SPACE.com – WASHINGTON -The U.S. Air Force will deactivate the Pentagon's Orbital Express satellites theweek of July 2, eliminating any chance of NASA using the experimentalspacecraft to test robotic techniques applicable to future Mars sample returnmissions.
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Reuters – The attorney for former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak said on Friday his client's right to a fair trial is being jeopardized by a "big lie" that she wore a diaper during a nonstop 950-mile (1,530-mile) drive to confront a romantic rival.
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SPACE.com – This weekend's full moon hangs lower in the sky than any other full moon of 2007, according to NASA, and it's a good time to be fooled.
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AP – A prototype of an inflatable space station module has successfully expanded and deployed its solar panels after being launched into orbit, a private developer said.
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AP – Former astronaut Lisa Nowak didn’t wear diapers during her 950-mile road trip to confront a romantic rival, her lawyer said Friday, disputing one of the more bizarre details to emerge from the NASA love triangle.
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Pseudo-satellites, ground-based substitutes used when signals from ‘real’ satellites are not available, can deliver accurate positioning information in places where conventional solutions fail. This was demonstrated on 27 June in Helsinki harbour as part of a project supported by ESA.
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Moscow, 29 june – RIA News. The Russian carrier rocket “Zenith-M” with military satellite has been successfully launched from Baikonur at 14.00 (Moscow time). The military satellite extends of group “Cosmos”of Russian satellites.
The construction of rocket is similar to “Zenith-3SL” of sea landing. It has two stages with new modified liquid engines.
ESA and the Agency for Security of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar have signed a cooperation agreement with the objective of using satellite navigation to improve air traffic safety over the African continent.
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Today, two and a half years after the historic landing of ESA’s Huygens probe on Titan, a new set of results on Saturn’s largest moon is ready to be presented. Titan, as seen through the eyes of Huygens still holds exciting surprises, scientists say.
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ESA PR 22-2007. The 47th international Paris Air Show will open its doors on Monday 18 June, until Sunday 24 June (*), and promises to be an outstanding event, with almost 2000 exhibitors present, and over
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