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AerospaceBlack smoke-signal for Shuttle's launch
Washington, USA - It shuold wait at least other two days before turning into the space
NASA announced that it needs at least 48 hours for finding solution to the problem occurred at sensor indicating the level of liquid hydrogen fuel in the external fuel tank which forced to stop Discovery’s l... more
AerospaceShuttle is ready: it is about to be launched at 03:51pm
Washington, USA - Weather is the only unknown element
NASA’s engineers have repaired Discovery’s fuselage damaged last night when a window’s cover, which weighs shortly less than 1 kg, has broken off falling 18 metre on the shuttle situated on the launch pad.... more
AerospaceCountdown for Discovery 's launch
Washington, USA - Spending the last two days before leaving, testing landing manoeuvres for return to Earth
It will take off on Wednesday July 13 at the 3:51 local time from the platform 39-B at the "Kennedy" Space Centre of Cape Canaveral (Florida). The mission STS-114 is composed by seven astronauts lead by... more
AerospaceParabolic flight's experiment aboard the A-300
Bordeaux, France - It will test behaviour of some cells in weightless conditions
A parabolic flight test will be performed by an Airbus 300 at the European Space Agency’s research centre situated in the Bordeaux Merignac Airport from July 19 to 30. Test aims to prove some particular h... more
AerospaceDeep Impact was very successful
Washington, USA - The space probe departed almost six months ago from Cape Canaveral
NASA’s Deep Impact projectile struck the comet Tempel 1, at a speed of 37,000 Kph, as scheduled this morning. The smash has created a flash observed by telescopes in orbit and on the Earth after sparking a... more
AerospaceShuttle to return into the space next July 13
Washington, USA - The first mission after Columbia's tragedy
After 2 years and half, Shuttle Discovery is now about to return into the space, NASA will launch it next July 13. Michael Griffin, the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,... more
AerospaceGalileo: industrial integration way of thinking proved winning
Brussels, Belgium - EU welcomed the proposal for an Eurely-iNavSat consortium for the future management of the global positioning satellite system
The European Galileo global positioning satellite system will be managed by a new consortium, founded by the union between Eurely (Finmeccanica and Alcatel) and iNavSat (Eads and Thales). The proposal... more
AerospaceWaiting for the green light to Shuttle Discovery's launch
Washington, USA - It could turn into the space between July 13 and 31
There are few hours to the decision of NASA about Shuttle Discovery: a two-days meeting in progress at the Flight Readness Review will establish if the Shuttle is ready to its first flight since the accident... more
AerospaceAre the USA about to abandon the International Space Station?
Moscow, Russia - Due to the need to rationalize investments for the future space explorations, they could leave the station to Russia and EU
The United States would be less and less interested in ensuring their own contribution to the International Space Station (ISS), according to Russian press. The reason should be traced in the need to rationalize... more
AerospaceItalian Government took pleasure in Galileo Joint Undertaking
Rome, Italy - "It is an important success both for Italian technology and innovation"
Italian Government showed its pleasure after Galileo Joint Undertaking decided yesterday to meet the joint offer by two groups iNavSat and Eurely for the final negotiation related to concession of Galileo... more
AerospaceRussia and China: a common effort against the military use of space
Moscow, Russia - The two countries intend to show a ruling project within the UN to prevent the location of weapon systems in the outer space
Russia and China strengthened their collaboration in the space field both in a strictly industrial and research plan, and with reference to aspects related to security. Moscow proves well aware about the... more
AerospaceRussian-American solar-powered spacecraft project failed
Moscow, Russia - The first space navigation test by solar thrust
The first space mission for a solar energy-powered spacecraft failed after the launch from a Russian submarine in the Barents Sea yesterday. The Cosmos-1 would not have succeeded in reaching the scheduled... more
AerospaceHelios II and COSMO-Skymed "speaking to one another" thanks to four European countries' contribution
Paris, France - Agreements for information exchange between the two satellite systems and the related access have been signed by the interested states
