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AerospaceREADY TO LAUNCH THE FIRST COUPLE OF GIANT SOLAR PANEL FOR ISS
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, Will be launched with the next shuttle Endeavour, on november 30th, the first giant array of photovoltaic solar panels that, in conjuction with other six, that will be delivered... more
AerospaceIBM SOLD CALCULATOR TO US AIR FORCE
NEW YORK, International Business Machine (IBM)announced today that it sold to US Air Force a calculator to detect unidentified flying objects. The staff for space surveillance of the air force will use... more
AerospaceARIANESPACE LAUNCHED COMMUNICATION SATELLITE INTO ORBIT
EVRY, FRANCE, Arianespace yesterday hoisted into orbit a communication satellite which will provide satellite broadcasting in North and South America for over 15 years by the canadian operator Telesat.... more
AerospaceRUSSIA LOST CONTACT WITH AMERICAN SATELLITE
MOSCOW, An american satellite, launched into orbit with a Kosmos-3M missile from the russian cosmodrome of Plessetsk, lost contact with Earth after it was blasted into orbit, a spokesman of russian aerospace... more
AerospaceINDIA TO LAUNCH WEATHER SATELLITE NEXT YEAR
NEW DELHI, India's government approved the proposal of launching a weather satellite next October. The satellite, called METSAT, will be built locally and launched from Sriharikota base. It is expected... more
AerospaceARIANE-5 ROCKET LAUNCHED
PARIS, Ariane-5 rocket has been launched last night to place four satellites into orbit. The launch, from the base of Kourou in french Guiana, was delayed one day because of a technical fault. The rocket... more
AerospaceCHINA TO BE SOON THE THIRD NATION TO PUT ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE
CHINA, China will soon become the third nation in the world, after Usa and Russia, to boast manned space flight, top officials of China Aerospace Science Technology Corporation said during Zhuhai air show.... more
AerospaceDANGEROUS SPACE SUITS FOR ASTRONAUTS
USA, Nasa found out that a few space suits were eqipped with units for oxygen supply in case of emergency containing oily hydrocarbon. As everybody knows oxygene in contact with fat may determine an explosion.... more
AerospaceNASA IS TESTING ESCAPE VEHICLE FOR ASTRONAUTS
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, USA, NASA performed a series of successful drop tests of the X-38, a prototype escape vehicle for astronauts to use to return to Earth in case of an accident or emergency. The unmanned... more
AerospaceSOYUZ BOARDED ISS
KOROLYOV, RUSSIA, Soyuz capsule boarded the orbiting International Space Station. The three astronauts, the american Bill Sheperd and the russians Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, as first priorities,... more
AerospaceSOYUZ LAUNCHED WITH INTERNATIONAL CREW
BALKONOUR, KAZAKISTAN, Russian Soyuz roared into the sky carrying aloft the first international crew, three cosmonauts for the International Space Station, the american Sheperd and the russians Ghidzenko... more
AerospaceREADY TO GO THE FIRST ISS CREW
USA, The first crew set to live for four months in international space station orbiting around Earth is ready for its first mission. It is composed by the mission commander, the US astronaut Bill Shephard... more
AerospaceSPACE CAPSULE ON SALE
HOUSTON, USA, A russian space capsule, the Soyuz TM-26 which logged 198 days in the space between 1997 and 1998, is on sale at just $2,2 million on internet. The capsule was used by russian cosmonauts... more
AerospaceNASA UNVEILED MARS EXPLORATION PLAN
USA, Nasa unveiled a plan to send eight probes to Mars over the next two decades to search for evidence or life. The first mission that returns samples of martian soil or rock could launch from Earth as... more
AerospaceDISCOVERY LANDED IN CALIFORNIA (2)
WAPA-CALIFORNIA, It will cost about one million dollar to load the Discovery, landed yesterday at Edwards AFB, California, up a Boeing 747 and bring it back to Florida, where the landing was cancelled... more
AerospaceEADS CLOSED THE BALANCE WITH A LOSS
AMSTERDAM, Eads, the european aerospace industry including Casa, Dasa and Aerospatiale Matra, closed the first half ogf the year's balance with a loss for 359 million of euro. The total turnover reached... more
AerospaceDISCOVERY LANDED IN CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA, The Space Shuttle Discovery finally touched down yesterday at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It was forced to use this backup landing site because of bad weather at Florida's Kennedy... more
AerospaceSHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO ATTEMPT LANDING EVEN TODAY
USA, Space Shuttle Discovery will attempt to touch down even today after unacceptable weather conditions thwarted attempts to land Sunday and Monday at Kennedy Space Center. Nasa said to be optimist.... more
AerospaceDISCOVERY TOUCH DOWN DELAYED FOR CROSSWINDS
HOUSTON, Discovery's touch down, scheduled for yesterday, was delayed for stiff runway crosswinds at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The space shuttle, with seven astronauts on board, has enough fuel... more
AerospaceMIR SPACE STATION TO BE DUMPED SOON
MOSCOW, According to russian officials Mir space station is likely to be discarded soon for lack of money. Ilya Klebanov, the Cabinet official responsible for the space program, said "we believe that the... more
AerospaceMOULD AND BACTERIA AFFECTS MIR SPACE STATION
ROME, A mould invasion proliferating fungi and bacteria is affecting russian space station Mir. The vapour of cosmonauts breathing, their sweat and perspiration accumulates in the months contaminating... more
AerospaceU.S. AIR FORCE LAUNCHED COMMUNICATION SATELLITE
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, U.S. Air Force hoisted into orbit a $200 million communication satellite to be used by the military and the government. The Defense Satellite Communications System satellite was launched... more
AerospaceAMBITIOUS CHINESE SPACE PLANS
CHINA, China's space program plans to explore the moon looking for commercially useful resources and to participate in an international expedition to Mars. Although details released on these plans are... more
AerospaceFIRST GO-OUT FOR DISCOVERY CREW
CAPE CANAVERAL, Yesterday, the first space-walk has been effectuated by two of the Discovery crew, Bill McArthur and Leroy Chiao, that have worked six hour in order to connect antennas and cables on... more
AerospaceMIR CORPORATION ON STOCK EXCHANGE TO SAVE MIR SPACE STATION
NEW YORK, The private-controlled Mir Corporation, that owns the right on Russian Mir space station, decided to go on stock exchange in order to collect 117 USD million to renew the old space station. According... more
AerospaceFINALLY DISCOVERY HAS BEEN LAUNCHED
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Discovery, in the hundredth shuttle mission, has finally left its ramp with its seven astronauts crew, that will perform important works on International Space Station. The... more
AerospaceANOTHER DELAY FOR DISCOVERY LAUNCH
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Other troubles delays hundredth Shuttle Discovery launch: a small piece of metal, inadvertently left on the support bracket of one of two tanks, has brought to a sudden stop... more
AerospaceISS HOOKS SATISFATORILY THE PROGRESS RUSSIAN SHUTTLE
., With only a minute of delay the connection between International Space Station and russian shuttle Progress M1-3 has been carried out. The Progress is working to provide necessary supplies, like water,... more
AerospacePOSTPONED DISCOVERY LAUNCH DUE TO THE STRONG WIND
CAPE CANAVERAL, The hundredth Discovery launch, has been postponed due to the strong wind for the second time: on Thursday, there was some problems in the external tank hatch and the substitution of... more
AerospaceFRAGMENT FROM "WRIGHT FLYER" WILL TRAVEL ON SPACE SHUTTLE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, A fragment of "Wright Flyer" the first airplane successfully flown by Orville and Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk, NC on December 17, 1903, will be sent to space with Space Shuttle STS-92... more