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Shuttle Endeavour Set For March 11 Launch Of Japanese Station Module Washington (AFP) Feb 29, 2008 
US space agency NASA confirmed it would launch the shuttle Endeavour on March 11 to deliver part of a Japanese space laboratory to an orbiting station, according to a statement Friday. "We're right on the timeline," said Mike Leinbach, space shuttle launch director. "Endeavour is doing really well and we're ready to launch on the 11th." The mission team will have to venture out on five ... read more |
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ILS Announces Contract To Launch Two Sirius Satellite Radio Spacecraft On Proton Breeze M
McLean VA (SPX) Mar 03, 2008International Launch Services has signed contracts for the launch of two Sirius Satellite Radio satellites on the Proton Breeze M vehicle. Sirius expects to launch Sirius FM-6 under the contract announced. Sirius FM-6 is currently under construction at Space Systems/Loral and is anticipated to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2010. Sirius has not announced plans to utilize the second launch ... more Study casts doubt on Mars water find 
Tucson (UPI) Mar 03, 2008A U.S. scientist said high resolution images raise doubt that liquid water has been found on the surface of Mars. Jon D. Pelletier of The University of Arizona in Tucson said topographic data from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows that a bright streak in a gully on the side of a crater is probably not water. ... more China plans first spacewalk in 2008 
Beijing (UPI8) Mar 03, 2008A Chinese space official said China is preparing for the manned space program's first spacewalk later this year. Xinhua, China's state-run news service, said Chinese astronauts would be aboard the Shenzhou VII spacecraft when it is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu. Along with the spacewalk, the mission will include the release of a ... more Space Station Orbit Raised Five Clicks 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 03, 2008The orbital altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) has been increased by 5 kilometers (3 miles), a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control Center said on Thursday. "The correction of the orbit of the ISS started at 8:16 a.m. Moscow time [5:16 a.m. GMT] by using thrusters on the Russian module Zvezda," the spokesman said, adding that the procedure had lasted 123 seconds. ... more SpaceDev And SEI Win International Asteroid Mission Design Contest 
Poway CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2008SpaceDev has announced that along with teammate SpaceWorks Engineering, it has won first place in The Planetary Society's Apophis Mission Design Competition. NASA and the European Space Agency were co-sponsors of this innovative competition. The sponsors received 37 mission proposals from 20 countries on 6 continents. Apophis is a Near-Earth Asteroid that will pass between ... more |
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St. Louis MO (SPX) Mar 03, 2008Boeing claims that its more than 260 commercial and civil satellites have achieved a total of 2,500 years of service. Boeing has built one third of the approximately 250 satellites in geosynchronous orbit today. Recent satellites to enter service include DIRECTV 10, Spaceway (broadband Internet), Thuraya 3 (mobile phone service), GOES 13 (weather prediction), and the U.S. Air Force's Wideband Gl ... more Opportunity Proceeds With Caution On Sandy Slopes 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 29, 2008After recovering from a stall in Joint 1, which controls the compass orientation of the shoulder on the rover's robotic arm, Opportunity is proceeding carefully to its next target, an exposure of layered rocks known as "Gilbert." Opportunity ran the usual diagnostic tests for this sort of fault, which occurred while the rover was studying a rock target known as "Buckland," and successfully place ... more Mars Express One Of Three Orbiters Preparing For Phoenix Landing 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 29, 2008A trio of NASA and ESA spacecraft orbiting Mars are preparing for the 25 May arrival of NASA's Phoenix lander. ESA's Mars Express has already started adjusting its orbit to provide critical back-up monitoring of Phoenix. In May, when Phoenix enters the Red Planet's atmosphere at over 20 000 km/h, two NASA spacecraft - Mars Odyssey and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - will closely monitor ... more China To Carry Out First Spacewalk In Late 2008 
Beijing (XNA) Feb 29, 2008China plans to carry out its first spacewalk in second half of the year, an official of the nation's manned space program said here on Thursday. The Shenzhou VII spacecraft will be launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu latein the year and the astronauts will leave their spacecraft for the first time, the official told Xinhua. The spacecraft ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Feb 28, 2008Scientists at a Japanese university said Thursday they believed another planet up to two-thirds the size of the Earth was orbiting in the far reaches of the solar system. The researchers at Kobe University in western Japan said calculations using computer simulations led them to conclude it was only a matter of time before the mysterious "Planet X" was found. ... more Japanese cellphones to turn into 'robot' buddies 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 28, 2008For those who feel a bit lonely just talking on the phone, a Japanese company is offering a cellphone that turns into a robot buddy ready to chat. Softbank Mobile Corp.'s new mobile line looks like a small humanoid with attachable arms and legs, with the screen showing various faces. The PhoneBraver will be released in April after a character in an upcoming television drama series ... more NASA Views Landing Site Through Eyes Of Future Moon Crew 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2008NASA has obtained the highest resolution terrain mapping to date of the moon's rugged south polar region, with a resolution to 20 meters (66 feet) per pixel. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., collected the data using the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar located in California's Mojave Desert. The imagery generated by the data has been incorpo ... more NASA's Newest Concept Vehicles Take Off-Roading Out of This World 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2008In a car commercial, it would sound odd: active suspension, six-wheel drive with independent steering for each wheel, no doors, no windows, no seats and the only color it comes in is gold. But NASA's latest concept vehicle is meant to go way, way off-road -- as in 240,000 miles from the nearest pavement, driving on the moon. NASA is working to send astronauts to the moon by 2020 to set up ... more
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