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NASA to air astronaut induction ceremony

Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 27, 2009 - The U.S. space agency says it will provide live television coverage of the 2009 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Apr 27, 2009

China Launches Yaogan VI Remote-Sensing Satellite

Taiyuan, China (XNA) Apr 27, 2009 - China on Wednesday launched a remote-sensing satellite, Yaogan VI, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north Shanxi Province.

Apr 27, 2009

Continental Provides New Tires For Payload Transporter

Indian Land SC (SPX) Apr 27, 2009 - Continental Tire North America, Inc. (Continental) recently provided new tires for a ground transporter vehicle that will be used to support Atlas V rocket launch processing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

Apr 27, 2009

Bone-Density Monitor Would Let Astronauts Test While In Space

Houston TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2009 - It would be terrible if the first humans to reach Mars stepped onto the surface to discover their legs could no longer hold them. A team of Rice University students is working to make sure that doesn't happen.

Apr 24, 2009

NATO satellite launched on Russian-Ukrainian rocket

Moscow (AFP) April 20, 2009 - A NATO communications satellite was launched into orbit Monday aboard a Russian-Ukrainian rocket from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean, space officials said.

Apr 20, 2009

SpaceX Delays Razaksat Launch

Hawthorne, CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2009 - Due to a potential compatibility issue between the RazakSAT spacecraft and Falcon 1 launch vehicle, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn Bhd (ATSB) have agreed to postpone the launch of ATSB's RazakSAT satellite.

Apr 20, 2009

NASA Goddard To Purge Rocket-Bursting Bubbles On Ares-1

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 17, 2009 - Of all the things that can bring down a rocket, bubbles seem the most unlikely. They are a threat to rockets that use very cold liquid fuels, like the upper stage of NASA's new Ares 1 rocket, which will carry astronauts to the space station and join up in orbit with spacecraft carried by the larger Ares 5 rocket for missions to the moon and beyond.

Apr 17, 2009

Sea Launch Counts Down To SICRAL 1B Launch

Long Beach, CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2009 - The Sea Launch team is initiating a 72-hour countdown at its equatorial launch site, in preparation for the launch of Telespazio's SICRAL 1B communications satellite on April 20. Liftoff is planned at 01:16 am PDT (8:16 GMT), at the opening of a 57-minute launch window.

Apr 17, 2009

China expert recruitment project nets first batch: report

Beijing (AFP) April 16, 2009 - China has signed up more than 120 overseas experts for a new project aimed at spurring innovation by offering thousands of academics one million yuan (146,000 dollars) to move to China, state media reported Thursday.

Apr 16, 2009

Arianespace To Launch New Dawn Satellite

Paris, France (SPX) Apr 16, 2009 - New Dawn Satellite Company Ltd. (New Dawn), a joint venture between Intelsat and a South African investor group led by Convergence Partners, has awarded Arianespace the launch contract to deliver the Intelsat New Dawn satellite into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). This new contract is the 6th signed in 2009 by Arianespace with a major satellite operator.

Apr 16, 2009

Russia To Start Flight-Testing New Cargo Spacecraft In 2016-17

Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 16, 2009 - Flight tests of Russia's new cargo spacecraft will start in 2016-17, the general designer of the RSC Energia rocket manufacturer said on Monday.

Apr 16, 2009

NASA Selects Material For Orion Spacecraft Heat Shield

Houston TX (SPX) Apr 14, 2009 - NASA has chosen the material for a heat shield that will protect a new generation of space explorers when they return from the moon. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ablator system for the Orion crew module.

Apr 14, 2009

NKorea rocket followed flight path of satellite: official

Seoul (AFP) April 14, 2009 - A North Korean rocket fired last week appeared to have carried a satellite and to have separated in its final two stages as planned, South Korea's defence minister said Tuesday.

Apr 14, 2009

The Lure Of Launch Vehicles

Bethesda MD (SPX) Apr 14, 2009 - About 12 years ago a Launchspace course attendee walked up to the instructor at the beginning of the three-day Launch Vehicle Systems Design and Engineering course.

Apr 14, 2009

Astronaut Tweets Provide Inside Look At Hubble Training

Houston TX (SPX) Apr 13, 2009 - NASA astronaut Mike Massimino is using Twitter to provide a unique, behind the scenes peek at the last weeks of his training for the fifth and final shuttle servicing mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Apr 13, 2009

NASA to unveil space station name on Colbert show

Washington (AFP) April 10, 2009 - NASA's sense of humor is being put to the test.

Apr 10, 2009