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	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Training Continues for Discovery Crew</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7882</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - At NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians are preparing space shuttle Discovery for its move from Orbiter Processing Facility-3 to the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, scheduled for 6:30 a.m. EST Wednesday. 
	Before the shuttle can start its journey, workers will roll the Orbiter Transport System underneath the vehicle&#8217;s belly. A crew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Station Crew Installs Hardware; EXPOSE-R Loose Connector Found</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7881</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7881#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Science experiments and hardware installation filled the Expedition 18 crew’s time Tuesday as the International Space Station soared 220 miles above the Earth. 
	After a morning inspection of the space station, crew members, Commander Mike Fincke and flight engineers Yury Lonchakov and Sandy Magnus, performed body mass measurements. These measurements provide a general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA&#8217;S Fermi Telescope Unveils a Dozen New Pulsars</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7880</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7880#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7880</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	GREENBELT, Md., (NASA) &#8212; NASA&#8217;s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars and has detected gamma-ray pulses from 18 others. The finds are transforming our understanding of how these stellar cinders work.
	&#8220;We know of 1,800 pulsars, but until Fermi we saw only little wisps of energy from all but a handful of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gamma-Ray Burst Offers First Peek at a Young Galaxy&#8217;s Star Factory</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7879</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7879#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Astronomers combining data from NASA&#8217;s Swift satellite, the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, and other facilities have, for the first time, identified gas molecules in the host galaxy of a gamma-ray burst. 
	The explosion, designated GRB 080607, occurred in June. &#8220;This burst gave us the opportunity to &#8216;taste&#8217; the star-forming gas in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA&#8217;s Swift Shows Active Galaxies Are Different Near and Far</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7878</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7878#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - An ongoing X-ray survey undertaken by NASA&#8217;s Swift spacecraft is revealing differences between nearby active galaxies and those located about halfway across the universe. Understanding these differences will help clarify the relationship between a galaxy and its central black hole. 
	&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot we don&#8217;t know about the workings of supermassive black holes,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7877</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7877#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Mission: NOAA-N Prime 
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Date: February 4, 2009
Launch Window: 2:22:01 - 2:32:01 a.m. PST 
	Testing has been successfully completed on the solar array harness. Though no fault indications in the harness were found, two wires were disconnected to remove a possible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MDA to provide critical solution for International Space Station</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7876</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7876#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Richmond, B.C., (MDA) - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has increased its funding to expand the scope of the existing contract with MDA to provide support for the Mobile Servicing System, including building a spare Latching End Effector for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cassiopeia A Comes Alive Across Time and Space</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7875</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7875#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7875</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(Harvard) - Two new efforts have taken a famous supernova remnant from the static to the dynamic. A new movie of data from NASA&#8217;s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows changes in time never seen before in this type of object. And, an unprecedented and dramatic three-dimensional visualization of the same remnant by a separate team is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arianespace will apply its Service &#038; Solutions capabilities to meet market needs in 2009 and beyond</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7874</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7874#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Arianespace</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(Arianespace) - Arianespace will build on the successes achieved in 2008 with the expansion of its launch vehicle family and a continuation of the company’s unmatched operational flexibility this year, providing the tools needed to meet changing conditions in the commercial marketplace.
	These were the key messages of Chairman &#038; CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall at Arianespace’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arianespace wins contract from Intelsat</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7873</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7873#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>Arianespace</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(Arianespace) - Arianespace announced today that it has signed a contract with the international satellite operator Intelsat, for the launch of one satellite, with the option to launch four more satellites. 
	With this latest contract, covering the launch of one satellite, with the option to launch four more satellites between 2011 and 2015, Arianespace’s launch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JP Aerospace - Working the Problem</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7872</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7872#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>JP Aerospace</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	JP Posts:
	We had a handful of ideas on how to better seal the end caps. Our goal was to reach 3.4 psi. The new caps weren’t ready yet so we used the existing caps. This made the test easer to measure.
	We know how much the existing cap seals leak. We tried each modification. On each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Astronauts Connect With Lucky Las Vegas School Students</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7871</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7871#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. &#8212; Journalists are invited to join a group of Las Vegas students who &#8220;struck it rich&#8221; and have an opportunity to chat with NASA Expedition 18 astronauts Mike Fincke and Sandra Magnus, who are aboard the International Space Station. The live chat will take place on Thursday, Jan. 8, from 10:10 a.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Picture: The Towers</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7870</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7870#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - On Launch Pad 39B at NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center, a crane completes construction of one of the towers in the new lightning protection system for the Constellation Program.
	Other towers are being constructed at left and behind the service structures on the pad. Each of the three new lightning towers will be 500 feet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team Frednet - One rover, two rovers&#8230; many rovers?</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7869</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7869#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	If you have followed Team FREDNET during the last few months you have probably noticed that our team members are working on two very different rover designs. Why do we develop several designs instead of focusing our efforts on the design?
