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AerospaceA Canadian candidate for the X Prize
Ottawa, Canada - The winner in the competition will receive USD 10m for launching a habitable spaceship 62 miles from Earth
A Canadian group is among the candidates to the X Prize, the competition that will assign USD 10m to who is able to create an aircraft able to transport three people to 100 km (62 miles) and return safely... more
AerospaceIss missions maybe extended to one year
Washington, USA - It is being planned to use the Soyuz space shuttle for space tourism
The missions of the astronauts onboard the Iss, International space station, might be extended from six months to one year. Nasa is currently evaluating this possibility, suggested by the Russian space... more
AerospaceMilitary satellite industry is growing
Washington, USA - Competition between the United States and Europe in this sector is increasing
After pointing out the forecasted increase of civil satellite sector during the next decade, (see for details AVIONEWS), Forecast International has recently also provided the results of its studies related... more
AerospaceFinal assembly opening for the A-380 in May
Toulouse, France - It will occur at its Jean-Luc Lagardére assembly line in Toulouse
On May 7 in Tolouse, at Jean-Luc Lagardére facility where its assembly line has been produced, the Airbus A-380 is going to be shown as it is by now in its final assembly stage. Such event will occur... more
AerospaceSpirit's and Opportunity's missions extended
Washington, USA - Nasa has announced the mission will last 5 more months
Nasa has announced that Spirit’s and Opportunity’s missions on Mars will be extended by 150 more days. The two rosters were supposed to work for 90 days, but the space agency has decided to give them mor... more
AerospaceFAA grants licence to Scaled Composites for its space aircraft
Washington, USA - It is relevant in order to participate to X-Prize international competition
United States Government has made know that the first licence for getting private space flight started has been granted to Scaled Composites by FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). While it is being... more
AerospaceLazio Region promotes an ESA's space mission
New York, USA - Italian astronaut could perform experiments requested by Lazio's research centres and universities
On the occasion of an exhibition entitled "Lazio, Rome and beyond" being occurring in New York, Region authority's delegation is promoting, also considering the foundation of an aerospace technological... more
AerospaceAn ASI-NASA joint committee has been founded for new space programmes
Washington, USA - These two agencies to cooperate for new Moon missions and for the first human travel toward Mars
Italy and the United States have achieved a collaboration agreement for aerospace sector through their related competent agencies: ASI (Italian Space Agency) and NASA. Thanks to the foundation of a joint... more
Aerospace90 days on Mars for Spirit probe
Washington, USA - After crossing critical threshold, exploration activities go on without stopping
NASA celebrated 90 days Mars exploration by Spirit probe on April 6. A crucial date, when considering the fact that researchers thought to focus on robot’s capability of operating with ideal technical c... more
AerospaceIss: a worm to be sent in space for biological experiments
Paris, France - The Caenorhabditis elegans, only 0.0394 inches long, will reach the space station with Dutch astronaut Andreas Kuipers
It is called Caenorhabditis elegans the small worm, only 0.0394 inches (1mm) long, on which a series of experiments called "Ice First" will be carried out onboard the International Space Station (Iss)... more
AerospaceItalian equipment discovers ammonia on Mars
Rome, Italy - The instrument had already detected the presence of methane gas and water vapour on the planet
The Pfs (Planetary Fourier Spectrometer), the Asi’s (Italian space agency) equipment onboard the Esa’s (European Space Agency) Mars Express space probe has discovered the presence of ammonia in the atm... more
AerospaceNasa satellite to verify Einstein's theories
Washington, Usa - The most perfect spheres ever created will be used for the experiments
An unmanned Nasa satellite will be launched on 17 April from the Vandenberg base in California to verify Einstein's theories about the nature of space and time. The experiments, prepared by Nasa with the... more
AerospaceIss: unknown noise heard again
Washington, USA - The reason is undiscovered
It already happened four months ago and, in spite of the researches carried out to find out the reason, it was impossible to determine what caused the surd sound heard by Foale and Kaleri, the two astronauts... more
AerospaceAlenia workers protest in Turin
Turin, Italy - Unions met Government representatives
Alenia's workers in Turin protested this morning for four hours and demonstrated in front of the city's prefectural offices. A union delegation met Vice Mayor, Marco Calgaro and representatives of the... more
AerospaceFrattini pleased with appointment of Viriglio at Esa
Rome, Italy - He is in charge for the direction of European and industrial programmes
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Franco Frattini, was pleased with the appointment, by the European Space Agency (Esa) Commission, of an Italian as person in charge for the direction of European and... more
AerospaceCivil satellites' production increases
Washington, USA - Some 170 satellites to be produced by the next ten years
According to a recent survey performed by Forecast International, aerospace market concerning civil and commercial satellites mostly devoted to sensing activities (for example, those regarding the analysis... more
