ESA PR 13-2008. With ESA’s Columbus laboratory successfully attached and operating on the International Space Station, the time has now come for another European milestone mission to leave for the ISS – that of the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named ‘Jules Verne’.
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SPACE.com – Mysteriously, five spacecraft that flew past the Earth have each displayed unexpected anomalies in their motions.
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SPACE.com – NASA missionmanagers are expected to set a definitive launch date today for the shuttleEndeavour to haul two new additions to the International Space Station (ISS).
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SPACE.com – The shuttleEndeavour and a crew of seven astronauts will launch in less than two weeks on whatwill be the longest mission to date headed for the International Space Station(ISS), top NASA officials said Friday.
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AFP – Liberty Media, the holding company of tycoon John Malone, completed a deal Wednesday that takes control of satellite broadcaster DirecTV from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.
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AFP – US space scientists have created a highly-detailed map of the moon’s south pole region, revealing a much more rugged terrain than scientists had believed, NASA officials said Wednesday.
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A trio of NASA and ESA spacecraft orbiting Mars are preparing for the 25 May arrival of NASA’s Phoenix lander. ESA’s Mars Express has already started adjusting its orbit to provide critical back-up monitoring of Phoenix.
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AP – The launch of a rocket carrying a secret payload has been postponed to avoid possible space debris from the destruction of a spy satellite.
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AP – It all began with an explosive burst of red flames. Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ weeklong trip to allied democracies in Asia and the Pacific region started with the Navy’s dramatic shootdown of a U.S. spy satellite. But in a broader sense, the trip was a more subtle yet unmistakable signal to China that the U.S. is not ceding its military or diplomatic interests in the region.
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Reuters – The moon’s south pole region, a possible future landing site for human or robotic lunar missions, is far more rugged than had been thought, with towering peaks and deep craters, NASA said on Wednesday.
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