	The thing is that we are trying to build up a large and engaged community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harnessing space energy</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7868</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7868#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev, for RIA Novosti) - European Union leaders agreed during the Brussels summit on global warming to cut 1990 levels of carbon dioxide emissions 20% by 2020. 
	However, some researchers theorize that global warming is ending and that world temperatures will cool in the foreseeable future. 
	Naturally, this does not mean that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA-Funded Study Reveals Hazards of Severe Space Weather</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7867</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7867#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	WASHINGTON, (NASA) &#8212; A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth. 
	The National Academy of Sciences in Washington conducted the study. The resulting report provides some of the first clear economic data that effectively quantifies today&#8217;s risk of extreme conditions in space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silicates in Alien Asteroids</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7866</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7866#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - This plot of data from NASA&#8217;s Spitzer Space Telescopes shows that asteroid dust around a dead &#8220;white dwarf&#8221; star contains silicates &#8212; a common mineral on Earth. The data were taken primarily by Spitzer&#8217;s infrared spectrograph, an instrument that breaks light apart into its basic constituents. The yellow dots show averaged data from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Seeks Concept Proposals for Ares V Heavy Lift Rocket</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7865</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7865#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	WASHINGTON, (NASA) &#8212; On Monday, Jan. 5, NASA issued a request for proposal for the Ares V rocket that will perform heavy lift and cargo functions as part of the next generation of spacecraft that will return humans to the moon. The request is for Phase I concept definition and requirements development for the Ares [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Station Crew Works on Science, Continues EXPOSE-R Troubleshooting</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7864</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7864#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Aboard the International Space Station Monday, Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Sandra Magnus installed the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) in the U.S. Destiny laboratory. The CIR will house hardware to do further research on combustion in microgravity. 
	Fincke also installed the Passive Rack Isolation System, or PaRIS, in Destiny. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STS-119 - Back to the Space Business for 2009</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7863</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7863#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7863</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Returning from the holiday break, space shuttle Discovery&#8217;s crew is back in training for its upcoming STS-119 mission to the International Space Station targeted to launch Feb. 12. 
	The astronauts are in the Virtual Reality Laboratory at NASA&#8217;s Johnson Space Center in Houston practicing robotic techniques. During the mission they will be working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falcon 9 Progress Update</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7862</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7862#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>SpaceX</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(SpaceX) - Monday, January 5th, 2009
The New Year got off to a great start for SpaceX with integration of Falcon 9 being completed a day ahead of schedule. Focus then shifted to the launch mount and erector and over the weekend, our team has made incredible progress.
	Over the last few days, we flipped the launch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Dwarfs Don&#8217;t Hang Out With Stars</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7861</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7861#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Brown dwarfs, objects that are less massive than stars but larger than planets, just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble found only two brown dwarfs as companions to normal stars. This means the so-called &#8220;brown dwarf desert&#8221; (the absence of brown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Jupiters Must Gain Weight Fast</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7860</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7860#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Long Beach, CA, (Harvard) - The planet Jupiter gained weight in a hurry during its infancy. It had to, since the material from which it formed probably disappeared in just a few million years, according to a new study of planet formation around young stars. 
	Smithsonian astronomers examined the 5 million-year-old star cluster NGC 2362 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dead Stars Tell Story of Planet Birth</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7859</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7859#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	PASADENA, Calif., (NASA) &#8212; Astronomers have turned to an unexpected place to study the evolution of planets &#8212; dead stars. 
	Observations made with NASA&#8217;s Spitzer Space Telescope reveal six dead &#8220;white dwarf&#8221; stars littered with the remains of shredded asteroids. This might sound pretty bleak, but it turns out the chewed-up asteroids are teaching astronomers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Change of Seasons on Mars</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7858</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7858#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Summer turned to autumn for the Phoenix Mars Lander on December 26, 2008. This image, taken on December 21 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA&#8217;s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the lander during the last waning days of northern hemisphere summer. 
	The image was acquired at 3:31 pm Local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPACEHAB To Support Pre-Launch Preparations For Russian Module</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7857</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7857#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7857</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(SPACEHAB) - Aerospace Veterans Secure Work on Final Shuttle Flight 
	Houston, Texas – SPACEHAB, Incorporated (NASDAQ: SPAB), a leading provider of commercial space services, reached an agreement in principal with RSC Energia, Russia&#8217;s largest manufacturer of aerospace and space equipment, to provide facilities and support services for its Mini Research Module (MRM1). The MRM1 will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Mission Update: FERMI</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7856</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7856#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Gamma rays, the highest energy form of light, are produced by the hottest regions of the universe: supernova explosions, black holes, neutron stars and pulsars.
	Launch Announcer: &#8220;Lift off of the Delta Rocket carrying GLAST, a gamma ray telescope searching for unseen physics in the stars of the galaxies.&#8221; On June 11, 2008, the Gamma-ray Large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESA Director General to meet the press in Paris</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7854</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7854#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	ESA PR 02-2009. On Wednesday 14 January 2009, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain will meet the press at ESA Headquarters in Paris.
	The gathering will start at 08:30 with breakfast, followed at 09:00 by a press briefing to review the Agency’s activities in 2008 and look ahead to those of 2009, a year set to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week On The Space Show</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7853</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7853#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Space Show, hosted by David Livingston under www.TheSpaceShow.com, will have the following guests this week:

