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AerospaceMARS ODYSSEY ARRIVES TO MARS
USA, Mars Odyssey spacecraft reached Mars orbit last night after a journey of about 285 million miles. Matt Landano, Odissey's project manager for NASA said he was "proud and happy to report that Odyssey... more
AerospaceINDIA LAUNCHES THREE SATELLITES WITH A SINGLE ROCKET
NEW DELHI, INDIA, India's space agency announced that has been launched yesterday a rocket PSLV-C3 carrying three satellites, from the spaceport at Sriharikota, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of... more
AerospaceNASA KEPT SECRET ON A SATELLITES RE-ENTRY WARNING
USA, According to Nasa sources, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration kept secret on an about 200 pages document, refusing to release it to public. This document concerns the hazards from... more
AerospaceMALAYSIA TO LAUNCH EIGHT SATELLITES
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia would launch eight small satellites soon, the Bernama news agency reported. They will be used for earth observation and digital communications. "To ensure that these satellites benefit... more
AerospaceRUSSIA PLANS MODERNIZATION OF ITS AGING SPY SATELLITE FLEET
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, According to Gen. Anatoly Perminov, chief of the Russian space forces, this is the best moment to increase the nation's modernization of its aging spy satellite fleet to get more information... more
AerospaceMAYBE POSTPONED SHUTTLE LAUNCH, DUE TO DEFECTIVE HOLES
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Slightly irregularities in bolt holes sipporting one of the engine of the space could affect the next scheduled launch to the international space station in November. The defective... more
AerospaceMETEOR SHOWER JEOPARDIZES SATELLITES
LONDON, An upcoming meteor shower, expected between 17 and 19 November, could threaten satellites, astronomers said. Most particles are reported to be smaller than a grain of sand, but "a direct impact... more
AerospaceU.S. SATELLITES REPROGRAMMED TO MAINTAIN SURVEILLANCE ON BIN LADEN
WASHINGTON, USA, According to Pentagon sources, US spy satellites have been given new instructions by ground control facilities to concentrate their attention on Afghanistan and the search for Osama Bin... more
AerospaceMIRCORP TO LAUNCH PRIVATE SPACE STATION IN 2004
MOSCOW, President Jeffrey Manber told Interfax that MirCorp company design, build, launch and operate the world's first private space station Mini Station 1, MirCorp by 2004. The station will have a 15... more
AerospaceCHINA TO PRODUCE SMALL SATELLITES
PEKING, China has opened its first state-owned satellite manufacturing plant in Beijing to build six to eight small commercial satellites a year for such purposes as mobile communications or environmental... more
AerospaceINTELSAT LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT
FRENCH GUIANA, The Ariane-4 rocket launched into orbit the second in a new series of INTELSAT satellites this morning from the European Space Agency launch center in Kourou, French Guiana. The INTELSAT... more
AerospaceDISCOVERY BACKS HOME
USA, Space shuttle Discovery yesterday landed at Kennedy Space Center after a 12-day mission. The shuttle delivered a new crew, called Expedition Three, to space station Alpha and picked up Expedition... more
AerospaceJAPANESE AIRLINES INTERESTED TO SPACE TOURISM
TOKYO, JAPAN, According to the announcement made by the Nippon Aeronautical Foundation, Masaru Saito, has been created a research group to investigate on the feasibility of a reusable aerospace aircraft... more
AerospaceGENESIS IS EXPECTED TO START THIS EVENING
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, The Genesis probe, which departure is expected for this evening from Cape Canaveral, after the postponing of Monday due to technical problems to the booster Delta II, will be the... more
AerospaceNASA "FORGOT" TO HAVE DISCOVERED LIFE ON MARS 26 YEAR AGO?
