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Iran gives details on controversial space launch Tehran (AFP) Feb 19, 2008 
Iran said on Tuesday a probe it sent into space on the back of rocket had reached an altitude of 200 kilometres (125 miles) and returned to earth after minutes, the student news agency ISNA reported. Kavoshgar (Explorer) was launched earlier this month on what Iran touted as its first rocket to be sent into space on a mission to prepare for the launch of its first home-produced satellite ... read more |
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STS-122 Prepares For Landing
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 20, 2008The crew of space shuttle Atlantis is spending today getting ready for their return home and the end of the STS-122 mission. As part of the preparations, the astronauts performed a test earlier today of the steering jets - or thrusters - that will be used to position the orbiter for re-entry. They did not test the four aft orbiter maneuvering system vernier thrusters. These share a common ... more NASA MidSTAR-1 Successful Technologies May Be Revolutionary 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Two new technologies launched onboard a U.S. Naval Academy satellite called MidSTAR-1 have proven successful in their tests in space. One technology is a sensor that can check for harmful chemicals and the other is a special "film" that can control heat. These technologies were collaboratively developed between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; NASA's Ames Research Center ... more China set to launch record number of spacecraft in 2008: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2008China will launch a record number of spacecraft this year, state media reported Tuesday, amid a rise in tensions among world powers over the militarisation of space. China plans to send up more than 10 missions this year, said Yang Baohua, head of the China Academy of Space Technology, according to the China Daily. "China's space technology has entered a new stage. The design and manufacture ... more Columbus External Experiments Installed During Spacewalk 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 20, 2008Astronauts have successfully completed a spacewalk to install the Columbus external experiment facilities, SOLAR and the European Technology Exposure Facility. The facilities will now be activated and checked out before starting to collect the first data later this month. Spacewalkers Rex Walheim and Stanley Love started the spacewalk at 14:07 CET, slightly ahead of schedule. With assistance ... more Cassini Finds Mingling Moons May Share A Dark Past 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Despite the incredible diversity of Saturn's icy moons, theirs is a story of great interaction. Some of them are pock-marked, some seemingly dirty, others pristine, one spongy, one two-faced, some still spewing with activity and some seeming to be captured from the far reaches of the solar system. Yet many of them have a common thread -- black "stuff" coating their surfaces. "We are ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Using the giant dish at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, radio astronomers have discovered evidence of hydrogen cyanide and methanimine, two carbon compounds that can combine with water to make the amino acid glycine. Because proteins are composed of amino acids, the new results make distant space seem a bit more hospitable to life. Except that life is highly unlikely to exist in the tempestuous ... more Time flies in space, astronauts on shuttle mission say 
Paris (AFP) Feb 16, 2008Astronauts helping install a European laboratory at the International Space Station said Saturday time flies out there when the work is satisfying, though weightlessness takes some getting used to. The seven crew members of the shuttle Atlantis and their three colleagues on the ISS spoke to journalists through a live link up from space. US space shuttle Atlantis has been docked to the ISS ... more Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions 
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 18, 2008Like salt used as a preservative, high concentrations of dissolved minerals in the wet, early-Mars environment known from discoveries by NASA's Opportunity rover may have thwarted any microbes from developing or surviving. "Not all water is fit to drink," said Andrew Knoll, a member of the rover science team who is a biologist at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ... more Many Nearby Sun-Like Stars May Form Rocky Planets 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 18, 2008Astronomers have discovered that terrestrial planets might form around many, if not most, of the nearby sun-like stars in our galaxy. These new results suggest that worlds with potential for life might be more common than we thought. University of Arizona, Tucson, astronomer Michael Meyer and his colleagues used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to determine whether planetary systems like our ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2008Commercial, weightless flights will be offered this weekend at Moffett Field, Calif., under the terms of an agreement with the Zero Gravity Corp, Las Vegas. Although corporation officials said the first flight scheduled Saturday, Feb. 16 is already sold out, additional flights will be scheduled later this year. "We're delighted to have signed this historic agreement with ZERO-G," said Ames ... more MIT To Lead Development Of New Radio Telescope Array On Lunar Farside 
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 18, 2008NASA has selected a proposal by an MIT-led team to develop plans for an array of radio telescopes on the far side of the moon that would probe the earliest formation of the basic structures of the universe. The agency announced the selection and 18 others related to future observatories on Friday, Feb.15. The new MIT telescopes would explore one of the greatest unknown realms of astronomy, ... more US scientists pinpoint 14 top technological challenges 
Boston, Massachusetts (AFP) Feb 16, 2008The US National Academy of Engineering has announced the grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century that, if met, would improve people's lives. The list of 14 tasks was unveiled Friday by a diverse committee of experts from around the world, convened at the request of the US National Science Foundation. "Tremendous advances in quality of life have come from improved technology ... more Iran says its space probe sending data to earth 
Tehran (AFP) Feb 17, 2008Iran on Sunday said a probe it sent into space on the back of rocket whose launch caused international concern was sending data back to earth from an altitude of up to 250 kilometres (155 miles). Kavoshgar (Explorer) was launched earlier this month on what Iran touted as its first rocket to be sent into space on a mission to prepare for the launch of its first home-produced Iranian satellite ... more
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