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![]() Paris (AFP) Nov 23, 2011 A European tracking station in western Australia has "established contact" with Russia's Phobos-Grunt space probe, which has been stranded in orbit since its launch on November 8, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday. "ESA teams are working closely with engineers in Russia to determine how best to maintain communication with the spacecraft," it said in a brief announcement on its website. ... read more |
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![]() Space Station Trio Lands Safely in Kazakhstan Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth on Monday, wrapping up nearly six months in space during which NASA and its international partners celebrated the 11th anniver ... more | .. |
![]() Russian experts baffled by erratic behavior of Mars probe Russian Federal Space Agency experts are puzzled by the rising orbit of the Phobos-Grunt unmanned Mars probe, Roscosmos deputy head Vitaly Davydov said on Tuesday. The probe was launched on No ... more | .. |
![]() Mars departure window closing, will open later The astronomical window for the Phobos-Grunt's mission to Mars has just about closed, believe space industry sources. The probe could still fly by the red planet, but the expedition to land on and t ... more | .. | ||
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![]() Russia wants to focus on Moon if Mars mission fails If Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars mission fails the country's space agency may focus on Moon exploration, the deputy head of the Roscosmos agency said on Tuesday. The Mars probe was launched from ... more | .. |
![]() 15 patents granted for Chinese space docking technology China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) on Tuesday conferred 15 patent certificates to the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), developer of the docking mechanism for China's ... more | .. |
![]() ULA Completes Milestone Toward Certifying Atlas V For Human Spaceflight United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced the completion of a key milestone that could lead toward the certification of the Atlas V launch vehicle for human spaceflight. ULA has successfully comple ... more | .. |
![]() Space Law Symposium to Examine National Space Laws The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law and the Journal of Space Law with the International Institute of Space Law will host the sixth Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on Critical Issu ... more |
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![]() NASA Updates Prelaunch Events for Mars Science Lab NASA has updated information about the news conferences and other events for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover launch. Liftoff is scheduled at 7:02 a.m. PST (10:02 a.m. EST) on Sa ... more | .. |
![]() Shenzhou-8 brings German SIMBOX experiments safely back to Earth On 17 November at 19:38 local time (12:38 CET), the Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-8, carrying the German SIMBOX experiment, landed on schedule in the Gobi desert in Inner Mongolia, completing a succes ... more | .. |
![]() IT Geeks Would Rather Take The Money Than Blast Off Into Space Given the choice between a ticket into space and $102,000 (approx 65,000 pounds), 60 percent of IT staff would take the cash. That's the finding of a survey of 4,000 global Twitter followers by UK-b ... more | .. |
![]() Russia, France to team up on new launchers Russia and France will pool their efforts to build cutting-edge reusable space rockets, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday. "Russian and French engineers are already working in this ... more |
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![]() SpaceX Searches For New Commercial Launch Site Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is seeking a new launch site to meet increasing demand from commercial customers. SpaceX already has an active launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ... more | .. |
![]() CHAPS Pressure Suits Evaluated During Simulated Missions In Centrifuge Two researchers set to fly aboard suborbital spacecraft as a part of Southwest Research Institute's next-generation suborbital research program completed another milestone on November 2nd when they ... more | .. |
![]() 'Little chance' of saving stranded Mars probe: Russia Russia's space agency admitted Tuesday there was little chance of saving a probe that aimed to bring back soil from Mars's largest moon but has been stranded in Earth orbit since launch. ... more | .. |
![]() Russian Soyuz brings astronauts safely back to Earth Three astronauts landed safely in the Kazakh steppe aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule on Tuesday after a stay of over five months aboard the International Space Station, Russian mission control said. ... more |
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![]() Schafer Corp Signs Licensing Agreement with MoonDust Technologies The Schafer Corporation has signed a Licensing and Development Agreement with MoonDust Technologies, LLC (MDT) of Tucson, AZ to give them exclusive, worldwide production and marketing rights for a u ... more | .. |
![]() Cassini Chronicles The Life And Times Of Giant Storm On Saturn New images and animated movies from NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicle the birth and evolution of the colossal storm that ravaged the northern face of Saturn for nearly a year. These new full ... more | .. |
![]() China plans major effort in pursuing manned space technology China will endeavor unremittingly in its pursuit of manned space technology, a senior space program official said Friday at a press briefing detailing the nation's first-ever space docking. On ... more | .. |
![]() Tiangong-1 orbiter enters long-term operation management Chinese orbiter Tiangong-1 has entered into long-term operation management in space after docking twice with the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8, a committee in charge of the orbiter's management dut ... more |
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![]() Flying over the three-dimensional Moon Although the Moon is so far the only celestial body other than Earth on which a human being has ever walked, the topography of its surface has not been studied comprehensively. This is why NASA's Lu ... more | .. |
![]() Civilizations beyond Earth: Extraterrestrial Life and Society Most scientists think that we are not alone in the universe. Somewhere out there, there must be other intelligent forms of life. Our radio telescopes regularly scan the galaxy in search of a signal ... more | .. |
![]() Opportunity Nearing A Winter Haven The project continues to implement the seasonal plan for Opportunity, which is to winter over on the north end of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater where northerly tilts are favorable for s ... more | .. |
![]() Last chance to send Russian Mars moon probe expires Monday The launch window to send Russia's Phobos-Grunt unmanned spacecraft to a Mars moon will close on Monday, an airspace source told RIA Novosti. "The spacecraft has already unfolded its solar panels an ... more |
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![]() All systems go for next communication spacecraft The most recent evaluations of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) project confirmed all systems go for a third generation upgrade of the orbiting communications network. TDRS-K is sched ... more | .. |
![]() Research group proposes first system for assessing the odds of life on other worlds Within the next few years, the number of planets discovered in orbits around distant stars will likely reach several thousand or more. But even as our list of these newly discovered "exoplanets" gro ... more | .. |
![]() Reliable nuclear device to heat, power Mars Science Lab NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which is scheduled to launch this week, has the potential to be the most productive Mars surface mission in history. That's due in part to its nuclear heat an ... more | .. |
![]() Launch Team Focuses on Unique Needs of Curiosity About the size of a small SUV and weighing as much as some cars, the Mars Science Laboratory "Curiosity" is being asked to conduct the most intensive examination of the surface of the red planet eve ... more |
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![]() MRO Catches Mars Sand Dunes in Motion Images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show sand dunes and ripples moving across the surface of Mars at dozens of locations and shifting up to several yards. These observations reveal the pl ... more | .. |
![]() New Missions To Investigate How Mars Turned Hostile Maybe because it appears as a speck of blood in the sky, the planet Mars was named after the Roman god of war. From the point of view of life as we know it, that's appropriate. The Martian surface i ... more | .. |
![]() MSL launch delayed to Saturday Nov 26 The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has been delayed one day to allow time for the team to remove and replace a flight termination system bat ... more | .. |
![]() NASA Develops New Game-Changing Technology Two NASA California centers have been selected to develop new space-aged technologies that could be game-changers in the way we look at planets from above and how we safely transport robots or human ... more |
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