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AerospaceDAVID WALKER, THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT WHO LAUNCHED ''MAGELLANO'' IN 1989, HAS DIED
WASHINGTON, USA, The American ex-astronaut, David Walker, who performed four space shuttle missions, one of which launched "Magellano", in 1989, mapping Venus' surface, died. Walker was 56 and had cancer.... more
AerospaceSIX ITALIAN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES AT RIO DE JANEIRO AEROSPACE SHOW
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, The Rio De Janeiro aerospace Lad (Latin American Defense)show, which is, in the whole Latin America, the most important event in the aerospace and defense field, begins today, on... more
AerospaceUNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS OFFICE CLOSED
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, After almost 50 years activity and 30 average weekly sighting, the Unidentified Flying Objects office closes for lack of work. Dennis Plunkett, the founder and president of an... more
AerospaceNEW ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM USED IN JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
PASADENA, USA, The researches at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are using an electron beam on the submolecolar scale for the creation of microscopic sensor for future spacecrafts and aircrafts. The new... more
AerospaceNORTHROP GRUMMAN INTENDS TO BUY AEROJET
USA, Northrop Grumman intends to buy the space division of Aerojet for 315 USDm. The announcement was given on Friday. Northrop said that the acquisition will give a further boost to the space sensors... more
AerospaceCANADARM2 WILL HELP CONSTRUCTION OF A PRESSURIZED ROOM
HOUSTON, USA, The Canadian built robotic arm, Canadarm2, will help the construction of a pressurized room, which will permitt astronauts to walk in space without the support of the shuttle. The room will... more
AerospaceSHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR: TOMORROW THE ITALIAN ASTRONAUT GUIDONI WILL INSTALL ''RAFFAELLO''
HOUSTON, USA, The space shuttle docked to the International Space Station ISS since Saturady morning, and already yesterday the astronauts started to install the equipments carried by the "Endeavour".... more
AerospaceDOUBLE INSURANCE FOR GUIDONI
TRIESTE, ITALY, Umberto Guidoni, who left yesterday on the shuttle Endeavour to reach the International Space Station (Iss), takes advantage of two insurances: besides the one provided by the European... more
AerospaceESA CELEBRATES ON APRIL 27 AND 28 THE SUN-EARTH DAY AND ''SOHO'' DISCOVERIES
PARIS, FRANCE, The European Space Agency, ESA, has scheduled for April 27 and 28 the Sun-Earth Day to ponder links with the nearest star and to celebrate the discoveries of ESA's solar observatories... more
AerospaceITALY-AMERICA AGREEMENT TO EXTEND THE 16 NATION ORBITING COMPLEX
FLORIDA, USA, Yesterday Sergio De Julio, head of Asi, Italian Space Agency, and Daniel S. Golding, head of Nasa, signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of a new habitation module inside the... more
AerospaceLAMBERTO DINI: THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT IS PROUD OF GUIDONI AND ''RAFFAELLO''
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Italian Foreign Minister, Lamberto Dini, now at Cape Canaveral, during a press conference,yesterday evening, declared that "the Italian Government, and all the country, is proud... more
AerospaceNASA PROJECTS THE FASTEST AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, We report integrally the press release relative to NASA' project for the fastest aircraft in the world. "Imagine a new breed of space transportation vehicle, able to fly at seven... more
AerospaceONE-MILLION DOLLARS FOUR PROJECTS TO BRING ON THE EARTH MARS' SOIL
USA, According to a NASA spokesman, four American industries have acquired a contract, for a total value of 1 USDm, for a project, at start four months-long, that should value the possibility of bringing... more
AerospaceROBOTIC ARM READY TO TAKEOFF WITH THE SHUTTLE TOWARDS ISS
FLORIDA, USA, The Shuttle Endeavour mission, ready to go to the International Space Station, is this time to deliver a welcome "accessory": it is a robotic arm long almost 58 feet, first Canada's contribute... more
AerospaceALCATEL SPACE LAWSUIT AGAINST LORAL
USA, Alcatel has filed lawsuit against Loral for declaring the "unilateral and illegal" termination of a satellite joint-venture, Space System Loral, born in 1991 with a group of European partners, including... more
AerospaceLIQUOR LARCENY AT NEW YORK KENNEDY AIRPORT
USA, Three employees of an airline caterer are believed to have stolen hundreds of miniature bottles of liquor cases worth USD 1.5m to Sky Chef, which supplies food and beverage to American, TWA and... more
