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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract To SpaceX Washington DC (SPX) Apr 23, 2008 
NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, a NASA Launch Services contract for the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles. The NASA Launch Services contracts are multiple awards to multiple launch service providers. Twice per year, there is an opportunity for existing and emerging domestic launch service providers to submit proposals if their vehicles meet the minimum contract ... read more |
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KAGUYA Captures First Successful Shooting Of A Full Earth-Rise
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 23, 2008The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) successfully captured a movie of the "Full Earth-Rise"*1 using the onboard High Definition Television (HDTV) of the lunar explorer "KAGUYA " (SELENE) on April 6, 2008 (Japan Standard Time, JST, all the following dates and time are JST.) The KAGUYA is currently flying in a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 10 ... more Spirit Still Sitting Pretty For This Time Of Year 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 23, 2008Despite a slight increase in atmospheric opacity caused by dust, Spirit is still enjoying higher-than-expected energy levels for this time of year. Solar array input has been approximately 240 watt-hours per Martian day, or sol (100 watt-hours is the amount of energy needed to light a 100-watt bulb for one hour). Clear skies have had the unfavorable effect, however, of causing a drop in ... more Space station crew lucky to survive re-entry: agency 
Moscow (AFP) April 22, 2008Three 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 ... more 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 |
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Washington (AFP) April 21, 2008Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking called Monday for a new era of space conquest akin to Christopher Columbus' discovery of the new world, in a speech on the 50th anniversary of NASA space agency. "In a way, the situation is like Europe before 1492. People might well have argued that it was a waste of money to send Columbus on a wild goose chase," the British scientist said at Georgetown ... more Space Radiation May Cause Prolonged Cellular Damage To Astronauts 
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2008With major implications for long-duration space travel, a study from the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center demonstrates that the high-energy radiation found in space may lead to premature aging and prolonged oxidative stress in cells. The findings suggest that astronauts may be at increased risk of colon cancer due to exposure to the high linear energy ... more Saturn Images Showcased In New York City 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2008A selection of the best images from Saturn, its rings and moons will appear in an exhibition opening on April 26 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The show, called "Saturn: Images from the Cassini-Huygens Mission," will run through March 29, 2009. It features dramatic, up-close-and-personal images in small individual views and super-large mosaics. Roughly 50 image ... more First Responders Educated On Importance Of Testing Satellite Phones 
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 |
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Cologne, Germany (SPX) Apr 14, 2008A new mobile communications network between vehicles (car-to-car, or C2C for short) has been brought into operation at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Oberpfaffenhofen site. Scientists are using it to find out to what extent specially-equipped vehicles can 'inform' each other of their relative positions, state, and the traffic situation. The aim is totally new applications, leading to increase ... more Russian Space Capsule Lands 260 Miles Away From Target Site
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 21, 2008Russia's space capsule carrying International Space Station crew landed 420 km (260 miles) away from the target site in northern Kazakhstan, but the crew are safe, Mission Control said Saturday. The Soyuz-TMA-11 capsule carried U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian flight engineer Yury Malenchenko, and bioengineer Yi So-yeon - the first South Korean that traveled to the ISS. Tests showed their h ... more Indian Government Actively Considering Sending Man Into Space 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Apr 18, 2008India is gearing up for the launch of its maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I later this year and government is actively considering sending a man into space, Minister of State in PMO Prithviraj Chavan said on Wednesday. Integration of 11 experiments -- five Indian and six foreign -- is proceeding satisfactorily and scientists are looking forward to a launch in the third quarter, he said replying ... more NASA official envisions six-month stays on the moon 
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
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