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Welcome to the home of Dunfermline Astronomical Society Fife Scotland . Here you will find many other like minded enthusiasts for this wonderful hobby of ours. Throughout the year we hope to bring you the latest news in Astronomy and Space exploration as well as practical observing and Rocketry events. We need the help of anyone with an interest in the Universe and Space in general. So if your interest is Astronomy, Aeronautics, Jupiter, Mars, Orion. nebulae or the Universe and you would like to contribute please put yourself forward.

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Texas Students to Speak Live With Space Station Crew
Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Asa Low Intermediate School in Mansfield, Texas, will speak with NASA’s Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 11:50 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Astronaut Jerry Ross, First Seven-Time Flier, Retires
Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA. In a career that spanned more than three decades, Ross spent almost 1,400 hours in space and conducted nine spacewalks to rank third on the list of most extravehicular activity time in space.
NASA's J-2X Engine Kicks Off 2012 With Powerpack Testing
A new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space will begin next week at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. The tests on the J-2X engine bring NASA one step closer to the first human-rated liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen rocket engine to be developed in 40 years.