Interoperability between the Helios II and the COSMO-Skymed satellite systems as another major leap forward to determine industrial and operational synergies at a European level. France, Italy, Spain and... more
AerospaceForeign Committee gave the okay for exploring extra-atmospheric space
Rome, Italy - Italy will able to join the Convention of New York signed in 1975
The III Committee for Foreign Affairs of Italian Senate has given yesterday the green light to the bill for joining the Convention on registration of the objects launched into the extra-atmospheric space,... more
AerospaceRussia's military satellite crashed in Siberia
Moscow, Russia - A rocket's engine failure missed the launch of the Molnia-3K
The Russian Ministry of Defence’s Molnia-M rocket carrying to the orbit military communications satellite Molnia-3K, crashed yesterday in Siberia shortly after take-off occurred in the night at the Plessetsk s... more
AerospaceGalileo: iNavSat and Eurely opted for a common solution
Brussels, Belgium - In order to manage the the European global positioning system together
The Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU, that is to say the company which is expected to select the best solution for the management of the Galileo global positioning programme) will reveal the result of the... more
AerospaceMolise Region turns a geospatial centre
Campobasso, Italy - It will develop EU initiatives in this sector
Telespazio has introduced the GEO-DataBase project which provides for installing in Molise Region an excellent national and European centre for spread in the net geospatial products and services. The Centre... more
AerospaceChina's Space Agency to visit Italy
Rome, Italy - CNSA's Chairman will be by Alenia, CIRA and Telespazio
There are a thirty-year collaboration between Italy and China in the aerospace sector: the later act of this friendship has been signed at Beijing last November, when they constituted three groups of work... more
Aerospace"Industrial policy and Italian research on space in the European space policy"
Rome, Italy - It has been discussed today at Italian Chamber of Deputies
The workshop on the "Industrial policy and Italian research on space in the European space policy" has been held today at Montecitorio and has been organized by Committee for evaluation of scientific and... more
AerospaceThe heaviest satellite in the world to be into orbit in July
Bangkok, Thailand - The iPSTAR-1 system to provide internet navigation communication for Asia and Oceania
The heaviest satellite even designed, named iPSTAR-1, will be launched from the Korou Base (French Guiana) on next July 7. The US company Space Systems/Loral which produced it will resort to an Ariane... more
AerospaceGalileo: first two satellites to be in orbit in six months
Brussels, Belgium - They will be used to test the tecnologies adopted and the frequencies by which the global positioning system network will have to run
Just six months last before the launch of the first two satellites of the Galileo global positioning system. As respectively named Gstb-V2A and Gstb-V2B, they will be followed later by other two satellites... more
AerospaceVittori to become the first not-Russian Commander of Soyuz
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile the astronaut is making ready for lecturing "Human missions into the space"
The Italian Air Force Colonel, Roberto Vittori, has received by the European Space Agency (ESA), the title of Commander of Russian Soyuz, so becoming the first stranger astronaut taking this role. Meanwhile... more
AerospaceNASA: a new probe to travel towards Mars in 2007
Washington, USA - The Phoenix programme is under development by the Lockheed Martin, universities and Canadian Space Agency's contribution
NASA will launch a new probe destined to study Mars’ ground in August 2007. The programme, named Phoenix, schedules the sending of a static device endowed with a mechanical arm which will be deployed t... more
AerospaceScientists succeeded in freeing Opportunity from sand
Washington, USA - The robot has been blocked in Mars' sand for about one month
Great joy for scientists from the Pasadena Jet Propulsion Laboratory when they understood, after taking delivery of the first Opportunity’s images while leaving fresh traces on Mars’ surface, as they suc... more
AerospaceGalileo: Ukraine as the third non-EU partner for the global positioning system
Kiev, Ukraine - It follows China and Israel but many other states are evaluating the possibility of providing their contribution for its development
Ukraine is officially the third country besides the European Union’s members to participate to the programme for the Galileo global positioning satellite system after China and Israel. The agreement r... more