AerospaceBOEING SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY
SEATTLE, The russian space agency (Rka) has signed an agreement with Boeing. The deal, based on mutual cooperation, includes the launch of telecommunication satellites, the marketing of a russian module... more
AerospaceRUSSIA IS TAKING IN COSIDERATION THE PRODUCTION OF MIR-2
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Russia's Rosaviakosmos aerospace agency is taking in consideration a project for contructing a Mir-2, as reported by director general Yuri Koptev during an interview given to Itar-Tass... more
Aerospace40 YEARS AFTER GAGARIN'S TRIP TO DEEP SPACE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Forty years ago in Russia the first man space-mission was made: on April 12 1961 Yuri Gagarin took off for a revolutionary space flight. Thousands of people celebrated the event getting... more
AerospaceSPACE DEMILITARIZATION CONFERENCE STARTS IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW, The conference for the space demilitarization, sponsored by United Nations, was opened this morning by vice-premier of the Russian government Ilya Klebanov. The conference was timed to coincide... more
AerospaceRUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH BOEING
MOSCOW, The Russian Aerospace Agency /Rosaviakosmos/ and Boeing will sign tomorrow a "wide scale agreement" to extend commercial cooperation. The deal is to be signed by Boeing board member and senior... more
AerospaceTHE FIRST ''SPACE TURIST'' WILL DEPART ON APRIL 28
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, The American sixty year-old business man, Denis Tito, who payed the extraordinary sum of 20 USDm, about 21,5 EURm, to be the first "space turist", will depart on April 28 aboard the Soyuz-Tm... more
AerospaceION ENGINE FOR DEEP SPACE 1 PROBE
USA, The ion engine, used in the past to power satellites orbiting Earth, will be used for the first time for deep space travel. NASA actually means to employ it in the Deep Space 1 mission that... more
Aerospace''MARS ODYSSEY'' CONTINUES ITS SIX MONTHS WAY TOWARDS THE RED PLANET
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, "The spacecraft seems to be performing beautifully and we're right on our timeline" said David Spencer, mission manager at the U.S. space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)... more
AerospaceENDEAVOUR LAUNCH SCHEDULED ON APRIL 19
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, The shuttle Endeavour will be launched on a 11-day mission to deliver a canadian-built robot arm to the International Space Station Alpha. Canadarm 2 is long 58 foot and is the centerpiece... more
AerospaceIN-FLIGHT PROJECT TO A STOP
NEW YORK, The telecommunication major News Corpoporation and the aerospace firm Rockwell International have retraced their steps from the USD 35 million enterprize they had created to introduce and... more
AerospaceTHE IN-FLIGHT NETWORK PROJECT TO A STOP
NEW YORK, The telecommunication major News Corporation and the aerospace firm Rockwell International have retraced their steps from the USD 35 million enterprize they had created to introduce... more
AerospaceNEW STEP FOR GALILEO PROJECT
EUROPE, The European Union pledged USD 90.17 million for the launch of a new satellite navigation system, the Galileo project, which will cost over USD 7 billion totally. The project will also receive... more
AerospaceMISSILES TO IRAN AND LYBIA FROM NORTH KOREA
NORTH KOREA, Since 1985 North Korea has sold 540 Rodong missiles to Lybia, Iran and other Middle East countries. Each missile has been paid USD 7 million. more
Aerospace490 MISSILES FROM NORTH KKOREA
NORTH KOREA, In the last decade, North Korea has sold 490 missiles Scud to Iran, Iraq and Egypt at the cost of ESD 2 millions each. more
AerospaceMILLIONAIRE AGREEMENT FOR RAYTHEON
USA, The Tucson-based company has reached a USD 119.2 million agreement for missile production in 2001. The missiles, which will be used for area defence and against anti-ship missiles, will be part of... more
AerospaceNEW INDIAN SATELLITE CARRIER FAILS LAUNCH
INDIA, The experimental launch of the new Indian missile, GSLV-D1, for geostationary satellites launch, failed. Fire bursted on the Russian built missile after engines were turned on. Without this inconvenience,... more
AerospaceBSS TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH SEA LAUNCH
USA, Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. contracted with the Sea Launch Co. to send into orbit two Spaceway (TM) satellites. BSS will launch the first Boeing 702 satellite at the end of 2002. The satellites... more
AerospaceSES ACQUIRES GE SATELLITE ACTIVITIES
