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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 02, 2009 
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the cargo for space shuttle Atlantis' mission to the International Space Station was moved to Launch Pad 39A overnight and will be installed into the shuttle's payload bay. Technicians will finish testing Atlantis' waste collection system, or toilet, this weekend and ground teams are getting ready for the final part of launch dress rehearsal known ... read more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2009After so many close flybys of Enceladus, we're starting to feel as if this little moon of Saturn is an old friend. But during the encounter planned for Nov. 2, 2009, we are going to get up-close and personal. Cassini is going to take its deepest dive yet into the plumes spewing out from the moon's south pole to try to learn more about their composition and density. The spacecraft is going ... 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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Paris, France (ESA) Nov 02, 2009On 13 November 2009 Rosetta will swing by Earth and pass within 2500 km of Earth's surface. The manoeuvre is the fourth and last in a series of gravity assists and will provide the spacecraft with the required orbital boost to set course for the mission's final destination: comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Since its launch on 2 March 2004 Rosetta has made a long journey through the inner ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Oct 31, 2009Qian Xuesen, the man widely regarded as the father of China's nuclear missile and space programmes, has died at the age of 98, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Qian was born in the eastern city of Hangzhou but left the country in 1935 for studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. He later served as director of the Jet Propulsion laboratory at th ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 02, 2009Astronomers may be closer than ever to discovering a planet that's habitable like our own, but along the way they've discovered some very scary exoplanets - places where conditions are far too harsh for life as we know it to exist. We've rounded up some of the most frightening, deadly exoplanets, places that make even the scariest haunted house on Earth pale in comparison. ... more |
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Palo Alto CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2009Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that NSS-12 is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers. The satellite deployed its solar arrays Wednesday (TBR) evening, following its launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite's first thruster firing will propel it toward its final geosynchronous orbit. "It takes teamwork and ... more  
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 30, 2009The sixth Ariane 5 flight of 2009 marked another success for this heavy-lift launcher today, carrying the first satellite launched by Arianespace for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS - THOR 6, along with the 32nd spacecraft from the SES group of companies entrusted for an Ariane launch - NSS-12. Lifting off on time at 5:00 p.m. from the Spaceport in French Guiana, the Ariane 5 deployed ... more 
Beijing, China (XNA) Oct 30, 2009A new satellite launch center is now under construction near Wenchang in China's southernmost island province of Hainan. Once completed, it will be the country's fourth satellite launch centre and replace the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre (XSLC) for geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and other space launch missions. Yang Yong has more. Covering 20 square kilometers, the Wenchang Satellite Launch ... more |
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