AerospaceMoon-coming hypothesis: AVIONEWS interviewed Director of ASI "Universe Observation" unit
Rome, Italy - "Italian Space Agency found a convergence of scientific interests with NASA on this mission"
USA and Europe have recently re-launched a systematic exploration of the solar system through scientific missions targeted to know the different planets and carry again the man on the Moon in a decennium,... more
AerospaceBaikonur cosmodrome turns fifty-years old
Baikonur, Kazakistan - Half century of aerospace history
Baikonur, the huge cosmodrome in the unfriendly land of Kazakistan has turned 50-years old. Originally built as military spaceport for intercontinental ballistic missiles testing, it has witnessed almost... more
AerospaceEU and Russia together for the development of a new spacecraft
Moscow, Russia - The major purpose is the one of achieving more autonomy from the United States
Russia and European Union intend to achieve more autonomy in the space exploration field from the United States. So, one of the first important steps forward towards such goal will be the one related to... more
AerospaceEU aiming to establish an European space programme
Brussels, Belgium - It will be necessary to find the operational priorities, funding procedures and single members' interests to be coordinated at an EU level by the end of this year
European Union should approve the European space programme by the end of this year. It deals with a concrete effort to set a clear EU space policy able to assign to EU institutions, single members and... more
AerospaceHearth Satellite Observation to raise up Italian economic situation
Ancona, Italy - EU is going to appropriate more than 4 MLD for satellite research
An important meeting took place several days ago in Ancona, at the University of Marche Region. It dealt with Hearth satellite observations and all staff connected from Satellite Navigation to environmental... more
AerospaceAVIONEWS interviewed Eng. Gennaro Russo from CIRA on the USV programme
Rome, Italy - "An evolutionary approach which aims to detect which technologies will be implemented for the final project rather than starting from this one"
AVIONEWS interviewed Eng. Gennaro Russo from CIRA (Italian Aerospace Research Centre) on the USV (Unmanned Space Vehicle)programme shown during the XIII international conference on spacecraft and on hypersonic... more
AerospaceNew tender for aerospace industry research in Lazio Region
Rome, Italy - As a part of the Aerospace Technological District foundation
New tender aimed to fund industrial research projects as well as training in the aerospace industrial sector in Lazio Region has been exhibited on last May 18, as promoted region authority with Filas’ s... more
AerospaceCIRA : closing of the XIII international conference on spacecraft and on hypersonic technologies
Capua, Italy - It was held this week in the Center headquarter
"The meeting on spacecrafts, which took place at the CIRA (Italian Centre for Aerospace Research) and lasted three days, underlined once more that Italy, through the Unmanned Space Vehicle (Usv) programme,... more
AerospaceGalileo: Israeli Matimop joined the project
Tel Aviv, Israel - Israeli Government entrusted the Israeli Industry Center for R&D with the related cooperation
Israeli Matimop joined the group which attends to the management of the Galileo satellite programme. Also China is participating to such a project related to the new global positioning system, which is... more
AerospaceFaa against zero gravity posters in the space
Washington, Usa - As big as the Moon could spoil our skies
The United States of America express their disapproval on the zero gravity expedient for advertisements, i.e. devices with adverts to be positioned in the space. If such posters are wide enough and placed... more
AerospaceSouth Korea: three different tasks for the EADS COMS
Seoul, South Korea - The system to be provided to the Asian country by the European group and it will be used for communications, oceanic observation and meteorology
South Korea is going to operate the third satellite ordered to EADS Astrium. The orbital launch date is unknown but the system will certainly represent a helpful multipurpose contribution for the growth... more
AerospaceEGNOS: a European satellite system to increase flight safety over the African continent
Brussels, Belgium - Tests in Africa to begin next week
European Commission, ESA (European Space Agency) and Eurocontrol are promoting a composite satellite programme which will be operated starting next year and it will be able to prove particularly useful... more
AerospaceUS Air Force aims to "space superiority"
Washington, USA - President Bush has been requested to approve a plan intended to put weapon systems into orbit
