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AsiaSat 5 Commences Service Hong Kong (SPX) Sep 22, 2009 ![]() Nimiq 5 Successfully Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers ![]() Space Systems/Loral has announced that Nimiq 5, a direct-to-home television satellite built for Telesat, is performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. The satellite's solar array deployed on schedule early Friday morning following its successful launch from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M launch vehicle. Over the weekend, Nimiq 5's main thrust ... 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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Boeing, NASA mull commercial space travel![]() Boeing is proposing to join hands with NASA to research and develop commercially viable space transportation as a first step toward shipping astronauts and then possibly civilian travelers into the Earth's lower orbit. A Boeing Co. spokesman told United Press International an initial exploration of the potential program would focus on transporting astronauts to the International Space S ... more Messenger Spacecraft Prepares For Final Pass By Mercury ![]() NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft known as MESSENGER will fly by Mercury for the third and final time on Sept. 29. The spacecraft will pass less than 142 miles above the planet's rocky surface for a final gravity assist that will enable it to enter Mercury's orbit in 2011. Determining the composition of Mercury's surface is a major goal of the ... more Oceansat-2 Set For Launch Tomorrow From Sriharikota ![]() Oceansat-2 satellite that would help identify potential fishing zones and provide inputs for weather forecasting is poised to be launched into orbit on board the Polar Launch Satellite Vehicle from the spaceport of Sriharikota in the east coast, 90 kms from here, Wednesday. Riding piggyback on the 970 kg Oceansat-2, six other nano satellites - four from Germany and one each from Switzerlan ... more |
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Team Selenokhod Enters Google Lunar X PRIZE Competition![]() Team Selenokhod, a Russian group of engineers and managers, has announced its official entry into the Google Lunar X PRIZE - a $30 million competition that challenges space professionals and engineers from across the globe to build and launch to the moon a privately funded spacecraft capable of completing a series of exploration and transmission tasks as outlined in the competition's official ru ... more Phobos Grunt Including Phobos LIFE Delayed Until 2011 ![]() The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, has decided to delay from 2009 to 2011 the launch of the Phobos Grunt mission to study and return samples from the Martian moon Phobos. The Planetary Society's LIFE (Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment) experiment, designed to test the ability of microorganisms to survive deep space flight, is part of the mission. Due to the relative orbits of ... more Oceansat-2 Set For Launch Tomorrow From Sriharikota ![]() Oceansat-2 satellite that would help identify potential fishing zones and provide inputs for weather forecasting is poised to be launched into orbit on board the Polar Launch Satellite Vehicle from the spaceport of Sriharikota in the east coast, 90 kms from here, Wednesday. Riding piggyback on the 970 kg Oceansat-2, six other nano satellites - four from Germany and one each from ... more |
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