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    May 19, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. SpaceX pushes back the final frontier

    If all goes as planned, sometime this morning a spacecraft will blast off from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and ride a fiery plume of contrails upward through the pre-dawn darkness to begin a two-week journey to the International Space Station and back. But the flight won't be just another NASA resupply mission. Instead, the Falcon 9 rocket and its unmanned Dragon cargo capsule built by Space Exploration Technologies Corporation — SpaceX for short — will be the first commercially owned and operated vehicle ever to rendezvous with the station's orbiting astronauts.
    If all goes as planned, sometime this morning a spacecraft will blast off from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and ride a fiery plume of contrails upward through the pre-dawn darkness to begin a two-week journey to the International Space Station...

    Tags: Fiction, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Virgin Group, Ltd., Air Transportation, Companies and Corporations

    2. May 22, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. SpaceX launches rocket to International Space Station

    Space Exploration Technologies is vying to be the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and its mission got off to a successful start with a launch this morning.
    Space Exploration Technologies is vying to be the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and its mission got off to a successful start with a launch this morning. A Dragon spacecraft launched from the company's...

    Tags: Orbital Sciences Corporation, Business Enterprises, Companies and Corporations, Satellite Technology, NASA

    3. May 25, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. SpaceX rocket carries Maryland science project into space

    As the space capsule called Dragon hurtled toward the International Space Station at about 17,500 miles per hour on Friday, no space enthusiast was more enthralled than Paul Warren, a self-described "nerd" who attends Henry E. Lackey High School in Charles County.
    As the space capsule called Dragon hurtled toward the International Space Station at about 17,500 miles per hour on Friday, no space enthusiast was more enthralled than Paul Warren, a self-described "nerd" who attends Henry E. Lackey High School in...

    Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Rocketry, Science, National Institutes of Health

    4. May 31, 2012 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  4. Weird Science: Hopkins physics lab celebrates 70 years

    Some of the world's greatest innovations were conceived in the humblest of places, and that was certainly true of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
    Some of the world's greatest innovations were conceived in the humblest of places, and that was certainly true of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. When it opened its doors in 1942, in a former used-car dealership in Silver Spring,...

    Tags: Howard County, Employment Opportunities, Science, Johns Hopkins University, Amputation

    5. Jun 5, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Three chances to see the International Space Station

    After you watch the transit of Venus tonight, keep your eyes trained to the sky for a glimpse of the International Space Station. And in case clouds block it, there are two more chances this week. The space station appears in the sky as a steadily moving...

    Tags: SpaceX

    6. Mar 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. NASA (finally) launches five rockets in five minutes from Wallops

    NASA successfully launched five rockets early this morning after nearly two weeks of delays, and here's what it looked like in case you missed it.
    NASA successfully launched five rockets early this morning after nearly two weeks of delays, and here's what it looked like in case you missed it. The rockets released chemical tracers that allow scientists to study patterns of the jet stream. The...

    Tags: NASA

    7. Jun 15, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. NASA rocket launch to be visible from Ocean City on Thursday

    A NASA rocket launch scheduled at Wallops Flight Facility on Thursday morning will provide a show as far away as the Maryland and Delaware beaches.
    A NASA rocket launch scheduled at Wallops Flight Facility on Thursday morning will provide a show as far away as the Maryland and Delaware beaches. The space agency is launching a research rocket with 17 experiments on board. The experiments were...

    Tags: NASA, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), St. Mary's City, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia)

    8. May 2, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Skywatching opportunity: Aquarid meteor shower this weekend

    Clouds blocked our view of the recent Lyrid meteor shower, but there is another chance to see “shooting stars” this weekend. The Eta Aquarids are expected to peak in the early mornings of Saturday and Sunday.
    Clouds blocked our view of the recent Lyrid meteor shower, but there is another chance to see “shooting stars” this weekend. The Eta Aquarids are expected to peak in the early mornings of Saturday and Sunday. The meteors come from a cloud...

    Tags: NASA, Supermoon

    9. Apr 5, 2012 |Story| Associated Press
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    Tags: Satellite Technology, Science, Barbara A. Mikulski

    10. Apr 11, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Watch the International Space Station fly over Baltimore tonight

    Baltimoreans can get a nice look at the International Space Station tonight – late enough to be visible but early enough for the kids to watch before bedtime. The station will appear as a bright, swiftly moving star just over the southwest...

    Tags: NASA

    11. Apr 17, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Day trips: Welcome Discovery, celebrate Earth Day

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    Washington Space Shuttle Discovery, National Air and Space Museum The space shuttle Discovery soared around the Washington Monument and the White House in a salute to the nation's capital Tuesday before landing for the last time near its new home at...

    Tags: Alison Krauss, Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Illinois, Rocketry, Science

    12. Apr 18, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Windsor Mill man pleads guilty in Chinese software piracy case

    A Windsor Mill man, a former NASA employee, has pleaded guilty in Delaware federal court to buying more than a million dollars' worth of pirated software from black-market Chinese vendors who themselves were indicted Wednesday in federal court in...

    Tags: Employees, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, NASA, Chengdu (China), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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