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Pan-STARRS Discovers Potentially Hazardous AsteroidHaleakala HI (SPX) Sep 28, 2010 The University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS PS1 telescope on Haleakala has discovered an asteroid that will come within 4 million miles of Earth in mid-October. The object is about 150 feet in diameter and was discovered in images acquired on September 16, when it was about 20 million miles away. It is the first "potentially hazardous object" (PHO) to be discovered by the Pan-STARRS survey and has been given the designation "2010 ST3." "Although this particular object won't hit Earth in the immedi ... read more |
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 27, 2010China 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 ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Sept 25, 2010A Russian Soyuz capsule with three crew landed safely back on Earth from the International Space Station on Saturday after unprecedented problems undocking kept astronauts an extra day in orbit. "The landing was without incident. The crew feels normal," said a spokesman for the Russian mission control outside Moscow. Russia's space agency said the craft carrying US astronaut Tracy Caldwe ... more  
Moscow (UPI) Sep 25, 2010 Russia's space agency says it plans to allow two space tourists to journey to the International Space Station on a Soyuz spacecraft in 2013. The Roscosmos agency says a Russian professional space crew commander would join the two tourists, RIA Novosti reported. "Such a proposal is under consideration of Roscosmos and the American Space Adventures (company)," said Alexei Krasnov, ... more |
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ISRO To Replace Two Ageing Satellites In DecemberChennai, India (PTI) Sep 27, 2010 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to replace two of its ageing satellites with new ones by December, an official said Thursday. The agency is planning to send in space two rockets for the purpose. First to fly towards the heavens will be ISRO's heavy rocket - the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) - sometime during the second week of December carrying a communication satellite GSAT 5 - intended to replace the ageing INSAT 2E. 'The INSAT 2E was launched in 1999 a ... read more |
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