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NYT
The launch of a rocket owned by the private company SpaceX and carrying cargo for the International Space Station was aborted at the last second early Saturday.
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SpaceX launch aborted; next attempt Tuesday
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The launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 this morning was aborted at literally the last second — the sensors detected too high a pressure in a combustion chamber in one of the engines. Apparently this didn’t put the rocket in any danger, but it was outside the limits for an allowable launch so the computer shut things down.
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Ker Than
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National Geographic News
SpaceX Aborts Launch to Space Station
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An engine problem caused the rocket to automatically abort seconds before liftoff. Mission managers now hope to try again Tuesday.
SPACE.com
Possible Rocket Engine Problem Triggered SpaceX Launch Abort
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SpaceX's first Falcon 9 rocket launching toward the International Space Station ignites its nine main engines briefly in this NASA photo shortly before aborting the launch try on May 19, 2012 due to an unexpected engine sensor reading. The Falcon 9 rocket will now launch the Dragon cargo capsule to the space station on May 22.
Msnbc.com
Possible rocket engine problem triggered SpaceX launch abort
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A potential rocket engine problem may be to blame for the unexpected abort of a private SpaceX rocket launch before dawn on Saturday, officials said.
Phys.org
SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last minute
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the unmanned Dragon capsule, sits on the launch pad on May 18 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in south Florida. The capsule will be launched to the International Space Station in what may be a historic mission for private spaceflight.
New Scientist
Lots of nail biting on the eve of a historic launch
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The SpaceX Dragon capsule is prepared for a mission to the International Space Station, and officials are managing expectations
New Scientist
Launch scrub hits first commercial ISS mission
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SpaceX misses its 1-second-long launch window - but there will be another opportunity to launch the rocket on Tuesday
Nancy Atkinson
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Universe Today
T-0 Launch Abort for Dragon
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SpaceX’s attempt to launch their Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft was aborted by the computer at T-0 due to a high pressure reading on engine 5 of the first stage. The rocket’s nine main engines were ignited, but were automaticalaly shut down before liftoff. The vehicle was safed with no apparent other issues. [...]
Ken Kremer
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Universe Today
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Poised at Pad to Open New Space Era
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is now poised at the launch pad and set to open a completely new era in spaceflight. Hopes are sky high that Saturday mornings Falcon 9 launch represents the dawn of the commercial era in spaceflight akin to the startup of the commercial airline industry early in the 20th Century [...]
Keith Cowing
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NASA
CASIS Unveils A New Website That Is Already Broken
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Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Debuts New Website at iss-casis.org "Today, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization managing research on the International Space Station (ISS), announced the unveiling of a new website ( www.iss-casis.org ) that will serve as a portal for researchers, ...
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SpaceX launch aborted at last second
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Technical woes cited; Rocket was to bring supplies to space station and make history as first privately-funded vehicle to do so
Science
Rocket Liftoff Aborted A Half-Second Before Launch
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The privately funded, unmanned spacecraft was attempting its first flight to the International Space Station. The spacecraft had a one-second window to take off, and the failed launch means it won't be trying again for at least a few days.
Unknown Lamer
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Falcon 9 Launch Aborted At Last Minute
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ClockEndGooner writes "Sadly, SpaceX had to abort its launch of the Falcon 9 to the International Space Station this morning due to higher than expected pressure levels in one of its engine chambers. NASA and SpaceX have another launch window scheduled for early next week." Probably better than an engine failing during launch; hopefully ...
Science
Failure To Launch: SpaceX Delays Mission
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With NASA's help, SpaceX is trying to send the first commercial spaceship to the International Space Station. The launch was aborted Saturday morning, but there will be another opportunity on Tuesday. Host Scott Simon speaks with NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce.
Jason Paur
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Wired Top Stories
The Launch Pad: SpaceX Falcon 9 Ready for Liftoff
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Take a tour of the launch pad where SpaceX will attempt to make history May 19 by launching its Dragon capsule for a rendezvous with the International Space Station.
Jason Paur
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Wired Top Stories
SpaceX Launch Aborted As Engine Ignition Begins
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This morning?s scheduled launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was scrubbed with less than a second remaining on the countdown clock due to higher-than-expected pressure in one of the rocket?s engines.
Adam Mann
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Wired Top Stories
Space Double-Feature Weekend: SpaceX Launch and Solar Eclipse
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Check out Wired's website this weekend for all your space needs: the SpaceX launch on Saturday, May 19, and an annular solar eclipse in Sunday, May 20.
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An Indian woman wonders how she can possibly trust her husband. After all, two months into their marriage, he still hasn't changed his Facebook status.
