Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

October 23, 2014

China launches first mission to moon and back
Beijing (AFP) Oct 24, 2014
China launched its first space mission to the moon and back early Friday, authorities said, the latest step forward for Beijing's ambitious programme to one day land a Chinese citizen on the Earth's only natural satellite. The unnamed, unmanned probe will travel to the moon, fly around it and head back to Earth, re-entering the atmosphere and landing, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) said in a statement. ... read more

Previous Issues

Oct 22

Oct 21

Oct 20

Oct 17

Oct 16

Organic molecules in Titan's atmosphere are intriguingly skewed While studying the atmosphere on Saturn's moon Titan, scientists discovered intriguing zones of organic molecules unexpectedly shifted away from its north and south poles. These misaligned features ... more		Cosmonauts complete 3rd EVA for October Russian spacewalkers Max Suraev and Alexander Samokutyaev closed the Pirs docking compartment hatch at 1:06 p.m. EDT ending the third spacewalk for Expedition 41. The cosmonauts were outside the Int ... more		New lunar mission to test Chang'e-5 technology China will launch a new lunar mission this week to test technology likely to be used in Chang'e-5, a future lunar probe with the ability to return to Earth. The experimental spacecraft launche ... more
				Next Chinese mission to moon will return to Earth This week China will launch a new lunar orbiter, which, in contrast with previous space probes, will return to Earth after orbiting the Moon, China's official Xinhua news agency reports. Ye Pe ... more		NASA-led study sees Titan glowing at dusk and dawn New maps of Saturn's moon Titan reveal large patches of trace gases shining brightly near the north and south poles. These regions are curiously shifted off the poles, to the east or west, so that d ... more

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Suomi team ward off recent space debris threat While space debris was the uncontrolled adversary in the award-winning space thriller film "Gravity," space debris, also known as "space junk," is an ongoing real-life concern for teams managing sat ... more		NASA Awards Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder for the JPSS-2 Mission NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, of Azusa, California, for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) Instrument for flight on the J ... more		Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement		Proton-M Lofts Express-AM6 Satellite Russia launched on Tuesday an Express-series communications satellite on board the Proton-M carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. "T ... more
				China Completes Country's Largest Spaceport Construction of the fourth and the largest spaceport in China in the country's southern city of Wenchang has been completed and it is ready for launch, People's Daily reported Friday. Completi ... more		Increasing cosmic radiation a danger for Mars missions Humans have long dreamed of traveling to Mars, hopscotching across the solar system and fanning out into the cosmos beyond. Several nations and private organizations are developing plans for crewed ... more

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

In a first, astronomers map comets around another star Astronomers using an ultra-sensitive telescope in the Chilean desert said Wednesday they had mapped hundreds of comets orbiting a star 63 light years from Earth. ... more		Cosmonauts Busy as US Segment Crew Takes Day Off A pair of cosmonauts suited up for a dry run of Wednesday's spacewalk while Dragon will hang on to the International Space Station for a few more days. Commander Max Suraev and Flight Engineer ... 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		UH Manoa studies effects of long-term space travel The University of Hawai'i at Manoa is leading a study on the effects of long-term space travel to humans, a UH news release said. Six members of the Hawai'i Space Exploration Analog and Simula ... more
Dava Newman nominated for NASA post The White House has announced the nomination of MIT's Dava Newman, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and of engineering systems, as NASA's deputy administrator, the space agency's No. 2 lead ... more		SSL Begins Post-Launch Maneuvers For Intelsat 30 Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has announced that a satellite designed and built for Intelsat, was launched yesterday and is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. The sat ... more		Descent Data May Help With Future Mars Landings NASA successfully captured thermal images of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on its descent after it launched in September from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The data from these thermal imag ... more		Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Studies Comet Flyby NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has sent home more data about Mars than all other missions combined, is also now providing data about a comet that buzzed The Red Planet. The orbiter ... more

	Work completed on satellite launch center in Hainan Construction of the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan province, China's fourth and most advanced space launch center, has been completed and it will soon become operational, People's Daily ... more		ESA spaceplane progressing towards Vega launch Europe's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) spaceplane has completed another step in its pre-launch checkout process, and is now being readied for fueling ahead of the November 18 flight with A ... 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'

Argentina launches its first telecom satellite		China's space policy gets even tighter		China's Secret Moon Mission		EIAST: KhalifaSat design completed		CASIS Issues RFP For EO Ideas Using ISS Technology
LockMart Team Delivers Lightning Mapper Instrument For Weather Satellite		China to send orbiter to moon and back: report		Lockheed Martin claims nuclear energy breakthrough		Mars rover had good opportunities to image passing comet		"Houston: We Have A Problem...But No Worries, Our Virtual Therapist Is On It"

A Different Kind of Green Movement: Seedling Growth in Space

ISS Astronauts Wrap Up Preps for Wednesday Spacewalk

Comet's Close Encounter 'One in a Million'

Progress-M Cargo Ship To Undock From ISS On Oct 27

Microbes in deep-sea rocks eat methane, lots of it

MAVEN spacecraft's first look at Mars holds surprises

Mars One -- and done?

Wobbling of a Saturn moon hints at what lies beneath

Messenger Images Ice Near Mercury's North Pole

NASA's Opportunity Rover Gets Panorama Image at 'Wdowiak Ridge'

Getting To Know Super-Earths

New TALON tactical robot makes debut

ISS Spacewalkers Replace Power Regulator, Move Equipment

Hubble Telescope Finds Potential Kuiper Belt Targets for New Horizons Pluto Mission

Astronomers Spot Faraway Uranus-Like Planet

NASA Mission Provides Its First Look at Martian Upper Atmosphere

Argentina launches geostationary satellite

Lockheed Martin developing compact nuclear fusion reactor

Japan toymaker unveils tiny talking, singing humanoid

An android opera: Japan's Shibuya plots new era of robot music

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.