1. Monday, January 5, 2009, 2-3:30 PM PST (22-0:30 GMT)
Martin Schwab comes to the show to discuss his consulting work featuring space in a crucial role. Martin Schwab is completing his Ph.D. in international relations at the University of Hawaii [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Picture: Lonely Galaxy</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7852</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7852#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Astronomers have long puzzled over why a small, nearby, isolated galaxy is pumping out new stars faster than any galaxy in our local neighborhood.
	Now NASA&#8217;s Hubble Space Telescope has helped astronomers solve the mystery of the loner starburst galaxy, called NGC 1569, by showing that it is one and a half times farther [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team STELLAR Moving Quickly in the New Year</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7851</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7851#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Jeff Krukin posts an update:
	First and foremost, a Happy NewSpace New Year to all!
	Following-up on multiple discussions during the last few months, Team STELLAR is moving quickly in 2009 to connect with new talent and expand its support base in Virginia. Two significant events deserve to be highlighted:
	1. Team STELLAR has been invited to speak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next Giant Leap - Keeping the shiny side up!</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7850</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7850#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	GLXP Team Next Giant Leap post a blog update:

A recent NASA article about the landing hazards faced by the six Apollo landers describes just how challenging it is to find a &#8220;safe&#8221; place to land on the lunar surface. (See Four Out of Six Apollos Recommend ALHAT )
	This article highlights the importance of Guidance, Navigation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speed Up - Laramie Rose &#038; upper stage progress</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7849</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7849#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Speed Up post a progress update stating:
	Nothing much happened between the last update and the Lunar Lander Challenge in October. Since then, we’ve started working on Laramie Rose again. We found two things that need to be fixed. The IMU wasn’t communicating. We sent it back to Crossbow, and they found that its I/O board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Year, a New Shuttle Mission</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7848</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7848#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Now that 2009 has begun, the STS-119 astronauts will resume training for their upcoming flight aboard space shuttle Discovery.
	Even astronauts get some time off during the holidays. STS-119 Commander Lee Archambault, Pilot Tony Antonelli, Mission Specialists Joseph Acaba, John Phillips, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold and Koichi Wakata headed home to be with family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Station Crew Wraps Up Busy Week</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7847</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7847#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Klaus Schmidt</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	(NASA) - Following a light-duty day to mark the beginning of the new year, the Expedition 18 crew of the International Space Station wrapped up the week Friday, installing and troubleshooting hardware, unloading cargo and completing medical proficiency training. 
	Efforts to finalize the installation and configuration of the new Advanced Resistive Exercise Device were put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Copenhagen Suborbital - HATV Update</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7846</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7846#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7846</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Kristian von Bengtson updates us with a small blog update:
	Yesterday, Peter, Christoffer and I finished the production and casting of both HATV-nozles. We are also close to having the second HATV-grain done. Two sets of injectors where produced. Plans where done on launch site options and launch tower construction and shipping.

