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 Seoul (AFP) Aug 25, 2009 
South Korea's first space rocket blasted off Tuesday in a long-delayed launch but failed to place a satellite into its designated orbit, officials said. In an event watched guardedly by rival North Korea, the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 lifted off on schedule at 5:00 pm (0800 GMT) atop a tail of flame, to the jubilation of officials at the Naro Space Centre. The first stage separated ... read more 
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 25, 2009NASA scrapped a liftoff for the US space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew on Tuesday, announcing a 24-hour delay due to poor weather around the launch site. The US space agency called off the launch minutes before the shuttle was due to blast off toward the orbiting International Space Station and said it would make another attempt Wednesday at 1:10 am (0510 GMT). ... more
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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 
Austin TX (SPX) Aug 25, 2009Along with supply and equipment cargo bound for the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Discovery STS-128 will carry an additional scientific payload being conducted by Austin-based Astrogenetix, the first commercial space company to use microgravity to discover the foundation of new medicines. Specifically, research will be conducted on Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella microbes ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 25, 2009"There's always a first time" - for the Iridium 33 communications satellite, the first collision between two satellites in space was, however, also the last time. On 10 February of this year its flight path crossed that of the retired Russian military satellite Kosmos 2251. Both satellites were completely destroyed and about 700 pieces of debris were distributed along their paths. Such ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Aug 25, 2009South Korea was preparing to launch its first space rocket later Tuesday, six days after a software glitch halted the countdown just eight minutes before blast-off. The project to put a South Korean satellite into orbit, operated in partnership with Russia, has been delayed seven times in recent years. "We've fixed the computer software problem and overhauled all other software. We hope ... 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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