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AerospaceTWO NEW NASA MISSIONS
LANGLEY, NASA will begin two new ambitious missions in year 2006, to be performed in the frame of Discovery Program. The first mission has been named Dawn and has been planned for the close observation... more
AerospaceARIANESPACE RESULTS FOR 2001
PARIS, During the first press conference of the year the President of Arianespace Jean-Marie Luton has disclosed the most important data related to year 2001. 13 contracts over a total of 25 for the... more
AerospaceUNIVERSE IS LIGHT GREEN
USA, Some researchers of John Hopkins University have shown in Washington on Jan 10th, the results of their studies upon the universe colour. The study’s result is that, at the beginning of the universe, t... more
AerospaceYB5 ASTEROIDS PASSES ''NEAR'' EARTH
ROME, ITALY, Discovered one month ago, the asteroid called 2001 YB5 will pass today at the minimum distance from the Earth, about 600.000 kms, according to BBC. If the asteroid of this size (300... more
AerospaceGOOD RESULTS BY INDIA'S FIRST SPY SATELLITE
NEW DELHI, INDIA, According to New Delhi government, the first Indian "spy" satellite given good results, providing high one meter resolution images. Also if chairman Dr K Kasturirangan has not clearly... more
AerospaceA SPACE AGENCY WILL BE CREATED IN ALGERI
ALGERI, According to Algerian government sources, soon will be created a space agency in African country, in order to promote space activity in Algeria. The agency will be created under president Abdelaziz... more
AerospaceRUSSIAN LAUNCHES SIX SATELLITES WITH A SINGLE BOOSTER
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Utilizing a single booster, Russian Federation launched this morning six satellites,three Cosmos military, and three civilian for telecommunications. The launch, carried out with some delay,... more
AerospaceBOEING WILL HELP RUSSIA TO BUILT A ISS MODULE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, According to Alexandre Medvedev, director of Russian Khrounitchev aerospace industry, U.S. Boeing industry will give its contribution in realization of a FGB-2 module which will be employed... more
AerospaceSHUTTLE EXHAUSTS ARE DESTROYING THE EARTH'S OZONE
VANDENBERG, USA, "Every time the space shuttle is launched, 250 tons of hydrochloric acid is released into the air. With each launch, .25 percent of the ozone is destroyed. So far, the space shuttle... more
AerospaceUS COULD WITHDRAW FROM ABM TREATY
USA, According to unofficial sources, President Bush intends to quit Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty by the end of the week. The White House neither confirmed nor denied the report. "It is the president's... more
AerospaceNASA APPROVES SECOND SPACE TOURIST
WASHINGTON, Mark Shuttleworth, a 28-year-old South African, is to become the second space tourist on the International Space Tourist. Nasa and its partners in the orbiting outpost agreed in principle... more
AerospaceASTRONAUTS TAKE SPACE WALK FOR A REPAIR JOB
CAPE CANAVERAL, Astronauts Linda Godwin and Daniel Tani floated out of space shuttle Endeavour to complete a repair job and wrap thermal covers around motors that turn the international space station's... more
AerospaceLAUNCHED TODAY JASON-1 FOR OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATION
WASHINGTON, USA, Has been launched today from space base of Vandembers the U.S.-French satellite Jason-1 devoted to ocanographic obesevation. The satellite, weighing over 1000 lbs, has been put in orbit... more
AerospaceEXCEPTIONAL PAYLOAD FOR SHUTTLE, AT LAST LAUNCHED
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, An exceptional paylod, six thousand of american flags, is started with Endeavour Shuttle, for its mission for the International Space Station. The launch was postponed several... more
AerospaceNASA GREEN LIGHT TO LAUNCH ENDEAVOUR
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, According to Nasa sources, has been given green light to launch today the Space Shuttle Endeavour, the launch of which has been postponed due to a fail in ISS linkage with the... more
