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| January 01, 2009 |  |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 31, 2008 
The crew of the doomed shuttle Columbia was violently spun around in the cabin as the spacecraft disintegrated on reentry, NASA said Tuesday in its final report on the 2003 tragedy that includes safety recommendations. The 400-page report took four years to complete and its conclusions will be used in configuring the future Orion spacecraft that will eventually replace the US space agency's ... read more 
Washington (UPI) Dec 30, 2008 U.S. military rockets can send astronauts safely to the moon sooner and for billions of dollars less than NASA's troubled Ares I rocket, documents suggest. The documents, obtained by the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel, were presented to the transition team of President-elect Barack Obama three weeks ago. They say upgraded Atlas V and Delta IV rockets could be built and ready for astronauts to ... more
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Washington (AFP) Dec 30, 2008NASA Tuesday recommended additional shuttle safety measures to improve crew survival rates during an accident, in a final report on the 2003 Columbia tragedy that killed seven astronauts. After a highly detailed description of the final moments of the seven astronauts when Columbia disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere, NASA concluded that their safety belts, space suits and helmets d ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 30, 2008NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity may still have big achievements ahead as they approach the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars. Of the hundreds of engineers and scientists who cheered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 3, 2004, when Spirit landed safely, and 21 days later when Opportunity followed suit, none predicted the team would stil ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 30, 2008Scattered loosely around the beltline of Earth's nearest neighbor are six silent sentinels, testaments to America's first moon program. Standing all of 10 feet high and 30 feet wide (from footpad to footpad), each of these lunar module descent stages is more than a historical artifact that powered two Apollo astronauts to a safe landing on the moon's surface. They are unearthly reminders of the ... more  
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Dec 28, 2008Malaysia is zooming in on forests with a satellite in order to fight illegal logging which its government says is harming the major timber exporting country, a report said Sunday. Darus Ahmad, deputy director-general with the Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency, said the "eye in the sky" programme was put in place in October. "There is always criticisms that our forests are diminishing," he ... more |
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Rio De Janeiro (XNA) Dec 30, 2008Brazil's National Institute of Space Investigations (INPE) has begun additional tests on two satellites that are expected to be launched in five years as part of a joint program with China. The INPE announced on its web site Sunday that scientists are testing dynamic resistance, sine-wave and acoustic vibrations on the satellites of the Chinese-Brazilian Remote Vigilance Program (CBERS). ... more 
Beijing (XNA) Dec 30, 2008Fifty national and local TV stations in China have jointly set up a news sharing network, aiming for more original and faster reports. Luo Ming, vice president of the China Central Television (CCTV), the state broadcaster and member of the newly-established China Satellite News Gathering Alliance (CSNG), said the move was an important step for China to "gain a new stronghold in internation ... more  
Paris (AFP) Dec 29, 2008Eager to see the back end of 2008? Be forewarned: the world's official timekeeper has decided to prolong the year -- by one full second, to be precise. Which means a Champagne-soaked countdown to 2009 something like this: "...THREE, TWO, ONE-AND-A-HALF, ONE... Happy New Year!" The extra second was mandated by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) in Paris, ... more |
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