|
 
NASA prepares for asteroid rendezvousPasadena, Calif. (UPI) Aug 24, 2010 NASA is getting ready for its Dawn spacecraft's encounter with a giant asteroid, set to happen in less than a year, the agency said. Dawn will conduct a detailed study as it spends a year circling the asteroid Vesta, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a body in the solar system's asteroid belt, SPACE.com reported Tuesday. There have been previous missions to asteroids, but scientists say Vesta offers a chance for something special. "Vesta is going to amaze us," Marc Rayman, Da ... read more |
. |
 |
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
| . | . |
| .. |
 
Washington (UPI) Aug 19, 2010 A U.S. senator has introduced legislation he says would give tax incentives to private companies and investors developing commercial spacecraft. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., says his measure, called the Commercial Space Jobs and Investment Act, would also create up to five regional business enterprise zones in the United States to attract commercial space ventures and create jobs in region ... more  
Mojave, Calif. (UPI) Aug 20, 2010 The mother ship jet designed to launch suborbital space tourist flights was damaged upon landing in California when a landing gear collapsed, officials said. Officials with Scaled Composites, the Mojave, Calif., company that built the twin-fuselage carrier plane, said a mechanical problem with the left main landing gear on the Virgin Galactic WhiteKnightTwo jet caused the "minor inciden ... more  
Tokyo (UPI) Aug 19, 2010 Japan will send another satellite on a mission to capture material from an asteroid and bring it back to Earth for study, scientists say. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency says a successor to the troubled Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, which managed to return a capsule to Earth this year, could launch as early as 2104, NewScientist.com reported Wednesday. The cost of the new spacecr ... more |
.. |
  Martian 'mud' volcanoes eyed for life  Opportunity Keeps On Driving To Endeavour Crater   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
.. |
|
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
|
. |
 
ISS orbit correctedMoscow (AFP) Aug 19, 2010 The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was successfully corrected on Thursday, an official of the Russian space flights control centre announced. The orbit was raised by 2.2 kilometres to 355.5 kilometres (220.9 miles), the official said, quoted by Interfax news agency. The manoeuvre was carried out using the engines of the Russian cargo vessel Progress M-06M. The orbital correction was needed to provide the optimal conditions for the docking of Progress M-07M on September 10 and ... read more |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
| Previous Issues | Aug 24 | Aug 23 | Aug 20 | Aug 19 | Aug 18 |
