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S.Korea rocket Naro-I blows up minutes after blast-offSeoul (AFP) June 10, 2010 A South Korean rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit exploded Thursday less than three minutes after blast-off, dealing another blow to Seoul's dreams of joining Asia's space race. Science and Technology Minister Ahn Byong-Man told reporters the Naro-I rocket was thought to have blown up 137 seconds after blast-off, the same time as ground control lost contact with it. "The Naro appeared to have exploded in flight," Ahn said, adding that Russian and South Korean engineers were trying to de ... read more |
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Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 8, 2010 NASA says its ion-propelled Dawn spacecraft - en route to explore two of the asteroid belt's most massive objects - has set a record for velocity change. Officials said the record previously held by NASA's Deep Space 1 - the first interplanetary spacecraft to use ion propulsion - fell Saturday when Dawn's accumulated mission acceleration exceeded 4.3 kilometers per second - 9,600 m ... more  
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 09, 2010The project to "map the Earth in 3D" is now entering its final preparation stage as the German Earth observation satellite TanDEM-X is readied for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. On 21 June, at approximately 04:14:02 CEST, the satellite is due to be launched in to orbit at an altitude of 514 kilometres using a Dnepr launch vehicle. Having moved into the combined operations ... more  
Fort Worth TX (SPX) Jun 10, 2010The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program successfully completed F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) full-scale static testing - with zero structural failures - five months ahead of schedule and in less than half the time of legacy programs. The test program was conducted on AG-1, an F-35A dedicated to validating the strength of the jet's airframe. During testing, the s ... more |
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Haiti's disabled find new voice after quakePort-Au-Prince (AFP) June 9, 2010 Before the earthquake ripped through Haiti in January, Anne Luze Denestant had never really thought about what life would be like as a disabled person in the impoverished Caribbean nation. Then on January 12, the earth convulsed bringing a wave of destruction to the capital Port-au-Prince, killing some 200,000 people, and trapping Denestant under the rubble of her home for three days. When rescuers finally pulled her out, she had to confront the knowledge that doctors were unable to save her lef ... read more |
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