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New lawsuit takes aim at Facebook privacy
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A videographer shoots the side of Facebook's Like Button logo at the entrance of the Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park, California. A new lawsuit consolidating several complaints about Facebook's privacy policies was filed Friday in California, seeking damages for US users of the social network for improper tracking.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three protesters arrested on terrorism-related charges ahead of the NATO-summit considered targeting U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign headquarters and the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, according to court documents released on Saturday.
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CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to strain supplies.
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A glorious celebration: Queen watches troops parade at Windsor Castle as RAF fly past to mark Diamond Jubilee New Royal Hotness takes Cannes! Charlotte Casiraghi of Monaco dazzles on the red carpet Monaco royal easily eclipsed Hollywood stars
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Next solar eclipse is an annular or ring eclipse on May 20-21. There’s also the transit of Venus on June 5-6. You’ll need solar filters, or indirect viewing method.
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Can a Solar Eclipse Really Blind You?
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People in the western United States, Pacific and parts of Asia will have the chance to see a partial solar eclipse on Sunday (May 20). While it may be tempting to brush off warnings against looking up at this eclipse bare-eyed, don't: The light of an eclipse really can damage your eyes — though warnings of total blindness are likely ...
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SPACE.com
How to Safely Observe Sunday's Solar Eclipse
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The safest and simplest technique to observe and photograph the eclipse is to use your telescope (or one side of your binoculars) to project a magnified image of the sun’s disk onto a shaded white piece of cardboard. This view was taken near Boston during the partial solar eclipse on Christmas Day 2000.
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SPACE.com
Why Sunday's Solar Eclipse 'Ring of Fire' Will Be Rare Sight
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When the moon blots out the sun in a solar eclipse on Sunday (May 20), producing a "ring of fire" in the sky, it will cover roughly 94 percent that of the sun and offer a rare view of our nearest star.
Damonddb
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StarDate Online
Annular Eclipse
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The Sun and Moon will team up to produce a brilliant ring of fire across the western United States tomorrow afternoon — an annular solar eclipse. The eclipse occurs because the Moon will pass directly between Earth and Sun, covering the Sun’s disk. But the Moon is near its farthest point from Earth, so it won’t be quite big enough to cover ...
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China allowed a blind legal activist, Chen Guangcheng, to leave a hospital in Beijing on Saturday and board a plane bound for the United States, a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.
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Colinneagle writes with an excerpt from Network World: "Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London began trials of a Kinect-driven camera last week that would sense body position, and by waving his or her hands, the surgeon can sift through medical images, such as CT scans or real-time X-rays, while in the middle of an operation. During surgery, a ...
There is one version of Craig Venter’s life story where he would’ve been a dutiful scientist at the National Institutes of Health, a respected yet anonymous researcher in genetics, perhaps. Thankfully, Venter saw that story line developing—and set about making sure it never happened.
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I was recently appointed the Assistant Director of the Yale Cancer Center with the portfolio of Diversity/Disparities. While I’m not sure I’m the most qualified for this, it has gotten me thinking a lot about diversity, disparities, and what it means to achieve health equity. Too often, I think, we are plagued by narrow thinking [...]
 
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A partnership between Nestlé, The Forest Trust and a leading palm oil supplier may have created a new model for more sustainability
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This week's Science is a special issue focusing on human conflict. As you might expect, the issue includes an article focusing on Steven Pinker's book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined . The article is by Andrew Lawler, who talked with a number of bioarchaeologists who focus on violence and warfare in ancient societies [ ...
A Tyrannosaur fossil suspected to have been smuggled from Mongolia is set to be auctioned May 20. Scientists want the fossil to be donated to science and say the sale would further fuel illegal looting of fossils.
In the 70 years that have passed since Joseph Schumpeter coined the term "creative destruction," economists have struggled awkwardly with how to think about growth and innovation. Born of the low-growth agricultural economies of 18th Century Europe, the dismal science to this day remains focused on the question of how to most efficiently ...
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The size of a baby's head is often related to neurological disorders, such as autism - which affects 1 in 88 children. Now, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have identified genes responsible for head size at birth by inserting human genes into zebrafish. The study is published online in the journal Nature. Nicholas Katsanis, Ph.D., ...
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Triple Pundit
Here's the idea: pay farmers (who are otherwise sitting idle) to grow cassava, incentivize them to grow some healthier food products while they're at it, turn the cassava into ethanol, develop an-ethanol-burning stove that hits all sorts of pain points for the women of urban centers who are otherwise stuck with dirty, inefficient charcoal stoves,
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How do you define a “good” doc? I was reading the patient responses to an article here on KevinMD.com and was saddened by how many of the patients were angry with their docs. Anger is an unhealthy emotion! One of the respondents was particularly angry about the “unnecessary” tests her doc performed on her and [...]
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