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NZ Rocket's GPS Battery DiesAuckland NZ (NZPA) Dec 03, 2009 The battery powering a lost New Zealand rocket's connection to its tracking satellite died about 2pm today, its owner says. A fisherman yesterday found the first stage booster from Atea-1, the first rocket from New Zealand aerospace company Rocket Lab, which was launched from Great Mercury Island off the Coromandel Peninsula on Monday afternoon. But the 2kg payload and the flight computer, both of which could have valuable data about the flight, has yet to be recovered. ... read more |
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Tehran (UPI) Dec 1, 2009 As Iran appears to be lurching into confrontation with the United States once more, Tehran says it plans to launch a new communications satellite with no foreign help after Russia and Italy refused to send it into space. The actions by Moscow and Rome underlined Iran's growing isolation following a severe crackdown on internal dissent following June's disputed presidential elections and ... more  
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Dec 03, 2009Rapid development in the Middle East space industry is building a strong demand for a skilled and well-trained workforce to take it forward, creating opportunities for young Arabs to become the next generation of space engineers and scientists. Dr. Salem Issa, Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences at the UAE University, will tell next week's Global Space Technology ... more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2009Spirit's right-rear wheel stalled again on Sol 2099 (Nov. 28, 2009) during the first step of a two-step extrication maneuver. This stall is different in some characteristics from the stall on Sol 2092 (Nov. 21). The Sol 2099 stall occurred more quickly and the inferred rotor resistance was elevated at the end of the stall. Investigation of past stall events along with these character ... more |
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  Ariane 5 Getting Ready To Launch Helios 2B Reconn Satellite   A Superbright Supernova That's The First Of Its Kind   Orbiter Puts Itself Into Safe Standby |
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Hamilton, Canada (SPX) Dec 03, 2009The latest data delivered back to Earth by the Herschel Space Observatory (HSO)-launched in May by the European Space Agency-has opened a new window on galaxies for researchers at McMaster University. Herschel, the largest infrared telescope ever launched, is designed to study some of the coldest objects in space, located deep in a region of the electromagnetic spectrum that is still large ... more  
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2009The joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin-led team announced that it has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, one of the most significant program milestones that validates spacecraft performance in a simulated space environment. The U.S. Air Force's SBIRS program is designed to provide early warning ... more  
Taipei (AFP) Dec 2, 2009Taiwan plans to invest more than 65 million US dollars in its competitive electronic-book sector over the next five years, the economic ministry's Industrial Development Bureau said. The bureau said it will provide up to 40 percent of the research and development costs for creating an online Chinese-language digital publications service similar to the English-language version operated by ... more |
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  Dawn Enters The Asteroid Belt   Expedition 21 Crew Lands In Kazakhstan   Black Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy Into Existence |
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