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Why Explore Space
by Michael GriffinAs NASA resumes flights of the space shuttle to finish building the International Space Station, many are questioning whether the project - the most complex construction feat ever undertaken - is worth the risk and expense. I have been asked, and asked myself, this question many times during my career, particularly when the United States lacked a plan to go beyond the space station to other destinations in the solar system. Russia And Ukraine Joining Forces In Space Or Going Their Separate Ways 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 18, 2007Space cooperation between Russia and Ukraine is one of the key aspects of the two countries' bilateral relations. It runs along common scientific and technological lines and is based on close production links established back in the Soviet era, when space rockets were first developed and operated. The scientific, design and production schools of the two countries, set up in the second half of the last century by many outstanding names in rocketry and aerospace, are closely interconnected. US Unable To Contact Military Reconnaissance Satellite 
Beijing (SPX) Jan 19, 2007U.S. officials are unable to communicate with a costly U.S. reconnaissance satellite for the military and intelligence communities launched last year, a defense official said on Thursday. "Efforts are continuing to reestablish communication with the classified satellite, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars," the defence official told the media. "They have not yet declared it a total loss." |
European Space Agency Ready For Cooperation With China
Beijing (XNA) Jan 19, 2007European Space Agency (ESA) declared on Wednesday that ESA was ready to explore the possibility of cooperation in manned space flights with China, a country which had successfully accomplished two such flights. "I would like very much to discuss this with our Chinese partners, if they make the proposal," affirmed ESA chief Jean- Jacques Dordain in the annual press briefing when referring to the potential cooperation in space exploration between the two parties. Russia And Europe Discuss Developing New Manned Spacecraft 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 18, 2007Russian space agency Roskosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA) are in talks to jointly build a space vehicle that could be launched from a base in French Guiana, representatives of Russian space constructor RKK Energiya and ESA said Thursday. The vehicle would be based on an updated version of the Russian Soyuz, and could be ready for its first flight by 2010 and launched by the Russian Soyuz-2 rocket, RKK Energiya head Nikolai Sevastyanov was quoted by news agency ITAR-TASS as saying. Russian Rocket With Progress Cargo Ship Launched To ISS 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 18, 2007A Russian Soyuz-U booster rocket with a Progress M-59 space freighter has been launched from the Baikonur space center to the International Space Station, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Space Agency said Thursday. |
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India To Conduct Full-Duration Cryogenic Stage Test
Thiruvananthapuram, India (PTI) Jan 19, 2007The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is set to achieve another major milestone tomorrow with the full duration test of the indigenous "cryogenic stage" rocket engine for its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). The indigenous cryogenic stage would fire for 720 seconds at the Liquid Propulsions Systems Centre (LPSC) at Mahendragiri near Nagercoil tomorrow, marking a big leap from the 50-second successful test conducted on October 28 last year. NASA Spacecraft En Route To Pluto Prepares For Jupiter Encounter 
Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 19, 2007NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is on the doorstep of the solar system's largest planet. The spacecraft will study and swing past Jupiter, increasing speed on its voyage toward Pluto, the Kuiper Belt and beyond. The fastest spacecraft ever launched, New Horizons will make its closest pass to Jupiter on Feb. 28, 2007. Jupiter's gravity will accelerate New Horizons away from the sun by an additional 9,000 miles per hour, pushing it past 52,000 mph and hurling it toward a pass through the Pluto system in July 2015. Integral Sees The Galactic Centre Playing Hide And Seek 
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 19, 2007ESA's gamma ray observatory Integral has caught the centre of our galaxy in a moment of rare quiet. A handful of the most energetic high-energy sources surrounding the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy had all faded into a temporary silence when Integral looked. This unusual event is allowing astronomers to probe for even fainter objects and may give them a glimpse of matter disappearing into the massive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. |
SPACEHAB Unveils Initiative to Streamline Company And Reduce Costs
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 19, 2007SPACEHAB has announced plans to restructure corporate functions and reduce staff to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and lower overhead costs. The Company anticipates the 15-20% reduction in workforce, approximately 36 positions out of 220, to result in savings of $3.9 million annually. The reductions eliminate redundant capabilities as SPACEHAB's support of NASA's space shuttle program moves toward completion of the Company's last contracted mission, utilizing the Logistics Single Module on STS-118 currently scheduled for launch in June 2007. Lockheed Martin To Develop New Handheld Terminals For Inmarsat Global Satellite Network 
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Jan 19, 2007Lockheed Martin has received a $36.5 million contract from Inmarsat to develop technology that will enable Inmarsat to expand its market reach into the commercial handheld mobile satellite service market. Under the two-year contract, Lockheed Martin will deliver and install three Network Control Center/Gateways that provide connectivity to public terrestrial networks. Russian Space Agency Irked By Moon Program Debate 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 18, 2007The Russian Federal Space Agency said Thursday it was unpleasantly surprised by an ongoing media debate over the country's Moon exploration program, sparked by statements made a week ago by a top space industry official. Russian media have said in recent days that both Russia and the United States have new ambitious Moon exploration plans for the coming decades, including building a permanent habitable base, and allowing tourists to buy flights to the earth's satellite. |
The COTS Enigma
Honolulu HI (SPX) Jan 16, 2007NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program has been widely hailed by the alt.space community as a breakthrough in US launch policy, but the numbers just don't add up. New Details Of First Major Urban Battle Emerge 
Chicago IL (SPX) Jan 18, 2007New details in the tragic end of one of the world's earliest cities as well as clues about how urban life may have begun there were revealed in a recent excavation in northeastern Syria that was conducted by the University of Chicago and the Syrian Department of Antiquities. US Mission To Planet Earth Facing Funding Shortfall 
Washington (AFP) Jan 16, 2007Scientists concerned that Earth is threatened by global warming have a further worry: the US satellites tracking climate change are threatened by poor funding. The orbiting satellites that track shrinkage of arctic glaciers are themselves victims of shrinking federal funds, they warned in a new report that calls for an infusion of 7.5 billion dollars. |
Northrop Grumman Follows Up On C-RAM
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 18, 2007The US Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a $71 million contract to continue their support in system engineering, integration, and installation for the Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar program. Iran Ready But Says Strike On Nuclear Sites Unlikely 
Tehran (AFP) Jan 17, 2007Iran believes a military strike against its nuclear installations is highly improbable but has nonetheless taken the necessary precautions in case it is attacked, top officials said on Wednesday. Israel Facing Critical Decision On ABM Roadmap 
Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2007Israel's defense establishment is about to bite the BMD bullet of deciding what kind of ballistic missile defense system to develop against the very short range, low-tech Qassem missiles that Hamas has been firing into Israel the past 18 months. |
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