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China says manned space station possible around 2020Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2010 China said Wednesday that it planned to complete a manned space station around 2020, as the Asian nation pushes ahead with its ambitious space exploration programme. China's Manned Space Engineering Project announced in a statement that it expected to launch a space laboratory before 2016 to study key technology involved in a space station, such as living conditions for astronauts. The country would then develop and launch a core cabin and a second laboratory module around 2020, which would be a ... read more |
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  EU mulls opening ISS to more countries European countries not a part of the International Space Station program will be allowed access to the station in a three-year trial period, officials say. ... more | .. |
 International Space Station Water System Successfully Activated NASA has announced the successful activation of new hardware that will support water production services aboard the International Space Station. The Sabatier system can create up to 530 gallon ... more | .. |
  New Intelsat Satellite Delivered To Launch Base Space Systems/Loral reports that a communications satellite that it designed and built for Intelsat arrived safely at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it is scheduled to launch ... more | .. |
  Hubble Data Used To Look 10000 Years Into The Future Astronomers are used to looking millions of years into the past. Now scientists have used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to look thousands of years into the future. Looking at the heart of Omeg ... more | .. |
  Galaxy Cluster, Quasar 3C 186 NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed an unusual galaxy cluster that contains a bright core of relatively cool gas surrounding a quasar called 3C 186. This is the most distant such object ye ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 28, 2010Spectacular close-up views of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, star clusters, nebulae and distant galaxies captivated the first Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter visitors to peer through a brand-new telescope, the largest of its kind in the state. Weighing in at more than 5,000 pounds and standing 12 feet tall, the new 32-inch Schulman telescope is safe and easy to use for public programs and delivers digital ... more  
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 28, 2010NASA's space shuttle Discovery will make its swan song flight Nov. 1 carrying two University of Colorado at Boulder-built biomedical payload devices, including one to help scientists better understand changes in the virulence of nasty bacteria in the low gravity of space as a way to help researchers prevent or control infectious diseases. The experiments will be carried aboard Discovery in ... more  
Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2010Two micro-satellites originally launched into Earth's orbit in 2007 by NASA have been redirected by University of California, Berkeley, scientists toward new orbits around the moon, extending study of the earth and moon's interactions with the solar wind. The second of the two probes settled into a temporary "Lagrange-point" orbit on Friday, Oct. 22, inaugurating science operations for a n ... more |
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  Teen Sailor Meets NASA Team That Helped Saved Her Life   Panel says particle search should continue   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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Introducing The A-TrainGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 28, 2010 Mention the "A-Train" and most people probably think of the jazz legend Billy Strayhorn or perhaps New York City subway trains - not climate change. However, it turns out that a convoy of "A-Train" satellites has emerged as one of the most powerful tools scientists have for understanding our planet's changing climate. The formation of satellites - which currently includes Aqua, CloudSat, Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) and Aura satellites - barrels acro ... read more |
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