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Next Spacewalk No Earlier Than WednesdayHouston TX (SPX) Aug 09, 2010 The next spacewalk to complete the removal of a failed ammonia pump module and installation and activation of a new pump module on the International Space Station's S1 Truss will take place no earlier than Wednesday. Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson completed the first spacewalk to remove and replace the pump module at 3:22 p.m. EDT Saturday. As the result of an ammonia leak in the final line that needed to be disconnected from the failed pump module, the day's ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Aug 7, 2010Two International Space Station astronauts set out Saturday on the first of two spacewalks to fix a cooling pump that dramatically failed last week. ISS astronauts will need at least two spacewalks to remove the failed ammonia pump unit and replace it with a new one after the device failed a week ago. Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson slept in the Quest airlock module overnight to a ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 06, 2010Leading international satellite operator Intelsat has chosen Arianespace to launch its Intelsat-20 satellite. Arianespace has announced that it has been chosen by Intelsat to launch the Intelsat-20 satellite during the second quarter of 2012. Weighing 5,800 kg. at liftoff, Intelsat-20 will be boosted into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 ECA from the European Spaceport in Kourou ... more  
Tokyo (UPI) Aug 5, 2010 A pair of Japanese and American computer experts say they've calculated the value of Pi to 5 trillion decimal places, double the previous record. Engineer Shigeru Kondo teamed up with U.S. computer science student Alexander Yee to push the calculation of the mathematical constant, PhysOrg.com reported Thursday. Pi, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, starts wit ... more |
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Arianespace Launches Two SatellitesKourou, French Guiana (SPX) Aug 05, 2010 This latest successful launch of Ariane 5, the third in 2010, once again proves the launcher's operational capabilities. Ariane 5 is the only commercial satellite launcher now on the market capable of simultaneously launching two payloads and handling a complete range of missions, from commercial launches into geostationary orbit to scientific satellites boosted into special orbits. The 52nd launch of an Ariane 5, and the 38th successful mission in a row, clearly confirms the launcher's reliabilit ... read more |
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