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Japan to launch Venus probe and solar sailTokyo (AFP) May 17, 2010 Japan was set to launch its first Venus probe Tuesday, using a rocket that will deploy an experimental "space yacht" propelled by solar particles bouncing off its kite-shaped sail. The H-IIA rocket was positioned at the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan in fair weather Monday for its lift-off the next day at 6:44 am (2144 GMT Monday), said the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). It will blast off with the "space yacht" Ikaros - an acronym for Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerate ... read more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 17, 2010More than 37 years after humans last walked on the moon, planetary scientists are inviting members of the public to return to the lunar surface as "virtual astronauts" to help answer important scientific questions. No spacesuit or rocket ship is required-all visitors need to do is go to http://www.moonzoo.org and be among the first to see the lunar surface in unprecedented detail. New high ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) May 17, 2010NASA has awarded a sole source contract to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. of Boulder, Colo., for the Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager instrument Flight Unit 2. The Global Precipitation Measurement, or GPM, mission will use an international constellation of satellites to study global rain, snow and ice to better understand our climate, weather, and hydrometeorological ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 17, 2010From May 17 to 21, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will conduct a fourth and final campaign to check on whether the Phoenix Mars Lander has come back to life. During that period, Odyssey will listen for a signal from Phoenix during 61 flights over the lander's site on far-northern Mars. The orbiter detected no transmission from the lander in earlier campaigns totaling 150 overflights in Januar ... more |
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Eutelsat And ictQATAR Sign Strategic AllianceParis, France (SPX) May 17, 2010 ictQATAR (representing the State of Qatar) and Eutelsat Communications have announce the signing of a partnership agreement to invest in and operate a new high-capacity satellite at Eutelsat's 25.5 degrees East location, one of the two longstanding and anchored neighbourhoods serving fast-growing markets in the Middle East and North Africa regions. This historic partnership was signed this morning at the Emiri Diwan in Doha, in the presence of H.E Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh ... read more |
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