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 Vienna, VA (SPX) Sep 30, 2009 
Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company currently providing human space mission opportunities to the world marketplace, today announced that its orbital client Guy Laliberte and his crew successfully launched aboard a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station (ISS).
Laliberte joins the Expedition 21 crew, which includes Rus ... read more
Montreal (AFP) Sept 29, 2009Cirque du Soleil's founder, who will soon rocket into space, went from pauper to circus mogul by turning a troupe of ragtag street performers in 1984 into a global entertainment empire. At 0714 GMT Wednesday, Canadian Guy Laliberte will celebrate his recent 50th birthday by becoming the seventh space tourist to rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan to the International Space Station for a 12-day ... more
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Washington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2009The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report, "NASA: Constellation Program Cost and Schedule Will Remain Uncertain Until a Sound Business Case is Established". The report was requested by House Committee on Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN), as part of the Committee's ongoing oversight of NASA's major acquisition programs. NASA's Constellation program ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 28, 2009For the last few decades the international space community has freely used near-Earth space for many important applications without regard for the impact of artificial satellites on the space environment. Although space-faring nations have spewed trash from 200 km to beyond 36,000 km, the space below about 1,600 km has been severely abused. Recent events have finally persuaded the U.S. ... more  
Roswell GA (SPX) Sep 29, 2009Lithium ion battery packs assembled in Roswell will soon power cargo ships carrying supplies to the International Space Station. GS Yuasa Lithium Power has leased a 40,000-square-foot building at the Northmeadow Office Park to fulfill a contract with a NASA subcontractor, said company president William Moll. The contract is still being negotiated, but Moll expects assembly to start in ... more |
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Manila (AFP) Sept 29, 2009Hundreds of Philippine flood survivors poured into the presidential palace on Tuesday after President Gloria Arroyo threw open the seat of government as part of disaster relief efforts. In a series of extraordinary scenes, street sweepers and other members of Manila's poorest sectors flocked to Malacanang Palace in search of food, medicine and shelter. The first arrivals included about 3 ... more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2009Barack Obama will make his first trip as US president next month to the US southern Gulf Coast, which is still struggling to rebuild, four full years after deadly Hurricane Katrina. The White House said Obama wanted to see "first-hand the progress in the region," since Katrina slammed into the coast in August 2005, triggering a disaster which killed nearly 1,500 people and left tens of thous ... more 
Manila (AFP) Sept 30, 2009The number of people impacted by the Philippines' worst flooding in decades has jumped to more than two million, the government said Wednesday. Of that total, 389,616 people are crammed into 561 evacuation camps around the capital Manila and its eastern regions. Another 346,581 people are staying with their relatives or friends, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said. The death ... more |
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