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 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (SPX) Aug 12, 2009 
One of the hottest topics at this year's XXVIIth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil involves the study of the astrophysical conditions favourable for the development and survival of primordial life. New research shows that compared to middle-aged stars like the Sun, newly formed stars spin faster generating strong magnetic fields that ... read more 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 12, 2009NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is in safe mode, a precautionary standby status, and in communications with Earth after unexpectedly switching to its backup computer on Thurs. Aug. 6. Engineers are working to determine the cause of the spontaneous swap from the orbiter's "A" side computer and subsystems to the redundant "B" side. They have successfully increased the communication ... 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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Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 12, 2009Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), working with The National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center, is leading a program that will provide spaceflight physiology training for prospective scientist-astronauts wishing to fly on upcoming suborbital space missions. The SwRI-NASTAR Suborbital Space Scientist course, which is similar to training courses used by the space tourism ... more  
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Aug 12, 2009Build-up of the payload "stack" for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission is now underway at the Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations continue for the August 21 liftoff with a pair of U.S.-built telecommunications satellites to be operated by two Asian-Pacific customers. The spacecraft integration activity began yesterday (August 10) with JCSAT-12's installation atop the Ariane 5 ... more  
El Segundo CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2009Raytheon has developed the world's largest infrared light-wave detector, expanding current capabilities in missile warning, environmental monitoring and astronomical research. Optimized for space applications, the new "4K-by-4K" focal plane array comprises some 16 million pixels, arranged in 4,096 rows and columns. It is four times larger than infrared detectors currently in production ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 11, 2009Ariane 5 is available to support the future of U.S. space exploration, including cargo resupply flights for the International Space Station, along with missions to the Moon and Mars. This was the message of Arianespace Chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall in a presentation to the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, which was created to evaluate America's future human ... more  
Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 11, 2009Andrews Space has announced that it has delivered avionics flight hardware to Aerojet for Bigelow Aerospace's Sundancer Aft Propulsion System. Under a five month fixed-price contract, Andrews developed, flight-qualified and delivered, 20 propulsion system diode boards responsible for electromotive force protection within the Aerojet propulsion system. Aerojet is under contract to Bigelow ... more 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 11, 2009South Korea will launch its first carrier rocket from the Naro Space Center on August 11, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Monday. The rocket will bear a small research satellite. The launch was originally planned for July 30, but Russian experts who took part in the development of the rocket asked for additional time to test and adjust on-board systems to ensure its ... more |
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