Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

September 30, 2014

Chinese Company to Create High-Altitude Space Balloon: Reports
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 30, 2014
A private company in Beijing is planning to build a high-altitude balloon to take people 40 kilometers (25 miles) above the earth to the brink of the planet's atmosphere, the South China Morning Post reported Monday. According to the Chinese company heading the project, Spacevision, plans are still in the "design phase" and outline the method that would transport passengers via a pressurized capsule to extreme heights and views, in addition to a brief moment of reduced gravity. The balloon w ... read more

Previous Issues

Sep 29

Sep 26

Sep 25

Sep 24

Sep 23

NASA-Funded Rocket Has Six Minutes to Study Solar Heating On Sept. 30, 2014, a sounding rocket will fly up into the sky - past Earth's atmosphere that obscures certain wavelengths of light from the sun - for a 15-minute journey to study what heats up the ... more		China Successfully Orbits Experimental Satellite China has launched a new experimental satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gobi desert on Sunday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The Shijian-11-07 was boo ... more		Dawn reaches its seventh anniversary On the seventh anniversary of embarking upon its extraordinary extraterrestrial expedition, the Dawn spacecraft is far from the planet where its journey began. While Earth has completed its repetiti ... more
				Proton Failure Review Board Concludes Investigation The ILS Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) has concluded its work, after a detailed review of the findings, conclusions and identified corrective action plans from the Russian State Inter-agency ... more		Light Scattering on Dust Holds Clues to Habitability We are all made of dust. Dust particles can be found everywhere in space. Disks of dust and debris swirl around and condense to form stars, planets and smaller objects like comets, asteroids and dwa ... more

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

EIAST launches its Advanced Aerial Systems Program The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) has launched the Advanced Aerial Systems Program which aims to develop UAE capabilities in the fields of designing, manufacturing ... more		Cassini Watches Mysterious Feature Evolve in Titan Sea NASA's Cassini spacecraft is monitoring the evolution of a mysterious feature in a large hydrocarbon sea on Saturn's moon Titan. The feature covers an area of about 100 square miles (260 square kilo ... more		Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement		Cold Atom Laboratory Chills Atoms to New Lows NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) mission has succeeded in producing a state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate, a key breakthrough for the instrument leading up to its debut on the Inter ... more
				Galactic getaway The sky's no longer the limit for Chinese tourists. Space is the final frontier for the country's wealthy travelers. Most have already traveled to the ends of the Earth - many, like Beijing banker T ... more		Planets with Oddball Orbits Like Mercury Could Host Life Mercury has an oddball orbit - it takes longer for it to rotate on its axis and complete a day than it takes to orbit the sun and complete a year. Now, researchers suggest photosynthesis could take ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Opportunity's Heading to a Small Crater Called 'Ulysses' Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards "Marathon Valley," a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The rover is headed to a near-term target, a small crater named ... more		NASA Expands Commercial Space Program On the heels of awarding groundbreaking contracts to U.S. commercial space companies to ferry American astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA has released a request for proposals (RFP) ... more		Ex-US climate envoy: Trump threatening 'consensus science' worldwide How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape? Australian scientists grapple with 'despicable' butterfly heist		Turning the Moon into a cosmic ray detector Scientists from the University of Southampton are to turn the Moon into a giant particle detector to help understand the origin of Ultra-High-Energy (UHE) cosmic rays - the most energetic particles ... more
Yelena Serova becomes first Russian woman aboard space station The International Space Station welcomed its first female cosmonaut yesterday. Russian Yelena Serova arrived along with two colleagues after a six-hour trip aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft. After blasting off from Kazakistan, Serova became just the fourth Russian woman in space. ... more		New RFID technology helps robots find household objects Mobile robots could be much more useful in homes, if they could locate people, places and objects. Today's robots usually see the world with cameras and lasers, which have difficulty reliably recogn ... more		Blackout? Robots to the Rescue Big disasters almost always result in big power failures. Not only do they take down the TV and fridge, they also wreak havoc with key infrastructure like cell towers. That can delay search and resc ... more		Crew including first woman cosmonaut in 17 years blasts off for ISS A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts, including the first woman cosmonaut in 17 years, blasted off on schedule Friday, Russian mission control said. ... more

	Orion Recovery Tests Help Teams Prepare for December Flight NASA, Orion prime contractor Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy successfully completed the third round of tests to practice recovering Orion when it splashes down off the coast of San Diego at the en ... more		Crew selected for eight-month Mars simulation The six astronaut-like crew members of the next Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) mission has been selected. For the next mission, starting October 15, the participants will b ... more

What to look for in China and Europe's climate plans

Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali junta

EU states agree broad UN emissions target avoiding 'embarrassment'

China's first space lab in operation for over 1000 days		Delta IV Booster Integration Another Step Toward First Orion Flight		Football-size underwater robot could protect American ports		Heritage of Earth's water gives rise to hopes of life on other planets		Interstellar molecules are branching out
Robot cheerleading squad showcases sensor technology		India's Mars Orbiter Cost Only 11 Percent of NASA's Maven Probe: Reports		NASA Rover Drill Pulls First Taste From Mars Mountain		China Exclusive: Mars: China's next goal?		New milestone in the search for water on distant planets

A Giant Among Earth Satellites

New ISS Trio Launches to Expand Expedition 41 to Six

Opening doors to space

Clear skies on exo-Neptune

Managing Orbital Debris and Space Traffic

India's spacecraft beams back first Mars photos

Boeing unit, Liquid Robotics to collaborate on maritime surveillance

Arianespace's lightweight Vega launcher is readied for its mission with the European IXV spaceplane

One Last Slumber

Distant planet's atmosphere shows evidence of water vapor

NASA technologies to be studied for commercialization

SpaceX cargo ship arrives at International Space Station

Elon Musk, Rick Perry attend groundbreaking for Texas spaceport

India wins Asia's Mars race as spacecraft enters orbit

India Mars mission enters orbit

Soyuz Rocket Awaiting Launch at Baikonur Cosmodrome

Asteroid named for University of Utah makes public debut

Back to Driving

CME Week: Coronal Mass Ejections at Mars

Russia to Launch Full-Scale Moon Exploration Next Decade

Free Newsletters - Space - Defense - Environment - Energy

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news 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 Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.