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AerospaceITALY IS READY TO FINANCE VEGA ROCKET
ROME, Italy is ready to finance the development of Vega rocket among the Esa. The whole cost of european program is $400 million, 10-15% of which has been already subscribed by a few minor countries.... more
AerospaceITALY IS ONE OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES INVESTING LESS IN AEROSPACE
ROME, Antonio Rodotà, President of the European Space Agency said Italy uses only 1% of public funds for research, against the 2-3% of the other industrialized countries. The gap is higher about aerospace... more
AerospaceSPACE SHUTTLE LANDED
CAPE KENNEDY, Atlantis touched down on the northwest-southeast runway at Kennedy Space Center right on time, at 3:56 a.m. EDT, after a 12-day mission, the 99th from the beginning, in which the crew, composed... more
AerospaceANTI-ASTEROID IMPOSSIBLE MISSION: BLAIR GOVERNMENT DOSSIER GIVES THE ALARM
LONDON, A dossier released by Blair government proposes Great Britain as the leader of a european coalition to create a monitoring system and anti-asteroids space defense. The dossier will set an evaluation... more
AerospaceATLANTIS SPACE SHUTTLE PLANNED TO RETURN TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, Atlantis space shuttle is planned to return home tomorrow, after departing the international space station and it is on the way back home. Favourable weather forecast for Cape Canaveral would... more
AerospaceATLANTIS DEPARTS SPACE STATION, RETURN TO EARTH EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY
HOUSTON, After the fulfillment of the scheduled missions by the astronauts, Atlantis departed space station to return to earth early wednesday at Cape Canaveral. The stormy weather condition in Florida... more
AerospaceGALILEO'S "EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE" WILL BE DEMONSTRATE IN ORBIT BY MICROSCOPE PROJECT
ROME, The equivalence principle, asserting that in a gravitational field all bodies accellerate at the same speed apart from the mass, will be demonstrated in orbit. After a few centuries, the famous Glileo... more
AerospaceULISSE SPACE SOUNDING IS SETTING TO FLY SUN'S SOUTH POLE AGAIN
ROME, A real celestial odissey for Ulisse sounding which is undertaking the second exploration of sun's south pole. The aim is to arrive to fly again north pole too to accomplish a course of 11 missions.... more
AerospaceNEW TECHNOLOGY FOR SPACE PROPULSION
PASADENA, CA, Scientists of Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Pasadena hoisted a carbonium thin sail, as the ones unveiled at EuroEM 200, together with experimentation results, using a microwave sheaf of 10... more
AerospaceFRESH BATTERIES INSTALLED IN SPACE STATION
USA, Space Shuttle crew, undertaking several missions to set up International Space Station with permanent staff aboard, snapped new batteries into place and hauled gear into the growing outpost. Two astronauts... more
AerospaceNASA CHANDRA SATELLITE DISCOVERS INTERMEDIATE BLACK HOLES
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, New forontiers of scientific knowledge are opening thanks to Nasa research. Using X-ray telescope of Chandra's satellite, the most high-powered, found the trace of the existence... more
AerospaceFRENCH PARACHUTIST MICHEL FOURNIER ON THE EDGE OF HUMAN LIMIT
SAO PAULO, The french parachutist Michel Fournier will attempt an undertaking on the edge of human limit, to overcome the sound wall by free fall launching himself into the stratosphere from an helium... more
AerospaceVIDEOCAMS AND SATELLITES TO SPY US AND SEND SHOOTINGS THROUGH INTERNET
LOS ANGELES, Over the "Big Brother" and the movie "Public enemy", in which Will Smith was hunted and observed from above with hyper-technological devices with no way out, a network of videocams will... more
AerospaceCLINTON: "MOSCOW HAS TO NEGOTIATE ABOUT SPACE SHIELD"
WASHINGTON, U.S. are showing iron hand towards Russia about the space shield: there will be no negotiate regarding other reductions of nuclear weapons until Moscow government will not accept talks about... more
AerospaceANTLANTIS CREW STEPS OUTSIDE THE SPACE
