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AerospacePreparation underway for next space shuttle launch
Cape Canaveral, USA - Discovery will take off for mission STS-128 on August 25
Preparation for next space shuttle Discovery's mission STS-128 to the International Space Station (ISS) are underway at the Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spaceship has been moved... more
AerospaceSpace Shuttle Endeavour safely landed at Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral, USA - Ending mission STS-127 to the ISS
Space shuttle Endeavour landed at Florida's Kennedy Space Center today with a touchdown at 10:48 a.m. EDT, capping STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. Commander Mark Polansky is expected... more
AerospaceEutelsat Communications reports its 2008-2009 financial year
Paris, France - The Group raises short and medium term growth objectives
"Eutelsat Communications, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, today reported results for the full year ended June 30, 2009. In detail: - Strong growth of all business applications: r... more
AerospaceRussia put six international satellites into orbit
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - With an RS-20 launcher rocket
Russia has put six international satellites, launching them with an RS-20 converted ICBM carrier rocket. Lift off took place yesterday at 10:46 pm Moscow time (6:46 pm GMT). On board of the RS-20 there... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Endeavour ready for comeback
Cape Canaveral, USA - Scheduled for tomorrow, after deploying two small satellites
Last technical checks performed by mission STS-127 crewmembers are underway, in preparation of tomorrow's comeback. Landing is scheduled for 10:48 am EDT, pending good weather conditions. Once these... more
AerospaceHubble photographed Jupiter collision
Rome, Italy - The sharpest images taken so far of this extraordinary event
Hubble space telescope has managed to take some extremely sharp pictures of the wide "Scar" left on Jupiter's surface from the impact with an asteroid or comet on last July 19 (see AVIONEWS). The images,... more
AerospaceISS: last spacewalk completed
Cape Canaveral, USA - Endeavour's crew prepares for undocking
After cosmonauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy completed yesterday the first and last spacewalk scheduled for mission STS-127, space shuttle Endeavour's crew is preparing to leve the International Space... more
AerospaceAsco Industries arrives in Italy and values possible collaborations with Torino Piemonte Aerospace's enterprises
Turin, Italy - From tomorrow to Thursday in Piedmont's city
"The conference 'Asco Industries: how to develop new marketing associations in an international ambit' will take place tomorrow in Turin (at 9:15am at Centro Congressi Torino Incontra) with 40 adhesions. This... more
AerospaceESA: Integral disproves dark matter origin for mystery radiation
Rome, Italy - Integral gamma-ray observatory has disproved theories that some form of dark matter explains mysterious radiation in the Milky Way
"A team of researchers working with data from ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory has disproved theories that some form of dark matter explains mysterious radiation in the Milky Way. That this radiation e... more
AerospaceISS: crew prepares for fourth spacewalk
Cape Canaveral, USA - Work interrupted Wednesday will be completed
The fourth spacewalk for STS-127 mission crew on the ISS will begin today at 9:58 am EDT (1:58 pm GMT). Spacewalkers Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn will head outside to swap out all four of the remaining... more
AerospaceISS: third spacewalk interrupted for CO2 scrubbing problem
Cape Canaveral, USA - Excess levels of carbon anhydride worried Mission Control
The third spacewalk, or Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA), scheduled for the crew of mission STS-127 on the ISS (Internationa Space Station), has been interrupted yesterday after five hours, 59 minutes when... more
AerospaceNASA, LRO photographs moon-landing areas of Apollo missions
Cape Canaveral, USA - The spacecraft will find suitable sites for future human expeditions
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has returned its first images of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions' lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon's surface,... more
AerospaceRaytheon gets contract to modernize Indian navigation system
Washington, USA - Worth US$ 82 million
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has awarded an US$ 82 million contract to American industry Raytheon to modernize the Indian air navigation system. Raytheon will build the ground stations... more
AerospaceESA and Thales Alenia Space sign a contract for the development of "EXPERT"
Rome, Italy - The flight is planned by the end of 2010
"The European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract for the development of the atmospheric re-entry test-bed EXPERT (EPERimental Re-entry Test-bed). The main objectives... more
AerospaceAmateur astronomer discovers Jupiter impact
Rome, Italy - Confirmed by NASA scientists
An Australian amateur astronomer, Anthony Wesley, yesterday discovered the signs of a new impact of an asteroid or comet on Jupiter's surface. His finding has been confirmed by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory... more
AerospaceTwo Russian satellites launched from Plesetsk
Plesetsk, Russia - For the international search and rescue constellation COSPAS-SARSAT
Two satellites have been launched this morning at 7:57 local time (3:57 am GMT) from Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia. One of them is for military uses while the other is for civil purposes. Both... more
AerospaceBoeing will build parts for new NASA spacecraft
El Segundo, USA - The device will study global warming effects
Boeing Company has received a contract from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to provide a subsystem for a new spacecraft that will help scientists understand the effects of global warming on water... more
AerospaceItalian scientists publish a site for lunar holidays
Rome, Italy - Promoted by the National Astrophysics Institute
The Italian INAF (National Astrophysics Institute), on the occasion of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the first man's landing on the Moon, has decided to publish a website dedicate to "Lunar... more
AerospaceAsia waits for longest solar eclipse of the century
Shanghai, China - It will last from 4 to 6 minutes and will be visible from India, China and other Asian countries
The longest solar eclipse of the XXI century will be visible on Wednesday morning in China, India and other countries in the area. It will last, in its total phase, from 4 to 6 minutes. The best observation... more
AerospaceAn European on the Moon by 2022?
