ESA launches new satellite for monitoring climate
Plesetsk, Russia/Paris - Europe's space agency ESA on Monday launched a new satellite which is hoped to help provide new insights on global water circulation. Launched from Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 0150 GMT, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinit...
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2009-11-02 ] Category : [
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Next space shuttle set for blastoff on November 16
Washington - US space agency NASA announced late Thursday that its next lauch of a space shuttle to the orbiting International Space Station has been scheduled for November 16. The shuttle Atlantis would make its 31st mission, planned as an 11-day fl...
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2009-10-30 ] Category : [
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Next generation rocket blasts off
Washington - A next generation space rocket blasted off over the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday. The 100-metre tall Ares I-X rocket sped into the sky over the Florida coast in a trial that NASA hoped would provide crucial information ab...
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2009-10-28 ] Category : [
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EXTRA: NASA rocket waits for clearer weather
Washington - The test launch of the next generation space rocket, Ares I-X, was again at the mercy of questionable weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday. The launch had been scrubbed a day earlier due to clouds, and o...
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2009-10-28 ] Category : [
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NASA tries again to test launch next generation rocket
Washington - A next generation space rocket stood ready for its first flight Wednesday, standing by to test the technology that is to carry astronauts into orbit after planned retirement of the current US space shuttle programme. The 100-metre tall w...
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2009-10-28 ] Category : [
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Ares launch scrubbed for Tuesday - Update
Washington - After battling tricky weather conditions off and on all morning, NASA called off a planned Tuesday launch test of the next generation space rocket that is to replace the ageing space shuttle. Engineers were unable to find enough time to ...
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2009-10-27 ] Category : [
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