Reuters – Workers at the Kennedy Space Center moved the space shuttle Discovery out to its ocean-side launch pad on Sunday in preparation for a construction mission to the International Space Station slated to begin in three weeks.
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AP – Teams on the ground and in two aircraft kept up the hunt for millionaire aviator Steve Fossett on Sunday after a new analysis of radar data provided fresh optimism.
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AFP – Fifty years after the launch of Sputnik left the United States scrambling to play catch-up in the first Space Race, US scientists fear history may be repeating itself as Asia emerges as the rising force in space exploration.
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AFP – A dusty launchpad in a remote region of New Mexico could become one of the first gateways to the heavens for private individuals clamoring to be the pioneer generation of space tourists.
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AP – Dozens of searchers set off into the rugged Nevada backcountry Saturday after analysts scanning radar and satellite images spotted what may be clues to the whereabouts of missing adventurer Steve Fossett.
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Reuters – Satellite images confirm reports earlier this year of burned villages, forced relocations and other human rights abuses in Myanmar, scientists said on Friday.
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ESA PR 30-2007. Yesterday ESA’s Member States participating in the GMES Programme approved the transition to Phase-2 of Segment 1 of the GMES Space Component Programme.
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AP – While the government’s bloody crackdown on street demonstrations in Myanmar has drawn the world’s attention, newly released satellite photos provide evidence that the military there has destroyed villages and forcibly relocated people in the countryside.
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U.S. News & World Report – Vice Adm. Robert Murrett, who runs the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, said that the use of satellites and other intelligence community imagery domestically can be very useful but that it is carefully regulated.
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SPACE.com – A retired NASA astronaut's son hassigned on for a multimillion-dollar trek to the International Space Station(ISS) next year, a space tourism firm announced Friday.
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