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October 21, 2009
Ares I-X Secured At Launch Pad
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 21, 2009
The Ares I-X now is secured on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The test rocket, sitting on a mobile launcher platform, was "hard down" on the pad's pedestals at 9:17 a.m. EDT. The rotating service structure is expected to be rolled into place at about 12:30 p.m. Ground teams began rolling out Ares I-X and its launch platform aboard a crawler-transporter from ... read more

Last Visit Home For ESA's Comet Chaser
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 21, 2009
ESA's Rosetta comet chaser will swing by Earth on 13 November to pick up orbital energy and begin the final leg of its 10-year journey to the outer Solar System. Several observations of the Earth-Moon system are planned before the spacecraft heads out to study comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This will be the third Earth swingby, the last of Rosetta's four planetary gravity assists. ... more

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LockMart Team Conducts Major Compatibility Test Of First MUOS Satellite
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2009
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the interface compatibility of the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite's dual legacy and next-generation Ultra High Frequency (UHF) communications payloads with ground user test terminals. This major milestone ensures that mobile users of the existing UHF Follow-On (UFO) system will have a smooth transition to MUOS, which will provide ... more

NASA pushes back Atlantis launch date to November 16
Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2009
NASA is pushing back a space shuttle Atlantis mission to the International Space Station by four days to November 16 so that it can test an experimental rocket, the US space agency said. The date will be officially confirmed by mission administrators Tuesday during a meeting to evaluate preparations for the Atlantis mission. The decision to push back the launch is intended to "optimize ... more

Space Trash And The Great Debate
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 21, 2009
Just last week the topic of Space Debris Removal made the "big league" conference circuit at the 60th International Astronautical Congress in Daejeon, Republic of Korea. In fact, in addition to several dedicated sessions on topics addressing almost every aspect of debris production phenomena, improved tracking accuracy, better conjunction prediction methods, advanced mitigation techniques ... more

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  • Building An Astrobiology Tool Kit

  • JPL Develops High-Speed Test To Improve Pathogen Decontamination

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    Astronomy Question Of The Week: What Does The 'Family Tree' Of Stars Look Like
    Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2009
    Not all of the stars in the Universe are the same - differences in brightness and colour can be recognised even with the naked eye. In the 19th century, star spectroscopy developed into an important method of analysis in astronomy: it divides light and other electromagnetic radiation from stars according to its wavelength. For example, visible light is split into the colours of the rainbow ... more

    32 New Exoplanets Found
    Paris, France (SPX) Oct 20, 2009
    At the international ESO/CAUP exoplanet conference in Porto, the team who built the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better known as HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO's 3.6-metre telescope, have reported on the incredible discovery of some 32 new exoplanets, cementing HARPS's position as the world's foremost exoplanet hunter. This result also increases the number of known ... more

    China Works For Mars And Moon Missions
    Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 20, 2009
    The launch of a Russian Phobos Grunt probe to Mars on October 16 has been delayed until 2011. The delay also affects China's first mission to Mars. The 240-pound Chinese Yinghou-1 spacecraft was to be mounted atop the Russian spacecraft for transport to the Martian orbit, where it was to be released before the Russian spacecraft landed on Phobos. The delay, however, gives us grounds to ... more

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  • Giant Ribbon Discovered At Edge Of Solar System

  • The Ambitions Of Europe In Space

  • United Launch Alliance's 600th Atlas Mission

  • Stalin's popularity comeback in Russia

  • Taiwan says China continues military build-up

  • Ongoing Military Ops Propelling Military Airborne Communications Market

  • US scientist faces court over attempt to spy for Israel
  • NATO calls in Verizon to secure networks
  • Arctic Traps 25 Percent of World's Carbon, But That Could Change
  • Climate leads trio of unravelling EU deals
  • Brown urges world to break climate impasse
  • Tropical storm Rick swirls sluggishly off Mexico's coast
  • UN predicts flash floods in parched East Africa
  • Heavily armed "Borderlands" videogame hits US

  • Toyota unveils new hybrid luxury sedan
  • As Car Sales Top 10 Million China Sues Fiat Over Stealing Secrets
  • Alarm as Taiwan wants to extend life of oldest nuclear plant
  • Barnes and Noble unveils e-reader in Amazon challenge
  • Minnesota Indian Tribe Calls For Nuclear Waste Solution
  • Finnish TVO set for long row with Areva, Siemens
  • Finland will not build three new nuclear plants: PM
  • Apple net profit soars on record iPhone-Macintosh sales

  • Google wooing Microsoft business customers
  • Newest USAF Environmental Satellite Launched
  • New Target Launch Date For Atlantis' STS-129 Mission
  • BEXUS 8: Stratospheric Balloon Experiment Launched
  • The 2009 Orionid Meteor Shower
  • Spirit Still In X-Band Fault Mode
  • Teams Win At NASA National Lunar Robotics Competition
  • South Korea And Russia Jointly Review Satellite Launch Failure



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