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AerospaceASI: criticism by Italian trade unions
Rome, Italy - The Italian Space Agency board would be accused for not properly managing its own employees
The trade unions's representatives of ASI Italian Space Agency's workers show a significant criticism regarding the agency's management by the board. The unions would have opted on last October 21 for... more
AerospaceASI: a proposal for the Italian Prime Minister department's direct management
Rome, Italy - The political majority and minority would be studying three drafts on such matter
ASI (Italian Space Agency) could be destined to the direct control by Italian Prime Minister department. This is the latest news concerning the possible future developments of the agency, as Italian Government... more
AerospaceThe ISS 9th mission astronauts have back to Earth
Almaty, Kazakhstan - Soyuz landed after travelling three hours and a half
Soyuz with aboard the two Russian space-travellers Ghennadi Padalka and Iuri Sharghin and the American Michael Fincke, back from the International Space Station (ISS) (see for details AVIONEWS), landed... more
AerospaceUS Air Force to attend to the surveillance of satellites and space debris
Washington, USA - The task had been assigned to US Navy for decades to monitor the presence of potentially dangerous orbital objects
US Navy had been attending to the surveillance of space for decades with reference to the detection of satellites, and of debris which can in some cases represent a threat for the satellites themselves... more
AerospaceRussia: the first launch of the carrier rocket has been postponed
Moscow, Russia - Official sources claim it is nothing extraordinary
Some official sources, said today, according to what the Muscovite newspaper "Ria Novosti" reported, that the first launch of the Russian carrier rocket expected for October 29, would presumably postponed... more
AerospaceNasa starts aptitude tests on Deep Impact spacecraft
Washington, Usa - The launch is set for December 30th
Deep Impact Spacecraft has been transferred yesterday at Astrotech Space Operation facility, near Kennedy Space Centre, to start the aptitude tests before the departure. The spacecraft will be successively... more
AerospaceEADS-Snecma: a common interest in the propulsion systems dedicated to space activities
Paris, France - The two companies could produce a merge of the respective specialized sections in such field
The aerospace sector could be involved by the creation of a new group soon, and it would be specialized in the propulsion systems for space activities, through the merge between the specific sections in... more
AerospaceNasa: workshop concerning the relationship between research and education from 22 to 24 October
New York, USA - The workshop would celebrate the conjunction between scientific research and classroom
They would be thirty educations the ones who would be guests at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville next 22-24 October: the same who applied in 2003-2004 to join Nasa's Astronaut Corps. The workshop... more
AerospaceGenesis crash: slow-down sensor was set back to front
Washington, USA - Solar wind specimen were undamaged despite knock
The inquire commission over the crash of the American space probe Genesis to the Utah desert last September 8, after it captured solar wind specimen (see for details AVIONEWS), has found that probe parachute... more
AerospaceEADS Astrium-Boeing: a memorandum of understanding for the satellite sector
Paris, France - A cooperation aimed to favour the coexistence of the Galileo and the GPS satellite systems
Europe and the United States recently found a new solution to encourage the coexistence of the two global positioning satellite systems called Galileo and GPS. EADS Astrium and Boeing signed in fact a... more
AerospaceChina: space capsule returning on Earth demolishes building
Beijing, China - There were no victims
It was launched 20 days ago, from the Jiuquan base, the Chinese capsule which last Saturday, returning on Earth, knocked down a building in the area of Sichuan, destroying it. There were no victims. The... more
AerospaceSouth Korea: Most is seeking for two space travellers to send in the space