AerospaceThe 9th ISS' crew is ready
Moscow, Russia - A Russian, an American and a European to leave on April 19 aboard of a Soyuz
The new astronauts (as the 9th crew) leaving on next April 19 for the International Space Station (ISS) have been selected and in large part already trained. Russian Gennady Padalka, US Michael Fink and... more
AerospaceBoeing to develop the new SBSS satellite system
St. Louis, USA - It will be able to track objects moving in space
Boeing has achieved the sign of a contract regarding the designing of an important space and defence programme which could open the foundation of a new step in the evolution of aerospace technology. The... more
AerospaceRussian military satellite successfully launched
Moscow, Russia - It is the first of ten satellites to be launched this year
A Russian military satellite was successfully launched last Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It is the first of ten satellites to be launched in 2004. The spokesman of the Interfax... more
AerospaceSpeed record broken: the X-43A flies at nearly 5,000 mph
Washington, USA - The flight of the hypersonic Nasa/Boeing aircraft succeeded
The testing of the X-43A, the hypersonic unmanned airplane by Nasa and Boeing, planned for last Saturday (see AVIONEWS) was successful: the aircraft streaked above the Pacific Ocean at nearly 5,000 mph... more
AerospaceWithin 2007 China will launch a lunar probe
Beijing, China - The probe will be placed in orbit around the Moon
The director of the lunar program of Beijing announced that China is going to launch its own first automatic probe on the Moon within 2007. The probe, than currently is under construction, will be placed... more
AerospaceMars, possible presence of salt water on the Red Planet
Washington, USA – "It could be a small sea"
In a press conference, one of the person in charge of the mission of the space probes Opportunity and Spirit, on Mars since January, declared that the crater from which Opportunity had had difficulty to... more
AerospaceDefects found in the Discovery spacecraft
Washington, USA - Located analogous defects also in the two other shuttles remained
Engineers in service at NASA found rigging defects described as "potentially disastrous" in Discovery, the oldest space shuttle remained in service and in activity since 1984. After ulterior assessments... more
AerospaceSpace: Opportunity achieves to exit from the crater
Washington, USA - Nasa is about to announce "An important scientific discovery"
Opportunity, one of the two twin probes that Nasa sent on Mars in January, has achieved to exit from the crater where it landed and that it had until now explored. The probe, heading towards the rock called... more
AerospaceThe 50th GPS satellite goes into orbit
St. Louis, USA - Carried by the Boeing Delta II booster rocket
Boeing has launched the 50th satellite which belongs to the NAVSTAR GPS American satellite global positioning system on March 20. The rocket called Delta II has successfully carried into orbit the GPS... more
AerospaceAlso Israel will join in Galileo
Brussels, Belgium - The agreement under the examination of the States members next June
In the last days, in Jerusalem, has been achieved an agreement between the General Directorate of the transports of the European Commission and the Ministry of the Industry, commerce and job of Israel,... more
AerospaceWanted airport for suborbital flights
Washington, USA - Tourists in the space again
The Space Adventures of Arlington, Virginia, society that already in past sent paying tourists in the International Space Station (see AVIONEWS), is searching a suitable area to construct a space base... more
AerospaceSpace: Rosetta will come across two asteroids
Rome, Italy - The encounters will happen in 2008 and 2010
Esoc, the European Space Agency (ESA) operative center in Germany, established that the European space probe, Rosetta, in its way will come across two asteroids, before getting in 10 years to the Churyumov-Gerasimenko... more
AerospaceUsa: space, the New Zealand Pickering died
Washington, Usa - He was the American astronautics pioneer
Nasa announced the death of William Pickering, pioneer of the space conquest by the American astronautics. Born in New Zealand in 1910, "Mr JPL" as he was dearly called, went to Usa in 1929 to study at... more
AerospaceRussia: launched Russian rocket with European satellite
Moscow, Russia - The satellite will have to work at least for 15 years
Yesterday at 4:06am local time, was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhistan, a Russian rocket with an European telecommunications satellite W3A on board. On the Russian carrier Proton, the... more
AerospaceChange at the head of the Russian space agency
Moscow, Russia - New director nominated
The Russian Government announced a change at the head of the national space agency, called Rosavikosmos: the outgoing chief Koptev, in office since 12 years, is replaced by the General Perminov, former... more
AerospaceThe first Chinese women in the space
Peking, China - In the space in 4 years
After the proposal made by Gu Xiulian, President of the Chinese women Association, China is about to send the first spacewomen in the space. It will be selected a group of women who, by the next Autumn,... more
AerospaceTurkey and South Korea to cooperate in the aerospace sector
Seoul, South Korea – First remarkable meetings would be already started
Turkey and South Korea would be strengthening cooperation between themselves regarding technology and industry. Turkish Government would be in fact firmly willing to achieve strategical alliances in order... more
AerospaceStar explosion conjures up Van Gogh's painting
