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AerospaceCIRA: Directors designation postponed to the end of June
Rome, Italy - The Italian Government Aerospace Coordination communicates that
The Aerospace Coordination of DS National Direction made known that the Board of Directors of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) postponed to the end of June the designation of President and new Counsellors... more
AerospaceVittori: resumption signals for NASA and ESA space missions
Rome, Italy - Several expeditions expected for Shuttle and on ISS
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Italian Air Force pilot Colonel, Roberto Vittori, just back from a series of meetings in USA on the field of NATO Defence College, declared that there are good... more
AerospaceEADS could supply a satellite for Chilean Armed Forces
Santiago, Chile - The agreement should have signed during the next visit of French President Chirac in the South-American country
According to Chilean newspaper "El Mercurio" during the visit the on next May 24-26 French President, Jaques Chirac, will carry out in Chile it could be signed an agreement for the purchase, by Santiago... more
AerospaceCosmonaut emotions in Cuneo
Cuneo, Italy - Some no-gravity minutes on board of a Ilyushin 76-Mdk
The monthly magazine "Newton" reports that in September one of the five Russian airplanes normally used for cosmonaut training, the Ilyushin 76-Mdk, specifically built for flight in absence of gravity,... more
AerospaceSpaceShipOne designer criticizes NASA
Los Angeles, USA - The technology used for the new Space Shuttle is obsolete
NASA is planning to return to the Moon by 2008 with a new Space Shuttle, whose projects are being elaborated both at Lockheed Martin and at a team composed by Northrop Group and Boeing; the nominee of... more
AerospaceAround EUR 5 million to CIRA for aerospace
Capua, Italy - To realize a specialized laboratory in the aerospace componentry
The University and Scientific Research councillor, Teresa Armato, and CIRA (Italian Aerospace Researches Centre) President, Sergio Vetrella, have signed this morning a MoU for the realization of a specialized... more
AerospaceVietnam: in the 2008 the first telecommunication satellite of the country will be put in orbit
Hanoi, Vietnam - It was made known by the Vietnamese Government
Vietnam will launch in orbit its first satellite for telecommunications within the end of May 2008. It was made known by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The Vietnamese Government makes... more
AerospaceColumbus, ESA space laboratory, has been presented
Brema, Germany - It will be launched to ISS in 2007
Columbus module, the most important European contribution for the orbiting International Space Station (ISS), was presented yesterday at the EADS Space Transportation seat in Brema, Germany. During a 10-year... more
AerospaceThe first female shuttle pilot leaves NASA
Washington, USA - She is Eileen Collins, commander of Discovery and Columbia
The first female commander who ever piloted a NASA shuttle, Eileen Collins, has decided to leave her job as "Stars Captain" in order to devote to her family and other interests. In 1995 she was at the... more
AerospaceATR Group: reliability and quality in the aerospace field
Teramo, Italy - The Abruzzo's society has reached the aim of EN 9100:2003 certification, the quality standard for the aeronautical market's suppliers
"ATR Group’s path towards the quality and the continous improvement has reached an other important step: the realization of the certification according the international standard EN 9100:2003 that defines t... more
AerospaceThe launch in USA of two satellites has been postponed to next week
Washington, Usa - They will serve to study clouds
US Space Agency, NASA, announced the postponement, because of a technical problem, of two satellites, Calipso and CloudSat, for the study of clouds. The two satellites had to be launched by Vandenberg... more
AerospaceCIRA: it comes out from hangar the first Italian space vehicle
Capua, Italy - The Usv (Unmanned Space Vehicle), was introduced yesterday
"USV (Unmanned Space Vehicle) was introduced to press and to the national and international community, of industry and scientific one, the first Italian space vehicle, that yesterday come out of the hangar... more
AerospacePostponed the launch of ESA meteorological satellite
Paris, France - Not specified the reasons for delaying
European meteorological satellite MetOp, by European Space Agency (ESA), will be put into orbit on June 30th 2006 and not on 17th, for reasons that have not been specified. MetOp is the first of three... more
AerospaceThird Chinese Space mission scheduled
Beijing, China - It was retailed by "Beijing News" newspaper
China’s efforts to fill the technological and experience gap in airspace field, which separate it from USA Russia EU and Japan, continue. "Beijing News" made known that on September 2008, after the closure o... more
AerospaceMeeting at Beijing about Italian and Chinese aerospace activities
Beijing, China - The Asiatic giant is an important protagonist of the space conquest
In occasion of the manifestation for "Italy-China year", since tomorrow to Friday at Beijing a conference will take place in Beijing, supported by Italian Foreign Office and Italian Embassy in China, concerning... more
AerospaceItalian rehabilitation for Russian cosmonauts
Moscow, Russia - An agreement between Emilia-Romagna Region and Roskosmos
Russian astronaut Valeri Tokarev, who came back from the mission on International Space Station (ISS) on April 9 (see AVIONEWS for details), will spend three weeks in Italy in order to recover from 190... more
AerospaceNational Aerospace Plan 2006-2008 presented to the foreign Ambassadors in Italy
