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AerospaceNASA: discovered largest ring around Saturn
Rome, Italy - NASA Space Telescope discovered it
"NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn -- by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings. The new belt lies at the far reaches of the Saturnian system, with... more
AerospaceTwo Kazakh contracts for Astrium
Astana, Kazakhstan - During president Sarkozy's visit in the country
Astrium (EADS) and JSC NC Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS), the company charged with the development of Kazakhstan’s space programme, yesterday signed a contract for two Earth observation satellites, a... more
Aerospace"Deep space pearls" discovered by Herschel
Rome, Italy - In the constellation of the Southern Cross
ESA's (European Space Agency) space telescope Herschel has photographed a necklace of "Deep space pearls", formed by stars of any age, in a part of our galaxy so far considered cold an inactive. The pictures... more
AerospaceFrom Galileo to Galileo: Italy and Luxembourg meeting on October 8 and 9
Luxembourg, Luxembourg - To know the Universe to improve life on the Earth
Representatives from the Italian government and industries are going to meet Luxembourg's ones to discuss on space-related themes. This important meeting will be testified by the European Union. This is... more
AerospaceAnother Arianespace launch success and a new commercial record for Ariane 5
Kourou, French Guiana - 33rd consecutive success and its fifth flight in 2009
Arianespace achieved another commercial milestone with yesterday’s Ariane 5 launch, which was the vehicle’s 33rd consecutive success and its fifth flight in 2009 – bringing total payloads orbited by th... more
AerospaceThe European Commission asks for children's opinion on Space
Brussels, Belgium - The survey will be active until October 10
The European Commission has activated a survey to acknowledge the opinion of children aged 6 to 14 about Space and related activities. The initiative, launched by vice-president and in charge of Space... more
AerospaceSoyuz TMA-16 reaches the Interanational Space Station
Rome, Italy - Carrying Expedition 21 crew and space tourist Guy Laliberte
Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev, along with spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte, have arrived at the International Space Station. They docked their Soyuz TMA-16 at 4:35 am EDT today (8:35... more
AerospaceMoon target: NASA deviates the LCROSS destination
Rome, Italy - Italian ASI: the discovery of the water on the satellite changes the plans
"NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission (LCROSS) based on new analysis of available lunar data, has shifted the target crater from Cabeus A to Cabeus (proper). The decision was... more
AerospaceThe Soyuz TMA-16 launched to the ISS
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - It carries the crew of Expedition 21 and the space tourist Guy Laliberte
Flight engineers Jeffrey Williams and Maxim Suraev launched in their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:14 am GMT this morning to begin a six-month stay in space. Docking... more
Aerospace"From the Moon to the Earth", the exhibition at BergamoScienza from October 4-18
Bergamo, Italy - Created by Eugenio Sorrentino, aerospace and scientific journalist
"BergamoScienza, to celebrate 40 years from Apollo 11 mission, hosts the exhibition entitled 'From the Moon to the Earth', organized at the 'Caffi' Natural Sciences Museum in Piazza Cittadella in Bergamo. It... more
AerospaceAll ready for lift off of the Soyuz TMA-16 to the ISS
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - It will carry the crew of Expedition 21 and space tourist Guy Laliberte
Final preparation underway at Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstanm for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft that will carry two Expedition 21 crewmembers (US astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: "Score" under the Sun
Rome, Italy - The Italian tool, launched last September 14, has obtainted the first image of helium into crown of our star
"For the first time, a telescope has looked at the Sun and to take photograph the helium emissions that well up from the crown of our star. The merit of the initiative goes to SCORE (Sounding-rocket Coronagraphic... more
AerospaceBoeing completes security upgrade on GPS control system
El Segundo, USA - The tests performed together with the US Air Force
Boeing announced today that it has completed developmental system testing on the US Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite ground control system, known as the Operational Control Segment... more
AerospaceVIII edition of the Italian master course in "Satellites and orbiting platforms"
Rome, Italy - It will be presented tomorrow in Rome
The VIII edition of the master course in "Satellites and orbiting platforms" will be presented tomorrow, September 29, at the faculty of engineering of "La Sapienza" university in Rome, Italy, during the... more
AerospaceLockheed Martin's IKONOS satellite reaches 10 years in service
Denver, USA - Launched in 1999, it will remain fully operational also into the next decade
Lockheed Martin's IKONOS satellite yesterday achieved its 10th year of operation, while it continues to provide high-resolution imagery of the Earth to commercial and government customers around the world.... more
AerospaceNASA instruments reveal water molecules on Lunar Surface
Rome, Italy - Three findings published on "Science" indicate tracks and not only on the Poles.
