SPACE.com – PASADENA,CALIF. A recently discovered type of cold, lightweight star follows some wildorbits around the Milky Way, a team of astronomers have found.
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ESA Member States have unanimously voted to extend the Envisat mission through to 2013. Envisat – the world’s largest and most sophisticated satellite ever built – has been providing scientists and operational users with invaluable data for global monitoring and forecasting since its launch in 2002.
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AP – NASA managers have given a unanimous “go” to Saturday’s launch of space shuttle Endeavour.
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SPACE.com – The fullystaffed International Space Station is about to get even more crowded when sevenshuttle astronauts join the six men already aboard, boosting the number ofpeople aboard to 13 – its highest population ever.
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ESA PR 15-2009. The 48th International Paris Air Show will open its doors on Monday 15 June, until Sunday 21 June. Almost 2 000 exhibitors will be present and over 200 000 visitors are expected to attend this traditional event which this year has special significance as it celebrates its 100th anniversary (the first Paris Air Show was held in 1909 in the city’s Grand Palais).
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AFP – Things may get a little tight at the international space station next week when it is set to be a temporary home to 13 astronauts with the arrival of the shuttle Endeavour and its seven crew.
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SPACE.com – The International Space Station’sKibo laboratory is about to get a new porch, the last big piece of theoutpost’s already massive Japanese-built segment.
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SPACE.com – CAPECANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Endeavour is “go” to launch anambitious mission to the International Space Station on Saturday, NASA managerssaid today.
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With the help of ESA technology used in the monitoring and control of satellites, a start-up company at ESA’s Business Incubation Centre has developed a system to monitor offshore oil and gas installations.
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SPACE.com – For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural fireball events in Earth’s atmosphere – but no longer.
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