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 Seoul (AFP) Aug 19, 2009 
South Korea Wednesday postponed the launch of its first space rocket just eight minutes before the scheduled blast-off, due to an unspecified technical fault. Mission controllers suspended the launch at 4.52 pm (0752 GMT) and began dumping fuel, the science ministry said. It was the seventh time since 2002 that the project, operated in partnership with Russia, has been delayed. The Korea ... read more 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 19, 2009The Russian government will heavily invest in the development of the country's aerospace industry, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. "The development of the aircraft industry and space exploration is certainly one of our priorities," Putin said at the opening of the MAKS-2009 air show in Zhukovsky, near Moscow. According to the government, financing of the aircraft ... more |
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Islamabad, Pakistan (XNA) Aug 19, 2009Dr Samar Mubarakmand, a renowned Pakistani nuclear scientist, said that Pakistan would launch its first space satellite in April 2011, local media reported Tuesday. Talking to a private TV channel on Tuesday, Dr Samar said the satellite, likely to be sent into earth orbit, would monitor mineral and agriculture programs and weather conditions. He said this project is funded by the ... more  
New York NY (SPX) Aug 19, 2009Far Out: A Space-Time Chronicle [Abrams; November 2009; hardcover], by author and filmmaker Michael Benson, assembles an outstanding collection of astronomical images from observatories around the world and in space. This fantastically illustrated and authoritatively written journey into the universe arrives in November 2009, the International Year of Astronomy, and the 400th anniversary of the ... more  
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 19, 2009The German eROSITA (extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) X-ray telescope is to start searching for black holes and dark matter in 2012, using seven electronic 'eyes'. On 18 August 2009, executive board members of the German Aerospace Center and the Russian space agency Roskosmos signed a detailed agreement during the MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon in ... more |
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 17, 2009A team of scientists in Australia and the United States, led by Associate Professor Miroslav Filipovic from the University of Western Sydney, have discovered a new class of object which they call "Super Planetary Nebulae." They report their work in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Planetary nebulae are shells of gas and dust expelled by stars near the end of ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 18, 2009Will the universe expand outward for all of eternity and end in a vast, dark, cold, sterile, diffuse nothingness? Or will the "Big Bang" - the gargantuan explosion that formed the universe 14 billion years ago - end in the "Big Crunch?" Planets, stars and galaxies all hurtle inward and collapse into an incredibly hot, dense mass a billion times smaller than the period at the end of this ... more  
London, UK (SPX) Aug 17, 2009Satellite imagery from the recently launched UK-DMC2 satellite shows forest fires in the Los Padres National Forest east of Santa Maria at 11:10 local time on the 12th August. California is currently experiencing widespread forest fires, which has lead to evacuations in two areas. Bloomberg has reported that more than 1,900 fire fighters were battling the blaze that has burned at least 48 ... more |
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