Rome, Italy - The synergies with the other countries are very important
Yesterday at Farnesina, headquarters of Italian Foreign Office, the National Aerospace Plan 2006-2008 has been presented to the foreign Ambassadors in Italy by Giandomenico Magliano, General Director for... more
AerospaceAn experiment with staminal cells on ISS
Moscow, Russia - It will be carried out by Russian aerospace group RKK Energiya
The head of Russian aerospace group RKK Energiya, Nikolay Sevastianov, declared that orbiting International Space Station (ISS) crew members will carry out an experiment in order to generate staminal cells... more
Aerospace"Venus Express" sent the first pictures of the planet
Baikonur, Russia - Fundamental European technology cameras and spectrometers
"Venus Express", ESA’s (European Space Agency) space probe launched November 9 and entered Venus orbit Tuesday (see AVIONEWS for details), started to send the first pictures of the very hot South Pole o... more
AerospaceNASA celebrates space shuttle's 25 years
Houston, USA - "Columbia" left April 12, 1981
25 years have passed since April 1981 when the first space shuttle "Columbia" left from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and successfully landed after two days at Edwards base in California. NASA celebrated... more
AerospaceArianespace gets another order by Japan
Tokyo, Japan - Mitsubishi will put a satellite into orbit in 2008
Arianespace, world leader in commercial launch services and producer, among the others, of "Ariane-5" launchers, celebrated its 20th anniversary of its presence in Japan with an order by Mitsubishi electronic... more
Aerospace"Venus Express" enters Venus orbit
Darmstadt, Germany - The ESA space probe has reached its destination this morning
European Space Agency (ESA) Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, has made known that "Venus Express" space probe has entered, as expected, Venus orbit this morning. The probe has ended its slowdown... more
AerospaceSoyuz shuttle landed in Kazakhstan steppe
Astana, Kazakhstan - 3 astronauts on board coming from ISS
The Russian shuttle Soyuz landed yesterday at 1:48 in the steppe North of Kazakhstan, Central Asia, after a three hour and 20 minutes descend on Earth from the orbiting International Space Station (ISS).... more
AerospaceVenus Express is about to reach its destination
Baikonur, Russia - The space probe will enter Venus orbit in 5 days
Launched last November 9 from Baikonur Russian base, ESA (European Space Agency) space probe Venus Express is getting near its destination, Venus: its enter into the orbit of the very hot and enigmatic... more
AerospaceImportant discovery of space probe Cassini
Rome, Italy - Saturn's rings mistery probably revealed
Space probe Cassini, which is the result of the cooperation between ASI (Italian Space Agency), ESA (European Space Agency) and of NASA, discovered on Saurn’s A ring million of little moons (see for d... more
AerospaceImportant experiment on the International Space Station ISS
Washington, USA - Two astronauts slept in the decompression room
Yesterday the commandant of the mission 12 on the International Space Station (ISS), Bill McArthur, and the vice- commandant of the mission 13, Jeff Williams, made an important test which could accelerate... more
AerospaceFirst Brazilian astronaut in orbit
Moscow, Russia - Problems for data transmission during Soyuz's launch
The first Brazilian astronaut of the history, Marcos Pontes, left yesterday from the cosmodrome of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on board of the Russian shuttle Soyuz, on which, with the Us astronaut Williams,... more
AerospaceSAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Aerospace Council for the first time at CIRA
Capua, Italy - European and US makers and aerospace authorities met for two days
"European and US makers and aerospace authorities met at CIRA (Italian Aerospace Researches Centre) in Capua to specify the operative strategies of globalization, to have a common rule in this sector highly... more
Aerospace"Vega Industrial Day": today meeting in Rome among the aerospace industries participating at the programme
Rome, Italy - The meeting held near the Vitrociset's site
This morning, March 30, 2006 held in Rome, near the Vitrociset’s site, the third ’Vega Industrial day’, the meeting by aerospace industries involved in the programme of VEGA, the European launcher (plan... more
AerospaceASI financed biomedical research
Rome, Italy - Financed two projects of Rome Tor Vergata University and Bari University
Italian Space Agency (ASI), in the field of the National Space Plan, gave yesterday the green light to the settlement of EUR 30 million for biomedical research. The investment concerns two projects, which... more
AerospaceProblems for the International Space Station
Washington, USA - Astronauts' anchorage bars were defective
NASA made known to have give dispositions about the next space walk out of the International Space Station, ISS (see for details AVIONEWS). The new rules are the consequence of the discovery, happened... more
AerospaceSpace tourism: a "Luxury" for few people
London, United Kingdom - Insurance company Churchill reveals "Tournaut"'s costs and efforts
Space tourism is already a reality, but only for few people. The British insurance company Churchill, specialized in travel insurance, makes known that the "Tournaut" (the tourist astronaut) must spend... more
AerospaceThe ISS is waiting for the first female space tourist
Koriolov, Russia - She is half American and half Iranian and she passed all tests
At the end of this year or, at most, in 2007 the first female space tourist should go into orbit: she’s Anoushe Ansari, 39 years old American of Iranian origin manager, owner with her husband of Telecom t... more