Pease feel free to dscuss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unreasonable Rocket - Designing a chamber&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7845</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7845#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Paul Breed posts:
	So you want to design a chamber, there are many ways to do this. My method is not real rigorous, but here it is.
	First know what you want. For this example:
	* 90% peroxide /kerosene with a solid catalyst.
	* 915 lbs max thrust. (This is 125% of max weight for my notional 180 sec [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Science On Display At American Astronomical Society Meeting</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7844</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7844#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
	<category>NASA</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7844</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	WASHINGTON - NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of astrophysics topics during the 213th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting. The meeting runs from Sunday, Jan. 4, through Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Long Beach Convention &#038; Entertainment Center, 300 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, Calif.
	News briefings held during the meeting will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Image of the Day Gallery - Happy New Year From Cassini!</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7843</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7843#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7843</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Cassini-Huygens mission team sends their best wishes for a happy, healthy and safe new year across our solar system. We&#8217;ve enjoyed sharing the stunning images and exciting results of Cassini&#8217;s four years at Saturn .

The Cassini program is an international cooperative effort involving NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian space agency, Agenzia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>N-Prize - Draft Changes to Currency Conversion Rule</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7842</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7842#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7842</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Paul has posted a small change regarding currency conversions:
	Old rule 14:
14. Currency Conversion. Expenditure in foreign currencies will be converted to £UKstg, based on the exchange rate published in the London Financial Times on the day the entrant first registers for the N-Prize (see &#8216;How to Enter&#8217;). Please note that the prize itself will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. firm advertizes private space walk at $45-55 mln</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7841</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7841#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - Space Adventures, a U.S.-based company that organizes private space flights under an arrangement with Russia&#8217;s space agency, has published a price list for &#8220;space services&#8221; on its website.
	&#8220;Today, for the first time, Space Adventures offers spaceflight participants the unique opportunity to walk in space&#8221; at $45-55 million a go, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Station Crew Does Troubleshooting, Science, Maintenance</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7840</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7840#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The International Space Station&#8217;s Expedition 18 crew focused its attention on troubleshooting, maintenance and science experiments Wednesday.

Commander Mike Fincke worked to remove a stuck launch restraint bolt on the new Advanced Resistive Exercise Device preventing its assembly and activation. Initial attempts at the removal of the bolt proved unsuccessful and further analysis of the bolt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space Systems/Loral Selected to Provide Communications Satellite to Intelsat</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7839</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7839#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7839</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec 31, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) &#8212; Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space &#038; Communications (Nasdaq:LORL) and the world&#8217;s leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it has finalized a previously announced satellite contract award to provide a new spacecraft to Intelsat, the leading provider of fixed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Bill Richardson Announces Spaceport America and Virgin Galactic Sign Historic Lease Agreement </title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7838</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7838#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	SANTA FE - Governor Bill Richardson today announced that Virgin Galactic has signed a 20 year lease agreement with the State of New Mexico. Virgin Galactic’s world headquarters will be established in New Mexico and its operations will be located at New Mexico’s Spaceport America, the nation’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport.
	“The signing of this agreement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kennedy Space Center Celebrates NASA&#8217;s 50 Years in 2008, Eyes Next 50</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7837</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7837#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7837</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	CAPE CANAVERAL, - Fla. While employees at Kennedy Space Center celebrated the first 50 years of NASA in 2008, they also were working on missions and projects that will carry the space agency into the next five decades and beyond.
	NASA commemorated its 50th anniversary on Oct. 1 and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex helped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Kicks Off 2009 First Robotics Season With Live Broadcast</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7836</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7836#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA Television will broadcast the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Kickoff event on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, at 7 a.m. PST from Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester.
	During the live broadcast, FIRST Robotics founder Dean Kamen will reveal the competition scenario for 2009, launching a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stellar Fireworks</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7835</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7835#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Stellar Fireworks
	Looking for all the world like a New Year&#8217;s fireworks display, this image from NASA&#8217;s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the nasty effects of living near a group of massive stars: radiation and winds from the massive stars (white spot in center) blast planet-making material away from stars like our sun. The planetary material can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space year crisis-free</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7834</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7834#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Space Race News</category>
		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	MOSCOW. (Andrei Kislyakov for RIA Novosti) - Russia&#8217;s space industry is ending the year without mishaps. Although old headaches and problems are still there, things have not changed for the worse, and that is quite an achievement in our troubled times.
	Despite the crisis, Russia is leading the world in rocket launches. On December 25, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crew Installing New Exercise Device</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7833</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7833#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Expedition 18 crew Tuesday focused on collecting science data and the installing new exercise hardware aboard the International Space Station.
	Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Sandy Magnus worked together on the installation of the new Advanced Resistive Exercise Device, delivered to the orbital complex during the STS-126 space shuttle mission in November. Fincke noted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falcon 9 is now fully integrated at the Cape!</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7832</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7832#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Falcon 9 is now fully integrated at the Cape! Today we mated the 5.2 m payload fairing to the Falcon 9 first stage (see below). This was the final step in the integration process—one day ahead of schedule.