Rome, Italy - The statement made by Simona Di Pippo, ESA's human flight director
The future human mission on the Moon by 2022 will include an European citizen, maybe Italian. The announcement has been made by Simona Di Pippo, ESA (European Space Agency) director of human flights, during... more
AerospaceNASA, Endeavour: ISS docking scheduled for today
Cape Canaveral, USA - In the meanwhile Discovery is getting ready for its upcoming mission
The crew of mission STS-127 on board of space shuttle Endeavour has completed last routine checks before docking with the International Space Station (ISS) scheduled for today at 1:55 pm EDT (5:55 pm GMT).... more
AerospaceBoeing signs contract for 4 satellites with Intelsat
El Segundo, USA - The first order for 702Bs designed by the American manufacturer
Boeing today announced that Intelsat, a provider of fixed satellite services, has selected it to build four telecommunication satellites that will refresh and add new capacity to Intelsat's global satellite... more
AerospaceESA celebrates 40th anniversary of Apollo 11's launch
Paris, France - The mission that for the first time carried the man to the Moon
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" (Neil Armstrong). On July 16, 1969, exactly 40 years ago, the Saturn V rocket with the Apollo 11 mission on board was launched from Kennedy... more
AerospaceNASA: space shuttle Endeavour's 16-day mission started
Cape Canaveral, USA - It will carry mission STS-127's crew on the ISS
Space shuttle Endeavour finally managed to depart. After a problem-less countdown lift off went on successfully at 6:03 pm EDT, yesterday, from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral,... more
AerospaceESA: Venus has a violent past
Rome, Italy - Earthquakes and volcanic activity provoked by the drift of Continents
"Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus’ southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have been more Earth-like, with a plate tectonics s... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Endeavour's launch postponed to Wednesday
Cape Canaveral, USA - Bad weather prevented again the lift off of Mission STS-127
It seems not going to end the wait for space shuttle Endeavour's launch, that is supposed to carry the crew of mission STS-127 to the International Space Station (ISS). Some fuel leaks in June had caused... more
AerospaceSpace shuttle Endeavour's launch postponed again
Cape Canaveral, USA - This time due to bad weather. New attempt today
The launch of space shuttle Endeavour has been postponed again. This time the bad weather caused the stop of the countdown. As forecast it made impossible to go on with operations at launch pad 39A, Kennedy... more
AerospaceNASA: new launch attempt for the Endeavour
Cape Canaveral, USA - But weather conditions are not favourable
It is all ready at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour, that will carry STS-127 mission's crew to the International Space Station (ISS). Lift off... more
AerospaceAstrium conducts ESA study on a new transport system for return to Earth
Bremen, Germany - First flight is possible in 2016
Astrium conducts European Space Agency (ESA) study on a new transport system for return to Earth: the Advanced Re-entry Vehicle (ARV) Transportation of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) and... more
AerospaceHandover to Telespazio of the infrastructure that will host the Control centre for the Galileo European space programme
L'Aquila, Italy - Yesterday the signing, at the Fucino Space Centre, of the formal agreement
"Yesterday saw the signing, at the Fucino Space Centre, of the formal agreement to hand over the infrastructure for one of the control centres of the Galileo satellite constellation to Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales... more
AerospaceESA: "Planck" reached its destination
Rome, Italy - In orbit around the L2. From there, for two years, the ESA's space observatory will hear the echo by Big Bang
"On Friday night, the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273.05°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft has... more
AerospaceRussia puts three military satellites into orbit
Plesetsk, Russia - With a Rokot launcher, the same used for GOCE
Russia performed this morning the launch of three military satellites from Plesetsk cosmodrome. For the lift off has been used a Rokot launcher, the same that had been used in March to launch ESA's (European... more
AerospaceESA: new black hole class discovered
Paris, France - The weigh 500 times more than our Sun
Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory have discovered a black hole weighing more than 500 solar masses, a missing link between lighter stellar-mass and heavier supermassive black holes, i... more
AerospaceEnded, last June 30, the Ulysses mission
Rome, Italy - After almost 19 years years of observations and extraordinary discoveries around the Sun
"In 2008, Ulysses was expected to cease functioning due to weakening power. But solid engineering know-how and on-the-fly innovation have eked out an additional year of important science returns, which... more
AerospaceNASA, LRO sent first images from the Moon
Cape Canaveral, USA - They will be used to realize a map of the lunar surface
