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 Washington (AFP) Aug 23, 2009 
NASA gave a final green light to continue the countdown to the launch of the shuttle Discovery Tuesday toward the International Space Station, carrying a crew of seven including a Swede. Mission officials said at a press briefing Sunday they saw no likely technical hurdles to takeoff August 25 at 0136 am (0536 GMT) from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. ... read more 
Sydeny, Australia (SPX) Aug 24, 2009Whoever does it, and whenever it happens, spacecraft from Earth will be touching down on the Moon in the near future. Several nations have already announced plans for robot landers, and more could be announced in the years ahead. It's difficult to find safe ground to land on, as the crew of Apollo 11 can tell you. But one thing that also constrains landings is the need for a communications ... 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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Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 24, 2009Wow! Launchspace received a large number of emails regarding last week's commentary by George Jeffs. Most were in agreement with some or all elements of Launchspace's suggested solar system architecture approach. Many said it was a common sense way to structure affordable exploration while maintaining a continuous human space flight capability. There was considerable concern about the over ... more  
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Aug 24, 2009Arianespace is keeping up its mission pace as three Ariane 5s are now in process at French Guiana - including the vehicle for tomorrow night's flight (August 21), which has rolled out to the launch pad with a payload of two telecommunications satellites. A total of seven Ariane 5 missions are targeted for 2009 - making it the busiest year of activity since Arianespace's commercial ... more 
Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2009 In an unprecedented move, the U.S. space program may turn to private contractors for much of the work now handled by government workers, officials say. Proposals under consideration the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would outsource everything from ferrying cargo into orbit to transporting astronauts, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. A switch to private ... more |
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Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 21, 2009Space shuttle Discovery's seven astronauts flew to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final prelaunch preparations Wednesday evening. In the crew quarters of Kennedy's Operations and Checkout Building they will review flight data and check out their launch-and-entry suits today. Countdown to the launch of the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station begins at 11 p.m ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Aug 20, 2009Officials Thursday blamed a computer software problem for the postponement of South Korea's first space rocket launch just minutes before the eagerly-awaited blast-off. They defended the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 programme amid public frustration at the latest in a series of delays in the project. Seoul has invested 502.5 billion won (419 million dollars) and much national pride in ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2009Spirit has passed 2,000 sols on the surface of Mars, yet another milestone. Starting its third sol millennia, Spirit continues to profile the geology at the location where the rover is embedded, a site called "Troy" on the west side of "Home Plate." On Sol 1995 (Aug. 13, 2009), Spirit continued the campaign of grinding deeper into surface targets, then collecting in situ (contact) ... more |
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