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No Money, No Spacecraft, Russian Producer Warns Moscow (AFP) Oct 24, 2008 
Russia's spacecraft producer Energiya will not provide any more Soyuz vessels for trips to the International Space Station unless funds could urgently be found, Energiya's president and general constructor warned Friday. "We have vessels and funding for them for the next two trips, but I do not know what will happen with expeditions after that," Vitaly Lopota told reporters as quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency. ... read moreSoyuz Lands In Kazakhstan With Two Russian cosmonauts And Tourist 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 24, 2008A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott, the world's sixth space tourist, and two Russian cosmonauts, landed in Kazakhstan as scheduled, the Russian mission control center said early Friday. "The team reported that they felt fine," the mission control's spokesman Valery Lyndin told AFP, adding that a helicopter accompanied the capsule as it landed. ... more |
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 Global glacier melt is accelerating, scientists say 
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The Sky Isn't Falling And That's A Problem
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 24, 2008Chicken Little was wrong. We all know that. But, today we would like the sky to fall, because, in the space business there is too much in low Earth orbit - too much man-made debris, that is. This stuff is clogging up active satellite traffic lanes and like most big cities, traffic is getting worse. We are approaching gridlock and when that happens space will be inaccessible to all. ... more Launch Complex Now Available For Civil, Commercial Launches 
Cape Canaveral FL (AFNS) Oct 24, 2008Officials with the Air Force and Space Florida made history during a dedication ceremony held here Oct. 22 when Space Launch Complex 36 officially was made available for operational use by the State of Florida, subject to completion of the environmental impact analysis. Attending the historic ceremony were Florida Governor Charlie Crist; Florida Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp; Space Florida Pr ... more Center To Study Acute Effects Of Space Radiation 
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 24, 2008The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has been awarded $10 million over a five-year period from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). The grant establishes an NSBRI Center of Acute Radiation Research (CARR) studying the acute effects of space radiation. Ann Kennedy, D.Sc., professor of radiation biology and the Richard Chamberlain professor of research oncol ... more  |
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Scientists Selected For New Airborne Eye On The Universe
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2008On behalf of NASA, the Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, Md., has selected three astronomers to participate in the first scientific observations to be conducted by the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a highly modified Boeing 747SP aircraft that carries a 2.5-meter (98-inch) diameter airborne infrared telescope. Naming researchers from the astronom ... more Nine Mementos Headed To The Ninth Planet 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2008PI's note: For this installment of the PI Perspective, I wanted to share with you my remarks from a ceremony on Oct. 17, during which we "inducted" the New Horizons model into the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center, and celebrated the mission's accomplishments since launch. It was also the first time we revealed publicly the full set of commemorative items on New Horiz ... more Sierra Nevada Signs Agreement To Acquire SpaceDev 
Sparks NV (SPX) Oct 24, 2008Sierra Nevada Chairman of the Board Eren Ozmen has announced that SNC has signed an agreement to acquire SpaceDev. Under the agreement, SNC seeks to acquire the outstanding equity of SpaceDev for the gross purchase price of $38 million, which after certain deductions is expected to result in a net price of between $0.68 and $0.72 per share to holders of SpaceDev common stock. The expected ... more Arianespace To Launch New Pan-African Satellite Rascom-QAF 1R 
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 24, 2008Arianespace and Thales Alenia Space have announced the signature of the launch Service and Solutions contract for the pan-African communications satellite, Rascom-QAF 1R. Rascom-QAF 1R is scheduled for launch into geostationary transfer orbit in 2010. It will be launched by an Ariane 5 or Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Rascom-QAF 1R, built by Thales Alenia Spa ... more |
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