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J-2X Powerpack Test Article Installed On Test Stand
Bay St. Louis MS (SPX) Oct 03, 2007Core components of the J-2X engine being designed for NASA's Constellation Program recently were installed on the A-1 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. Tests of the components, known as Powerpack 1A, will be conducted from November 2007 through February 2008. The Powerpack 1A test article consists of a gas generator and engine turbopumps originally develop ... more Starsem To Loft Four New Globalstars October 25 Aboard Soyuz Carrier Rocket 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 03, 2007Russia is preparing to launch four U.S. Globalstar satellites into orbit on board a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on October 25, the space agency said Thursday. Globalstar is a low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based telecommunications system founded by U.S.-based Loral Corporation and Qualcomm Inc. It provides high-quality satellite voice and data serv ... more The Dark Matter Of The Universe Has A Long Lifetime 
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Oct 03, 2007New research from the Niels Bohr Institute presents new information that adds another piece of knowledge to the jigsaw puzzle of the dark mystery of the universe - dark matter. The research has just been published in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters. The universe consists not just of visible celestial bodies, stars, planets and galaxies. It also has a mystical fellow player - ... more Microbes Gain Strength In Space 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 03, 2007Space flight has been shown to have a profound impact on human physiology as the body adapts to zero-gravity environments. Now, a new study led by researchers from ASU's Biodesign Institute has shown that the tiniest passengers flown in space - microbes - can be equally affected by space flight, making them more infectious pathogens. "Space flight alters cellular and physiological response ... more Dawn Of A Long Voyage To The Beginning Of Sol And Beyond 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2007The Dawn project welcomes you to deep space! Dawn is operating smoothly on the fourth day of its 8-year adventure. Like new parents, its extremely proud and greatly sleep-deprived Earthbound mission operations team is carefully monitoring its every move. Launch had been targeted for September 26, but during its last few days on Earth, Dawn continued to be subjected to the vagaries of the w ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Oct 2, 2007The Pentagon will incorporate counter-measures in its next major missile defense test for the first time in years, after a successful intercept last week, the general who heads the program said Tuesday. Critics of the system have long contended the interceptor's so-called "kill vehicle" could easily be spoofed with simple decoys because of the difficulty of distinguishing a warhead from othe ... more BMD Watch: GBI hits ICBM in test success 
Washington (UPI) Oct 2, 2007 The U.S. Missile Defense Agency Friday announced a successful intercept test Friday of its Ground-based Midcourse Defense Interceptor to defend the United States from the threat of intercontinental ballistic missiles. "The interceptor was launched from the Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Site, located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. ... more Two more Atlantic hurricanes expected this year: experts 
Miami (AFP) Oct 2, 2007Two more hurricanes, one of them of major intensity, are expected to form over the Atlantic ocean this year, forecasters said in a report out on Tuesday. In all, four named storms are likely to form in the remainder of the six-month Atlantic hurricane season, which ends on November 30, according to Colorado State University experts Philip Klotzbach and William Gray. Two of the storms sho ... more Bangladesh children flock to school on water 
Natore, Bangladesh (AFP) Oct 3, 2007On a simple wooden boat in a remote part of Bangladesh, school is underway for young housemaid Mosa Rita who has been up since dawn toiling for a few taka in the homes of better-off villagers. It is now nearly 9:00 pm, but nothing can dim her enthusiasm for her lessons. Outside, parents and other villagers -- most of them illiterate due to their own lack of schooling -- gather to listen ... more China offers surprise hope in climate change fight 
Yanqing, China (AFP) Oct 3, 2007Teenager Zhu Xiaotong's home a few hours' drive outside Beijing is a world away from the acrid air and snarling traffic jams that have come to dominate China's energy-hungry capital. Cherry tomatoes, capsicum and spring onions rise up from a little garden patch that forms the centrepiece of her family's brick courtyard home, while a solar panel heater ensures the Zhu's have warm water even i ... more |
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Moffet Field CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2007Every now and then a space rock hits the world's media - sometimes almost literally. Threatening asteroids that zoom past the Earth, fireballs in the sky seen by hundreds of people and mysterious craters which may have been caused by impacting meteorites; all make ESA's planned mission Don Quijote look increasingly timely. Asteroid and comet impacts have played an important role in the history o ... more Business Ideas For Space Technology 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 02, 2007ESA is calling for proposals from entrepreneurs with new ideas on how space technology can be turned into business opportunities in non-space sectors. The deadline for the last round of proposals for this year is 31 October for the Business Incubator at ESTEC, the Netherlands. To date, more than 50 entrepreneurs have been hosted at one of ESA's three Business Incubation centres to start their co ... more Lockheed Martin-Built BSAT-3a Satellite Begins Service For B-SAT Customers 
Newtown PA (SPX) Oct 02, 2007The BSAT-3a broadcasting satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], is now operational for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) following successful on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems. The BSAT-3a communications payload contains 12 130-W Ku-band channels (eight operating at one time). With a design life of more than 13 years, BSAT-3a i ... more Reflections On Space Progress In The 50 Years Since Sputnik 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2007The space age began 50 years ago this October, when the former Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, sparking a U.S.-Soviet space race. Scientists and engineers gathered at the California Institute of Technology Sept. 20 and 21 to talk about space milestones of the past and future exploration. Mike O'Sullivan reports, they say the next 50 years should be even more exiting than the ... more Expedition 16 Crew To Launch From Baikonur 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Oct 02, 2007Commander Peggy Whitson and Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko of the 16th International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at about 10:21 a.m. EDT on Oct. 10 to begin a six-month stay in space. With them will be spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. He is a Malaysian flying under contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency. He will ... more
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