Hyderabad, India (AFP) Sept 26, 2007 - Partners in the international space station are arguing about when to shut it even though the orbital platform, billed as the most successful joint space endeavour, is not fully assembled.
Hyderabad, India (AFP) Sept 26, 2007 - Arianespace plans to market two Indian space rockets, the chief executive said Wednesday, in a potential boost to the South Asian nation offering commercial satellite launch services.
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 26, 2007 - The crews of future missions to the moon and Mars could face serious health risks from exposure to space radiation. NASA and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, known as NSBRI, Houston, will fund 17 new research projects that will enable NASA to better understand and reduce those risks. Scientists at universities, research institutions and private companies in eight states will conduct the studies.
Hyderabad, India (AFP) Sept 24, 2007 - Global space scientists gathered here Monday heard a call from India to join forces to push the boundaries of technology further and tap the resources of the universe.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 24, 2007 - A 35-year-old doctor who is also a part-time model will blast into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket next month as Malaysia's first astronaut, the country confirmed Monday.
Beijing (XNA) Sep 24, 2007 - China plans to construct a new space launch center in Wenchang, China's southernmost Hainan Province, according to official sources. The new launch center aims to serve the next-generation rocket carriers that do emit poisonous and pollutive gas and new-type spacecraft. The new launch site will be mainly used for launching synchronous satellites, heavy satellites, large space stations, and deep space probe satellites, according to the plan which has been approved by the State Council and the Central Military Commission.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 21, 2007 - The head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos said on Friday he hoped a new spacecraft launch site would be built in the Russian far east by 2020 to supplement the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Hyderabad, India (AFP) Sept 21, 2007 - Fifty years after the launch of the first man-made satellite, the global space industry gathers in India next week to find ways to benefit humanity -- and make money in the process.
Leicester, UK (SPX) Sep 21, 2007 - As one of the UK's leading university centres of space research, the University of Leicester is expected to play a more vital role in human and robotic space exploration if the findings of a review of UK national space policy are adopted. The review, held at the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) in York on 13th September, follows a nine month investigation by 23 independent scientists, industrialists and educators from around the country.
Troy MI (SPX) Sep 21, 2007 - Fresh fruits and vegetables have been in demand by orbiting astronauts since the early days of the space shuttle. But fresh produce can create a queasy bouquet in a closed space environment as it ages past its prime. NASA has helped develop a product that thoroughly cleanses fruits and vegetables being sent into space, helping to increase their shelf life. Meanwhile, this product is ripe for the picking for consumers on Earth.
Star City, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 21, 2007 - A Russian space flight commission has approved the members of the main and reserve crews for the 16th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Thursday. The main crew members, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, are scheduled for take-off October 10 aboard Soyuz TMA-11, together with Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, the first Malaysian astronaut.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2007 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is examining several features on Mars that address the role of water at different times in Martian history. Features examined with the orbiter's advanced instruments include material deposited in two gullies within the past eight years, polar ice layers formed in the recent geologic past, and signs of water released by large impacts when Mars was older.
Star City , Russia (AFP) Sept 20, 2007 - Malaysia's soon-to-be first astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor said on Thursday he hoped to fast aboard the International Space Station as he visits there in the holy month of Ramadan.
Bangkok, Thailand (SPX) Sep 20, 2007 - Japanese operator JSAT Corporation has chosen Arianespace to launch its JCSAT-12 communications satellite. Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Kiyoshi Isozaki, President and CEO of JSAT Corporation, signed today in Bangkok the launch Service and Solutions contract for the JCSAT-12 satellite.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 20, 2007 - The Angara space launch vehicle first stage firing tests will take place in 2008, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center web site said Wednesday. Colonel General Vladimir Popovkin, commander of Russia's Space Forces, said earlier the Angara flight tests were scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2010. He also said the booster would be launched in the first quarter of 2011.
Canoga Park CA (SPX) Sep 20, 2007 - A Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne RS-27A boosted a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket into space today from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket carried WorldView-1, the first of two next-generation satellites that are part of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's NextView program. Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. company.
