|
 
Japan's low-cost space programme pushes the limitsTokyo (AFP) Dec 19, 2010 Despite its shoestring budget, Japan's space programme has boldly reached for the stars, pioneering solar-powered galactic travel, exploring a distant asteroid and planning a robot base on the Moon. The past year has seen Japan's space agency JAXA chalk up several world firsts, including the safe return of a deep-space probe that picked up asteroid dust from a potato-shaped space rock on an epic seven-year odyssey. The Hayabusa (Falcon) ended its five-billion-kilometre (three-billion-mile) missi ... read more |
. |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| . | . |
  
NASA probe makes closest ever pass by the Sun
Dark energy theory challenged by evidence of a 'lumpy' Universe
NASA and Axiom Space accelerate plans for free-flying space station | .. |
 Voyager Crosses Point Of Solar Stillness The 33-year odyssey of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind. Now hurtling toward interstellar ... more | .. |
  ISRO Puts Off GSLV Launch The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s next Geosynchronous Satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-FO6) flight from the Satish Dhawan spaceport at Sriharikota, 100 km north of here, scheduled for Mo ... more | .. |
  Robot Arm Improves Performance Of Brain-Controlled Device The performance of a brain-machine interface designed to help paralyzed subjects move objects with their thoughts is improved with the addition of a robotic arm providing sensory feedback, a new stu ... more | .. |
  Fuel error cost Russia three navigation satellites: official The costly launch failure that caused Russia to delay the deployment of its own satellite system was the result of a fuel miscalculation, a commission charged with probing the accident said Friday. ... more |
| .. |
  Cause of missile defense test failure unclear: US A top US general said Thursday it was unclear why an interceptor meant to knock out incoming ballistic missiles failed in a test for the second time in a row. ... more | .. |
 Air Force, Lockheed missile warning satellite set The U.S. Air Force and its Lockheed Martin partner have successfully completed the final test of the first geosynchronous satellite, billed GEO-1. ... more | .. |
 Obama vows to pursue US missile defense plans President Barack Obama vowed Saturday to pursue the deployment of US missile defense systems and rejected Russia's claim that doing so would justify withdrawing from a new nuclear arms control treaty. ... more | .. |
  Year Of The Dragon A new era in spaceflight opened last Wednesday with the successful first flight of Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) Dragon capsule by a non-government entity. It demonstrated the ability to ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 Solar energy quotes and Solar energy solutions | .. |
 Virgin Galactic To Join NASA Submissions For Orbital Spaceflights Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has announced that it will be supporting Sierra Nevada Space Systems' (SNC) and Orbital Sciences Corporation's (OSC) work on commercial space vehicles. Fo ... more | .. |
ISRO Set To Launch Heaviest Satellite For Telecom And TV Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation were set to launch their heaviest satellite from near here on Monday to retire an old one sent up in 1999 and ensure continuity of telecom, TV an ... more | .. |
  IRIS Passes Critical Design Review The Lockheed Martin team, awarded a contract by NASA in 2009 to design and build the agency's next Small Explorer Mission (SMEX) called the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), has met the ... more | .. |
 Arianespace To Launch ESA's First Sentinel Satellite ESA and Arianespace have signed a contract for the launch of Sentinel-1A, the first Earth observation satellite to be built for Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme. ... more |
| .. |
  Solid 2010 Results For Aerospace With another solid financial performance in 2010, the aerospace industry has again demonstrated its vital importance to the U.S. economy. "Aerospace has produced solid results, including a new ... more | .. |
  Russian Rocket With Three Crew Blasts Off Into Space A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a crew of three to the International Space Station blasted off Wednesday from Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA-20 rocket, with a ... more | .. |
  Air Force Flight Control Improvements Flying insects' altitude control mechanisms are the focus of research being conducted in a Caltech laboratory under an Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant that may lead to technology that ... more | .. |
 A2100 Commercial Satellite Fleet Achieves 300 Years In Orbit The Lockheed Martin A2100 commercial communications satellite fleet has achieved a major milestone by accumulating 300 years of successful in-orbit operations. The A2100 satellite series, desi ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
|
| .. |
  Unstable Antarctica: What's Driving Ice Loss Scientists have previously shown that West Antarctica is losing ice, but how that ice is lost remained unclear. Now, using data from Earth observing satellites and airborne science missions, scienti ... more | .. |
 ESA And Canada Renew Partnership In Space Science And Technology Today, Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of ESA, and Steve MacLean, President of the Canadian Space Agency, signed a new Cooperation Agreement between ESA and Canada that will extend their part ... more | .. |
 Paolo Nespoli Heads To ISS On MagISStra Mission ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli is on his way to the International Space Station with crewmates Dmitri Kondratyev and Catherine Coleman aboard their Soyuz spacecraft following liftoff from the Baikonur ... more | .. |
  France to decide on MALE drone soon French Defense Minister Alain Juppe has said that a final decision on the purchase of a medium-altitude, long-endurance surveillance drone will be made in February. ... more |
| .. |
 US drone missiles kill 25 in Pakistan A barrage of US missiles targeted Pakistan's Khyber district on Friday for a second consecutive day, killing 25 militants as Barack Obama urged Islamabad to do more to root out terror havens. ... more | .. |
  French missiles to Lebanon raise Israel 'concerns' Israel fears weapons sold to Lebanon's army could end up in the hands of militant group Hezbollah, an official said Sunday after France announced it would supply anti-tank missiles to the Arab nation. ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Intelligence-Sharing System Begins Operations The U.S. Air Force successfully completed evaluation of Raytheon's new Distributed Common Ground System at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, enabling operational use of the upgraded intelligence, surveill ... more | .. |
 ITT Extends Counter-IED Leadership The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has exercised the third option of the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW) 3.3 contract and has awarded ITT the de ... more |
| Previous Issues | Dec 17 | Dec 16 | Dec 15 | Dec 14 | Dec 13 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
