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 Promontory UT (SPX) Sep 11, 2009 
NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky Thursday with the initial full-scale, full-duration test firing of the first stage motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA's Constellation Program. ATK Space Systems conducted the successful stationary firing of the five-segment solid development motor 1, or DM-1. ATK Space Systems, a division ... read more 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2009Japan early Friday launched its first cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) atop an H-IIB rocket, which is also on its first flight, as scheduled just after 2:00 am (1700 GMT Thursday ... more |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2009UCLA atmospheric scientists have discovered a previously unknown basic mode of energy transfer from the solar wind to the Earth's magnetosphere. The research, federally funded by the National Science Foundation, could improve the safety and reliability of spacecraft that operate in the upper atmosphere. "It's like something else is heating the atmosphere besides the sun. This discovery is ... more 
Star City, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 11, 2009A special commission has announced the composition of the main and backup crews for the next mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Russia's Soyuz-FG carrier rocket bearing the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft is due for liftoff from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on September 30. The main crew comprises Russian astronaut Maxim Surayev and Jeff Williams from the U.S. ... more  
Houston, Texas (AFP) Sept 10, 2009Thunderstorms and high winds forced NASA to abandon Thursday a first attempt to land the space shuttle Discovery, which earlier dodged debris as it prepared for a high-speed descent to Earth. "We will wave off this attempt," Eric Boe, mission control's shuttle communicator, told astronauts seeking to return home at the end of a 13-day mission to the International Space Station. A second ... more |
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Hawthorne CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2009Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Astrium announce a contract for a SpaceX Falcon 1e to launch an Earth observation satellite designed by Astrium or its recently acquired subsidiary Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL). The Falcon 1e is an 'enhanced' version of SpaceX's successful Falcon 1 launch vehicle. Designed from the ground up by SpaceX, the Falcon 1e has upgraded propulsion ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2009Opportunity has commenced circumnavigation and full-circle imaging of the large meteorite "Block Island". On Sol 1997 (Sept. 5, 2009), the rover moved 5.7 meters (18.7 feet) to the second of six stand-off positions around the meteorite (the first position being the initial rover location). At each location Opportunity collects a set of images with the panoramic camera (Pancam). ... more  
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2009Northrop Grumman's Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU) has been selected by EADS Astrium GmbH for use aboard the BepiColombo mission to Mercury. Northrop Grumman's Navigation Systems Division will provide its space-qualified, flight-proven Scalable SIRU for use on the Mercury Planetary Orbiter spacecraft. The Scalable SIRU is an inertial reference system that supplies ... more |
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