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India's Moon Mission Likely To Be Put Off To June Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 15, 2008 
Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, scheduled to be launched in April, is likely to be postponed to June, an Indian Space Research Organisation official said on Tuesday. The much-awaited mission was originally scheduled to be held on April nine or April 23 from India's spaceport of Sriharikota. "Now, it looks doubtful in April. We are working on a (different) PSLV mission ... read more |
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Astronauts complete successful spacewalk
Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2008Two spacewalking astronauts, including a German who fell ill at the start of the shuttle Atlantis mission, successfully replaced a nitrogen tank on the orbiting International Space Station on Wednesday, NASA said. After spending the night in a decompression chamber on the ISS, the two astronauts, American Rex Walheim and his German colleague Hans Schlegel, walked out into space at 1427 GMT ... more Arecibo Observatory Astronomers Discover First Near-Earth Triple Asteroid 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Once considered just your average single asteroid, 2001 SN263 has now been revealed as the first near-Earth triple asteroid ever found. The asteroid -- with three bodies orbiting each other -- was discovered this week by astronomers at the radar telescope at the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Cornell and Arecibo astronomer Michael C. Nolan said he a ... more Schlegel Completes First Spacewalk 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 15, 2008ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel today completed his first ever spacewalk. The second spacewalk of the STS-122 Shuttle mission lasted six hours 45 minutes. Shortly after the spacewalk officially started to 15:27 CET (14:27 UT), Schlegel and NASA astronaut Rex Walheim headed out of the International Space Station's Quest Airlock. The spacewalkers main task was to replace a nitrogen tank used to ... more STS-122 Spacewalkers Complete Second Outing As Mission Extended 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 14, 2008Astronauts Rex Walheim and Hans Schlegel completed the second of STS-122's three scheduled spacewalks at 4:12pm EST. The excursion lasted six hours and 45 minutes. The spacewalkers completed the removal of an expended Nitrogen Tank Assembly and the installation of a new one on the P1 truss. The tank is part of the orbital outpost's cooling system. With the help of the station's robot ... more All systems go for SKorea's space-ready kimchi 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 13, 2008A specially engineered version of kimchi, South Korea's beloved pickle dish, has been cleared for a historic space mission this year, officials said Wednesday. The bacteria-free kimchi, developed by top Korean scientists, will blast off along with the country's first astronaut after being approved by Russian space authorities, they said. Instant noodles, cinnamon tea and uncooked organic ... more |
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Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Feb 14, 2008Scientists on the Cassini mission have become out-of-this world "plumbers" as they try to piece together what's happening inside the "pipes" feeding the plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Enceladus is jetting out giant geysers three times the size of the moon, and now scientists are beginning to understand how the ice grains are created and how they might have formed. Knowing the process ... more Lockheed Martin-Built A2100 Satellite Fleet Achieves 200 Years In Orbit 
Newtown PA (SPX) Feb 14, 2008Lockheed Martin's A2100 communications satellite fleet recently achieved a major milestone by accumulating 200 years of successful in-orbit operations. The A2100 satellite series, designed and manufactured at Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, currently consists of 34 satellites featuring 1254 transponders with an accumulated lifetime of over 7800 years of successful operations ... more Gearing Up For World's Largest Rocket Contest 
Arlington VA (SPX) Feb 13, 2008Students around the country are testing altimeters and trimming tail fins in anticipation of qualifying for the final round of the Sixth Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge in May. A total of 643 middle and high school teams from 43 states and the District of Columbia have registered for the world's largest rocket contest and are designing and building their vehicles by hand. The contes ... more Jules Verne ATV Launch Approaching 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 13, 2008After the successful launch of ESA's Columbus laboratory aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on Thursday (7 February), it is now time to focus on the next imminent milestone for ESA: the launch of Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to be sent to the International Space Station. The 20-tonne European resupply and space-tug module will be carried into orbit by a special versio ... more |
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Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 13, 2008A University of Illinois at Chicago scientist will lead a team testing a robotic probe in a polar-style, under-ice exploration that may have out-of-this world applications. But the team will keep to a venue that's much closer to home. Peter Doran, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at UIC, lead the team working in the icy waters of Lake Mendota off the campus of the University ... more ILS Proton Launches THOR 5 Satellite 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Feb 12, 2008A Proton launch vehicle successfully lifted the THOR 5 satellite into orbit today, marking the first mission of the year for International Launch Services, and the second Proton flight in two weeks. The Proton Breeze M vehicle, built by ILS partner Khrunichev Space Center of Moscow, lifted off from Pad 39 at the cosmodrome at 5:34pm today local time (6:34am EST, 11:34 GMT). After a ... more Astronauts launch first space walk of Atlantis mission 
Houston (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Two astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis stepped out into space Monday on the first walk of the current mission, to prepare the European research laboratory Columbus for hooking up to the International Space Station, NASA said. Astronauts Rex Walheim and Stanley Love emerged from the decompression chamber of the International Space Station at 1413 GMT, 22 minutes before the planned ... more Two Canadians to blast off into space in 2009 
Ottawa (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Two Canadian astronauts will participate in space missions next year, the government said Monday. Julie Payette will serve as a mission specialist on NASA's space shuttle Endeavour in April 2009. The shuttle crew will deliver the last elements of the Kibo laboratory contributed by the Japanese space agency to the International Space Station. The following month, Robert Thirsk will take ... more
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