USA, According to a Nasa reasercher, the neurobiologist Joseph Miller, a new analysis of the Viking probe experiments held on Mars 26 years ago would reveal the presence on "evident" life on the Red Planet.... more
AerospaceONLY AN HALF OF RUSSIAN SPACE TEST SUCCESSFULLY SUCCEDEED.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, According to Planetary Society sources, only an half of the Russian space test of Saturday successfully succedeed, as the launch of the booster, a modified ICBM carrying a space vehicle,... more
AerospaceRUSSIA AND USA TO CONTINUE TALKS ABOUT SPACE SHIELD
USA, Russian Foreign minister Ivanov and US Secretary of State Colin Powell set the agenda for the meetings scheduled in the next days. The main issues will include the space shield and the reduction... more
AerospaceSHUTTLE ATLANTIS RETURNS HOME
CAPE CANAVERAL, Space shuttle Atlantis yesterday landed at Kennedy Space Center at about 11:39 p.m. EDT after a day of delay due to the bad weather. The five Atlantis astronauts spent 12 days in orbit... more
AerospaceTHE NEW ATV MODULE LEAVED TURIN
TURIN, ITALY, The new space module ATV, Automated Transfer Vehicle, leaved yesterday Turin, to reach Estec Center of the European Space Agency, in The Netherlands. The module, projected to transport supplies... more
Aerospace24-HOURS DELAY FOR ATLANTIS LANDING DUE TO BAD WEATHER
USA, The landing of the Atlantis shuttle, coming back from a mission on the ISS, has been postponed of 24 hours, due the bad weather condition in the zone of the landing. The shuttle carries down on the... more
AerospaceWATER PRESENCE ON MARS SURFACE CONFIRMED
., It could be a further possibility of a life presence on the "Red Planet" the confirmation from Mars Global Surveyor probe, which is trnasmitting images from planet's surface, that several million of... more
AerospaceFOR THE SECOND TIME, RUSSIAN LAUNCHED A CIVIL SATELLITES FROM A SUBMARINE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, For the second time, Russian have launched a civil satellites from a nuclear submarine, the Boris Soglebsk, sailing in the Barents Sea. The satellite, Russian made, is an experimental one,... more
AerospaceNEW SPACE WALK FOR ALPHA STATION ASTRONAUTS
USA, Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly, two astronauts of space shuttle Atlantis, conducted their second spacewalk of the scheduled mission to hang two of four high-pressure gas tanks on Alpha. The remaining... more
AerospaceSPACE SHIELD MISSILE INTERCEPT TEST FAKE WARHEAD
USA, A target missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, a Minuteman II booster with a simulated warhead, has been intercepted during a test, costed 100 USDm, in which a interceptor missile, launched... more
AerospaceRTEMIS SATELLITE SENT INTO WRONG ORBIT
KOUROU, FRENCH GUIANA, The satellite Artemis, launched from Kourou base in French Guiana, was sent into a wrong orbit and now it is in much lower orbits than the geostationary positions they were meant... more
AerospaceATLANTIS SHUTTLE: A ''PERFECT'' LAUCH, ALSO IS THREATEN BY BAD WEATHER
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Atlantis Shuttle lauch has been performed "perfectly", as reported by a Nasa spokesman whch has also declared that the launch has been threatened by the bad wether condisiton in... more
AerospaceONLY ACCIDENTS FEAR BLOCKS THE NUCLEAR ROCKETS USE
USA, According to Nasa sources, is only the fears of crashes and accidents causing possible serious environmental contamination has led the strenght opposition to the use of nuclear booster which could... more
AerospaceALTITUDE RECORD ATTEMPT FOR NASA SOLAR POWERED WING
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, With its new giant solar-powered wing Helios, Nasa will attempt to break the previous altitude record for such aircrafts. THe Helios, a 82 meter span all-wing aircraft, is powered... more
AerospacePRECISION CASTPARTS CORP. SIGNS LONG-TERM AGREEMENT WITH FIATAVIO
PORTLAND, "Precision Castparts Corp. has signed a five-year agreement with FiatAvio of Turin, Italy, to manufacture aerospace and aeroderivative investment castings, valued at approximately $130 million... more
AerospaceMAP LAUNCHED SATURDAY TO MONITOR BIG BANG AFTERGLOW
CAPE CANAVERAL, Nasa's MAP, Microwave Anisotropy Probe, blasted off at 3:46 p.m. EDT Saturday aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The probe will look for the oldest... more
AerospaceNASA ASK FINANCIAL AIDS TO ESA AND JAPAN SPACE AGENCY.
