MESSENGER confirms presence of water ice on Mercury Posted: Fri, Nov 30 7:38 AM ET (1238 GMT) Data from several instruments on a NASA spacecraft have allowed scientists to confirm the presence of water ice in craters near the poles of Mercury.... South Korea scrubs KSLV launch again Posted: Thu, Nov 29 7:41 AM ET (1241 GMT) South Korean engineers scrubbed Thursday a second attempt to launch a rocket, citing technical problems with the rocket's second stage. The Korea Space Launch... China launches communications satellite Posted: Wed, Nov 28 6:55 AM ET (1155 GMT) A Long March rocket launched a Chinese communications satellite that will be used, in part, by a Sri Lankan company. The Long March 3B rocket... NASA, Roscosmos select crew for year-long ISS mission Posted: Wed, Nov 28 6:39 AM ET (1139 GMT) NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced Monday they had selected the crew that would perform a year-long mission on the International Space... EchoStar signs launch deal with Arianespace Posted: Wed, Nov 28 6:26 AM ET (1126 GMT) Satellite services company EchoStar announced Monday it has signed a multi-launch deal with Arianespace. The company, which operates satellites for the DISH Network direct-... China launches remote sensing satellite Posted: Sun, Nov 25 9:58 AM ET (1458 GMT) A Long March rocket placed a Chinese remote sensing satellite into orbit on Sunday. The Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite... Dwarf planet Makemake lacks atmosphere Posted: Fri, Nov 23 1:45 PM ET (1845 GMT) Astronomers observing a stellar occultation by the dwarf planet Makemake found no evidence of an atmosphere around the distant, icy world. Astronomers observed the occultation... European ministers agree on Ariane 5 upgrade, Orion participation Posted: Thu, Nov 22 1:13 PM ET (1813 GMT) Ministers from the 20 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) concluded their two-day meeting Wednesday, agreeing to develop an upgraded version of... Proton launches EchoStar satellite Posted: Wed, Nov 21 6:43 PM ET (2343 GMT) A Proton rocket successfully launched an American communications satellite on the same day that the company that markets the Proton commercially replaced its president. The... Astronomers directly image "super-Jupiter" exoplanet Posted: Tue, Nov 20 7:08 AM ET (1208 GMT) Astronomers announced Monday they had directly imaged a massive extrasolar planet orbiting another star. Kappa Andromedae b has a mass 12.8 times that of... |
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