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 Seoul (AFP) Aug 19, 2009 
South Korea Wednesday postponed the launch of its first space rocket just eight minutes before the scheduled blast-off, due to an unspecified technical fault. Mission controllers suspended the launch at 4.52 pm (0752 GMT) and began dumping fuel, the science ministry said. It was the seventh time since 2002 that the project, operated in partnership with Russia, has been delayed. The Korea ... read more 
Islamabad, Pakistan (XNA) Aug 19, 2009Dr Samar Mubarakmand, a renowned Pakistani nuclear scientist, said that Pakistan would launch its first space satellite in April 2011, local media reported Tuesday. Talking to a private TV channel on Tuesday, Dr Samar said the satellite, likely to be sent into earth orbit, would monitor mineral and agriculture programs and weather conditions. He said this project is funded by the ... more
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2009Today marks the 2,000th Martian day, or sol, of what was initially planned as a 90-sol mission on Mars for NASA's Spirit rover. Spirit's twin, Opportunity, will reach the 2,000-sol milestone on Sept. 8. Both rovers have found rocks altered by past action of water on Mars. Both show some signs of aging but remain capable of further scientific investigations. Since their landing ... more  
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2009Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it delivered a communications satellite built for Telesat, one of the world's leading fixed satellite services operators, to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to launch on September 18th aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS). "Nimiq 5 is the fifth completed high-power ... more  
Lackland AFB TX (SPX) Aug 19, 2009Team Lackland will once again support the NASA Space Program by allowing the space shuttle to stopover here while on its trek home to Cape Canaveral at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Before Kelly Air Force Base closed in 2001, the airfield was the most frequent stop in a transport route as the shuttle made its way atop a Boeing 747 from Edwards AFB, Calif., to its Florida home. Support ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 18, 2009NASA scientists have discovered glycine, a fundamental building block of life, in samples of comet Wild 2 returned by NASA's Stardust spacecraft. "Glycine is an amino acid used by living organisms to make proteins, and this is the first time an amino acid has been found in a comet," said Dr. Jamie Elsila of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "Our discovery supports the ... more  
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Aug 18, 2009India and Russia have finished the design of a second unmanned lunar orbiter to be sent to the Moon in 2011-2012, the Indian Express newspaper said on Monday. The paper quoted Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) as saying in Bangalore on Sunday: "Right now, the design has been completed. We had a joint review with Russian scientists here." ... more 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Aug 18, 2009Arianespace has completed the payload integration on its fourth Ariane 5 to be launched in 2009, clearing the way for this vehicle's liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana on Friday, August 21. The heavy-lift Ariane 5 has been fitted with its dual payload "stack" of the JCSAT-12 and Optus D3 telecommunications satellites, and is being readied for a rollout to the Spaceport's ELA-3 ... more |
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