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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 17, 2009 
For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module and launch abort system are assembled on a mobile launch platform at Kennedy in preparation for launch this fall. The final segments of the Ares I-X were stacked on Aug. 13, completing the 327-foot launch ... read more 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Aug 17, 2009India has completed the design of Chandrayaan-2, its next mission to the moon - this time in collaboration with Russia - that would have a lander and rover which can collect samples of the lunar soil and analyse them and send back the data. "Right now, the design has been completed. We had a joint review with Russian scientists here," Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation ... more
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Seoul, Korea (Yonhap) Aug 17, 2009South Korea's first space rocket is expected to mark a milestone in the country's budding space exploration ambitions, which the government says include building a lunar lander within the next 20 years. The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), set to blast off Wednesday afternoon, has given the country first-hand experience in designing, building and testing powerful space rockets, the ... more  
Seoul, South Korea (Yonhap) Aug 17, 2009Bad weather conditions could pose a final hurdle to the timely launch of South Korea's first space rocket, experts said Sunday. Local rocket experts said while technicians and engineers will check all mechanical and operational systems related to the launch, inclement weather could postpone or endanger the safety of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) that is scheduled to blast off ... more 
Hampton VA (SPX) Aug 17, 2009Inflatable aircraft are not a new idea. Hot air balloons have been around for more than two centuries and blimps are a common sight over many sports stadiums. But it's hard to imagine an inflatable spacecraft. Researchers from NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., are working to develop a new kind of lightweight inflatable spacecraft outer shell to slow and protect reentry ... more |
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 13, 2009In December 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first humans to orbit the Moon. Going further than any explorers before them, they gazed at the barren, cratered landscape beneath them, saw the Moon's far side with their own eyes, and took some history-making photographs of the Earth rising above the lunar horizon. On Christmas Eve, the crew made a live television broadcast to millions of ... more 
Mumbai, India (SPX) Aug 14, 2009India plans to power some parts of the Chandrayaan II--its next unmanned mission to the moon- with nuclear energy and the feasibility studies are being carried out by Indian Space Research Organisation and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. "We are thinking of powering some parts of Chandrayaan II with nuclear power and it will power the spacecraft when it revolves aroung the dark side of the ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2009For all its similarities to Earth-clouds that pour rain (albeit liquid methane not liquid water) onto the surface producing lakes and rivers, vast dune fields in desert-like regions, plus a smoggy orange atmosphere that looks like Los Angeles's during fire season-Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is generally "a very bland place, weatherwise," says Mike Brown of the California Institute of ... more |
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