|
Home > News > Tags > space program
|
|
30
Stories about: space program |
|
|
Over the following 12 weeks, representatives of academies, universities and industrialists in the United Kingdom will meet and discuss whether a national space agency is necessary for the country at this point, or if the British National Space Center should be left in charge of robotic explorations. The Center has a ... |
20 July 2009
05:45 GMT |
 |
|
Activision is announcing that it plans to launch a Space Camp game for the Nintendo Wii console and the DS handheld during the month of June. The publisher promises that the title will offer a multitude of mini games and a robust multiplayer mode in order to allow all those kids who can't get into the real world... |
20 March 2009
02:59 GMT |
|
|
Nearly four years of research data have been used by Cassini mission scientists to create one of the most complex and comprehensive maps of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, as far as winds go. The huge dunes on the surface of the planet have been believed for a long time to be the main factor responsible for th... |
28 February 2009
04:02 GMT |
|
|
On Tuesday, February 17th, NASA's spacecraft Dawn, which is currently heading for the asteroid belt with the aim of studying the Vesta asteroid and the Ceres dwarf planet, passed only 549 kilometers (341 miles) away from the Red Planet, thus successfully completing its Mars-assist stage. This maneuver, which req... |
28 February 2009
03:28 GMT |
|
|
On Thursday, Obama released the proposed budget for 2010, and the good news for space fans is that it features sufficient funds for NASA to push ahead with its scheduled return to the Moon by 2020. The new president apparently continues Bush's line of policy as far as space exploration goes, and he even adds som... |
27 February 2009
13:01 GMT |
|
|
As part of its ambitious project, China announced a couple of years ago that it planned to send a lunar exploration vehicle on Earth's natural satellite by 2012, a deadline that draws nearer and nearer with each passing day. A failure to respect it would mean disgrace, so Beijing authorities are currently organi... |
25 February 2009
06:28 GMT |
|
|
The North Korean Space Technology Agency (STA) has recently announced that it plans to test-fire a missile, which is allegedly designed to carry a satellite into orbit. But, in the past, this was Pyongyang's way of justifying testing long-range ballistic missiles. The US, Japan and South Korea are highly concern... |
24 February 2009
06:50 GMT |
|
|
When Obama took office about a month ago, he was faced with the prospect of having to fix the entire US space program, a duty that was first attempted by president Bush, but which had NASA sit on the bench for five years, between 2010 and 2015. Now, the new president has to solve this problem, and a group of Army off... |
24 February 2009
02:38 GMT |
|
|
Official handouts from the Chinese media announced the nation's intention of building its own network of positioning and navigation satellites, which would virtually make it independent of Western products such as the global positioning system (GPS), developed by the United States. A senior space technology offi... |
19 January 2009
09:37 GMT |
|
|
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) managed to conclude its first commercial deal, of delivering multiple satellites into orbit, aboard its H2A rockets, which will thus have their structural integrity and reliability tested. This trial will be very important for the Japanese, because it's one of the... |
14 January 2009
10:11 GMT |
|
|
American officials still find it hard to believe that the American space program will grind to a painful halt in 2010, with the retirement of the shuttle fleet. However, at this point, there is little anyone can do on the matter, as the aging fleet can no longer be considered safe to fly to orbit beyond that point. N... |
7 October 2008
04:43 GMT |
|
|
Eric Anderson, director and CEO of Space Adventures, is working on yet another ambitious project – to carry people into orbit and further with own personal rockets. To that end, he gave the order and the money to Russian engineers, who are to build him a Soyuz-class missile, capable of orbital delivery. The sti... |
3 October 2008
10:44 GMT |
|
|
On October 6, NASA's Messenger spacecraft will flyby Mercury for the fifth time in history. Equipped with $8.7 million worth of sensors, the probe will photograph most of the planet's surface, descending to an altitude of approximately 124 miles. This will be the second time that Messenger passes by Me... |
1 October 2008
05:03 GMT |
|
|
As Itar-Tass news agency reports, Anatoly Perminov, chief of the Russian Federal Space Agency, visited Caracas in order to talk to Venezuelan and Cuban officials. Within the recent few months, Russia has made efforts to improve its relations with both of these countries, as none of them is on good terms with Ame... |
20 September 2008
07:08 GMT |
|
|
The launch that took place from the Sriharikota space station, at 03:45 GMT, was carried by the Indian authorities in the greatest secrecy, as the vehicle carrying the satellite has not been publicly announced or scheduled for launch. This represents the second successful launch of a foreign satellite by the Indian S... |
21 January 2008
10:38 GMT |
|
|
Chang'e 1 has entered its final orbit around the moon on Wednesday and everyone's attention was drawn onto the future of China's space program, but surprisingly a Chinese official backed away the reports of plans of its space program to build its own space station by the year 2020.Chang'e 1 was na... |
8 November 2007
05:02 GMT |
|
|
|
|
Find us on Google+
