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Loral Spins A Giant Web In Space As First ICO Bird Comes Alive Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2008 
Space Systems/Loral and ICO Global Communications have successfully deployed the ICO G1 satellite's large antenna reflector on Saturday, April 26. ICO G1 is a Loral designed spacecraft that incorporates a 12 meter antenna reflector designed and built by Harris Corporation. The reflector utilizes a gold-plated mesh reflective surface and a unique new Harris design that allows a very large a ... read more |
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SKorea's first astronaut in hospital with back pain
Seoul (AFP) April 29, 2008South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-Yeon has been admitted to hospital with severe back pains caused by her rough return voyage to Earth, officials said Tuesday. The state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute said Yi is undergoing MRI and other scans at an air force hospital to determine the exact cause of her discomfort. "She has complained of considerable back pains and will have to ... more NASA Spacecraft Tracks Raging Saturn Storm 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2008As a powerful electrical storm rages on Saturn with lightning bolts 10,000 times more powerful than those found on Earth, the Cassini spacecraft continues its five-month watch over the dramatic events. Scientists with NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission have been tracking the visibly bright, lightning-generating storm--the longest continually observed electrical storm ever monitored by Cassini. ... more New Horizon Tones Green On All Beacons As Long Cruise To Pluto Continues 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 30, 2008As you read these words, the New Horizons spacecraft remains in a long period of almost continuous hibernation that we entered in February 21st that which will stretch until September 2nd. During this time the spacecraft will fly from 9 to almost 11 times as far from the Sun as the Earth is, covering over 300 million more kilometers! And with the exception of a single, two-week high ... more Military And Civilian Telecom Satellites Are Readied For Third Ariane 5 Mission Of 2008 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Apr 30, 2008The two payloads for Ariane 5's third mission of 2008 are undergoing pre-flight checkout at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana as Arianespace maintains the accelerated launch rate for its heavy-lift workhorse vehicle this year. These satellites - Skynet 5C and Turksat 3A - are being readied for liftoff on May 23, which will be five weeks to the day after Arianespace's most recent on-target ... more Queensland Uni And NASA Sign Hypersonic Propulsion Deal 
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 28, 2008The University of Queensland has signed a memorandum of understanding with NASA to continue close collaboration on hypersonic propulsion projects. Hypersonics is the study of velocities of Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound) or more. The University of Queensland's Centre for Hypersonics, one of the largest space engineering University groups in the world, conducts research into all aspects of ... more |
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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 Broken Heart Image The Last For NASA's Long-Lived Polar Mission 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 29, 2008As far as endings go, this one's a real heart breaker. NASA's Polar satellite concludes its successful mission at the end of April with a breathtaking visible-light image of the colorful dancing lights of the aurora. The Polar team has dubbed this final image "The Broken Heart." When the Polar satellite launched February 24, 1996, the plan was for a two-year science mission to study the ... more PSLV Launches Ten Satellites 
Sriharikota, India (SPX) Apr 29, 2008In its thirteenth flight conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, today (April 28, 2008), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C9, successfully launched the 690 kg Indian remote sensing satellite CARTOSAT-2A, the 83 kg Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1) and eight nanosatellites for international customers into a 637 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). ... more AMOS-3 Communications Satellite Launched 
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 29, 2008Spacecom has announced that its newest satellite, AMOS-3, has been successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site in Kazakhstan. AMOS-3 roared into the atmosphere onboard a Zenit-3SLB launcher this morning at 08.00 Israel local time (05.00 GMT). The launcher's first and second stages have already been successfully separated. The last stage will be separated a few hours ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Apr 28, 2008The House Science and Technology Committee's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics has held an oversight hearing to examine the status of NASA's International Space Station program. Committee Members discussed the challenges facing the program and questioned witnesses regarding how it should be operated, managed, and utilized. ... more Exo-Planet Roadmap Advisory Team Appointed By ESA 
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 28, 2008An expert advisory team has been appointed by ESA with the purpose of advising the Agency on the best scientific and technological roadmap to pursue in order to address one of the most exciting goals in modern astrophysics: the characterization of terrestrial exo-planets (up to the possible detection of biomarkers). The Exo-Planet Roadmap Advisory Team (EPR-AT) will consult with the scient ... more NASA Officials Turn To Air Force For Guppy Evaluation 
Tinker AFB OK (SPX) Apr 28, 2008Tinker AFB OK (SPX) Apr 28, 2008 NASA officials brought the Super Guppy -- a uniquely-designed aircraft used to transport cargo, including parts of the space shuttle program -- to Tinker AFB in mid-April so that maintainers here could inspect the aircraft and perform some repairs. According to NASA Chief Flight Engineer Henry Taylor, officials chose Tinker AFB because it has a great reputation ... more China Blasts Off First Data Relay Satellite 
Beijing, China (XNA) Apr 28, 2008Beijing, China (XNA) Apr 28, 2008 China launched the country's first data relay satellite "Tianlian I" Friday night. The satellite was launched on a Long March-3C carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 11:35 p.m. (Beijing Time). The satellite will not go into function though until the Shenzhou VII mission scheduled for the second half of ... more
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