With Falcon 9 integrated, our focus shifts to the big launch mount and erector. All the pieces have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA TV&#8217;s This Year @NASA</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7831</link>
		<comments>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7831#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	This Week At NASA…
	From the exploration of space and the Universe, to understanding Earth’s environment; from cutting-edge research, to community involvement; from education to inspiration. 
	NASA owes its mission success to thousands of dedicated men and women at the agency’s headquarters and ten centers nationwide: Ames, Dryden, Glenn, Goddard, the Jet Propulsion Lab, Johnson, Kennedy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Report Reviews Crew Safety Measures During Columbia Accident, Recommends Improvements</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7830</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	HOUSTON &#8212; NASA has completed a comprehensive study of crew safety equipment and procedures used during the space shuttle Columbia accident with recommendations for improving the safety of all future human spaceflights.
	A media teleconference will be held at 3 p.m. CST Tuesday to discuss the report. To participate, reporters must contact NASA’s Johnson Space Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High School Robotics Competition Kicks Off on Jan.</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7829</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	CLEVELAND &#8212; More than 280 students from 25 high schools will get their first glimpse at the challenge that awaits them in the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition at a kickoff event on Jan. 3, 2009.
	The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Cuyahoga Community College&#8217;s Unified Technology Center at 2415 Woodland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Image of the Day - Ready for a Lift</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7828</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	After dark at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour was attached to the sling that lifted it off the shuttle carrier aircraft underneath.
	Endeavour landed in California, bringing to a close the STS-126 mission and was returned to Florida on a piggyback flight atop the shuttle carrier aircraft. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Copenhagen Suborbitals Status Update</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7827</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	Peter posts:
	HATV
	The first HATV fuel grain is now finished and has been inspected and found to be in fine shape. Number two has begun casting.
	Work on nozzle graphite steel jacket and motor casing stated today. Two units, HATV 01 and HATV 02 are build in parallel.
	Read more at http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/

Please feel free to discuss this topic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JP Aerospace - 3.05 psi</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	JP Posts:
	We repaired the test air beam then glued support strips over the end seams. The end cap was changed to add another inner cell clamp. The strength is good, it will sit and hold 3.05 psi all day.
	The seals still don’t cut it. I had to keep the compressor running continuously to maintain pressure. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SpaceX - Falcon 9 Progress Update</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7825</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The integration of Falcon 9 continued steadily through the long Christmas holiday, and the images below show just how close Falcon 9 is to being completely integrated. 
	Whether measured by weight or by cost, the majority of the Falcon 9 being assembled is actual flight hardware. If there are no unexpected delays, its possible Falcon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Station Crew Sends Multilingual New Year&#8217;s Greetings</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7824</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	The International Space Station’s Expedition 18 crew members sent down good wishes for the New Year in nine different languages on Monday, a day filled with science and maintenance work.

Flight Engineer Sandra Magnus collected samples from the station’s new Water Recovery System and analyzed water samples using the Total Organic Carbon Analyzer, or TOCA. She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Epoxi Spacecraft Soars Past Home</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7823</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	The NASA/JPL Epoxi spacecraft flew within 43,000 kilometers (26,700 miles) of Earth today. The Epoxi mission is scheduled to fly past comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 4, 2010.
	
Artist concept of Epoxi.

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

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		<title>Mars Rovers Near Five Years Of Science And Discovery</title>
		<link>http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7822</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robiwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	PASADENA, Calif. &#8212; NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity may still have big achievements ahead as they approach the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars.
	Of the hundreds of engineers and scientists who cheered at NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 3, 2004, when Spirit landed safely, and 21 days later [...]]]></description>
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