Managers Delay STS-104 Launch
NASA Managers announced that Space Shuttle Atlantis and its five-member crew will not launch before early July to begin STS-104. The extra time will allow the International Space Station Program time to evaluate a problem with the station's new robotic arm, Canadarm2.
The station arm will be used to lift STS-104's primary cargo, the Joint Airlock, out of Atlantis's payload bay and attach it to the station. Managers will meet in mid-June to evaluate a new launch date for STS-104. Meanwhile, Atlantis transferred from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, Tuesday night. It will be attached to the External Tank in the
Reusable Launch Vehicles
The faultiness ARD flight, launched by Ariane 5, confirmed EADS LAUNCH VEHICLES 's know-how with a capsule that is the forerunner to a future reusable vehicle.
With other demonstrators under study, it will allow Europe to master atmospheric re-entry - which is vital for future programs. The acquisition of competence in atmospheric re-entry is a necessary objective for applications such as planetary exploration, the return to Earth of sample-bearing vehicles, and the servicing of orbital stations. Demonstrating the design expertise and techniques for re-entry vehicle systems.
By parachuting to splashdown less than 3 km from the pre-ordained spot, the ARD gave a first-time demonstration of Europe's ability in the field of guided
Three black holes at the heart of a galaxy
The telescope spatial Chandra has revealed two black holes intermediaries in the center of the turbulent galaxy M 82. They stand as they can in super massive black hole that we already knew.
“Progress” had to be docked to the ISS in manual mode
As a result of loss of convergence “Course” spacecraft Progress M-05M “had to be docked to the International Space Station (ISS) in manual mode, reports on Saturday the Antefix news agency quoting the press service of the Mission Control Center near Moscow (MCC).
Herschel Telescope found in the Milky Way giant protostar
This facility has received an astronomical designation RCW 120, was photographed by a telescope cameras just days before the first anniversary of the beginning of his work.
The State Commission has decided to roll out the carrier rocket Proton-M launch complex
This afternoon at the Beckoner commodore a meeting of the State Commission on the results of the preparation of a space rocket Proton-M rocket with the upper stage Brisk-M “and an American telecommunications spacecraft” AMC-4F and willingness to RUN for export to the launch facility.
A new moon can be the source of Saturn’s outer ring
The Casino spacecraft has found inside the G ring of Saturn moon looks like a faint point of light and mobile. Scientists believe it is a major source of the G ring and its single arch of the ring.
Explained Saturn’s mysterious G ring
A closely woven roving band of icy rocks in orbit around Saturn could be providing the raw material for one of the planet’s rings, scientists say.The finding, detailed in the Aug. 3 issue of the journal Science Could solve the mystery of what keeps the “G-ring” of Saturn and could be evidence that a Saturnian’s [...]
Continuing disclosures in the rings of Saturn as it approaches the equinox
Thanks to a special set of lights and shadows as Saturn continues its march toward the equinox on 11 August, some recent images captured by NASA’s Casino spacecraft reveal three-dimensional objects and structures in the otherwise flat planet’s rings.
Scientists have identified a new undercurrent
Scientists have identified undercurrent, with great speed
transports cold water from the coast of Antarctica to the equatorial latitudes.
This discovery will properly consider the impact of global warming on ocean
circulation and the climate of the planet as a whole, according to an article
that was published in the online issue of the Journal Nature Geoscience.
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Operation of the ISS have agreed to extend until 2020
The project partners have agreed to extend the operation of
the ISS station until 2020. It is reported by the TV channel Vest 24, citing the
head of ARK Energies Vital Loot.
Astronomers have found the most distant stellar black hole masses
Astronomers have discovered the most distant of the known
stellar mass black holes. The distance to an object weighing about 15 solar is
six million light years. More discoveries are listed in the press release by the
European Southern Observatory (ESO).
Discovery was moved to April 20 because of rain
Landing space shuttle Discovery was moved to April 20 because
of rain and fog in the area of the commodore at Cape Canaveral. This informs ASP
referring to the Mission Control Centre NASA.
Texas officials have crossed Neil Armstrong of the scientists
Such a resolution they made during their last meeting, held
in September.According to one participant from the meeting, the decision was
taken due to the fact that Armstrong was "not a scientist." Final approval of
orders expected in January 2010.
Cosmic radiation reached 50-year high - scientists
Activity of cosmic rays peaked over the past 50 years. This
is evidenced by data spacecraft NASA, the leading monitoring of levels of cosmic
radiation
