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SKorea completes space centre for rocket launch Seoul (AFP) June 10, 2009
South Korea has completed a space centre which will be used to send a satellite into orbit from its own territory for the first time, officials said Wednesday. Education, Science and Technology Minister Ahn Byong-Man said the government would hold a ceremony on Thursday to celebrate the opening of the Naro Space Centre in Goheung, 475 kilometres (300 miles) south of Seoul. The centre, wh ... read moreNASA announces STS-127 activities
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jun 9, 2009 A pre-launch webcast will be one highlight of the U.S. space agency's Web coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's flight to the International Space Station. Endeavour is to lift off Saturday at 7:17 a.m. EDT from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A Wednesday webcast at 10 a.m. EDT will start the in-depth online coverage of the miss ... more
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Stat X Fire Suppression System Selected For Giant Crawlers
Minnetonka MN (SPX) Jun 09, 2009When NASA Kennedy Space Centers fire safety experts decided to replace the fire suppression system in the giant twin crawler transporters, they turned to the next generation firefighting system for enclosed spaces � a clean, compact, cost effective, safe and simple system called Stat-X. Designed and manufactured by Fireaway LLC, a Minnesota-based company that specializes in suppressing fires ... more Space Traffic Management In The Earth 21st Century
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 08, 2009The spacefaring nations of the world are coming to the conclusion that the space debris issue has evolved from a minor nuisance to a full-blown imperative. Hundreds, if not thousands, of decision makers, engineers, managers, politicians and policy makers have focused their attention on how to deal with the fast-growing threat to operational satellites and future access to space. All that ... more NASA Announces Winners In Lunar Art Contest
Hampton VA (SPX) Jun 09, 2009The results of the second annual NASA Lunar Art Contest are out-of-this-world productions from high school and college students from around the globe. "Crater Core Sample," a painting by Zachary Madere of the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Lakewood, Colo., was judged the best of more than 90 imaginative entries. The painting shows an astronaut holding an icy cylinder in a dark ... more A New Way To Measure Cosmic Distances
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2009Ohio State University researchers have found a way to measure distances to objects three times farther away in outer space than previously possible, by extending a common measurement technique. They discovered that a rare type of giant star, often overlooked by astronomers, could make an excellent signpost for distances up to 300 million light-years - and beyond. Along the way, they also ... more |
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To The Moon, By Way Of MIT
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 08, 2009Many people consider the Apollo lunar landings one of the crowning achievements of human ingenuity. But not so many people realize that the epochal first steps by human beings on another world - which took place 40 years ago next month - likely would not have been possible without the technological experience and capabilities of MIT. In celebration of that singular accomplishment and MIT's ... more The future of robots is rat-shaped
Paris (AFP) June 7, 2009Agnes Guillot dreams of one day seeing a giant 50-centimetre (20-inch) -long white rat called Psikharpax scuttling fearlessly around her lab. If so, it will be time to scream... but out of joy, rather than fear, for it could be a turning point in the history of robotics. Psikharpax - named after a cunning king of the rats, according to a tale attributed to Homer - is the brainchild of ... more ISS Astronauts Complete Spacewalk, Test New Russian Spacesuits
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 08, 2009Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station conducted a five-hour spacewalk on Friday to install new equipment and test new Russian-made spacesuits, Russia's Mission Control said. Russian commander Gennady Padalka and U.S. flight engineer Michael Barratt, wearing Orlan-MK computerized spacesuits, installed three antennas for the Kurs auto-docking system to receive a Russian ... more Raytheon Hyperspectral Imaging Sensor Activated For Year-Long Mission
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2009Raytheon has received confirmation from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory that its hyperspectral imaging sensor known as ARTEMIS has been activated aboard the TacSat-3 spacecraft and is fully functional. The milestone continues Raytheon's 40-year history of on-orbit success. Activation also marks the beginning of the year-long TacSat-3 mission to test the payload's ability to deliver ... more |
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Ariane 6 Flies Four-Booster Config Again on Amazon Satellite Mission
Space Rider Heat Shield and Steering Flaps Pass Plasma Wind Tunnel Trials
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