Seoul, South Korea - They will be recruited through 4 selected screening the two spacemen who will escort the Russian spaceship in a space mission
Most (Ministry of Science and Technology) announced, last 17 October, that it is ready a recruiting plan for seeking the two Korean cosmonauts who would accompany the Russian spaceship Soyuz in a 10-day... more
AerospaceSoyuz: creepy docking
Moscow, Russia - Approach stage by "excessive speed": control center orders to turn the automated docking system into that manual
The Soyuz TMA-5 arrived Saturday to the International Space Station (Iss): the space shuttle took off last Thursday from the Russian cosmodrome in Baikonur with aboard Leroy Chiao, Salijan Sharipov e Iuri... more
AerospaceMars: Spirit and Opportunity proved presence of water
Washington Usa - The shuttles are proceeding with the explorations
Nasa's space shuttle, in orbit since October 1st for its third mission on Mars, are sending important descriptions about the composition of the planet ground. The informations sent by Opportunity have... more
AerospaceSpace: achieve mission for the Russian booster
Moscow, Russia - It seems the American satellite for telecommunication Amc-15 arrived without any problem and it ordinarily works
It ended successfully the mission that saw the Russian booster Briz-M , which left this morning from the cosmodrome based in Baikonur (Kazakistan), to freight on orbit the American satellite for telecommunication... more
AerospaceTrieste: scientific conference of UE
Trieste, Italy - Space weather forecast
Space weather forecast; this is the theme of the scientific conference performed, recently at Trieste attended by the members of 21 countries of UE, which decided to partecipate at the program of scientific... more
AerospaceISS: the 10th Expedition left
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - On board the Soyuz Tm-5 two Russians and an American
After a succession of delays (see AVIONEWS), the American Leroy Chiao, the Russian Salijan Sharipov and Iuri Sharghin are finally left on board the Soyuz Tm-5 to replace the International Space Station... more
AerospaceEsa is worried about space rubbish
Madrid, Spain - The Agency asked for a list of rubbish which orbits in the space
It seems to be the danger that it could represent the reason for which Esa (European Space Agency) asked to Miquel Serra, who is astronomer of the Canarian Astrophysics Institute to redact mixed with the... more
AerospaceGalileo: the selection of the satellite system concessionary to occur in January
Brussels, Belgium - The winner to attend from 2007 to the operating of 30 satellites which will be put into a geo-stationary orbit
The final selection of the concessionary consortium for the global positioning satellite system called Galileo, would have been postponed to January 2005. Despite a final answer in this sense by the joint... more
AerospaceNasa: crossed studies about "Supernova"
Washington, Usa - It's trying to unravel the mysteries about one of the most attractive space event
A collaboration of three companies of the Nasa's Great Observatories -Spitzer Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra x-ray- trying to unravel all the mysteries about Supernova, a star which... more
AerospaceChina also subscribes the Galileo programme
Beijing, China - It will aid by an EUR 200m grant
Signing in Beijing the last October 9, the agreement with European Union, during the visit of the French president Jacques Chirac which have inaugurated the French culture year in the Rising Sun country,... more
AerospaceBigelow Nautilus: an "Inflatable" orbital station
Las Vegas, USA - The innovative NASA and Bigelow Aerospace's space structure should be put into orbit in 2010
NASA and Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas would intend to put into orbit, between 2005 and 2006, two scale models of what could become the new type of orbital station staring in 2010. It deals with the "Inflatable"... more
AerospaceESA: European astronauts training with Folgore before flying on board the space ships
Rome, Italy - Four cosmonauts of the European Space Agency would have faced a series of particularly hard tests on mountain and in the open sea