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, A new company will born, from acquisition of General Electric satellite activities by Ses, Société Européenne Satellites of Luxembourg. The new company will be named Ses Global and wi... more
AerospaceFROM FAILED IRIDIUM BORN IRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC
WASHINGTON, USA, The acquisition of failed satellite communication company Iridium by U.S. businessman Dan Colussy, worth 25 USDm, led to starting of a new company, named Iridium Satellite LLC, whch now... more
AerospaceDEBRIEFINGS STARTED TO VALUE ''LEONARDO'' AT NASA
WASHINGTON D.C., At NASA a series of debriefings relative to the evaluation of the module MPML (Multi Purpose Logistic Module) "Leonardo", built by Alenia Spazio, evaluation operated during the recent... more
AerospaceSTOCKHOLM'S SUMMIT GIVES OK TO GALILEO
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, The heads of European Union's Goverments, reunited in the past days in Stockholm, expressed themselves in favour towards the "Galileo" programme, aiming - as known - to the development,... more
AerospaceNEW NASA MISSION TO MARS IN APRIL
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, The new space probe "Odyssey" will be launched in April. It is the first NASA mission to Mars since the restructuration of the U.S. Space Agency exploration programs occurred in October.... more
AerospaceRUSSIA IN BIG DIFFICULTIES TO RUN SATELLITES BECAUSE OF FUNDS LACK
MOSCOW, According to the spokesman of the Russian Space Agency, Viatcheslabv Mikhalitchenko, Russia is in great economical trouble to mantain operative its satellites, lots of which in quite bad conditions.... more
AerospaceEVERYTHING OK (IT SEEMS) FOR MIR RE-ENTRY
MOSCOW, Insurance policy against eventual damages caused by re-entry and relative destruction of the "glorious" Mir space station seems will not be necessary. According to the technicians of the Russian... more
AerospaceMIR DESTRUCTION: ONLY ONE HOUR FOR ALERT IN CASE OF PROBLEMS
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, "In case of problems during the re-entry on the Mir, there will be only one hour to give allarm": this is what was announced by officials of the Russian Space Agency, which confide, in... more
AerospaceESA ANNOUNCES COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
ROME, The object of the competition, reserved to young people between 8 and 12 years old, a drawing of a flag that represents the Earth; the winner, chosen between each of the ESA member states to... more
AerospaceDISCOVERY SPACE SHUTTLE LANDED AT CAPE CANAVERAL
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, The space shuttle Discovery landed at 2,31, local time, at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, in Florida. The touchdown was delayed of an hour because of bad weather.The space... more
AerospacePROBABLY ''GALILEO'' PROGRAM WILL GO AHEAD: A COMPROMISE AGREEMENT
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Probably "Galileo" progam wil go ahead, after the consulting board members found an acceptable agreement that is agreable to all countries, including Great Britain, The Netherlands and... more
AerospaceDISCOVERY WILL RETURN ON THE EARTH ON WEDNESDAY
USA, Discovery shuttle released from International Space Station at 4,32 GMT and started operation to come back on the Earth. The landing at Cape Canaveral, in Florida, is expected for 5,56 GMT on... more
AerospaceDUMA PRESIDENT ASK PUTIN TO BUILT A NEW MIR
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, President of Russian Duma, Ghennadi Selezniov, writed to Vladimir Putin asking for the construcion of a new Mir station; the possible Russian engagement in this project would signify its... more
AerospacePRODI'S ENTERPRISE TO SAVE GALILEO
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, There is an excited activity in Brussels to save Galileo, the project for development and management of an European GPS System. After three meeting under Swedish management, without... more
AerospaceNASA'S 2001 MARS ODYSSEY MISSION BRIEFING SET FOR MARCH 19
WASHINGTON, "The mission and scientific goals of NASA's next mission to Mars, the 2001 Mars Odyssey, will be the subject of a news briefing Monday, March 19, at 1 p.m. EST. Odyssey is scheduled for launch... more
AerospaceASI-NASA AGREEMENT: WILL USED SHUTTLE TO LAUNCH SKYMED SATELLITES?
WASHINGTON D.C., Nasa press office in Washington confirmed that there is on processing a currently classified agreement between Italian Agenzia spaziale Italiana and Nasa about use of space shuttle to... more
AerospaceGALILEO(2): PRODI'S STANCE
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, After the no-results ECOFIN meeting about Galileo European GPS system, European Commission president Romano Prodi, since last February expressed, his concerns about Galileo's future... more