|
 
China completes second space dockingBeijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2011 China completed its second space docking on Monday, state media reported, as it moves closer towards fulfilling its ambition to set up a manned space station. The move comes 12 days after the Asian nation successfully completed its first ever "kiss" in space, when the Shenzhou VIII spacecraft joined onto the Tiangong-1 experimental module 343 kilometres (213 miles) above the Earth. The two unmanned vehicles had been travelling together since the successful maneouvre on November 3, and on Monday, ... read more |
. |
  |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| .. |
 China sets up management body for orbiting space lab China has established an operation committee for management of the country's first space lab module, Tiangong-1, during its two-year orbit of earth. The committee will deal with operations pla ... more | .. |
  Voyager 2 Completes Switch to Backup Thruster Set NASA's Voyager 2 has successfully switched to the backup set of thrusters that controls the roll of the spacecraft. Deep Space Network personnel sent commands to the spacecraft to make the cha ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Modular Space Vehicle Completes Preliminary Design Review Northrop Grumman has completed on schedule the preliminary design review (PDR) for its modular space vehicle (MSV), allowing the program to proceed to its critical design review and closer to manufa ... more | .. |
 |
|
| .. |
  Russia Mars probe may fall to Earth in January: official A Russian probe that was to visit a moon of Mars but is stuck in orbit around the Earth could burn up in the Earth's atmosphere in January, the head of the Russian space agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Singapore family books $1 million Virgin space flight A Singaporean businessman, his wife and two children have paid $1 million to become the first Asian family to fly together on space-tourism airline Virgin Galactic, the company announced Monday. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Celebrates Opening of NextGen Technology Test Bed Lockheed Martin , the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) and a consortium of industry partners have opened the Florida NextGen Test Bed, a laboratory ... more | .. |
  GMV Supports Successful Launch of Europe's Galileo GMV, one of the main companies contracted to establish and support Europe's satellite navigation strategy, continues to play a key role in the most recent phase of the Galileo program. GMV successfu ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| . | . |
  
Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit
European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis | .. |
 International consensus on joint space exploration Representatives from 28 countries, the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) met in Lucca, Italy, on 10 November for the Third International Conference on Exploration and the first ... more | .. |
  Idaho Lab Sends Battery to Space The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has a unique perspective on the upcoming November Mars mission launch. Engineers at INL have been working for months to create the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Gen ... more | .. |
  Bolivia expects huge benefits from Chinese-built satellite Bolivia expects huge benefits from the satellite "Tupac Katari", which is being built by a Chinese company and will be put into orbit at the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014, a government offici ... more | .. |
  Aborted Mars probe jeopardizes Russia's long-range space program On Thursday, November 10, mission control tried unsuccessfully to communicate with the Phobos-Grunt (Phobos Ground) probe which lifted off November 8. Analysts are in no mood to exaggerate the situa ... more |
| .. |
 Thales Alenia Space to build four more satellites for O3b constellation Thales Alenia Space has announced that it had signed a contract with O3b Networks Limited to deliver four more satellites for their Medium Earth Orbit constellation. These satellites are in addition ... more | .. |
 AsiaSat Selects Space Systems/Loral to Provide Two Communications Satellites Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the leading provider of commercial satellites, and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), Asia's leading satellite operator, has announced the signi ... more | .. |
  Air Force Opens Door to Rocket Launch Competition The Space and Missile Systems Center here announced Nov. 7 the publication of a guide that will allow commercial launch providers to compete for future launch service opportunities. Formally c ... more | .. |
  Canadian robots competition canceled Canada's national robotic competition, scheduled for this weekend in Toronto, was canceled because of declining interest, the event's organizer says. ... more |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
Cane toad invasion threatens Pilbara biodiversity and culture
Amazonian forests altered by human actions show broad changes in diversity and evolutionary patterns
Climate's influence reshapes East African rift dynamics | .. |
 International Launch Services and Eutelsat Announce Launch of the W3D Satellite in 2013 International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat, of Paris, France, one of the world's leading satellite operators, has announced a contract for the launch of the W3D satellite into geostationary tr ... more | .. |
  Intelsat Customers Expand Businesses with Africa's Leading Satellite Network Intelsat S.A., the world's leading provider of satellite services, has announced new contracts with customers utilizing Intelsat's premier African video distribution satellite neighborhoods and broa ... more | .. |
 Andrews Space Delivers Cargo Module Power Unit for Orbital's Cygnus Spacecraft Andrews Space has completed delivery of four Cargo Module Power Units (CMPUs) that will supply power to payloads aboard Orbital's Cygnus? spacecraft. Andrews was contracted by Orbital Sciences ... more | .. |
  Iran mourns death of missile expert as report links Israel Iran held solemn funerals for 17 Revolutionary Guards killed in a munitions blast on Monday, including a key figure in its ballistic missiles programme, as a US magazine pointed a finger at Israel. ... more |
| .. |
  Lockheed Martin Wins Major Contract From US Army To Maintain Aerostat Detection Systems The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $383 million contract to maintain, operate and sustain the Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS). The tethered aerostat provides real-time, around- ... more | .. |
  STSS Demonstration Satellites Participate in THAAD Weapon System Multiple Missile Test The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites tracked two different missile targets and delivered data in real-time to support a successful Oct. 5 flight test of the Ter ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Meshnet Network - A Mission Command Multiplier The U.S. Army selected a wireless network developed by Northrop Grumman to participate in the second Network Integration Evaluation (NIE), underway at White Sands Missile Range, N.M, and Fort Bliss, ... more | .. |
  Boeing Receives US Navy Contract to Develop New Mission Computer for Super Hornet and Growler Boeing has received a $48 million contract from the U.S. Navy to collaboratively develop a new mission computer for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler. The Type 4 Advanced Mission C ... more |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
Conference travel emissions exceed research energy use
Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centers | .. |
 Raytheon to Deliver NMT SATCOM Systems for U.S. Navy and International Partners Raytheon has received several production orders from the U.S. Navy for next-generation Navy Multiband Terminal protected Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite communication (SATCOM) ter ... more | .. |
 Gender bias in Israel army 'may endanger state security' The surge in religiously-motivated discrimination against women in the military could pose a threat to Israel's security, a group of retired major generals warned in a letter on Monday. ... more | .. |
 US shifts drones from Iraq to Turkey: Pentagon The United States has deployed Predator drones to Turkey from Iraq for surveillance flights in support of Ankara's fight against Kurdish rebels, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Iran Guards say missile unit pioneer killed in blast A senior general who pioneered an artillery and missile unit was among those killed in a munitions blast that ripped through a base of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, a Sunday statement said. ... more |
| .. |
 Israel speeds up anti-missile systems Israel is accelerating plans to equip its civil airliners with bathtub-shaped anti-missile pods because Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip are reported to have acquired advanced Russian surface-to-air missiles plundered from Libyan arsenals. ... more | .. |
  North China gas blast kills nine An explosion ripped through a fast-food restaurant in China Monday, killing at least nine people including a child and shattering windows up to three kilometres away, officials and state media said. ... more | .. |
 North China gas blast kills eight: state media An explosion ripped through a fast-food restaurant in China Monday, killing at least eight people including a child and shattering windows up to three kilometres away, officials and state media said. ... more | .. |
China sentences three to death over hotel fire A court in China has handed down the death penalty to three people for setting fire to a bar which then spread to a budget hotel, killing 11 people and leaving two others injured, state media reported. ... more |
| Previous Issues | Nov 14 | Nov 11 | Nov 10 | Nov 09 | Nov 08 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2011 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
