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S.Korea rocket Naro-I blows up minutes after blast-offSeoul (AFP) June 10, 2010 A South Korean rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit exploded Thursday less than three minutes after blast-off, dealing another blow to Seoul's dreams of joining Asia's space race. Science and Technology Minister Ahn Byong-Man told reporters the Naro-I rocket was thought to have blown up 137 seconds after blast-off, the same time as ground control lost contact with it. "The Naro appeared to have exploded in flight," Ahn said, adding that Russian and South Korean engineers were trying to de ... read more |
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Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jun 9, 2010 Amid growing fears of a new Middle Eastern war, Israel's defense ministry has asked Washington for more JDAM precision-guided bombs for its air force, the Haaretz daily reports. The ministry has also asked the Pentagon to expand the U.S. arsenal pre-positioned in the Jewish state in December 2009 so that Israeli forces can access the weapons in an emergency, the liberal newspaper report ... more  
Washington (AFP) June 9, 2010Zynga, creator of "FarmVille" and other hugely popular online social games, launched a new title on Facebook on Wednesday, "FrontierVille," which features pioneers seeking to tame the Wild West. "You've gone out into the wilderness to start a new life," said Brian Reynolds, Zynga's chief game designer. "You're actually raising a virtual family on the frontier." "You can add a frontier sp ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 10, 2010South Korea postponed Wednesday's planned launch of its KSLV-1 rocket due to technical problems, Russia's Khrunichev Space Center's spokesman said. "There will not be a launch today," the spokesman said. The KSLV-1 (The First Korean Space Launch Vehicle), built in cooperation with Russia, was expected to blast off at noon Moscow time [8:00 GMT]. The Korean Ministry of Education, Science an ... more |
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NASA interplanetary spacecraft sets recordPasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 8, 2010 NASA says its ion-propelled Dawn spacecraft - en route to explore two of the asteroid belt's most massive objects - has set a record for velocity change. Officials said the record previously held by NASA's Deep Space 1 - the first interplanetary spacecraft to use ion propulsion - fell Saturday when Dawn's accumulated mission acceleration exceeded 4.3 kilometers per second - 9,600 mph. The space agency said a spacecraft's change in velocity refers to its ability to change its path th ... read more |
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