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 Seoul (AFP) April 14, 2009 
A North Korean rocket fired last week appeared to have carried a satellite and to have separated in its final two stages as planned, South Korea's defence minister said Tuesday. The three-stage rocket launched on April 5 "followed the trajectory of a satellite" although the North failed to put it into orbit, minister Lee Sang-Hee told parliament. US officials said the first stage landed ... read more 
Washington (AFP) April 15, 2009NASA risked the wrath of millions of comedy fans across cosmos on Tuesday, announcing it had named the International Space Station's next module "Tranquility." After trawling through thousands of suggestions posted on the agency's website, NASA said it had decided on Tranquility after the eponymous lunar sea. Astronaut Sunita Williams appeared on the Comedy Central channel on Tuesday to ... more
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US warns China against 'stillborn' climate deal
Businessman to fly African flags on space trip NASA to launch solar observatory Europe battles declining influence Prius: world's most popular hybrid Russia wants to charge more for rides to space: report Russia, China agree on nuclear construction cost: report China-born aerospace engineer gets 15 years for spying Mexico climate summit set for early December in Cancun Climate change impact of soil underestimated: study 
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Tucson, Arizona (AFP) April 15, 2009Astronauts' meals have come a long way from the freeze-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes of decades ago: now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the Moon. Although space fare has steadily improved over time, a team of scientists says the best is yet to come. They look forward to when residents of future lunar or even Martian outposts can dine on luxuries such ... more 
Calgary, Canada (SPX) Apr 16, 2009Calgary, Canada (SPX) Apr 16, 2009 Where does space begin? Scientists at the University of Calgary have created a new instrument that is able to track the transition between the relatively gentle winds of Earth's atmosphere and the more violent flows of charged particles in space - flows that can reach speeds well over 1000 km/hr. And they have accomplished this in unprecedented detail. ... more 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 16, 2009Flight tests of Russia's new cargo spacecraft will start in 2016-17, the general designer of the RSC Energia rocket manufacturer said on Monday. "We will make the new cargo ship more economical, less expensive than those used today," Vitaly Lopota said. He said the cargo spacecraft would be part of a new transport system also including a new manned spaceship and a new launch vehicle. ... more  
Chennai (PTI) Apr 16, 2009The proposed launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C 12 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from the Sriharikota space station later this month has evoked a strong protest from local fisherman as the state government banned fishing in about 15 villages for security reasons. The state fisheries department last week distributed pamphlets among the villages at Pazha ... more |
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Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Apr 16, 2009Scientists working on NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft have made a significant breakthrough that could play a major role in protecting satellites from the damage caused by solar explosions, known as Coronal Mass Ejections. CMEs are powerful sudden eruptions of plasma and magnetic energy from the Sun's outer atmosphere that when directed towards Earth, can have damaging effects. Protect ... more 
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 16, 2009New Dawn Satellite Company Ltd. ("New Dawn"), a joint venture between Intelsat and a South African investor group led by Convergence Partners, has awarded Arianespace the launch contract to deliver the Intelsat New Dawn satellite into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). This new contract is the 6th signed in 2009 by Arianespace with a major satellite operator. The launch is planned for the ... more  
Washington (UPI) April 13, 2009 Russia has closed a deal with Israel's largest aerospace company to buy new state-of-the-art unmanned aerial vehicles. Russian Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin, who directs all military procurement programs, confirmed the deal in an announcement Friday, RIA Novosti reported. Previously, the Moscow daily business newspaper Kommersant had published what it said were details of th ... more |
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