AerospaceAnxiety of Italian companies included in Galileo project
Rome, Italy - Delays in the financing of orbit validation phase
Yesterday in Rome, during a meeting organized by the Association for information and communication technology, Italian companies included in Galileo project (see for details AVIONEWS) expressed their anxiety... more
AerospaceThe launch of the second satellite of Galileo system postponed
Berlin, Germany - German newspaper "Financial Times Deutschland" made known it
German newspaper "Financial Times Deutschland" made known today that a spokesman of European Space Agency (ESA) announced the postponement of the launch of the Galileo System’s second satellite, scheduled o... more
AerospaceMore security at NASA's Space Center
Cape Canaveral, USA - After last accidents, new regulations for Kennedy Space Center
Some little accidents that recently took place at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA’s headquarter, forced the Center’s managers to take some measures: new arrays concerning men and... more
AerospaceAvio: Space launcher Ariane 5, in the improved version ECA, put in orbit two new satellites
Turin, Italy - It is the first Ariane 5 ECA's success in 2006
Avio makes the 14% of the European launcher producing, in addition to the lateral booster and the solid fuel, also the liquid oxygen turbopump of Vulcain engine of cryogenic stadium. The launch put in... more
AerospaceShuttle Discovery's mission postponed to July
Cape Canaveral, USA - The delay due to technical problems
Nasa announced yesterday the definitive postponement of the launch of Shuttle Discovery, scheduled on next May, to July. The decision was taken because of technical problems, in particular because for... more
AerospaceNew ESA missions to observe the Earth's health
Venice, Italy - They have been presented at a Venice conference
During a convention on 25 years history of radar altimetry started yesterday in Venice, ESA (European Space Agency) overseer for Earth Observations, Volker Liebig, presented the missions planned by the... more
AerospaceA golden golf ball launched in space to finance ISS
Washington, USA - It's the proposal for a commercial to raise funds assigned to International Space Station
A golden golf ball sent into orbit by an astronaut. It’s the idea blown in "Element 21 Golf"’s mind, a Canadian company which produces golf clubs, to realize a sensational advertisement. The idea was acc... more
AerospaceWater on a Saturn's Moon?
Washington, USA - Cassini probe sent surprising images
The high-resolution images taken by Cassini probe on Encelado, one of the 18 Saturn’s Moons, show ice jets from which particles are thrown at high speed, a thing that made scientists formulate the hypothesis o... more
AerospaceScajola: we will build a technologic park focused on aerospace sector in Turkey
Rome, Italy - Italian Productive Activities Minister, Claudio Scajola, said it
Turkish Industry Minister’s, Ali Coskun, visits to Italian Productive Activities Minister, Claudio Scajola, took real benefits to Italian defence and aerospace industry. In fact, Scajola announced that a... more
AerospaceChirac visits Alcatel Alenia Space's facilities
Cannes, France - Aerospace sector is of a critical importance for EU
President of French Republic, Jacques Chirac, visited today the Alcatel Alenia Space’ facilities in Cannes. Talking with the French-Italian company’s workers Chirac said that aerospace sector is of a c... more
AerospacePostponement of Discovery's mission scheduled next May probable
Washington, USA - Technical problems for the Space Shuttle
NASA is thinking to stop Shuttle Discovery’s mission scheduled on next May (see for details AVIONEWS). Two problems intervened to complicate US Space Agency projects: the break of a mechanical arm and t... more
AerospaceESA supports Russian project Klipper
Moscow, Russia - Anatoli Permikov, Russian space agency's Chief, said so
Anatoli Permikov, Director of Roskosmos, Russian space agency, made known to have met Jean-Jacques Dordin, Chief of European Space Agency (ESA), and to have received his support to develop space shuttle... more
AerospaceISS: completed in 2010
Washington, USA - 16 flights of the Shuttle to realize the project
Since next May, according to all that NASA (US space agency) said in last days, "Space Shuttle"’s flights should re-start (see for details AVIONEWS). The resumption of the activities is fundamental not o... more
AerospaceNASA speeds up construction times of space lab
Cape canaveral, USA - It will be completed within four years
Within 2010 NASA wants to finish work on the international orbiting space station (ISS) and ground its shuttles, which are the chief carriers for station components. At this purpose NASA decided to speed... more
AerospaceA spaceport in New Mexico
Washington, USA - USD 110m invested for "New Mexico Spaceport Authority" project
In New Mexico, USA, since the second world war there is "White Sands" Missile Range for weapons’ and space technology’s development and tests. Yesterday Governor Bill Richardson signed a law which all... more
AerospaceESA confirms Cryosat program
Rome, Italy - Launch scheduled on 2009
European Space Agency (ESA) decided to confirm Cryosat program for the study of Earth’s glaciers. On last October 8 the satellite, that had to be put into orbit by the Rockot rocket, fell down in the A... more
AerospaceArabSat satellite in difficulties
Moscow, Russia - Anticipate separation of the Briz-M accelerator
Yesterday there were some problems for the put into orbit of the satellite ArabSat. Space vehicle was launched, as it was scheduled, carried by the Russian rocket Proton, at 9:30 pm by the shooting range... more