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Shuttle Repair Mission To Hubble Delayed Indefinitely
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2008
US space agency NASA said Thursday it had indefinitely delayed a February shuttle mission to repair the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, which was back in business after a four-week break to fix transmission problems. NASA also announced the next shuttle launch for November 14, when an Endeavour mission will deliver more equipment to the ISS ... read more

Satellite Capacity Shortages Confirmed In Middle East And North Africa
Toulouse, France (SPX) Nov 03, 2008
Euroconsult and The London Satellite Exchange have announce that fill rates remain extremely high, providing a degree of protection from the economic downturn, in particular in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) where capacity shortages are currently readily apparent. In a joint report the companies have outlined and analyzed the results of a campaign to measure Ku-band satellite tran ... more

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Technical Issues, More Tests Delay Tactical Satellite-3's Liftoff
Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 03, 2008
The timeless saying every gray cloud has a silver lining aptly fits the Tactical Satellite-3 program during the past 60 days. Initially scheduled to launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Va., in October, TacSat-3's liftoff is now scheduled for January 2009 after the project team discovered, and then fixed, problems with the spacecraft's Star Tracker apparatus. ... more

The Historic Beginnings Of The Space Arms Race
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008
On November 1, 1963, the Polyot-1 spacecraft, the first satellite capable of maneuvering in orbit, was launched from the Tyura-Tam firing range, now called the Baikonur Space Center, in Kazakhstan. Polyot-1, which was also capable of changing its altitude and orbital inclination, was, in fact, a prototype anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) system called Istrebitel Sputnikov (interceptor of satellites) ... more

Two US astronauts to cast votes from space
Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2008
Two US astronauts who are soaring in orbit hundreds of kilometers from Earth will be able to vote in the US election on November 4, the US space agency NASA said. Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff, who are working aboard the International Space Station, are to vote by secure electronic ballot uplinked by Johnson Space Center in Houston, according to NASA. ... more

Russia Starts Preparations To Launch US Telecoms Satellite
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008
Russian space technicians have started preparations for the launch of a Zenit carrier rocket with a U.S. Telstar telecom satellite on board, Russia's space agency said on Friday. A Zenith-3SLB carrier rocket equipped with a DM-SLB booster is scheduled to lift off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at the end of December. "A preliminary assessment of the launch facilities at ... more





  stellar-chemistry:
  • Ghost Of Mirach Materializes

    telescopes:
  • James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Searches Dark Hearts Of Bright Galaxies

    satellite-tech:
  • Kazakh Satellite Brought Back Into Orbit

    vsat:
  • Marlink Purchases WaveCall
  • Molten Magnetic Meteorites
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2008
    Meteorites that are among the oldest rocks ever found have provided new clues about the conditions that existed at the beginning of the solar system, solving a longstanding mystery and overturning some accepted ideas about the way planets form. The ancient meteorites, like disk drives salvaged from an ancient computer, still contain magnetic records about the very early history of planets, ... more

    Aspiring lunar entrepreneurs contract for help from NASA
    San Francisco (AFP) Oct 30, 2008
    In a cosmic case of role reversal, aspiring lunar entrepreneurs based on the Isle of Man have hired NASA to build them a robotic rover to send to the moon. While it has historically been the US space exploration agency dishing out work to private contractors, Odyssey Moon said Thursday that it has contracted NASA as part of its mission to turn lunar travel into a money-making business. ... more

    India's Lunar Probe Sends Its First Pictures From Space
    New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008
    India has received the first space photographs from its unmanned spacecraft on a mission to the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organization said on Saturday. Chandrayaan-1 was launched into space by the Indian-built PSLV-C11 rocket on October 22, and is set to enter the Moon's orbit on November 8. Chandrayaan means "Moon Craft" in ancient Sanskrit. On-board cameras took pictures of ... more

     


        korea:
  • NKorea's nuclear drive seen dogging next US leader

    superpowers:
  • Russian navy to hold war games in Indian Ocean

    superpowers:
  • Analysis: Georgia leaves the CIS

  • A New Summit In Helsinki Part One
  • Chilean glacier will vanish in 50 years: study
  • Scientists Probe Antarctic Glaciers For Sea Level Clues
  • World Bank Trys To Keep Global Warming On Agenda
  • Antarctica feeling the heat too, says study
  • New process increases stem cell potential
  • EU nations agree to push back CO2 auto limits to 2015
  • ADB funds Vietnam dam resettlement project

  • Endeavour Nears Launch Pad 39A
  • Expedition 17 Set To Undock Today
  • Perfect 10 Image From Repaired Hubble Telescope
  • Searching For Primordial Antimatter
  • atrexx Targets The North African Oil And Gas Market
  • Phoenix Goes Quiet
  • New ASTRA 1M Satellite Ready For Launch On 6 November
  • Review Sets Nov 14 To Launch STS-126

  • MIT Researchers Find Clues To Planets' Birth
  • Magnetic Portals Connect Sun And Earth
  • New Gamma-Ray Detector To Search For Fundamental Structure Of Matter
  • NMSU Offers Masters And Doctoral Aerospace Engineering Degrees
  • NASA, South Korea sign mutual statement
  • NASA Managers Delay Hubble Servicing Mission
  • NASA Ames Collaborates To Develop Robotic Lunar Lander
  • A card swipe machine may test for diseases



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