Washington, USA - Suggestive images from space taken by Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope sent the image of a star 20,000 light-years from Earth called V838 Monocerotis surrounded by a smoke and star dust halo, presumably due to an explosion. The star gave off the light... more
AerospaceBoeing announces the viability of the new presidential space projects
St. Louis, USA - This company is ready to cooperate for this programme
Boeing NASA systems General Manager, Mike Mott, has recently positively commented on presidential programme aimed to develop new space missions. Such member of Boeing has put into evidence the viability... more
AerospaceSpace tourism law under scrutiny in the US
Washington, USA - Passed by the House of Representatives, it now goes to Senate
The first law to regulate space tourism is under scrutiny in the USA. The bill has been passed by the House of Representatives 402-1, it now goes to the Senate. Among the regulations included in the law,... more
AerospaceFirst Galileo system satellites to be launched aboard by Soyuz
Paris, France - Russians will take care of putting them into orbit
The launch of one of the first two satellites of the new Galileo European global positioning system will occur by the end of 2005 from Baikonur, in Kazakhstan. It is what Arianspace has recently reported,... more
AerospaceMars: water existed on the planet
Washington, USA - Nasa revealed it yesterday during a press briefing
Nasa has finally announced the results of the study carried out by rover Opportunity: there once was water on Mars. The American aerospace agency revealed it yesterday during a press briefing held in Washington... more
AerospaceClamorous developments in the mission on Mars
Washington, USA - Nasa is going to announce them today afternoon
Excitement at Nasa for the data received from opportunity, the roster that has been exploring the Martian surface since last 24th January, along with its twin Spirit, on the red planet since 4th January... more
AerospaceThe new US space defence exigencies
Washington, USA - Short and long period goals have been indicated
The 2004 US space programme forecasts of satisfying five military basic requirements: capability of achieving goals, well-qualified personnel training, new capabilities concerning intelligence activities... more
AerospaceRosetta: the spacecraft was launched today
Kourou, French Guyana - The liftoff was postponed twice
The European Space Agency (Esa) eventually launched the Ariane 5 rocket with the Rosetta spacecraft onboard from its base in Kourou, French Guyana. The operation, which took place at 4.17am local time,... more
AerospaceChina wants to conquer the moon
Beijing, China - China's space plans become more ambitious
After the recent news, published by AVIONEWS, according to which China will carry out a new space mission with humans onboard for 2005, Asia’s giant surprises us by announcing a new ambitious mission, t... more
AerospaceGalileo and GPS. The difficult "space-sharing" has been solved (2): Nato's observation
Brussels, Belgium - This agreement has great relevance from a military point of view
Nato remarks positively the achieved agreement between EU and USA of last week. Moving from the premise that the NAVSTAR GPS satellite system, even if devoted to civil use too, is militarily managed due... more
AerospaceGalileo and GPS: the difficult "space-sharing" has been solved
Berlin, Germany - An agreement between EU and USA on the European satellite programme has been reached
The new Galileo european global positioning satellite system will be able to coexist with the US NAVSTAR GPS. It is what stems from the recent EU-USA agreement on the subject reached on last Wednesday.... more
AerospaceIss: space-walk interrupted because of faulty space suit
Washington, USA - Nobody onboard the space station
The space-walk of the two astronauts on the Iss (International Space Station) last shorter than expected. American Michael Foale and Russian Alexander Kaleri, in space since last october (see AVIONEWS)... more
AerospaceLaunch of spacecraft Rosetta suspended
Kourou, French Guyana - The spacecraft could not be launched today because of technical problems
The launch of the Ariane 5 rocket carrying the spacecraft Rosetta, which was supposed to take place this morning at 8.36 MET from the European base in Kourou in the French Guyana, and already postponed... more
AerospaceThe convention on satellite survey systems yesterday in Pratica di Mare
Rome, Italy - 40 thousand images recorded in 10 years
A convention with the title 'Ten years of Italian military space policy. 1994-2004' was held yesterday at the Italian Air Force base in Pratica di Mare. Among the topics discussed, the Helios programme,... more
AerospaceMatroshka experiment for the international space station
Washington, USA - A study on radiations will be the spacewalk aim
The crew consisting of two astronauts of the international space station (Iss) during their 26/27 February 2004 night spacewalk (see AVIONEWS) will do an experiment called Matroshka in which scientist... more
AerospaceRosetta spacecraft's launch delayed
Rome, Italy - Bad weather conditions rescheduled the launch for tomorrow
Because of strong winds at hi-altitude the launch of the rocket Arianne-5 with onboard the spacecraft Rosetta at Kourou, French Guyana, will be rescheduled to tomorrow 2004 February 27, still at 7.36 London... more
AerospaceSaab Ericsson Space to deliver components for two satellite systems
Gothenburg, Sweden - This Swedish company to take care of Hotbird 8 and Worldsat-3
Saab Ericsson has almost contextually gained the sign of two agreements in order to produce satellite components regarding two different systems: Hotbird 8 and Worldsat-3. In the first case, this agreement... more