NASA scientists have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon. Instruments aboard three separate spacecraft revealed water molecules in amounts that are greater than predicted, but still... more
AerospaceAstrium will put into orbit the first German military communications satellite
Ottobrunn, Germany - The network will be completed by the end of 2010
Astrium will deliver into orbit the first of two military communications satellites for the German Defense Force (Bundeswehr). The first satellite has been shipped to the European Space Centre in Kourou,... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: Rosa took off on board of Oceansat-2
Sriharikota, India - The Indian mission starts. On board the Italian tool for the atmospher's study
In its sixteenth flight conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota yesterday (September 23, 2009), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C14 successfully launched the 960... more
AerospaceSwissCube, the first Swiss satellite launched on an Indian launch vehicle
Losanna, Switzerland - A basic step to the space for students of the Confederation
The launch of SwissCube has taken place today on Wednesday 23 September 2009 at 8h21 (Swiss time). The launch has taken place from India thanks to the PSLV (Polar satellite launch vehicle) developed by... more
AerospaceFive sceneries for NASA's future
Rome, Italy - The first summary of the "Augustine report" published, that will lead the Obama's choices on human flight programmes
So, as it is "The American program of human space exploration is intolerable. It follows up aims that don't converge with the resources assigned": it begins so, with a strong introduction, the document... more
AerospaceFirst flight tests completed for the FAB-T system
Huntington Beach, USA - It will provide beyond line-of-sight communications for the B-2, B-52 and RC-135 aircraft
Boeing today announced that its Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program successfully conducted its first series of flight tests. The tests were the first demonstration of FAB-T's... more
AerospaceBoeing gets NASA contract for CAPPS services
Cape Canaveral, USA - Worth US$156.5 million
Boeing has received a three-year, US$156.5 million extension and modification to its Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services (CAPPS) contract with NASA to provide services at Kennedy Space Center... more
AerospaceFirst meeting for new Italian ASI's Board
Rome, Italy - Yesterday the official ceremony in front of University Minister Gelmini
"The first meeting of the new Board of Directors of ASI (Italian Space Agency) took place yesterday at the Ministry of University and Research headquarters in front of its minister Mariastella Gelmini.... more
AerospaceESA preparing ‘sugar-cube’ gyro sensors for future missions
Rome, Italy - Now being tested
One of ESA's future Earth observation missions will monitor its orientation in space with the help of the smallest gyro ever flown by the Agency. Now being tested, the sugar cube-sized device at the heart... more
AerospaceLast preparations for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-16 towards the ISS
Star City, Russia - On board also the space tourist Guy Laliberte
While the crew of the American space shuttle Discovery gets ready to leave the International Space Station (see AVIONEWS), Russia started today the operations that will lead on next September 30 to the... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Discovery's crew readies for undocking from the ISS
Cape Canaveral, USA - To begin its return trip to Earth
After completing load operations and transferring the "Leonardo" module back in the space shuttle Discovery's cargo bay (see AVIONEWS), the crewmembers of mission STS-128 greeted their colleagues that... more
AerospaceRussia to build a new space center
Moscow, Russia - The works will begin in 2011
Russia in 2011 is going to start works to build a new space center in Vostochny, a region in the far east of the country, as announced today by general Nikolai Abroskin, director of the Federal Service... more
AerospaceISS load operations completed
Cape Canaveral, USA - Space shuttle Discovery being readied for undocking
Mission STS-128 has completed the three scheduled spacewalks and the ISS (International Space Station) load operations with the supplies carried with the Italian module "Leonardo", which will be transferred... more
AerospaceLast modernized Lockheed Martin GPS-IIR begins operations
Newtown, USA - New services for both military and civil use
The last in a series of eight modernized GPS IIR (Global Positioning System) satellites built by Lockheed Martin has been declared operational by the US Air Force for military and civilian navigation users... more
AerospaceESA: "Time bomb" in the Universe
Rome, Italy - XMM-Newton uncovers a celestial Rosetta stone
"ESA's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray telescope has uncovered a celestial Rosetta stone: the first close-up of a white dwarf star, circling a companion star, that could explode into a particular kind of supernova... more
AerospaceAVIO: the site that unveils the Vega launcher, is born
Turin, Italy - On-line, from today, September 4
"Vega – the European launcher designed and developed by an Italian-run company – unveils its secrets on the Web. From today, 4 September, www.elv.it will be on-line – the ELV Web-site, the Italian compa... more
AerospaceTraining of new European astronauts began
Cologne, Germany - It will last 18 months
ESA’s six new astronaut recruits started the first days of their 18-month basic training at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, in preparation for future missions to the International S... more
AerospaceISS: first spacewalk completed for mission STS-128
Cape Canaveral, USA - It lasted 6 hours and 35 minutes
