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 Paris (AFP) Nov 12, 2009 
A billion-euro (1.5-billion-dollar) European spacecraft designed to rendezvous with a comet will skim past Earth on Friday on a final, eagerly-awaited swing by, enabling it to gain speed for a date in deep space in 2014.
European Space Agency (ESA) scientists are relishing the moment when they get to see their cherished baby, Rosetta, which was hoisted aloft in 2004 in one of the most extrao ... read more 
Vandenberg AFB CA (UPI) Nov 11, 2009 Engineers have started cooling the science instrument on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite to be launched next month in California. WISE, which is to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base Dec. 7, is designed to map the entire sky in infrared light. "To see infrared light from the cosmos, WISE must be chilled to out-of-this-world cold temperatures," NASA said. ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 12, 2009Lockheed Martin is in the final stages of preparation for Saturday's launch of a commercial telecommunications satellite for Intelsat, the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United Launch Alliance. The launch window opens at 12:48 a.m. EST and extends until 2:18 a.m. Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services is under contract to ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 12, 2009Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2's spacecraft platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the mini-satellite, among the smallest ever flown by ESA. As ESA's full-sized Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission soared skyward by Rockot launcher on 2 November, it had a smaller companion. ... more  
Beijing, China (XNA) Nov 12, 2009China will launch a scientific research satellite into space in the near future from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province, a spokesman with the center said Wednesday. The satellite, "Shijian XI-01," would be carried by a China-developed Long March 2C rocket, he said. Both the satellite and the rocket were in good condition and preparations were ... more |
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Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2009Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by Saab Aerosystems to deliver Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for the NEURON European unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator. The LCR-100 AHRS units will be built by the company's German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF. The LCR-100 Gyrocompass AHRS is a north finding attitude and heading reference ... more  
Washington (AFP) Nov 11, 2009US authorities on Wednesday defended their role in tracking the suspected gunman in the Fort Hood shooting amid fresh concerns that agencies may have botched the case and missed worrying signs. A defense official said the Pentagon was never told by intelligence or law enforcement agencies that the army doctor accused of mowing down his comrades last week had sent emails to a hardline imam ... more 
Kabul (AFP) Nov 11, 2009Already suffering from a deadly insurgency and crushing poverty, Afghanistan now faces a new burden -- swine flu, with fear palpable across the country after 11 deaths in less than two weeks. From the bomb-damaged roads of Kabul to rural villages, people are wearing masks and are reluctant to shake hands in an attempt to avoid the illness. Abdul Shukur, a Kabul taxi driver, said he ... more |
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