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Astronauts plan second spacewalk to fix ISS cooling systemWashington (AFP) Aug 11, 2010 Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were preparing Wednesday to conduct a second spacewalk to repair a failed cooling system on the orbiter, NASA said. Once outside the station, spacewalkers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson will work towards unhooking and removing the busted module that has caused the cooling problem before they can attach a replacement. "If all goes as planned, the spare pump will be installed during the third spacewalk," said the US space agency, adding th ... read more |
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Dulles VA (SPX) Aug 10, 2010GeoEye has announced it won a $3.8 billion contract award from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for increased commercial satellite-imaging capacity. This competitively awarded contract supports the EnhancedView program by providing products and services that will help meet the increasing geospatial intelligence needs of the intelligence community and Department of Defense. ... more  
Newtown PA (SPX) Aug 10, 2010The fifth Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-5) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin to provide critical navigation capabilities for military and civilian users worldwide, has reached 10 years of successful on-orbit operations. The satellite was launched on July 16, 2000, and is one of 30 GPS spacecraft currently on-orbit delivering vital situational awareness and pre ... more  
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 10, 2010On the night of August 3 at 9:56 p.m.a Perseid meteor - about 1 inch in diameter and moving at a speed of 134,000 mph - entered the atmosphere 70 miles above the town of Paint Rock, Ala. At such a tremendous velocity, the meteor cut a path some 65 miles long, finally burning up 56 miles above Macay Lake, just northeast of the town of Warrior. The meteor was about six times brighter t ... more |
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Russia tests two intercontinental missilesMoscow (AFP) Aug 6, 2010 Russia conducted Friday a successful test of two submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missiles, a defence ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. The two Sineva (NATO identification: SS-N-23) missiles were launched by the nuclear submarine Tula from the Barents Sea towards the Kura test range on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East. "The warheads hit their targets at the expected time," said the spokesman. Sineva missiles are capable of carryi ... read more |
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