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Steering The Ares Rockets On A Straight PathCape Canveral FL (SPX) Dec 07, 2009 The Ares I-X rocket stood more than 325 feet tall on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Spectators watched in awe as its massive solid rocket motor blazed to life with a thunderous roar, and the spacecraft rose off the launch pad. But what steered this rocket on its path as it climbed through Earth's atmosphere? The answer is a roll control system. The roll control ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 07, 2009The test launch of Russia's new Angara carrier rocket, which had been scheduled for 2011, have been put back by one year due to lack of financing, space agency Roscosmos said on Saturday. Engine trials were completed earlier this week. The Angara is intended mainly for launch from the Plesetsk space center to reduce Moscow's dependence on Kazakhstan's Baikonur, the main launch facility for ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 07, 2009The 30th anniversary of Ariane's first flight was celebrated in Washington, D.C., where Arianespace Chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall underscored the importance of launch services maturity and continuity in today's competitive marketplace. Speaking to attendees at the company's annual holiday gathering in the U.S. nation's capital, Le Gall said three decades of operations has seen the ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 07, 2009EADS is keen to forge a partnership with ISRO on supersonic and hypersonic aeroplane technologies, a top company official said. "We are looking very much into the future," Chief Technical Officer of EADS, Jean Botti, said here on possible collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organisation and EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) going forward. "ISRO has a lot of ... more |
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  Galileo Satellite Platform Tests Under Way   NASA's WISE Infrared Satellite To Reveal New Galaxies, Stars, Asteroids   ESA To Attend COP15 Climate Conference |
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Washington DC (SPX) Dec 07, 2009NOAA officially deactivated its Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-10 after 12 years of service. GOES-10 tracked some of the most memorable tropical cyclones in history, including Hurricane Mitch, which devastated parts of Central America in 1998; and Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005. NOAA anticipated the end of service for several months and began ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 07, 2009India's first science satellite Astrosat is all set to be launched next year, former chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Madhavan Nair said. One more satellite 'Aditya' to study Sun's coronal mass ejection (CME) would be launched in two years while the science mission to planet Mars by 2013, Nair said, addressing a galaxy of scientists from India and abroad and the ... more  
Los Angeles (AFP) Dec 6, 2009British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars. The lunar-like landscape of the Mojave desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas will stage the roll-out of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (SS2), the brain child of aerospace engineer Burt Rutan. SS2, which can carry ... more |
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 Space Debris Removal Gets Visibility   USAF Launches Satellite To Enhance Military Communications   Russia Plans To Send 10 Spacecraft To ISS Next Year |
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