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Shuttle Endeavour Lifts Off In Smooth Midnight Launch Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 11, 2008 
US Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted into space at 0628 GMT Tuesday, carrying Japan's first space lab to the International Space Station. Two minutes after launch Endeavour jettisoned its twin solid rocket boosters as it soared far above the Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle crew of seven, including Japanese astronaut Takao Doi, is on a 16-day mission to install the first stage of ... read more |
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China's Recoverable Moon Rover Expected In 2017
Beijing (XNA) Mar 12, 2008China will have a recoverable moon rover, which will carry back lunar soil samples, by 2017 if technical research "progresses smoothly," said the chief designer of Chang'e-1, the country's first moon probe, here Tuesday. China plans to land a probe on the moon in 2013, said Ye Peijian, chief commander and designer of probe's satellite system, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ... more Jules Verne On Track For Long Journey To ISS 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 12, 2008Following an overnight recovery operation, Jules Verne ATV's propulsion system has successfully been restored to full robustness. The spacecraft has since performed the first orbital manoeuvres necessary to set up phasing with the International Space Station. Flight control and engineering support teams analysed the data coming from the Automated Transfer Vehicle's on board computers which ... more STS-123 Begins First Full Day In Space 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 12, 2008Circling the globe aboard space shuttle Endeavour, the STS-123 crew members have begun their first full day in space. The astronauts are spending today inspecting the orbiter's heat shield and preparing for their arrival at the International Space Station Wednesday. Crew members will use the shuttle's robotic arm and Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) to check out the underside of Endeavour ... more Watching Alpha Centauri 
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2008A rocky planet similar to Earth may be orbiting one of our nearest stellar neighbors and could be detected using existing techniques, according to a new study led by astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The closest stars to our Sun are in the three-star system called Alpha Centauri, a popular destination for interstellar travel in works of science fiction. UCSC graduate ... more NASA Ames Selected For Return To Moon Team 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2008A scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center is one of 24 researchers selected to join the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission to explore and measure geological features on the moon's surface. Scheduled for launch later this year, the mission represents NASA's first step toward returning humans to the moon. Ross Beyer, a SETI Institute employee who works at Ames, will join the Lunar R ... more |
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Newark (UPI) Mar 10, 2008U.S. and Italian researchers predict outer space will become a frequent tourist destination during this century. "In the 21st century, space tourism could represent the most significant development experienced by the tourism industry," said University of Delaware Professor Fred DeMicco. DeMicco, along with Professor Silvia Ciccarelli of the University of Rome ... more Endeavour is 'go' for Tuesday launch 
Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2008The U.S. space agency said all systems were "go" for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-123 mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle is to lift off at 2:29 a.m. EDT Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle's seven astronauts will, among other things, deliver the first section of the Japanese-built Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space ... more Falcon 1 To Launch Operationally Responsive Space Satellite On Next Flight 
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2008Space Exploration Technologies has announced that it has signed a contract with the Department of Defense's Operationally Responsive Space Office to carry their first Jumpstart mission payload onboard the upcoming Falcon 1 launch. Scheduled for flight in June 2008 from the SpaceX launch complex in the Central Pacific Marshall Islands' Kwajalein Atoll, the Jumpstart mission aims to ... more New Discovery At Jupiter Could Help Protect Earth-Orbit Satellites 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 10, 2008Radio waves accelerate electrons within Jupiter's magnetic field in the same way as they do on Earth, according to new research published in Nature Physics this week. The discovery overturns a theory that has held sway for more than a generation and has important implications for protecting Earth-orbiting satellites. Using data collected at Jupiter by the Galileo spacecraft, Dr Richard ... more |
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Kourou (AFP) Mar 09, 2008The European Space Agency on Sunday carried out the maiden launch of a massive robot freighter designed to rendezvous automatically with the orbital space station. The Automated Transfer Vehicle, a nearly 20-tonne payload the size of a London double-decker bus, blasted into the skies aboard a beefed-up Ariane 5 launcher, an AFP reporter saw. After being placed in orbit ... more China To Launch Second Olympic Satellite In May 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 09, 2008China will launch in May a second meteo satellite to ensure more precise weather forecasts during the Beijing Olympic Games set to open on August 8, the Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The new satellite, Fengyun-3, has a bigger payload than its predecessors and will provide medium-range weather forecasts for up to 10 to 15 days. It will replace the FY-1D weather satellite launched ... more Shuttle Crew Arrives As Endeavour Countdown Gets Under Way 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 09, 2008The space shuttle Endeavour astronauts are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final launch preparations for their STS-123 mission to the International Space Station. The crew arrived at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility in a Shuttle Training Aircraft at 1:21 a.m. EST Saturday, March 8. After arriving in a driving rainstorm, Endeavour Commander Dominic Gorie made a few comments ... more Sea Launch Prepares For The Launch Of DirecTV 11 
Long Beach CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2008The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Sea Launch Home Port for the equatorial Pacific, in preparation for the launch of the DirecTV 11 broadcast satellite, planned for Monday, March 17. Liftoff is expected at the opening of a 58-minute launch window, at 3:49 pm Pacific Daylight Time (22:49 GMT). Upon arrival at the launch site at 154 degrees West Longitude, ... more
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