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China's space station plan delayed for 'technical reasons'Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2010 China has postponed the next step in its ambitious space station programme until 2011 for technical reasons, state media said Wednesday. China had originally planned to place the Tiangong-1 space module in orbit late this year and undertake experimental docking manoeuvres in subsequent missions, Xinhua news agency cited rocket designer Qi Faren as saying. But the initial launch has now been delayed by a year due to "technical reasons", Qi said, without elaborating. Qi was speaking to the med ... read more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Mar 02, 2010ESA's Mars Express will skim the surface of Mars' largest moon Phobos on Wednesday evening. Passing by at an altitude of 67 km, precise radio tracking will allow researchers to peer inside the mysterious moon. Mars Express is currently engaged in a series of 12 flybys of Phobos. At each close pass, different instruments are trained towards the mysterious space rock, gaining new information ... more  
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 02, 2010The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the Orion crew exploration vehicle achieved a major technology milestone by completing fabrication of the world's largest heat shield structure. The shield is five meters (16.4 feet) in diameter and is critical to the protection of the spacecraft and its crew from the extreme temperatures experienced during re-entry. The work was completed at Lockhee ... more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010Spirit Status for sol 2177-2184: Spirit is in her winter position, still embedded in the area called "Troy" on the west side of Home Plate. Efforts continue to prepare the rover for winter. Because of the low power levels, multi-sol plans are being developed with reduced communication activity to save energy. These plans have a single uplink to the rover and few Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) ... more |
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OHO-1 Satellite To Be Launched By ArianespaceParis, France (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 OverHorizon has chosen Arianespace to launch its first communications satellite, OHO-1, the fourth contract signed by Arianespace in 2010 with the world's leading satellite operators. Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and James Gerow, President of OverHorizon LLC have announced the signature of the launch service contract for the OHO-1 satellite. OHO-1 will be launched into geostationary transfer orbit in mid-2012, using an Ariane 5 launcher from the Guiana Space Center, Eu ... read more |
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