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Dragon Spacecraft Completes Cargo Loading Milestone Hawthorne CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently conducted a three-day long demonstration of cargo loading and unloading procedures for its Dragon spacecraft, which NASA has contracted to provide delivery services to the International Space Station (ISS) starting in 2010.
SpaceX hosted a group of NASA personnel at its corporate headquarters in Hawthorne, CA, including astronauts Marsha Ivi ... read moreOrbital Sciences Happy While Lockheed Is Sad 
Dulles VA (SPX) Feb 04, 2010Orbital Sciences has announced the company's strong support for the Obama Administration's new direction for the country's civil space programs, as outlined in the recently-released GFY 2011 proposed budget for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Under a new five-year program for the 2011-2015 period, NASA intends to stimulate the development of advanced technologies ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Obama trims US space ambitions
Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2010Facing budgetary constraints, President Barack Obama will scale back US space ambitions, abandoning plans to return to the moon by 2020 and confining NASA to lower orbits for years to come. The shift will be unveiled Monday when Obama presents his 2011 budget blueprint to Congress, according to an external White House advisor. "Constellation is dead," the advisor told AFP on Friday, refe ... more CSF Comments On NASA Commercial Crew Program And Budget Increase 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 01, 2010The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is issuing the following statement applauding NASA's anticipated announcement of a $6 billion competitive, commercial crew program and welcoming the President's show of support for NASA with his significant planned increase for NASA's overall budget: Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation: "NASA investment in the co ... more India Looks To Global Effort For Manned Mars Mission 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 29, 2010The maiden human space flight to Mars would be a global mission through a consortium by 2030, a top Indian space official said Wednesday. 'Manned mission to Mars will be a global effort and will be undertaken by a consortium of space-faring nations,' Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Radhakrishnan told reporters here. Noting that international collaboration and co ... more India plans manned space mission in 2016 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Jan 27, 2010India will launch its first manned space mission in 2016 in a bid to match space pioneers such as Russia and the United States, a top official said Wednesday. The government had already approved plans for a human space flight project by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and last year gave the go-ahead for funding of around 2.8 billion dollars. ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan ... more |
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Integral Systems Helps NASA Modernize Space Network
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 27, 2010Integral Systems has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, RT Logic has been awarded a contract by Honeywell Technologies Solutions Inc. (HTSI) to supply narrowband and wideband modems for NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) User Services Subsystem Replacement (USSR) program. RT Logic is leading a team that includes General Dynamics C4 Systems to help modernize th ... more Concordia Calling 
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 26, 2010Altitude 3200 m, air pressure 645 hPa, minimum temperature -85 degrees C, completely flat landscape, almost total isolation and virtually inaccessible from February to November. Welcome to the science paradise, Concordia research station on the Antarctic highland. The door is open for research groups from all over Europe. The high and dry ice plateau around Concordia, considered to be one ... more Swiss pilots aim to circle world in a solar-powered plane 
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 23, 2010Bertrand Piccard is no conventional environmental activist -- he hopes to raise awareness about the potential of renewable energy by flying a solar-powered aircraft around the world. "What we want to do is to fly day and night to show that, with renewable energies, you can have unlimited duration of flight, no restriction," Piccard told AFP at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, whe ... more Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2009 Report 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 21, 2010The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, a congressionally mandated group of independent experts established after the 1967 Apollo 1 fire, has released its 2009 annual report. Following the 2003 space shuttle Columbia accident, Congress directed the ASAP to submit an annual report to Congress and the NASA administrator documenting the panel's observations and recommendations. This year's report advises NASA on issues that have potential to directly or indirectly impact the safety of astronauts, NASA personnel, contractors, programs and missions. "The panel's report provides a summary of key safety-related issues the agency confronts at this time," ASAP Chairman Joseph W. Dyer said. ... more |
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