SPACE.com – Europe’s first automated “Jules Verne” cargo ship passed several crucial tests today above the Earth inpreparation for docking at the International Space Station (ISS) in less than a week.
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Jules Verne ATV today demonstrated its ability to navigate safely from a point 39 km behind the ISS to a stand-off point just 3.5 km away using relative GPS navigation. The vessel then executed an Escape manoeuvre commanded from the ATV Control Centre in which the craft flew off to a safe distance.
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After several days spent in a parking orbit 2000 km ahead of the ISS, Jules Verne ATV is now ready to join up with the International Space Station. This first docking attempt can be followed live on 3 April 2008 from 15:30 CEST onwards from one of the European participating centres.
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Reuters – A cattle farmer in Australia’s remote northern outback on Friday said he had found a giant ball of twisted metal, which he believes is space junk from a rocket used to launch communications satellites.
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Reuters – The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour skipped its first opportunity for a Florida landing at 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT) on Wednesday because of clouds around the Kennedy Space Center, NASA officials said.
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AP – Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Wednesday, making a rare nighttime touchdown to wrap up “a two-week adventure” at the international space station. The shuttle swooped through the darkness and landed on NASA’s illuminated runway at 8:39 p.m., an hour after sunset.
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SPACE.com – CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s spaceshuttle Endeavour and its seven-astronaut crew are coming home today to end anintense construction job at the International Space Station (ISS).
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AFP – The space shuttle Endeavour landed at Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, after a record-setting mission to the International Space Station to install a Japanese laboratory and a Canadian repair robot, NASA said.
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Shell Canada has incorporated Earth Observation data into its Sustainable Development Report, demonstrating the potential of satellites to provide a global and cost-effective way to measure objectively the sustainability of business activities.
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AP – Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth.
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