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23 (see AVIONEWS). The spacecraft's two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter... more
AerospaceAriane-5 puts into orbit the largest telecommunications satellite ever
Kourou, French Guiana - From Kourou spaceport in French Guiana
The European Space Agency (ESA) yesterday evening, from Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana, launched an Ariane 5 ECA launcher on its mission to place the heaviest and most powerful telecommunications satellite... more
AerospaceProblems with space shuttle Endeavour's refuelling solved
Cape Canaveral, USA - Lift off scheduled for July 11
Checks on a failed refuelling system that caused the delay of space shuttle Endeavour's launch (see AVIONEWS), that will carry the crew of mission STS-127 to the International Space Station (ISS), have... more
AerospaceNew astronauts for NASA
Washington, USA - Six men and three women chosen among 3,500 candidates
NASA, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, selected nine new astronauts among more than 3,500 received applications. The three women and six men chosen will start their training at Johnson... more
AerospaceCapital increase for e-GEOS: company created by ASI and Telespazio fully operational from today
Rome, Italy - Company aims for global leadership in the Earth observation sector
"e-GEOS, the company created by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Telespazio (a Finmeccanica /Thales company) is fully operational from today. The shareholders’ meeting of the company approved the c... more
AerospaceAmerican Sirius-Radio FM5 satellite launched with Russian Proton-M carrier
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - It will supply radio transmission for center and north America
A Russian booster rocket Proton-M has been launched yesterday evening at 11:10 pm Moscow's time. Lift off took place from Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. Proton-M's upper stage, the Breeze-M, carried... more
AerospaceThe most complete topographic map of the Earth
Pasadena, USA - Realized by NASA and Japan thanks to the ASTER system
NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's "Terra" spacecraft. The new... more
AerospaceLockheed Martin gets contract for the "Space Fence" project
Moorestown, USA - To track and report space debris in orbit
The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $30 million contract to begin concept development for "Space Fence", a system of land-based S-Band radars and supporting operations centers that will... more
AerospaceNASA GOES-O satellite successfully launched
Cape Canaveral, USA - First signals received from the spacecraft's devices
After being delayed on Friday (see AVIONEWS) the launch of NASA's GOES-O (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) satellite has been successfully carried out Saturday at 6:51 pm EDT (10:51 pm... more
AerospaceNASA: GOES-O satellite's launch possibly delayed
Cape Canaveral, USA - The chance of thunderstorms made favourable opportunities drop down to 30%
The launch of NASA's meteorological GOES-O (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite), scheduled for today between 6:14 pm and 7:14 pm EDT (between 10:14 pm and 11:14 pm GMT) from launchpad 37B... more
AerospaceNASA: GOES-O satellite's lift off tomorrow
Cape Canaveral, USA - On board of a Delta IV launcher
Last preparations for the launch of the GOES-O (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) satellite are underway on launchpad 37B in Cape Canaveral. Lift off is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday... more
AerospaceGround broken for the first touristic spaceport in the world
New Mexico, USA - It will be built in New Mexico and will host Virgin Galactic
Works to build Spaceport America, the first touristic space base in the world, have officially started in New Mexico. The event opens new perspectives towards the next frontier in space exploration as,... more
AerospaceCassini finding hints at Ocean within Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Rome, Italy - The analysis detect the last data sent by Cassini's drill and Earth's observations of the great Planet's satellite
"European scientists on the joint NASA/ESA Cassini mission have detected, for the first time, sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn’s E-ring, which is primarily replenished by material from the plumes o... more
AerospaceNASA: LCROSS completes swing-by maneuver
Cape Canaveral, USA - Search for water on the moon is ready to start
NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) successfully completed its most significant early mission milestone with a lunar swing-by and calibration of its science instruments. The... more
AerospaceLRO reaches lunar orbit
Cape Canaveral, USA - It will seek for suitable places for future landings
After successfully performing an engine start, the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) spacecraft reached its lunar orbit this morning at 6:30 am EDT. It will now start its primary mission, that is mapping... more
AerospaceUSAF has taken delivery of the first STSS satellite demonstrator
Redondo Beach, USA - Produced by Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first of two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites to the U.S. Air Force's Cape Canaveral Air Station for launch preparation. Northrop... more