From mountain to the open sea, on the verge of body and mental resistance. This is the training to which four ESA's (European Space Agency) astronauts would have been subjected to, while forecasting to... more
AerospaceThe space-touristic flights will cost less than a car
Washington, Usa - The SpaceShipOne established the world height record
The SpaceShipOne behind to be the first space shuttle planned by a private firm to fly into the space for 2 times and with the same weight on board (see for details AVIONEWS), would have also established... more
AerospaceThe space telescope Hubble would presumably still live for about five years
Washington, Usa - The space carrier Lockheed Martin seems to have signed a USD 330m contract to build a special shuttle
It seems official the new according to which Hubble does not risk its life anymore. The space telescope gave the possibility to make several important discoveries during last 15 years. It is presumably... more
AerospaceThe travels among stars will start in three years
Los Angeles, Usa - The Mojave airport will become the first launch center for space tourists
After the enterprise made by the SpaceShipOne (see for details AVIONEWS), it is officialy begun the tourist space travel time, which according to Richard Branson, the well known owner of the Virgin brand,... more
AerospaceIss: more and more difficult life conditions in the space
Washington, Usa - The spacemen on board of the International stationary orbit declare to have several problems
The main problem, on board of the International stationary orbit, is too many rubbish, without the possibility of removing it. Some weeks ago, in order to solve this problem, the Control Centre gave to... more
AerospaceIss: there is a delay for the departure of the 10th International space mission
Moscow, Russia - Because of some technical inconvenient the space shuttle shot Soyuz-Tma5 has got a five days's delay
It seems official the new that Yuri Shargin, pilot of the space shuttle shot Soyuz-Tma5 would guide the October 14, the Russian spaceman Salizhan Sharipov and the American Leroy Chiao to embark on the... more
AerospaceToday the second launch of the SpaceShipOne
Los Angeles, USA - Everything is ready in the Mojave desert
Everything is ready to repeat the enterprise succeed on September 29 (see news AVIONEWS): today it’s previewed the second launch of the SpaceShipOne, which will have to overreach again the 100 km height, w... more
AerospaceASI: the radar destined to the new NASA probe has been completed
Washington, USA – It will be employed to detect even small quantity of water on the planet, down to 1 km in the depth
To date, ASI (Italian Space Agency) would have completed the assembly of the radar destined to the new US NASA’s probe called MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter), which should be launched in the outer s... more
AerospaceThe first Ansari X-Prize stage was successful
Los Angeles, Usa - The SpaceShipOne overreached the 100 km height barrier with two passenger simulated weight on board
The experiment in the Mojave desert succeed (see news AVIONEWS): the pilot Mike Melvill, 62 years, for the second time in 3 months, tested the weightlessness thrill aboard the SpaceShipOne, financed from... more
AerospaceA new Express-AM1 satellite to be put into orbit on next October 30
Moscow, Russia - It is destined to operate for 12 years providing internet and digital TV services
A new Russian/Japanese-made communications satellite will be put into geostationary orbit on next October 30. It is what would have recently been unveiled by Russian Space Agency, as the assembly of the... more
AerospaceToday the definitive test for the space tourism
Washington, Usa - Also Paul Allen challenges in order to win the "Ansari X-prize"
Paul Allen, the Microsoft former-father, will finance the team that will try to gain the USD 10m offered by the "Ansari X-prize" for who first will send in the space a shuttle with three persons on board... more
AerospaceSoyuz: still sent back the launch
Washington, USA - Previewed for October 11, already it had been sent back those fixed for October 9
The Space Federal Agency would have communicated that the rocket Soyuz-Tma5 launch which next October 11 would have had to transport the new crew on board ISS, the International Space Station, has been... more
AerospaceICBM as space carriers?
