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 Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 13, 2009 
The US space agency will make a fifth attempt to launch the space shuttle Endeavour Monday after stormy weather has forced four postponements of its mission to the International Space Station. "Looks like the team is ready but the weather is not. At this time we are no-go," the US space agency's launch director Pete Nickolenko said with the crew aboard and little more than 10 minutes to go ... read more 
Hong Kong (AFP) July 12, 2009Forty years after the United States landed a man on the moon, China's fledgling space programme is racing to get to the lunar surface before an American return and ahead of its Asian rivals. The United States - the only country to have sent men to the moon - is hoping to touch down on the lunar surface again by 2020, almost a generation after it first completed six historic manned lunar ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 12, 2009Forty years ago, mankind's most daunting frontier was boldly overcome when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon, establishing America's dominance in the space race. At the height of the Cold War, Armstrong's "small step" onto the lunar surface was a giant slap in the face to the Soviet Union, which had been the first to put a satellite into orbit, and fly a man into space. ... more  
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jul 13, 2009Space Systems/Loral has announced that it shipped a new communications satellite built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to launch in early- to mid-August aboard a ILS Proton Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS). "We are very proud of being able to contribute ... more 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 13, 2009We've all seen video of astronauts drifting and gliding gracefully around inside the International Space Station like fish in a fishbowl. It looks so relaxing. But as enjoyable as it appears to be, there's a down side to all that freefalling. "When astronauts land back on Earth after a long time in space, not only is their vestibular system mixed up and their kinesthetic sense thrown off," ... more  
Parkes, Australia (AFP) July 12, 2009In a dry, dusty paddock thousands of miles from Mission Control, a group of Australian astronomers were the first people in the world to witness a giant leap for mankind. It was 12 minutes past 11 am when Apollo 11 appeared over Dead Man's Hill, just outside the Australian capital, Canberra, and engineer Hamish Lindsay was waiting with bated breath. "I'd had six years' preparation for ... more |
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Britain's energy grid bets on flywheels to keep the lights onLiverpool (AFP) Aug 31, 2025 Britain's energy operator is betting on an age-old technology to future-proof its grid, as the power plants that traditionally helped stabilise it are closed and replaced by renewable energy systems. ... more |
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Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 12, 2009For the man of faith, walking on the moon challenged and redefined his concept of God and creation. For the scientist, it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to deepen his knowledge. But astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Harrison Schmitt can agree on one thing: mankind has a duty and a responsibility to continue its adventure in space in our solar system and beyond. Aldrin, now 79, landed on the ... more 
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 12, 2009US ambitions to send astronauts back to the moon, as a prelude to future Mars missions, have been put in doubt by budgetary constraints, 40 years after man's triumphant first lunar landing. After the Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003, former president George W. Bush decided to phase out shuttle flights by 2010 and set a more ambitious space mandate for America. Launched in 2004 ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 12, 2009With one small step off a ladder, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, before the eyes of hundreds of millions of awed television viewers worldwide. With that step, he placed mankind's first footprint on an extraterrestrial world and gained instant hero status. His first words upon stepping on the lunar surface have since been etched in ... more 
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 12, 2009A gathering storm forced NASA to cancel for a fourth time the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on its mission to the International Space station, officials said Sunday. "Looks like the team is ready but the weather is not. At this time we are no-go," the US space agency's launch director Pete Nickolenko said with little more than 10 minutes to go before the planned takeoff. The shuttle launch was rescheduled for Monday ... more |
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