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Boomerang works in space: Japanese astronaut Tokyo (AFP) March 21, 2008 
In an unprecedented experiment, a Japanese astronaut has thrown a boomerang in space and confirmed it flies back much like on Earth. Astronaut Takao Doi "threw a boomerang and saw it come back" during his free time on March 18 at the International Space Station, a spokeswoman at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said on Friday. Doi threw the boomerang after a request from compatriot ... read more |
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Spacewalkers test new shuttle repair techniques
Washington (AFP) March 21, 2008Two astronauts returned from the void Friday after a spacewalk to test new repair techniques for the space shuttle's heat shield, crucial for a new mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman, who arrived at the International Space Station aboard the shuttle Endeavour last week, spent six hours and 24 minutes outside the ISS working on ... more UM-Led Team Finds Oldest Known Asteroids 
College Park MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2008Using visible and infrared data collected from telescopes on Hawaii's Mauna Kea, a team of scientists, led by the University of Maryland's Jessica Sunshine, have identified three asteroids that appear to be among our Solar System's oldest objects. Evidence indicates that these ancient asteroids are relatively unchanged since they formed some 4.55 billion years ago and are older than the ... more Astronauts Take A Break, Ahead Of Return Trip To Earth 
Washington (AFP) March 23, 2008Their fifth and final spacewalk behind them, the seven-member crew of the US space shuttle Endeavour enjoyed a break in their busy work schedule Sunday, ahead of their trip back to Earth later this week. Two astronauts from the Endeavour - mission specialists Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman - on Sunday attached a 50-foot sensory boom to the outside of the International Space Station. ... more Astronauts Successfully Complete Fifth Spacewalk 
Washington (AFP) March 23, 2008Two astronauts from the US shuttle Endeavour have successfully completed a fifth and final spacewalk of their mission, stepping into the void to attach a 50-foot sensory boom to the outside of the Space Station. Mission specialists Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman began their spacewalk at 4:34 pm EDT (2034 GMT Saturday), 49 minutes ahead of schedule, and ended it at 9:36 pm ... more ESA Prepares ATV For ISS Docking 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 22, 2008Jules Verne ATV is lining up for Europe's first-ever automated docking in space. Following two demonstrations, the final 'putt' must be more accurate and gentle than on any rolling golf green. Now that the vessel is 'on the green' - in a parking orbit 2000 m ahead of the ISS - ATV mission controllers must pace the spacecraft through two pending and crucial demonstration dockings, moving ... more |
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Washington (AFP) March 20, 2008US scientists have discovered salt deposits on the surface of Mars, indicating that water was once plenty and pointing sites that could provide evidence of past life, a study said Thursday. The deposits were discovered by a team of scientists led by Mikki Osterloo at the University of Hawaii using thermal images from the orbiting Mars Odyssey spacecraft, according to research in the March 21 ... more European Space Truck Jules Verne In Parking Orbit 
Paris (UPI) Mar 19, 2008 The European Space Agency said the Jules Verne spacecraft reached its parking orbit Wednesday, about 1,200 miles ahead of the International Space Station. The Jules Verne, an automated transfer vehicle, will be used to re-supply spacecraft. It will remain in its parking orbit until March 27, when it will be moved to a position where it will be ready to perform two rendezvous ... more ISS astronauts take rest day after setting up giant robot 
Washington (AFP) March 19, 2008Astronauts aboard the International Space Station settled in for a rest day Wednesday after three lengthy spacewalks and a day readying the Dextre robot for work outside the station. Astronauts used the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, to manipulate Canadian-built, 200-million-dollar Dextre into place attached to the outside of the Destiny research module on Tuesday. Manipulated by joys ... more Korea's first astronaut hopes to make peace with North 
Star City, Russia (AFP) March 19, 2008South Korea's first astronaut voiced hope Wednesday that her mission would bring peace with the north of the divided peninsula and said she had a spicy Korean feast ready for the crew. "I will try and make peace between North and South Korea," Yi So-Yeon, 29, said at a press conference in Star City, a Soviet astronaut training centre in a snow-covered pine forest near Moscow, ahead of her ... more |
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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
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