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China Ready For Another Lunar EncounterSydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 27, 2010 China could launch its second lunar probe within days. The Chang'e 2 spacecraft was originally built as a back-up to China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e 1, which was launched successfully in 2007. Rather than mothballing the spare spacecraft, China has sensibly planned a follow-up mission that will examine the Moon even more closely than the first. Chang'e 2 has been fairly camera-shy for the media, and we have received only a basic disclosure of its mission. We can expect that it will look prett ... read more |
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 24, 2010We all sort our rubbish by category, allowing recycling to take place. It's easy to understand why. Different items require different processes for disposal. For years, we have been growing increasingly aware of the trash problem in low Earth orbit. Debris from whole satellites to tiny flecks of paint poses a hazard to anything we launch. It can damage spacecraft or even claim lives. With ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Sept 24, 2010The Soyuz capsule failed Friday to undock for the first time in a decade of flights to the International Space Station, forcing three crew members to remain an extra day in orbit. The Russian mission control centre near Moscow said the shuttle's return to Earth was rolled back to Saturday over fears that the capsule was not fully airlocked after a computer malfunction. "The landing of th ... more 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 25, 2010The Soyuz spacecraft carrying US astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko undocked Saturday from the International Space Station after an initial failure, Russian mission control center said. "The spaceship undocked on time and without any glitches," the mission control press service said. The Soyuz capsule failed Friday to undock fo ... more |
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Synthetic Life Could Aid Space ExplorationMoffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 24, 2010 When packing for a manned mission to Mars or the Moon, the best thing to bring may not be food or fuel, but specially designed organisms that can create those things for you. Scientists are researching the possibility of engineering synthetic organisms that could use the resources available in the solar system to create the supplies astronauts would need to survive on another planet. "Personally I'm interested in space settlement," said John Cumbers, a graduate student at NASA's Ames Researc ... read more |
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