(Update) New Venus Arrival! Japan’s AKATSUKI Orbiter
Japan is initiating a hoped for start of a new era in Venusian exploration with the orbit insertion around the veiled planet on December 7 of its AKATSUKI spacecraft. However, the exact whereabouts of the orbiter is not known due to loss of contact with the craft by...Japan’s Hayabusa Probe Reportedly Contains Particles from Asteroid
A sample container from Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft that returned from its seven year round-trip to asteroid Itokawa earlier this year reportedly does contain particles from the space rock. According to several press reports, an analysis of some 1,500 particles found...Space Station to Achieve 10 Years of Continuous Human Presence on Nov. 2
Tuesday will mark an historic milestone, as the United States, Russia, the European Space Agency, Japan and Canada celebrate the 10th anniversary of a continuous human presence aboard the NASA-led International Space Station. Does a decade with at least two humans and...Japan’s Hayabusa Probe: Tiny Asteroid Bits Possibly Snagged
There’s heightened excitement by officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Analysis of the tiny contents within the Hayabusa sample capsule that returned to Earth from asteroid Itokawa may indeed be minute particles of the visited space rock....Space Leaders Outline Issues, Challenges Ahead
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Here at the 61st International Astronautical Congress, some 3,000 experts from around the world are discussing every facet of 21st century space activity. The theme of the gathering taking place September 27 – October 1 is “Space for human...Space Station “Back to Business as Usual” following Cooling System Problems
Activities aboard the International Space Station resumed normal operations on Thursday, following a near three week campaign to overcome an external pump motor failure that crippled half of the orbiting lab’s cooling system. Back to normal meant that all...Spacewalkers Recover Space Station Cooling System
Spacewalking astronauts Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson completed repairs to the crippled cooling system aboard the International Space Station on Monday, with their third spacewalk in 10 days. Mission managers believe the station’s vital thermal control...Spacewalkers Experience Setback in Space Station Repairs, NASA Ponders Next Move
Spacewalking astronauts Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson wrestled with balky fluid lines and leaking ammonia on Saturday as they began a series of excursions to replace a failed cooling system pump outside the International Space Station. Saturday’s spacewalk...First Satellite Measurement of Water Volume in Amazon Floodplain
The Amazon is the largest drainage basin in the world. And for the first time – thanks to satellites — scientists have been able to measure the amount of water that rises and falls annually in the Amazon River floodplain. An international squadron of...Space Talk
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