AerospaceASTRONAUTS OUT IN THE SPACE FOR REPAIRS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Russian Cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin went out the international space station to take a five-hour spacewalk to clear debris and make repairs to the docking mechanism.... more
AerospaceRUSSIA LAUNCHES THREE MILITARY SATELLITES
KAZAKHSTAN, Russian news agency Interfax reported that Russia has launched three military satellites on Saturday, from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan. The launch, operated with a Proton-K heavy... more
AerospaceJAPANESE SATELLITE RE-ENTRY COULD POSE PROBLEMS
TOKYO, Japanese space officials said that a satellite that is expected to re-enter the atmosphere today could pose danger. Not the whole satellite could burn up in the atmosphere. The map showed that the... more
AerospacePENTAGON POSTPONES MISSILE INTERCEPT TEST
WASHINGTON, US military officials had to postpone the missile defense test scheduled on Saturday due to the bad weather over the Vandenberg air base in California. The test, which is a part of the U.S.... more
AerospaceFURTHER DELAY IN ENDEAVOUR LAUNCH
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Nasa sources announced today that there will be a further delay in the launch of the Shuttle Endeavour. Initially the lauch was expected for last night, but after a failed connection... more
AerospacePROGRESS FAILS TO DOCK AT ISS (2): 24 HOUR DELAY FOR LAUNCH OF ENDEAVOU
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, According to NASA sources, the launch of the Shuttle Endeavour, scheduled for tonight, has been delayed by 24 hours, due to the incorrect docking of the Russian ship Progress with... more
AerospacePROGRESS FAILS TO DOCK AT ISS
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, According to reports from Russian mission control, the space ship Progress M1-7 failed to engage correctly with the International Space Station. The problem, which is currently under investigation... more
AerospaceINCREASED SECURITY MEASURES AT CAPE CANAVERAL
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Due to the launch of the Shuttle Endeavour, scheduled for tonight but delayed by 24 hours after the incorrect docking of the Russian spaceship Progress with the International Space... more
AerospaceARIANE-4 LAUNCHES DIRECT TV SATELLITE INTO ORBIT
PARIS, Arianespace industry announced that the space rocket Ariane-4 has launched into orbit a Direct Tv satellite produced by Boeing Co. The rocket was launched from Kourou air base in French Guyana.... more
AerospaceUNPRECEDENTED SECURITY FOR ENDEAVOUR LAUNCH
CAPE CANAVERAL, Security tight is expected for the launch into orbit of the shuttle Edeavour this evening at 7,41 pm. Extra security measures will include fighter jets, helicopter patrols, SWAT teams,... more
AerospaceENVISAT, THE LARGEST EUROPEAN SATELLITE, WILL BE LAUNCHED IN THE FIRST 2002
FRASCATI, ROMA, It will be launched in the first of 2002 the largest European-built satellite, Envisat, worth over 2,3 EURbn, which will explore the Earth's surface to analyze the environmental situation... more
AerospaceLOCKHEED MARTIN AND TRW WIN USAF CONTRACT
WASHINGTON, Lockheed Martin and TRW have been awarded a $2,7 bn deal to develop next generation communications satellite system. The new system, named Advanced Extremely High Frequency, will employ the... more
AerospaceBUSH APPOINTS THE NEW NASA DIRECTOR
WASHINGTON, USA, U.S. President George W. Bush has appointed Sean O' Keefe as new Nasa director. O'Keefe, who substitutes the resigning former director Dan Goldin, is a president Bush key advisor,and he... more
AerospaceNEW CHAIRMAN FOR ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY
ROME, Professor Sergio Vetrella was appointed new chairman for the Italian Space Agency. Vetrella is member of italian delegation at European Space Agency, since last year, of Joint Space Strategy Advisory... more
AerospaceSOYUZ BACK ON THE EARTH, LANDING EXPECTED IN A FEW HOURS
RUSSIA, The Soyuz Tm-32 space vehicle will land in Kazakistan in a few hours, after to have leaved the International Space Station this morning. The crew, one French and two Russian astronauts, spent ten... more
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