Moscow, Russia - The hypothesis to turn the ballistic missiles into space rockets would be under consideration by engineers and privates
Using intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) as space cargo carriers for the transport of supplies and satellites: an idea not considered as completely new but that would be anyway catching on in Russia,... more
AerospaceISS: a failure affected the main oxygen generator
Washington, USA - Without supplies, the two astronauts on board would be forced to go back to the Earth by the space lifeboat
The situation aboard the International Space Station (ISS) appears a delicate one. Starting from the last weekend, the two astronauts on board would have found the existance of a serious failure for the... more
AerospaceFirst tests for the experimental satellites destinated to the Galileo system
London, UK - The two models subjected to tests on the ground to be put into orbit by the end of next year
ESA (European Space Agency) would have got the ground testing activities started for the instruments and devices scheduled for the first two satellites destinated to the Galileo European global positioning... more
AerospaceIss: restored the oxygen generator
Washington, USA - It is the device transforming drainage waters in air, that in the last days has created many problems aboard orbiting Station
Nearly two weeks to localize and eliminate the breakdown apparently repaired for the ninth Expedition shipment aboard the International Space Station (ISS): on Friday it seems that in fact they are successful... more
AerospaceThe USA bound to space supremacy and dominance
Washington, USA - It is the next important goal US Government should try to achieve, according to to experts in this sector
The United States intend to remarkably increase their efforts in the aerospace sector, considered as a whole (satellite systems, rocket-carriers, orbital stations, space-ships, probes, exploring missions,... more
AerospaceFound a part of the Columbia cockpit
Lufkin, USA - It was discovered in Texas: it would be a rest of the cabin with a window
NASA communicated that approximately two weeks ago it would have been recovered a cockpit piece of Columbia crashed on February 1st 2003, causing the dead of 7 astronauts: it seems a biologist who was... more
AerospaceISS: perhaps the crew change previewed in October 9, will come postponed
Washington, USA - Breakdown in the Soyuz-Tma5 shuttle could extend for some day the stay of the ninth shipment
The Soyuz-Tma5 space shuttle with the tenth shipment of the International Space Station (ISS) new crew had to be launched the next October 9. But a Russian Space Agency spokesman has illustrated the possibility... more
AerospaceAerospace engineering graduating are working on the new Unisat-4
Rome, Italy - The students will participate to all space mission stages: from the plan to the satellite launch until the orbital data management
In December 2005 it will come launched the Unisat-4, the new plan of micro-satellite that the students of the aerospace engineering faculty of "La Sapienza" University in Rome will elaborate in the next... more
AerospaceTechnical table in order to define the Lazio plan for ISS
Rome, Italy - The Space mission that should have to leave the next April, with the Italian astronaut Vittori participation
Yesterday in Rome is re-united for the first time and will finish today the technical table that will consider the Lazio space mission plan, which the Italian astronaut, Roberto Vittori, will participate,... more
AerospaceISS: resumed the oxygen generator
Washington, USA - The made Russian device was blocked the last week, but the crew has not run dangers
The oxygen generator that the last week aboard the International Space Station (ISS) was blocked, has resumed to work yesterday. It was remained offline overnight after that first shut down last Wednesday:... more
AerospaceSaturno: new ring and perhaps two new moons
Washington, USA - The images sended from the Cassini probe the last June 21, would reveal it
The Cassini probe, came into the Saturno planet orbit the last July 1st, thanks to the NASA, ESA (European Space Agency) and ASI (Italian Space Agency) collaboration, would have sended some images that... more
AerospaceMission Genesis: maybe all is not lost
Washington, USA - At least one disc containing solar particles would be whole
Maybe all is not lost for the space mission called Genesis (see for details AVIONEWS). The probe arrived in the atmosphere carrying little solar particles microgrammes and crashed on the ground in the... more
AerospaceNorthrop Grumman lays the foundation for the future space explorations
Washington, USA - The aerospace company to attend to design effective and economically sustainable solutions for the travels towards Mars
NASA selected Northrop Grumman for the programme related to the space exploration activities that the United States intend to perform during the next decades. Such programme schedules in fact new travels... more
AerospaceEADS: a new satellite control center for the Arabsat systems
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Astrium group to increase the satellite network efficiency for the Arab country
EADS Astrium will attend the improvement of the satellite network belonging to Saudi Arabia. Arab country's Government has in fact granted to the European aerospace group (especially to its segment dedicated... more
AerospaceEspi: the first General Secretary is the French Serge Plattard
Vienna, Austria - The Institute was created in 2003 in Vienna from ESA and the Austrian Space Agency
From the September 1st, the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), founded in Vienna in the 2003 from ESA(European Space Agency) and ASA (Austrian Space Agency) has a General Secretary: he is the French... more
AerospaceGalileo: Ukraine ready to join the satellite programme
Brussels, Belgium - The number of the potential partners for the European project is constantly rising
The European global positioning satellite system named Galileo appears more and more about to gain new partners for its development. After the announced participation by Israel (see for details AVIONEWS)... more