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Trouble on Hubble telescope delays space shuttle launch: NASA Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2008 
NASA on Monday delayed the upcoming launch of the Atlantis space shuttle to allow time to repair a "significant anomaly" that occurred at the weekend on the Hubble space telescope. "The malfunctioning system is Hubble's Control Unit/Science Data Formatter," which transmits to earth the data from which the spectacular images of space taken by Hubble are derived, NASA said in a statement.
... read moreMars Lander Sees Falling Snow, Soil Data Suggest Liquid Past 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds. Spacecraft soil experiments also have provided evidence of past interaction between minerals and liquid water, processes that occur on Earth. A laser instrument designed to gather knowledge of how the atmosphere and surface interact on Mars has detected snow from clouds about 4 kilometers (2. 5 miles) above the ... more |
Nations at odds over major UN climate science report
US pipeline case heads to court in high-stakes free speech fight Cuba opens solar park hoping to stave off blackouts Pre-vote fears for Germany's bumpy green energy shift Trump aid cut imperils water scheme in scorching Pakistan city Trump aid cut imperils water scheme in Pakistan's hottest city Musk in X spat with Danish astronaut over 'abandoned' ISS crew Odds plummet that asteroid will hit Earth in 2032 Australia seeks to turn failing steel plant into 'green' hub SpaceX debris enters atmosphere over Poland: agency 
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Scientists Create Balloon One Atom Thick
Ithaca, NY (SPX) Sep 30, 2008Using a lump of graphite, a piece of Scotch tape and a silicon wafer, Cornell researchers have created a balloonlike membrane that is just one atom thick -- but strong enough to contain gases under several atmospheres of pressure without popping. And unlike your average party balloon - or even a thick, sturdy glass container - the membrane is ultra-strong, leak-proof and impermeable to ... more Space Foundation Publishes ITAR And The US Space Industry White Paper 
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Sep 30, 2008The Space Foundation has announced the publication of the white paper "ITAR and the U.S. Space Industry." The paper examines the effect of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which govern the export of space technology. Concerns about ITAR's impact on the business practices and cost structures of the space industry prompted the paper, which combines data from government ... more Successful Re-Entry Marks Bright Future For ATV 
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 30, 2008Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne successfully completed its six-month ISS logistics mission with its controlled destructive re-entry over a completely uninhabited area of the South Pacific. Following a final deorbit burn at 14:58 CEST which slowed its velocity by 70 m/s, the ATV entered the upper atmosphere at an altitude of 120 km at 15:31 CEST. It broke up at ... more  |
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Astronaut vs. Earthlings chess game begins
Bellevue, Wash. (UPI) Sep 29, 2008 A unique chess match began Monday with an astronaut challenging Earthlings. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is joining with the U.S. Chess Federation in hosting the match between International Space Station astronaut Greg Chamitoff and the inhabitants of Earth. Officials said key players in the game will be the kindergarten through third grade U.S. Chess Champio ... more Wild Cousin Emerges from Family Tree of Supernova 
Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 30, 2008Astronomers may have discovered the relative of a freakishly behaving exploding star once thought to be the only one of its kind. For more than two decades, astronomers have intensively studied supernova 1987A, an exploding star that had behaved like no other. Instead of growing dimmer with time, 1987A has grown brighter at X-ray and radio wavelengths. A team of astronomers that includes ... more Hidden Boundaries Of Sunspots Pump Out Plasma Into Interplanetary Space 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 30, 2008Complicated networks of magnetic fields power the sun's atmosphere and create both the beautiful structures and violent explosions that scientists study. Active regions, anchored in sunspots, are areas of the sun where the concentrated magnetic fields that give rise to these phenomena are extremely strong. Measured in ultraviolet or X-ray wavelengths these regions appear bright against ... more Europe space chiefs elated after freighter completes mission 
Toulouse, France (AFP) Sept 29, 2008Europe's space freighter was destroyed over the South Pacific on Monday, ending a glitteringly successful maiden mission to the International Space Station, officials said. The European Space Agency said the robot truck had outperformed every expectation, while the aerospace firm which built it urged Europe to back a blueprint for transforming the ship into a manned spacecraft. ... more |
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