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New Russian Spacecraft On Show In France In June
Moscow (AFP) Feb 09, 2005A new Russian six-crew reusable space capsule that will eventually replace the venerable Soyuz spacecraft is to go on display at the French international aerospace show at Le Bourget in June, Russia's space agency said Wednesday. Known as the Kliper and weighing 14.5 tonnes, it is twice as big as the Soyuz. Space Race 2: Spaceflight Ad Hits TV 
Cape Canaveral (UPI) Feb 08, 2005This weekend's debut of Volvo's beefed-up sport utility vehicle left no doubt the quiet Swiss company, which set the benchmark for auto safety with its line of Earth-shoe-shaped family cars in the 1970s, was ready for a new image. New Launch Delay For Ariane Heavy Rocket 
Paris (AFP) Feb 09, 2005The launch of Europe's Ariane 5 heavy rocket, scheduled for Friday, has been delayed by 24 hours, the launch company Arianespace announced on Wednesday. |
Ukraine Space Industry Growing
Kiev, Ukraine (UPI) Feb 08, 2005The Ukrainian space industry grew by 16 percent last year, the country's national space agency reported. Earnings from the industry's products reached more than $200 million in 2004, or 12 percent more than in 2003, according to Oleksandr Negoda, director general of the National Space Agency of Ukraine. Nigeria To Launch Communication Satellite In 2006: Minister 
Abuja (AFP) Feb 09, 2005The Nigerian government Wednesday contracted a Chinese firm, the China Great Wall Industry Corporation, to build and launch a communication satellite for the west African country next year, science and technology minister Turner Isoun said. Cryogenic Test On The H-IIA F7 A Success 
Tanegashima, Japan (SPX) Feb 09, 2005The wet dress rehearsal (cryogenic test) of H-IIA launch vehicle No.7 for launching the Multi-functional Transport Satellite-1 Replacement (MTSAT-1R) was completed successfully at the Tanegashima Space Center on February 6. |
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Titan Wind Mystery Settled From Earth
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2005Radio telescopes have provided data needed to measure the winds encountered by Huygens as it descended through Titan's atmosphere - measurements feared lost due to a comm-unication error between Huygens and Cassini. Safe On Mars: Part I 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2005The National Research Council was tasked with evaluating the risks of landing humans safely on Mars. Their report highlights a number of unique aspects in transit to the red planet, as well as once humans step out onto the surface. British Navy Releases Images Of Indian Ocean Earthquake Seabed 
London (AFP) Feb 09, 2005The British Navy surveying the seabed at the epicenter of December's Indian Ocean earthquake released its first images Wednesday that indicate a landslide occurred where two plates came together in a ridge. |
Carbon World's Sparkle Like Diamonds
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2005Some extrasolar planets may be made substantially from carbon compounds, including diamond, according to a report presented this week at the conference on extrasolar planets in Aspen, Colorado. Family Trees Of Ancient Bacteria Reveal Evolutionary Moves 
St Louis WA (SPX) Feb 09, 2005A geomicrobiologist at Washington University in St. Louis has proposed that evolution is the primary driving force in the early Earth's development rather than physical processes, such as plate tectonics. Seeing The Big Picture 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 09, 2005Were you ever told you needed to step back and see the whole picture? Looking at Earth from space provides a perspective only dreamed about until the dawn of the Space Age. From that lofty viewpoint, an almost inconceivable amount of information flows from satellites that provide insight to better understand our planet. |
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