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Two Crews For TiangongSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2010 We've recently had another short "up periscope" moment in monitoring China's human spaceflight program. This latest scan, produced from some Chinese media statements, suggests that the Tiangong space laboratory will be launched in 2011, and three Shenzhou missions will be sent to it in the future. The launch of Tiangong next year is a disappointment to those who were hoping for some action in 2010, but it's not surprising. China had always specified a broad timeframe for the launch. Tiangong is a ... read more |
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Roswell GA (SPX) Mar 04, 2010GS Yuasa Lithium Power (GYLP) has announced it has been awarded a contract to supply batteries for Orbital Sciences Corporation's (Orbital) Cygnus maneuvering space vehicle. Cygnus will be used to provide cargo delivery services to the International Space Station. The battery will be assembled at GS Yuasa Lithium Power's new manufacturing facility in Roswell, Georgia and will utilize their ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 04, 2010Extensive radar mapping of the middle-latitude region of northern Mars shows that thick masses of buried ice are quite common beneath protective coverings of rubble. The ability of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to continue charting the locations of these hidden glaciers and ice-filled valleys - first confirmed by radar two years ago - adds clues about how these deposits may have been ... more  
Wright Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Mar 04, 2010Mini- thrusters or miniature, electric propulsion systems are being developed, which could make it easier for the Air Force's small satellites, including the latest CubeSats, to perform space maneuvers and undertake formidable tasks like searching for planets beyond our solar system. With Air Force Office of Scientific Research funding, researchers led by Dr. Paulo Lozano at Massachusetts ... more |
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Student Rocket REXUS 7 LaunchedEsrange, Sweden (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 The first student rocket planned for this week, REXUS 7, was successfully launched from SSC's launch facility Esrange Space Center. The rocket carried three student experiments onboard. The rocket reached an altitude of 83 km and landed north of Esrange Space Center. The recovery operation has started and the payload will be brought back to the students by helicopter for further analysis. The three experiments onboard were: + VIBRA DAMP with the aim to analyse disturbing forces during weight ... read more |
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