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, USA, American astronaut Ed Lu and the russian cosmonaut Juri Maletchenko stepped outside the space shuttle for a six-and-a-half spacewalk to climb up the International Space Station... more
AerospaceWEATHER AFFECTS SHUTTLE LAUNCH
USA, Bad weather raging on Space Shuttle Atlantis International Space Station could shut the planned launch. U.S. forecasters on wednesday put the odds of good launch weather at 60% to send shuttle into... more
AerospaceAMERICAN MILLIONAIRE PAYS TO BE LAUNCHED IN ORBIT WITH MIR SPACE STATION
MOSCOW, Dennis Tito, american millionaire aged 59 was authorized by medical staff of russian Space Agency to begin training that will take him aboard Mir space station. Tito is planning to walk next year... more
AerospaceMOSCOW PRAISES USA GIVING UP TO SPACE SHIELD
WASHINGTON, According to what reported to the russian press agency Interfax by the General Leonid Ivashov, head of Foreign Military Cooperation Department, United States giving up to set up the feared... more
AerospaceREPUBLIC OF CHINA LAUNCHES NEW SATELLITE IN ORBIT
PEKING, It is a satellite which will be used for scientific research. Chinese press agency Xinhua reported "Long March" 4-B was launched from the Space Center of Taiyuan. more
AerospaceNASA UNVEILED NEW SATELLITE TO HELP MONITOR ENVIRONMENT
WASHINGTON, The new satellite will be launched into orbit September 20. The NOAA will allow scientists to better chart environmental changes, study what triggers disasters such as tornadoes, and help searchers... more
AerospaceENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS SHORTAGE THREATENS SPACE SHUTTLE SAFETY
WASHINGTON, The report from the GAO, Governement Accounting Office, said "workforce reductions are jeopardizing NASA's abiility to safely support the shuttle's planned flight rate". NASA spokesman Dwayne... more
AerospaceKEO SATELLITE COULD REMAIN IN ORBIT FOR 50.000 YEARS
PARIS, KEO satellite, expected to launch next year, could be in orbit until 52001. Projected by french researchers, this satellite will be able to receive messages via electronic mail, recording them all... more
AerospaceRUSSIA LAUNCHES NEW MILITARY SATELLITE
MOSCOW, The new russian military satellite has been launched yesterday from the Baikonur launch pad in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. It is the second reported launch of a spy satellite in this... more
AerospaceNASA REVEALS HACKER ATTACK AFTER THREE YEARS
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, After almost three years american Nasa revealed that in September 1997 terrestrial computing systems of Atlantis mission have been overloaded by the illicit access of an hacker who... more
AerospaceBRITISH AEROSPACE COULD FIRE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
LONDON, Bae, British Aerospace and Defense, could sack hundreds of employees in England and Scotland. Yorkshire region could lose 1600 workers. The reason is that after merger with Marconi some productions... more
AerospaceSMALL SATELLITES TO MONITOR EARTH MORE CAREFULLY
BERLIN, BIRD is a new project for using small explorer satellites for earth surface scanning by advanced infrared sensors was introduced by german agency Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt. They... more
AerospaceEADS FIXES JULY 10 FOR STARTING SHARE OFFERING
BERLIN, The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company is starting up share offering on the german, french and spanish stock exchanges on july 10. EADS is number 3 in the world in aerospace business... more
AerospaceINDUSTRIAL OBSERVERS ARE WAITING
BERLIN, There's a relevant expectation in defense business trade to see if Lockheed Martin will keep on operating in EW (Early Warning) sector by means of Owego, New Jersey, Federal Systems Inc. its controlled.... more
AerospaceRADAR QUARREL IN USA
BERLINO, The quarrel is obviously a business one: two tycoons of electronics are facing, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman (including Westinghouse). The dispute regards the fosterage of a big supply of radar... more
AerospaceILA 2000 EXHIBITION NUMBERS
BERLIN, About 370 exhibitors of 38 countries are currently taking part to the exhibition which is taking place at Berlin Schoenefeld airport (two other airports are working in the city, Tempelhof and Tegel).In... more