Despite the strong doubts expressed by many subjects (such as Canada, Russia, China and EU) concerning the juridic legitimacy at an international level of such a measure, it seems that world is going to... more
AerospaceA new spacecraft to replace the Space Shuttle in 2014
Washington, USA - NASA's programme needs a project capable of carrying man on Mars as well
Bush-led Government and NASA intend to accomplish the first mission with a new spacecraft by 2014. The current Space Shuttles will in fact begin to be retired from service in 2010 and some operational... more
AerospaceCira: conference on the USV project
Capua, Italy - Over 200 researchers, scientists and managers coming from twenty countries
"The programme for the development of the Shuttle’s successor realized by Cira (Italian Centre for Aerospace Researches) has been announced to the world scientific community on the occasion of the space v... more
AerospaceEx-NASA Employee charged to falsify Shuttle supervisory control, has been acquitted
Washington, USA - The counts charged him of failing the due checks on the space shuttle
A former NASA inspector has been acquitted of charges which accused him in 2003 of falsifying documentation that showed he had examined the space shuttle Discovery: all 166 counts hanging over Billy Thomas... more
AerospaceCIRA: 13rd international conference on spacecraft and hypersonic technologies
Capua, Italy - To be held from this morning till next Friday
The 13rd international conference on spacecraft and hypersonic technologies is being promoted by AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) and it is being occurred in Capua (Italy) at CIRA... more
AerospaceAn India-made satellite for African continent
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia - It may bring relevant advantages for distance medicine and education sector in the AU's countries
An India-made satellite project at a cost of USD 50m would have been introduced to African Union (AU) President, Mali Alpha Oumar Konarè: it would be destined to develop communications among African nations’ go... more
AerospaceEurely and InavSat: a super-consortium to manage the Galileo satellite programme?
Brussels, Belgium - EU could select one of the two proposals ot opt for a merge which can favour the quality of the final product
European Union is forecasting to unveil the name of the winner to be the concessionary of the satellite programme related to the Galileo global positioning system, based on 30 satellites which are expected... more
AerospaceCassini probe found a small moon among the Saturn's rings
Colorado, USA - But it is not the only one orbiting around the planet
Scientists from the Science Institute di Boulder, Colorado, unveiled it stating that Cassini space probe - a joint project produced by NASA US Space Agency, European ESA and ASI (the Italian one) and worth... more
AerospaceGalileo: EU forecasts great employment advantages thanks to the satellite system
Brussels, Belgium - Around 140,000 jobs starting in 2015
Europe believes in the future success of the Galileo satellite programme, the new global positioning system which follows similar well known devices such as the US GPS and the Russian Glonass, also concerning... more
AerospaceCiampi appointed Vittori "Commendatore"
Rome, Italy - "I met a great interest of Italian Air Force and Defence towards aerospace sector"
Italian President of Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, has appointed as "Commendatore of Italian Republic" Colonel Roberto Vittori, who had just come back from space mission aboard Soyuz. He has been awarded... more
AerospaceVittori back in Italy
Rome, Italy – Satisfaction of the astronaut, objectives achieved
Colonel Roberto Vittori, astronaut of the European Space Agency and pilot of the Italian Air Force is back in Italy after the Eneide mission which ended on last April 25. The mission lasted ten days, during... more
Aerospace"NASA, Opportunity is speaking, I am sanded up on Mars!"
Washington, USA - NASA's technicians prove confident about the possibility of finding tha right solution to help the robot to escape from the mess in which it got itself
US Opportunity probe is "sanded up" on Mars. Experts from NASA have in fact revealed that the robot has stopped and its six wheels have been blocked sinking for about a 80% in the planet’s sand. Nevertheless, t... more
AerospaceDiscovery: additional time to improve Space Shuttle crew's training
Washington, USA - As a consequence of the postponement of the space ship's launch
The Discovery space ship’s crew does not prove upset about the news related to the postponement of the new Space Shuttle’s launch (see for details AVIONEWS). The seven members of the team assigned wit... more