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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
AerospaceTITO GETS BACK TO LOS ANGELES AND SPURS ON NASA TO REPEAT SUCH SUCCESS
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Dennis Tito, the first space tourist in history, returned to Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife, welcomed at the airport by the mayor and by a hearty crowd. Tito, which... more
AerospaceLAUNCHED THE SECOND AMERICAN XM ''ROLL'' SATELLITE
USA, As already announced by WAPA, the second American radio satellite XM "Roll" has been launched successfully yesterday, from the sea-platform situated in the equatorial Pacific Ocean zone at 154 degrees... more
AerospaceTHREE SMALL AEROSONDES COMPLETED ALASKA'S COASTAL SEA ICE MAPPING
ALASKA, Three tiny, unmanned, aerosondes completed Alaska's coastal sea ice mapping, providing important datas about the atmospheric and environmental changes. The small aircrafts, three-foot-long and... more
AerospaceDENNIS TITO RETURNS FROM HIS ''FANTASTIC'' TRIP
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Dennis Tito, the American multimillionaire and first space tourist, landed yesterday morning on the Kazakh steppe with the Russian Soyuz spacecraft with the two Russian astronauts Musabayev... more
AerospaceNASA UNVEILS THE PROJECT OF ITS NEW MORPHING AIRCRAFT
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, Dan Goldin, Nasa administrator, communicated, yesterday, the project of the new morphing aircraft, which will be carried on in the next twenty years. The aircraft will have wings and... more
AerospaceNASA ASKS RUSSIA TO REFUND TITO'S TRIP EXPENCES
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, According to the latest news, NASA would ask Russia to pay for the costs of Tito interfering with the American astronauts. Musabayev, who commands the Russian mission that brought... more
AerospaceDENNIS TITO, THE FIRST SPACE TOURIST, IS ENTHUSIASTIC WITH HIS EXPERIENCE
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, Dennis Tito, the American 60-year-old multimillionaire and first space tourist, is enthusiastic with his trip on the ISS. Tito reported he was thoroughly happy in space, not suffering... more
AerospaceUSA: STUDENTS PREFER SCIENCE TO SPACE TOURISM
USA, A survey of 3,000 young students, carried out during the Space Day (May 3), revealed that most would not want to go to space as Dennis Tito, the first space tourist, but as scientists or pilots.... more
AerospaceTHE SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR LANDED YESTERDAY AT EDWARDS BASE
CALIFORNIA, The space shuttle Endeavour landed yesterday at Edward's Air Force base in California and not as scheduled at Cape Canaveral in Florida because of the bad weather. The mission, started on April... more
AerospaceDENNIS TITO ENTERS IN THE ISS
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Dennis Tito, the 60-year-old American multimilionair, has entered the International Space Station ISS, arriving on the Russian Soyuz TM32 spacecraft, which docked this morning... more
AerospaceNEW ENGINE FOR SHUTTLE ATLANTIS
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, A new main engine has been installed on the space shuttle "Atlantis" to make it safer during the climb to orbit, scheduled for June 14. Built by Boeing Rocketdyne in Canoga... more
AerospaceON TITO'S TRAIL MANY COMPANIES PLAN ORBIT HOLIDAYS
USA, Dennis Tito's trip could only be the first of a long series. Many companies are planning to give adventourous turists orbit experiences. The "CSpace Adventures", the company which organized Tito's... more
AerospaceRUSSIA VALUES NEW POSSIBLE SPACE TURISTS NOMINATIONS
RUSSIA, After having concluded positively the launch of the first space turist, the American multimilionair Dennis Tito, Russia is planning new space trips for those who can pay for a different "holiday",... more
AerospaceDISCOVERED THE BIG BANG'S SOUND
WASHINGTON, USA, During the American Physical Society's congress, which took place yesterday, an international group of research workers, led by the Italian Paolo de Bernardis, from Rome's La Sapienza... more
AerospacePIONEER 10, LAUNCHED ON MARCH 2 1972, HAS BEEN DETECTED
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, The Pioneer 10 spacecraft, launched on March 2 1972, and of which signals hadn't been heard since Agust 19, has been found. Its signal was detected by a radio antenna outside Madrid,... more
AerospaceNASA ASKS 48 HOUR DELAY FOR THE SPACE TURIST'S LAUNCH
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, NASA asked the Russian Space Agency to postpone of at least 48 hours the launch of the Russian spacecraft that will bring the American multimilionair Dennis Tito on the International... more
AerospaceCONTRASTS FOR THE ESA PROPOSAL OF MANAGING ''GALILEO''
BRUSSELLS, BELGIUM, The proposal made by ESA, European Space Agency, for the assumption of the management of the "Galileo" development program, relative to the European Satellite Positioning System (GPS),... more
AerospaceNASA: NO ''PARKING'' PROBLEMS ON THE ISS
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, After the news that the Russian flight with the "space turist", the American multimilionair Dennis Tito, will take off as scheduled, NASA said there will not be any problems for... more
AerospaceTHE AMERICAN MULTIMILIONAIR WILL GO INTO SPACE AS SCHEDULED
BAIKONUR, KAZAKISTAN, According to the Russian Space Agency spokesman, Viatcheslav Mikhailitchenko, the departure of the American Multimilionair, Dennis Tito, from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhistan, will... more
