Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

NASA: the risk rate of Discovery mission is 1%

Cape Canaveral, USA - The shuttle will be launched Saturday, despite doubts

The launch of Discovery will occur next Saturday from Cape Canaveral base (Florida) if there are no weather complications and NASA estimates the mission risk rate: one chance in a hundred for the 7 astronauts to die in space. So there is a risk and it increased compared to initial estimations of shuttle programme (1 in 7000). However, despite doubts of two US Space Agency security officers, the launch...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 143648
Rome, Italy, 06/28/2006 14:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

AerospaceSpace Norway orders THOR 8 satellite from Thales Alenia Space

With a launch mass of 4 metric tons; launch in 2027

Space Norway, Northern Europe’s leading satellite operator, and Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), today announced they have signed a contract for the s... more

AerospaceTAS and Nibe sign a satellite supply contract

For Earth observation constellation project

Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with NIBE Space (a subsidiary of NIBE Limited) concerning the supply of a high-resolution optical... more

AerospaceSpainSat NG-I satellite launched

On a Falcon 9 rocket

The first of the two Airbus-built new generation SpainSat satellites, SpainSat NG-I, has been successfully launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, in the US. Operated by Hisdesat for the Spanish... more