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 Washington (AFP) Oct 25, 2009 
NASA is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future. The space agency said everything is in order for Tuesday's two-minute, 30-second test of the Ares I-X rocket, a first look at the launch vehicle designed to replace NASA's aging space shuttle fleet.
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Thrissur, India (PTI) Oct 26, 2009Newly appointed ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan today said it was a great challenge to head the country's space agency, considering the high expectations from various quarters. Speaking to reporters here, Radhakrishnan also said he was privileged to get the post and considered it an honour. "As a team, in ISRO we need to move ahead. We will do our best to achieve our goals," ... more
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Washington (AFP) Oct 22, 2009NASA's human space flight program is too underfunded to fly, an independent panel of experts said Thursday in their final report to US President Barack Obama. The 155-page document is pretty much along the lines of the review panel's summary report in August. It presents five options for Obama's advisors to choose from to push the space program forward. "The US human space flight program ... more  
La Paz (AFP) Oct 23, 2009Bolivia signed a memorandum of understanding Friday with Chinese officials for the construction and launch of a communications satellite. President Evo Morales said the 300-million-dollar satellite, whose design is set to be completed by March 2010, would be named after Tupac Katari, a Bolivian indigenous leader who fought against Spanish colonial rule. A Bolivian delegation will travel ... more  
Cha-Am Hua Hin, Thailand (SPX) Oct 26, 2009India on Saturday offered to help southeast Asian nations in management of natural disasters by sharing satellite data for the region and launch small satellites built by them. "We would be ready to share satellite data for management of natural disasters, launch small satellites and scientific instruments and payloads for experiments in remote sensing and communication for space agencies ... more |
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Tehran (UPI) Oct 23, 2009 As the United States and its allies haggle with Iran over its nuclear program, Moscow has fueled Western unease about its military links to Tehran by pledging to continue selling arms to the Islamic republic. This has raised speculation that it may brush aside the strident objections of the United States and Israel and supply Iran with advanced S-300PMU surface-to-air missiles that ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Oct 23, 2009Ukraine's top diplomat Friday reassured Russia that Kiev was not in talks with Washington over the new US missile shield plan, as he sought to mend relations eroded by a series of crises. "No one has reached out to Ukraine with the initiative on missile defence," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko, following what he said were "very constructive" talks with his Russian ... more  
Khar, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 24, 2009A missile strike by a US drone killed at least 14 people in a Pakistani tribal district bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said. The strike took place on a village 15 kilometres (nine miles) north of Khar, the main town of the restive Bajaur tribal district. "Fourteen people are now known to have been killed in the drone attack and the toll is likely to rise," a tribal ... more |
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