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Space station crew lucky to survive re-entry: agency Moscow (AFP) April 22, 2008 
Three astronauts were lucky to survive a dangerous re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere last week, a Russian news agency reported Tuesday, citing a source close to an investigation into the incident. "The fact that the crew members remained unharmed, in one piece, was very lucky. Everything could have ended much worse," the source was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. Their fate ... read more |
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Expand Networks Improves Application Performance Over Satellite Communications
Slough, UK (SPX) Apr 21, 2008Expand Networks is addressing application performance issues over satellite links enabling global enterprises to reliably deliver all business applications. With increasingly dispersed offices in remote locations, satellite networks have become common practice to assist organisations in business agility. However, the design limitations of high latency and packet loss over satellite network ... more Moondust And Duct Tape 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 22, 2008At this year's Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, Alabama, Prof. Paul Shiue of Christian Brothers University was overheard joking that duct tape was his team's "best engineering tool." Others felt the same way. The sound of gray tape being torn from rolls practically filled the race course as dozens of college and high school student engineers busily assembled and repaired their homemade moonbu ... more Driving on Mars Is Hard 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 23, 2008This week Opportunity demonstrated the challenges of operating a vehicle on the surface of another planet. The rover is en route to Cape Verde to acquire high-resolution images of the layering in the rocks. To get there, Opportunity must cross some sandy stretches. Before entering the sandy areas, Opportunity will need to stop and take a "toe dip'' -- that is, drive forward a short distance and ... more New NASA Moon Mission Begins Integration Of Science Instruments 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 22, 2008Several instruments that will help NASA characterize the moon's surface have been installed on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. The powerful equipment will bring the moon into sharper focus and reveal new insights about the celestial body nearest Earth. Engineers and technicians on the LRO Integration and Test Team work almost around the clock in a clean room at NASA's Goddard ... more Japan to send cherry seeds into space 
Tokyo (AFP) April 22, 2008Japan's famed cherry trees have carried the hearts of a nation for centuries but they will soon enjoy another honour -- their seeds being blasted into outer space. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has approved a project to send the seeds of cherry trees to the Japanese laboratory at the International Space Station, which is orbiting above Earth, officials said Tuesday. ... more |
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Bethesda MD (SPX) Apr 22, 2008Iridium Satellite is pleased to announce its partnership with ProtectingAmerica.org and the American Red Cross to promote the second annual "Test Your Satellite Phone" Week kicking off May 25, 2008. The goal of "Test Your Satellite Phone" Week is to increase satellite phone user knowledge and help users confirm their access to the critical communication services satellite phones provide before ... more Twin space probe design phase begins 
Laurel, Md., April 21, 2008 The U.S. space agency said design has started on its radiation storm probes -- twin spacecraft that will be launched into the Earth's radiation belts. Researchers said the National Aeronautics and Space Administration spacecraft are being designed to provide insight into the physical dynamics of near-Earth space, where violent space weather can affect astronauts, satellites and even ... more Is There Anybody Out There 
Norwich, UK (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Is there anybody out there? Probably not, according to a scientist from the University of East Anglia. A mathematical model produced by Prof Andrew Watson suggests that the odds of finding new life on other Earth-like planets are low, given the time it has taken for beings such as humans to evolve and the remaining life span of Earth. Structurally complex and intelligent life evolved late ... more The Moon And The Magnetotail 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Behold the full Moon. Ancient craters and frozen lava seas lie motionless under an airless sky of profound quiet. It's a slow-motion world where even a human footprint may last millions of years. Nothing ever seems to happen there. Right? Wrong. NASA-supported scientists have realized that something does happen every month when the Moon gets a lashing from Earth's magnetic tail. "Earth's ... more |
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Miami (AFP) April 18, 2008NASA wants astronauts who will return to the moon to take one long step for mankind. The US space agency hopes to build moon bases that can house astronauts for stays of up to six months, with an intricate transportation and power system, Carl Walz, director of NASA's Advanced Capabilities Division, said Friday. NASA is examining different designs for lunar outposts but that they could b ... more Expedition 16's Whitson Hands Over Command Of Station 
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson officially handed over command of the International Space Station to Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov. Thursday's ceremony took place inside the U.S. Harmony Node. The station crews have shifted their sleep schedules in preparation for Saturday morning's Soyuz TMA-11 undocking. Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko will return to Earth with South ... more Mars Radar Opens Up A Planet's Third Dimension 
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 18, 2008ESA's Mars Express radar sounder, MARSIS, has looked beneath the martian surface and opened up the third dimension for planetary exploration. The technique's success is prompting scientists to think of all the other places in the Solar System where they would like to use radar sounders. No matter how accurate a camera is, it can only map a planet's surface. To retrieve information about th ... more Ariane 5 rocket lifts Brazilian, Vietnamese satellites into space 
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) April 18, 2008An Ariane 5 rocket blasted off here on Friday and successfully deployed telecommunications satellites for Brazil and Vietnam, Arianespace said. The heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA successfully placed the Brazilian Star One C2 and Vietnamese VINASAT-1 satellites into geostationary transfer orbit, Arianespace officials said. VINASAT-1, a 2.6-tonne craft built by US firm Lockheed Martin for Vietnam ... more
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