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Vega Launcher Production Contracts Signed By ESA, Arianespace And ELVParis, France (ESA) Sep 09, 2010 As Vega's development is coming to an end with the qualification flight scheduled in 2011, two contracts were signed to allow the project to move on to the next phase. Yesterday ESA and Arianespace signed the work order for production of the first Vega launcher, after qualification, as part of the Vega flexibility demonstration flights frame contract signed in December 2009. At the same ceremony, Arianespace and the ELV company (European Launch Vehicle, Avio Group) concluded a frame contract ... read more |
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Bangalore, India (SPX) Sep 08, 2010Chandrayaan-2, the proposed second Indian mission to moon, would undertake "extremely good" experiments and try out new technologies but accommodating foreign payloads on board does not appear to be a possibility at this stage. The first edition of the moon odyssey had six foreign payloads and five Indian ones on board but heavy orbiter (satellite) and lander weight this time has put const ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 08, 2010The launch campaign for Arianespace's upcoming Soyuz mission for Globalstar has entered a new phase as all six spacecraft are now at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The mission's three remaining satellites were delivered last week - joining the initial three that have been at the Cosmodrome since August 11 for their final checkout, and fueling. One of the spacecraft has already co ... more  
Cambridge MA (SPX) Sep 08, 2010Volcanoes display the awesome power of Nature like few other events. Earlier this year, ash from an Icelandic volcano disrupted air travel throughout much of northern Europe. Yet this recent eruption pales next to the fury of Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system. Now that astronomers are finding rocky worlds orbiting distant stars, they're asking the next logical q ... more |
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Opportunity Studies Interesting RocksPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2010 Opportunity finished her campaign to examine an exposed outcrop of rock that was of interest to the science team. On Sol 2342 (Aug. 26, 2010), the rover's robotic arm (Instrument Deployment Device, IDD) collected a single microscopic imager (MI) image of the target, "Laya Beach" and a MI mosaic of the target, "Cervera Shoal." On the next sol, the moessbauer (MB) spectrometer was placed on the Cervera Shoal for a multi-sol integration. However, an anomaly was observed with the moessbauer spec ... read more |
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