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Discovery astronauts complete second spacewalkWashington (AFP) April 11, 2010 Two astronauts from the US shuttle Discovery completed Sunday a second spacewalk as part of efforts to replace a depleted ammonia coolant tank outside the International Space Station. Mission specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson finished their seven-hour, 26-minute walk in open space at 8:56 am EDT (1256 GMT), after installing a new ammonia tank on a space station truss, NASA officials said. Due to a "troublesome bolt," NASA said the walkers ran out of time and were unable to complete ... read more |
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Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 12, 2010Intelsat S.A. reports that its Galaxy 15 satellite (G-15), located at 133 West Longitude (WL), experienced an anomaly on 5 April 2010 at 09:48 UTC. The G-15 satellite primarily provides transmission capacity for cable programmers in North America. There has been no immediate service interruption to customers, and based on current technical information, no service interruption is expected f ... more  
Sydney, Australiw (SPX) Apr 12, 2010Robots are coming to a Moon near you very soon. Aside from a new fleet of orbiters, some will be landing within three years. There will be rovers deployed on the Moon, and sample return missions. This new wave of missions is brought to you by the governments of the USA, China, India and a collection of private ventures. With so much attention focused on revisiting the Moon, it's time to re ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 12, 2010Hubble has snapped a spectacular view of the largest "player" in the Leo Triplet, a galaxy with an unusual anatomy: it displays asymmetric spiral arms and an apparently displaced core. The peculiar anatomy is most likely caused by the gravitational pull of the other two members of the trio. The unusual spiral galaxy, Messier 66, is located at a distance of about 35 million light-years in t ... more |
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Russia Says It Has No Plans To Deploy Weapons In SpaceMoscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 12, 2010 The commander of Russia's space forces said on Friday Russia had no plans to deploy weapons of any kind in space. Some analysts have suggested that Russia could deploy space weapons as part of measures to counter controversial U.S. plans to build missile shields in Europe. "We have no such plans," Maj. Gen. Oleg Ostapenko told a news conference in Moscow a day after Russia and the United States signed a new START treaty, which significantly cuts the nuclear arsenals of both countries and for the f ... read more |
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