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Astronauts assemble Canadian robot on 7-hour walk Washington (AFP) March 18, 2008 
Two US astronauts finished assembling the Canadian robot Dextre on Tuesday during a nearly seven-hour space walk outside the International Space Station, NASA said. Rick Linnehan and Robert Behnken put together the tool-handling assembly of the 200 million dollar (126 million euro) robot and attached a spare-parts platform, readying Dextre to undertake delicate maintenance tasks which have ... read more |
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Two college students find asteroid
Fort Worth, Texas (UPI) Mar 17, 2008 Two Texas college students discovered an asteroid while examining images of space on a computer, a report said. Tarrant County College students Ryan Gallagher and Robbyn Kindle, 40, were recommended by their former physics professor, Raymond Benge, to be part of an international program to examine images of space for asteroids, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported. "It ... more Dextre Flexes It's Muscles And Gets Ready To Work On The ISS 
Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Mar 19, 2008After a picture-perfect night launch on March 11 and three spacewalks to assemble it, Dextre was activated today. Canada's advanced, two-armed robot is now successfully installed on the International Space Station and ready for action. Endeavour's Canadarm lifted Dextre from its cradle in the Shuttle payload bay and handed it over to the International Space Station's Canadarm2 in a majestic ... more The Vanishing Rings Of Saturn 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2008Saturn: jewel of the solar system, taker of breaths, ringed beauty. Even veteran astronomers can't help but gasp when they see her through a small telescope. Red Alert: Saturn's rings are vanishing. Around the world, amateur astronomers have noticed the change; Saturn's wide open rings are rapidly narrowing into a thin line. Four hundred years ago, the same phenomenon puzzled Galileo. ... more First Korean astronaut 'honoured' about space mission 
Star City, Russia (AFP) March 18, 2008The 29-year-old woman set to become South Korea's first astronaut said on Tuesday she was "honoured" to have been chosen, as she took final tests at Russia's astronaut training centre. "I am honoured. I will try to do my best. Not just for (myself) but as the first Korean astronaut," said Yi So-Yeon, a biosystems engineering student, before climbing into a model Soyuz capsule for tests. ... more Cape Canaveral Airmen Launch Delta II Rocket 
Cape Canaveral FL (AFNS) Mar 19, 2008Air Force officials here successfully launched a United Launch Alliance Delta II booster carrying the sixth modernized NAVSTAR Global Positioning System satellite into space at 2:10 a.m. EDT March 15 from Space Launch Complex 17A here. The satellite will join the constellation of on-orbit satellites providing global coverage and increased performance of the GPS services to users worldwide. ... more |
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Chandler AZ (SPX) Mar 18, 2008ProLink Solutions has announced that Arizona Golf Resort now features the ProLink Solutions ProStar GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity. Arizona Golf Resort's 6,523-yard, par-71 course is noted for its outstanding par-3 holes and lush conditions. While the fairways are lined with ... more Artemis Provides Communications For Jules Verne ATV 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 16, 2008ESA's Artemis data relay satellite, controlled from Fucino (Italy) and with its mission control centre and Earth terminal located at Redu (Belgium), is providing communications between the Jules Verne ATV and the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse (France). Jules Verne ATV was launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 05:03 CET on 9 March. First contact between Artemis and the ATV was est ... more Russian Proton Rocket Fails To Take Satellite Into Right Orbit 
Moscow (AFP) March 15, 2008A Russian rocket launched a communications satellite produced by US defence company Lockheed Martin into space on Saturday but failed to take it into the planned orbit, Russian space officials said. "The engine of the Briz-M booster failed to work for the whole of the scheduled time and the satellite could not be taken to the planned orbit," the Khrunichev space centre, which carried out the ... more Mars Express Reveals Volcanic Past Of The Red Planet 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 16, 2008A new analysis of impact cratering data from Mars reveals that the planet has undergone a series of global volcanic upheavals. These violent episodes spewed lava and water onto the surface, sculpting the landscape that ESA's Mars Express looks down on today. Using images from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on Mars Express, Gerhard Neukum, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and co ... more |
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Washington (AFP) March 15, 2008Two astronauts stepped outside the International Space Station Saturday to put together a Canadian-made robot that will take over human tasks and help reduce the need for risky spacewalks. Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan and Mike Foreman, who arrived last week aboard shuttle Endeavour, embarked on a seven-hour spacewalk using socket wrenches and drills to bolt the Dextre robot's two 11- ... more Astronauts Enter Japanese Station Module; Power To Robot Restored 
Washington (AFP) March 15, 2008US and Japanese astronauts have entered for the first time a newly-installed Japanese module as engineers restored power to a Canadian-made robot that is key to future work in building the International Space Station. Marking the beginning of Japan's scientific work aboard the station, ISS Commander Peggy Whitson and Japanese astronaut Takao Doi opened the module at 0123 GMT ... more United Launch Alliance Launches Delta 2 For US Air Force GPS Replacement Satellite 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 16, 2008United Launch Alliance successfully launched a Delta II expendable launch vehicle today from Space Launch Complex 17-A at 2:09 a.m., EDT carrying the Air Force's GPS IIR-19(M) satellite. This launch marks the first mission for the Air Force from the cape in 2008. Following a nominal 1 hour and 8 minute flight, the rocket deployed the GPS IIR-19(M) spacecraft, the sixth modernized NAVSTAR ... more Successful Manoeuvres Position Jules Verne ATV For Crucial Tests 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 13, 2008Jules Verne ATV successfully performed two boosts today, bringing the spacecraft to an altitude of 303 km - half-way between the insertion orbit reached after last Sunday's launch and the orbit of the International Space Station. The boosts used two of the four main engines on the Automated Transfer Vehicle. Each boost lasted for approximately 2 minutes and provided a change in velocity of ... more
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