The first of three spacewalks scheduled for mission STS-128 to the ISS (International Space Station) has been completed this morning at 4:24 am GMT (12:24 am EDT). It lasted 6 hours and 35 minutes during... more
AerospaceAn orbital space station for China
Beijing, China - Its construction will begin in 2020
China might begin the construction of its own orbital space station in 2020, as stated today by the news agency "Sina" quoting Gu Yidong, a top officer of the Asian country's manned spaceflight programme. According... more
AerospaceAres First Stage Development Motor 1 Test
Rome, Italy - During the countdown
"The ATK and NASA investigation team continues to analyze the anomaly that occurred during the countdown for Thursday's ground test of the Ares I first stage developmental motor. The anomaly occurred... more
AerospaceIndia: contact with satellite lost
Bangalore, India - The first lunar mission of the country is over
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced Saturday that it lost contacts with the Chandrayaan-I satellite, abruptly ending the first mission to the Moon of the Asian country. Currently investigations... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Discovery docked to the ISS
Cape Canaveral, USA - The mission will last one week
Space shuttle Discovery has docked to the ISS (International Space Station) tonight at 12:54 am GMT (8:54 pm yesterday, EDT). Lift off took place on Saturday at 3:59 am GMT after a series of delays and... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Discovery stays on the ground, new attempt tomorrow
Cape Canaveral, USA - A further day granted to engineers to fix a technical problem
Space shuttle Discovery's launch has been delayed once again. The spaceship would have to (conditional needed) carry the crew of mission STS-128 to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission management... more
AerospaceNASA Ares I: first stage motor unveiled
Rome, Italy - Yesterday the ignition test for new NASA launcher assemblied in July
"On July 20, 2009, NASA and ATK unveiled the completed Ares I first stage five-segment solid rocket booster in Promontory, Utah. The completed solid rocket booster is now installed horizontally in a test... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Discovery's launch postponed to Friday
Cape Canaveral, USA - Due to a technical problem with a valve
The launch of space shuttle Discovery towards the International Space Station (ISS) has been newly delayed, after yesterday's failed attempt due to bad weather (see AVIONEWS). To cause this morning's lift... more
AerospaceDiscovery lift off postponed due to bad weather
Cape Canaveral, USA - The new attempt tomorrow morning
The launch of space shuttle Discovery towards the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for this morning (see AVIONEWS), has been postponed due to the bad weather conditions. A new attempt will... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Discovery ready for launch
Cape Canaveral, USA - Lift off scheduled for tomorrow morning
Space shuttle Discovery is ready for lift off towards the International Space Station (ISS), carrying the seven crewmembers of mission STS-128. The launch is scheduled for tomorrow at 1:36 am EDT from... more
AerospaceRoscosmos: GLONASS will overtake GPS soon
Moscow, Russia - Russian space agency's deputy head Anatoly Shilov's statements
The Russian GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System) constellation might soon overtake the American-built GPS (Global Positioning System). Or at least this is the belief of Anatoly Shilov, Roscosmos... more
AerospaceESA: two telecommunications satellites launched on board of Ariane-5
Kourou, French Guyana - Jcsat-12 and Optus-D3
The European Space Agency (ESA) has put two geostationary telecommunications satellites into orbit, the Jcsat-12 and the Optus-D3, launched on board of an Ariane-5 ECA rocket from Kourou's spaceport, in... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Discovery ready for launch
Cape Canaveral, USA - Lift off scheduled for Tuesday, August 25
It is all ready at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, for the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery that will carry the crew of mission STS-128 towards the International Space Station (ISS).... more
AerospaceJCSAT-12 communications satellite ready for launch
Newtown, USA - Lift off is scheduled for Friday, August 21, on board of an Ariane 5-ECA rocket
The JCSAT-12 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SKY Perfect JSAT of Japan, will be launched on August 21 aboard an Ariane 5-ECA launch vehicle provided by Arianespace.... more
AerospaceLast modernized GPS IIR satellite launched for the USAF
Cape Canaveral, USA - While works go on on next generation GPS III systems
A modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the US Air Force (USAF) was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard... more
AerospaceRoberto Vittori to fly to the ISS for the third time
Rome, Italy - In September 2010 on board of the space shuttle Discovery
Italian colonel Roberto Vittori will fly to the ISS (International Space Station) for the third time, after missions "Marco Polo" in 2002 and "Eneide" in 2005. He will be part of the crew of mission STS-134... more
AerospaceTelespazio signed a contract for satellite communications services
Rome, Italy - For a worth around 30 million euro with Poland
"Ministry of Defense of Poland and Telespazio – a Finmeccanica/Thales company – has signed in Warsaw a contract, worth around 30 million euro for a duration of more than 10 years, to provide Italian Sic... more
AerospaceOpportunity rover photographed a possible meteorite on Mars's surface
Rome, Italy - NASA scientists will study its chemical composition
NASA's Opportunity rover on last July 28 has photographed an odd-shaped, dark rock on Mars's surface. About 60 cm wide, this object might be a meteorite and has been dubbed "Block Island". Having spotted... more