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August 18, 2009
South Korea's First Rocket Set Up On Launch Pad
Seoul, South Korea (Yonhap) Aug 18, 2009
S. Korea's first space rocket has been safely put onto its launch pad ahead of its historic launch scheduled for this week, the state-run aerospace institute said Monday. Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), responsible for the launch, said despite a light drizzle reported at the Naro Space Center 485km south of Seoul, engineers and launch coordinators moved the rocket from the ... read more

ULA Delta II Completes 20 Year Era Of GPS Launches
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 18, 2009
The 48th successful and final Air Force Delta II Global Positioning System satellite launch occurred today, ending one of the most successful space launch programs in American history. A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launched GPS IIR-21(M) into orbit from Space Launch Complex-17A at 6:35 a.m., EDT today. The first Air Force Delta II GPS launch occurred Feb. 14, 1989 and today's ... more

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Planned Rover Test To Run A Week Or More
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2009
Mars rover team members are planning a long-duration experiment with the test rover at JPL beginning next week. This test will check whether favorable motion seen in earlier tests can be sustained to gain as much distance in the sandbox as Spirit would need to complete on Mars to escape its predicament. The team expects to drive the test rover for several hundred meters, or yards, worth of ... more

NASA's WISE Mission Arrives At Launch Site
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2009
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has arrived at its last stop on Earth - Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. WISE is scheduled to blast into space in December, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from NASA's Space Launch Complex 2. Orbiting around Earth, it will scan the entire sky at infrared wavelengths, unveiling hundreds of thousands of asteroids, and ... more

NASA Launches New Technology: An Inflatable Heat Shield
Wallops Island VA (SPX) Aug 18, 2009
A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds. The Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment, or IRVE, was vacuum-packed into a 15-inch diameter payload "shroud" and launched on a small sounding rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on ... more

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    DLR At Moscow Aviation And Space Salon - MAKS 2009
    Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 18, 2009
    For the third time since 2005, the German Aerospace Center is taking part in Russia's national aerospace exhibition, the MAKS Aviation and Space Salon. The exhibition is being held at Zhukovsky, 40 kilometres southeast of Moscow. From 18 to 23 August, DLR will showcase itself as Germany's national research establishment at a joint stand with the German aerospace industry. ... more

    India And Russia Complete Design Of New Lunar Probe
    New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Aug 18, 2009
    India and Russia have finished the design of a second unmanned lunar orbiter to be sent to the Moon in 2011-2012, the Indian Express newspaper said on Monday. The paper quoted Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) as saying in Bangalore on Sunday: "Right now, the design has been completed. We had a joint review with Russian scientists here." ... more

    Ariane 5 Ready For This Week's Launch
    Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Aug 18, 2009
    Arianespace has completed the payload integration on its fourth Ariane 5 to be launched in 2009, clearing the way for this vehicle's liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana on Friday, August 21. The heavy-lift Ariane 5 has been fitted with its dual payload "stack" of the JCSAT-12 and Optus D3 telecommunications satellites, and is being readied for a rollout to the Spaceport's ELA-3 ... more

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  • British UFO sightings spiked when blockbusters released

  • GPS Helps Locate Soil Erosion Pathways

  • Charlotte County Public Schools Standardizes Student Transport Apps

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  • EU to back harsher sanctions; Iran angry
  • US Navy Awards LockMart Contract To Support Submarine Imaging System
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  • NKorea to lift border restrictions, restart tours from SKorea
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  • Strong quakes hit off Japan, rattle Taiwan

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  • Hurricane Bill gains punch as first of Atlantic season
  • China, Germany help VW escape slump: firm
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  • Design Of Chandrayaan-2 Ready
  • Rocket Marks Milestone In South Korean Space History
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