Washington (AFP) Dec 4, 2007 - Europe aims to broaden its participation in the work of the International Space Station with the upcoming mission of the US space shuttle Atlantis, which is scheduled for takeoff on Thursday.
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 4, 2007 - Budding space power China on Tuesday sought to counter fears of an Asian space race and accusations it is ignoring the needs of its poor in pursuit of glory.
Columbia MO (SPX) Dec 04, 2007 - Sending an unmanned spacecraft to the outer fringes of the solar system requires extensive planning. At the University of Missouri, engineers have developed an efficient and highly sophisticated mathematical algorithm (implemented as software) that determines the most efficient path for a spacecraft's journey from point A to point B - no matter how many worlds or years away.
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 03, 2007 - The next time Jules Verne ATV's four solar arrays are fully deployed, giving the vehicle a total span of 22.3 m, will be in early 2008, at 28 000 km/h over the South Pacific Ocean. Just 100 minutes after lift-off, following separation from the Ariane 5 launcher, the x-shaped solar arrays will give the European vessel its characteristic dragonfly appearance.
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 03, 2007 - With NASA's announcement today of the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on 6 December, ESA astronauts Hans Schlegel, from Germany, and Leopold Eyharts, from France, are set to carry ESA's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. Atlantis is now scheduled to lift off from launch pad 39-A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 22:31 CET. Docking with the ISS is scheduled for the third day of the mission (Saturday 8 December at 19:14 CET). Landing is currently scheduled to take place on Monday 17 December at 18:29 CET.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 3, 2007 - China has denied allegations by Internet users that a photo taken by its first lunar probe was copied from previous images taken by NASA, state media reported Monday.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2007 - In a new effort to bring science to the masses, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of New York's Hayden Planetarium, is hosting a popular science radio show on Sunday, December 2 and 16. The show, Star Talk, also will feature Lynne Koplitz, a stand-up comedian recently featured on Comedy Central.
Washington (AFP) Nov 30, 2007 - NASA said Friday it has given its thumbs-up for the December 6 launch of the shuttle Atlantis on its 11-day mission to deliver a European laboratory to the orbiting International Space Station (ISS).
Washington (AFP) Nov 30, 2007 - The head of the European satellite launch group Arianespace, Jean-Yves Le Gall, warned the United States Friday against Chinese dumping in the market and suggested Washington should improve its oversight.
Riverside, Calif. (UPI) Nov 29, 2007 - A U.S. physicist has predicted an expected milestone in the journey of the Voyager 2 spacecraft will occur within the next several weeks.
Long Beach CA (SPX) Nov 29, 2007 - Due to unusually strong ocean currents at the launch site, Sea Launch is rescheduling the launch campaign for the Thuraya-3 satellite. The team is establishing an extended schedule for the Thuraya-3 mission, as the vessels return to Sea Launch Home Port. All personnel are doing well and all systems and the spacecraft are secure.
Cape Canveral FL (SPX) Nov 28, 2007 - NASA managers will hold a flight readiness review on Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center marking the next major milestone for mission STS-122. NASA officials, space shuttle program managers, engineers and contractors will discuss the readiness of space shuttle Atlantis, the flight crew and payloads to determine if everything is set to proceed for launch. Managers will also select an official launch date at the end of the session.
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2007 - International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Dan Tani completed a 7-hour, 4-minute spacewalk at 11:54 a.m. EST Saturday, continuing the external outfitting of the Harmony node in its new position in front of the U.S. laboratory Destiny. The spacewalkers completed all scheduled tasks, including another look at the starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint, and did some get-ahead work as well. The spacewalk otherwise was similar to the one on Nov. 20.
Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2007 - Are there lessons for U.S. defense contractors in the record of the Russian civilian space program? After all, over the past quarter century, and even during the chaotic decade that followed the collapse of communism, that program, now run by the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roskosmos, has compiled a record of longevity, cost-effectiveness and reliability without equal in the history of manned space flight. It was begun in the face of the Soviet communist bureaucracy, which after 1965 was largely apathetic and provided a minimum of resources in the face of fierce global economic competition.
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2007 - The research capacity of the International Space Station is set to double during a December NASA mission that is a milestone for European spaceflight. The European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory packed inside space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay is the culmination of years of design and engineering work aimed at creating Europe's primary component for the space station.
Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2007 - China currently has no plan to send a man onto the moon, said Sun Laiyan, chief of the China National Space Administration, on Monday. I've read reports by foreign media saying that China would carry a manned moon landing in 2020, but I don't think there has been such a plan, Sun told a press conference in Beijing.