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Nasa sources revealed that has been requested a financial aid to Esa, European Space Agency and to Japanese Space Agency in order to pay to Boeing the modules which Seattle-based industry... more
AerospaceNEW ''ECOLOGIC'' MISSILE ENGINE BY BOEING
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Boeing Aerospace sources informed that Seattle based industry have developed a new high-power missile engine for Delta IV booster, which utilizes simply only liquid hydrogen and liquid... more
AerospaceRUSSIA HAS NO MORE OBSERVATION SATELLITES
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According to rumours at the Le Bourget Air Show, seems that Russia has lost all of its observation satellites, after that the last two have lost orbit due to lack of fuel. After the... more
AerospaceNEW SHUTTLE NOZZLE DEVELOPMENT ASSIGNED TO AEROJET
SACRAMENTO, USA, U.S. aerospace research and development company Aerojet won a USD5m contract from NASA to study the feasibility of developing a channel wall nozzle to replace the tube nozzle in the Space... more
AerospaceCARGO SHIP PROGRESS M1-6 DOCKS WITH ISS
MOSCOW, The cargo ship Progress M1-6 moored with ISS at the ISS at 4:24 a.m. Moscow time, as reported by a spokeswoman for Mission Control. The cargo brought fuel, food, water and parcels for the crew,... more
AerospaceANOTHER ITALIAN ASTRONAUT WILL JOIN A MISSION TO ISS
ROME, Roberto Vittori will be the second italian astronaut to join a mission to the International Space Staion after Umberto Guidoni. Vittori, cosmonaut of European Space Agency, will go into space with... more
AerospaceRUSSIA HAS LAUNCHED THE SPACECRAFT WHICH WILL DELIVER COMPONENTS AND FOOD TO ISS
MOSCOW, Russia has launched last night the Progress-M1 transport spacecraft from the Baikonur launching ground in Kazakhistan. The spacecraft will dock the ISS on wednesday to deliver air components, equipment... more
AerospaceBOEING POSTPONES OF ONE DAY DELTA II LAUNCH
CALIFORNIA, USA, Boeing announced that it will delay of one day the launch of the Delta II rocket due to leakes in a hose, during rocket's first-stage engine. The rocket will take the geosynchronous satellite... more
AerospaceNASA DECLARES THAT THE EARTH IS GETTING CLOSER TO MARS
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, NASA declared that the Earth is getting closer to Mars, but it will never catch its orbit. Dr. Tony Phillips, an astronomer at NASA, calculated that the Earth is travelling towards... more
AerospaceTHE RUSSIAN SPACE AUTHORITIES TALK ABOUT CONVERTING A SOYUZ TO SPACE TOURISM
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, The Russia space authorities are evaluating the possibility of converting a Soyuz spacecraft, the same as the one which took Dennis Tito on the ISS, into a tourist spacecraft, in order... more
AerospaceNASA: MAYBE THE MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS ABOUT GRAVITY ARE TO BE REVISED
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Nasa scientists are puzzled about the not calculated slow-down in probes as far apart as Pioneers 10 and 11, which are on opposite sides of the solar system. Experts have ruled... more
AerospaceSCIENTISTS URGE FOR AN IMMEDIATE ASTEROID ACTION TO SAVE EARTH
COLORADO, USA, A group of scientists are urging governments to take an immediate decision relatively to a defensive action in the case of an asteroid or a comet menacing our planet. In a 19-page report... more
AerospaceDENNIS TITO GOES BACK TO RUSSIA TO SEE HIS ''SPACE'' FRIENDS
MOSCOW, RUSSA, The American multimillionaire Dennis Tito, the first space tourist in history, returned to Russia, and more precisely to Star City training center, where he prepared himself together with... more
AerospaceGERMANY INVESTS IN SPACE RESEARCH
BERLIN, The german government is to invest almost $4 million in a space research program by 2005. The project will focus on telecommunications, astronomy, environment and ecosystem. It will permit Germany... more
AerospaceRUSSIA: LAUCHED THE AMERICAN SATELLITE PANAMSAT 10
BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN, The American satellite PanAmSat 10, designed and built by Boeing, has been lauched into orbit today from the Russian Baikonur space settlement, in Kazakhstan, aboard a Russian built... more
AerospaceRUSSIA: CONTACT RESTORED WITH THE FOUR MILITARY SATELLITES
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, The contact with the four military satellites, of which the Russian armed forces had lost control following the fire burst in Kurilovo's control headquarters, a hundred kilometers from... more
AerospaceNASA'S PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES FLOODED: LOST THOUSANDS OF SPACE PHOTOGRAPHS
GREENBELT, MARYLAND, A damaged water conduit caused the flood of Nasa's photographic archives, in Greenbelt, Maryland, where thousands of space photographs, relative to space exploration, were kept. more
AerospaceNASA: MAN WILL ARRIVE TO MARS WITHIN 2020
WASHINGTON, USA, A Nasa's official declared that man will be capable to arrive to Mars within 2020 and visit other planets of the solar system in the following decades. Daniel Goldin, National Aeronautics... more
AerospaceEADS: CONTINUED WEAKNESS OF THE EURO AGAINST THE US DOLLAR TO RAISE ITS SALES FORECASTS FOR THE YEAR
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, The European defence and space company Eads declared that the continued weakness of the Euro against the american Dollar, will raise it sales forecasts by a fifth. The Franco-German... more
AerospaceFIRE IN MOSCOW: THE CONTACTS WITH FOUR MILITARY RUSSIAN SATELLITES ARE INTERRUPTED
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Fire broke out in the technical sector of the control headquarters of the Russian military satellites, not far from Moscow. The Head of the Space Russian forces, Perumov, declared that... more