detailed look of every Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz (ASTP) mission.
		For a look into the future, we have a list of every proposed space shuttle flight through 2004 with its flight number, STS number, orbiter, proposed shuttle launch date, major payload, number of crew and the commander.
	www.thespaceplace.com /history/space.html (379 words)

	Space Flight Related Fatal Events
		The three cosmonauts, who all died from a lack of oxygen, were not wearing space suits.
		As a result of this failure, hot exhaust gases escaped out of the side of the solid rocket motor that in turn led to a major structural failure of the launch vehicle about 73 seconds after liftoff.
		Columbia was in the re-entry phase of flight after a 16-day mission and its intended destination was the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
	www.airsafe.com /events/space.htm (359 words)

	Space Art in Children's books 1950's to 1970's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		They are of the new generation to which space travel is not going to be a dream of the future but an everyday job with everyday worries in which they will be engaged" Willy Ley, 1951.
		These books outlined the future the children of the "baby boom" would grow up in, the world of space (example).
		The illustrations in these books show facts (as they were known) mixed in with the fantasy of space flight and led many of the readers of these books to "dream of space".
	sun3.lib.uci.edu /~jsisson/john.htm (329 words)

	China Successfully Completes First Manned Space Flight
		China completed its first manned space flight Thursday when the Shenzhou V capsule with astronaut Yang Liwei returned safely to Earth, sparking celebrations and a pledge of a new mission within two years.
		She said the unveiling of the Chinese and United Nations flags by Yang while in orbit was intended to highlight the pursuit of peaceful space exploration.
		China is likely to aim for a space station in 2008, and, in close contest with India, an unmanned mission to the moon the same year, experts forecast.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/china-03zo.html (1206 words)

	Orbiter - A free space flight simulator
		ORBITER is a free flight simulator that goes beyond the confines of Earth's atmosphere.
		Launch the Space Shuttle from Kennedy Space Center to deploy a satellite, rendezvous with the International Space Station or take the futuristic Delta-glider for a tour through the solar system - the choice is yours.
		Planetary motion, gravitation effects, free space and atmospheric flight are accurately modelled.
	orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk /orbit.html (729 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| China space launch counts down
		Chinese President Hu Jintao and other senior leaders are believed to have flown to the Jiuquan space base to watch the launch, which would see China become only the third nation to put a man in space.
		Yang was brought up in the north-east "rustbelt" of Liaoning, and is the son of a teacher and an official from an agricultural firm, a local party official told Reuters news agency.
		A report in the Jiefang Daily said the spacecraft was likely to be launched during the daytime and be carried by a Long March CZ-2 F rocket.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3189416.stm (525 words)

	SPACE.com - Something Amazing Every Day
		Continuing coverage of NASA's preparation to return the space shuttle to operations.
		Launch and land on a weightless flight from NASA's Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 5.
		A supermassive fl hole sits at the center of the spiral galaxy NGC 1097, a mass of stars surrounded by a ring of dust.
	www.space.com (347 words)

	Encyclopedia Astronautica
		Updated and expanded: Orbital Launch Vehicle launch logs - ISS Flights updated with historical daily status reports - Chronology - Additional Russian and American space engineer and manager biographies - Astronaut Records and Statistics and Women of space...
		China's Space Programme...including the new Chang'e lunar probes, Chinese Space Laboratory, Shenzhou Circumlunar, and Long March New Generation, KT-2 and KT-2A launch vehicles!
		Space Cadet - the dream of space that died
	www.astronautix.com (970 words)

	StarChild: Space Travel
		The astronauts had to use special tools to collect rock samples on the Moon because they could not bend over in their spacesuits.
		The space age began in 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world's first man-made satellite.
		These space structures serve as both a home and a laboratory for space travelers.
	starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/StarChild/space_level1/travel.html (280 words)

	Food for Space Flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		As more experience in spaceflight is gained, food systems for space travelers will continue to improve.
		While the science of space nutrition is still relatively young, potential benefits to people on Earth will certainly arise from it.
		Space nutrition research may also help in understanding the problems of deterioration of people restricted to hospitals and nursing homes.
	liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov /academy/astronauts/food.html (150 words)

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