AerospaceTHE SECOND AMERICAN XM SATELLITE CROSSES THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO BE LAUNCHED ON MAY 7
USA, The second American radio satellite XM "Roll" is now aboard the Sea Launch platform, on its way from Long Beach, California, to the equatorial Pacific Ocean zone at 154 degrees West longitude, for... more
AerospaceINDIAN SATELLITE MISTAKES ORBIT
INDIA, The first Indian geosynchronous satellite, GTSAT-1, launched into orbit on a domestic rocket last April 18, didn't stabilize itself on the correct orbit. The satellite has now an orbital period... more
AerospaceISS COMPUTERS GO IN TILT
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, After the conversation among Umberto Guidoni, the Italian astronaut, Italian President Carlo A. Ciampi and Eu Commission President Romano Prodi, in which Ciampi said that "this... more
AerospaceNEW HEADQUARTER IN LATIN AMERICA FOR ALENIA AEROSPAZIO
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, During the aerospace show, Lad which is held in these days in Brazil, Carmelo Cosentino, the Alenia Aerospazio's manager controlling the military activities, announced the opening... more
AerospaceALENIA AEROSPACE DELAYS ITS ENTRY IN ASTRIUM, ACCORDING TO ''LE TRIBUNE''
PARIS, FRANCE, According to what reported by the French daily newspaper "Le Tribune", the Italian space industry, Alenia Aerospace is postponing its entry in the most important European space consortium,... more
AerospaceNASA OPPOSES TO TITO'S ARRIVAL ON THE ISS
WASHINGTON, USA, NASA opposes to the arrival of Dennis Tito, the American multimilionair that should depart on Saturday, on the Russian Space shuttle Soyuz, because he may be dangerous for the ISS and... more
AerospaceDAVID WALKER, THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT WHO LAUNCHED ''MAGELLANO'' IN 1989, HAS DIED
WASHINGTON, USA, The American ex-astronaut, David Walker, who performed four space shuttle missions, one of which launched "Magellano", in 1989, mapping Venus' surface, died. Walker was 56 and had cancer.... more
AerospaceSIX ITALIAN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES AT RIO DE JANEIRO AEROSPACE SHOW
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, The Rio De Janeiro aerospace Lad (Latin American Defense)show, which is, in the whole Latin America, the most important event in the aerospace and defense field, begins today, on... more
AerospaceUNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS OFFICE CLOSED
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, After almost 50 years activity and 30 average weekly sighting, the Unidentified Flying Objects office closes for lack of work. Dennis Plunkett, the founder and president of an... more
AerospaceNEW ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM USED IN JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
PASADENA, USA, The researches at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are using an electron beam on the submolecolar scale for the creation of microscopic sensor for future spacecrafts and aircrafts. The new... more
AerospaceNORTHROP GRUMMAN INTENDS TO BUY AEROJET
USA, Northrop Grumman intends to buy the space division of Aerojet for 315 USDm. The announcement was given on Friday. Northrop said that the acquisition will give a further boost to the space sensors... more
AerospaceCANADARM2 WILL HELP CONSTRUCTION OF A PRESSURIZED ROOM
HOUSTON, USA, The Canadian built robotic arm, Canadarm2, will help the construction of a pressurized room, which will permitt astronauts to walk in space without the support of the shuttle. The room will... more
AerospaceSHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR: TOMORROW THE ITALIAN ASTRONAUT GUIDONI WILL INSTALL ''RAFFAELLO''
HOUSTON, USA, The space shuttle docked to the International Space Station ISS since Saturady morning, and already yesterday the astronauts started to install the equipments carried by the "Endeavour".... more
AerospaceDOUBLE INSURANCE FOR GUIDONI
TRIESTE, ITALY, Umberto Guidoni, who left yesterday on the shuttle Endeavour to reach the International Space Station (Iss), takes advantage of two insurances: besides the one provided by the European... more
AerospaceESA CELEBRATES ON APRIL 27 AND 28 THE SUN-EARTH DAY AND ''SOHO'' DISCOVERIES
PARIS, FRANCE, The European Space Agency, ESA, has scheduled for April 27 and 28 the Sun-Earth Day to ponder links with the nearest star and to celebrate the discoveries of ESA's solar observatories... more
AerospaceITALY-AMERICA AGREEMENT TO EXTEND THE 16 NATION ORBITING COMPLEX
FLORIDA, USA, Yesterday Sergio De Julio, head of Asi, Italian Space Agency, and Daniel S. Golding, head of Nasa, signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of a new habitation module inside the... more
AerospaceLAMBERTO DINI: THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT IS PROUD OF GUIDONI AND ''RAFFAELLO''
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Italian Foreign Minister, Lamberto Dini, now at Cape Canaveral, during a press conference,yesterday evening, declared that "the Italian Government, and all the country, is proud... more
AerospaceNASA PROJECTS THE FASTEST AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, We report integrally the press release relative to NASA' project for the fastest aircraft in the world. "Imagine a new breed of space transportation vehicle, able to fly at seven... more