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Space X Falcon 9 Facing More Delays As Shuttle Replacement Looms Cape Canaveral, FL (UPI) Mar 04, 2008 
The first launch in the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Service has been postponed until June 2009. SpaceX announced the delay of the Falcon 9 launch Friday, saying it was putting off the launch for nine months, Florida Today reported. Roger Gilbertson, a spokesman for the company, said the postponement was at SpaceX's request. But he said there are no technical glitches ... read more |
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Ariane 5 Star One C2 Satellite Launch Campaign Underway
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 05, 2008Thales Alenia Space's Star One C2 telecommunications platform is undergoing processing in the Spaceport's clean room facilities, where it completed the fit-check process this week with an adapter unit that serves as the satellite/launch vehicle interface. To be used by Brazil's Star One telecommunications operator, Star One C2 carries a payload of 28 C-band transponders, 16 Ku-band transponders, ... more Breaking The Silence On Shenzhou 
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 04, 2008In less than nine months, China will probably take the next step in its human spaceflight program. The mission of Shenzhou 7 will produce China's first spacewalk, along with an extended mission involving three astronauts on the spacecraft. Shenzhou 7 promises to be China's greatest achievement in human spaceflight to date, aside from the historical significance of China's first human space ... more Siberian Shepherd Seeks A Million Rubles Over Rocket Fragment Fall 
Novosibirsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 05, 2008A shepherd in Russia's southwestern Siberian Altai Republic is to seek over $40,000 in damages from the Russian space agency Roscosmos over a fragment of rocket that fell into his yard on February 5. "Boris Urmatov [the shepherd] is preparing to file a lawsuit demanding compensation to the sum of about 1 million rubles [over $40,000]," a local administration official told RIA Novosti. ... more Tenacious Spirit Might See Rover Through Martian Winter 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 05, 2008Spirit has achieved a northerly tilt of 29.9 degrees! As a result, based on power projections, Spirit has a fighting chance of surviving another winter on Mars, if the weather and environment cooperate. Plans for sol 1471 (Feb. 22, 2008) called for a test of the stability of Spirit's new perch prior to using the rock abrasion tool by having the rover touch the Martian surface with the Mo ... more ILS To Launch Two SIRIUS Radio Satellite On Proton Breeze M 
McLean VA (SPX) Mar 05, 2008International Launch Services has announced a contract 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. 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 launc ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2008A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars has taken the first ever image of active avalanches near the Red Planet's north pole. The image shows tan clouds billowing away from the foot of a towering slope, where ice and dust have just cascaded down. The High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took the photograph Feb. 19. It is one of approximately 2,400 ... more Liquid Water Found Flowing On Mars - Not Yet 
Tuscon AZ (SPX) Mar 04, 2008Liquid water has not been found on the Martian surface within the last decade after all, according to new research. The finding casts doubt on the 2006 report that the bright spots in some Martian gullies indicate that liquid water flowed down those gullies sometime since 1999. "It rules out pure liquid water," said lead author Jon D. Pelletier of The University of Arizona in Tucson. ... more Craters In Caloris 
Laurel MD (SPX) Mar 04, 2008As MESSENGER sped by Mercury on January 14, 2008, the Narrow Angle Camera of the Mercury Dual Imaging System captured this image, which includes the edge of the planet against the blackness of space. Much of the foreground shows a portion of Caloris basin, one of the largest impact basins in the solar system. The large crater in the bottom middle of this image has a diameter of about ... more Faster Than A Speeding Bullet: Why We Track The Trash 
Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Mar 04, 2008"Near-Earth objects can travel up to 17,000 miles per hour, so a collision with a launching or orbiting satellite or with a manned space craft, could be catastrophic," said Terje Turner of AFSPC Air, Space and Nuclear Operations directorate. "Every space launch requires that these objects be tracked closely in order to avoid accidental collisions." Air Force Space Command is always busy with ... more |
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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 (UPI) 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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