Russian Space Corporation Says Unable to Conduct Complete Overhaul of Space Industry
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 10, 2014 -
Russia's United Rocket and Space Corporation (URSC) cannot carry out a complete audit of all the agencies within the space industry as part of the reform, main works will be conducted in those enterprises, which require financial rehabilitation, the company's head Igor Komarov said Monday.
"An audit of the enterprises, as such, was not conducted. We gathered some information related to the ...
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Towards manned orbital mission: Iran to build its own spacecraft
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 10, 2014 -
Iran has announced that it is planning to build its own orbital spaceship, the Fars news agency reports citing the head of the Iranian national space project, Mansur Kabganian.
He said that "the first Iranian spacecraft will weigh at least 100 kg." According to the head of the project, the spaceship will be put into a low Earth orbit by a rocket of domestic production, which will be equipp ...
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Kepler space telescope ready to start new hunt for exoplanets
Pasadena CA (Voice of Russia) Jun 10, 2014 -
NASA's Kepler spacecraft is now fully operational for its new "Second Light" K2 mission. The telescope specializing in seeking planets outside of the solar system suffered a major malfunction last year, but scientists adapted it for use in another way.
Kepler was originally launched in 2009. The $600 million Sun-orbiting space telescope discovered more than 3,800 potential exoplanets over ...
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55-year old dark side of the moon mystery solved
University Park PA (SPX) Jun 11, 2014 -
The Man in the Moon appeared when meteoroids struck the Earth-facing side of the moon creating large flat seas of basalt that we see as dark areas called maria. But no "face" exists on farside of the moon and now, Penn State astrophysicists think they know why.
"I remember the first time I saw a globe of the moon as a boy, being struck by how different the farside looks," said Jason Wright ...
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Opportunity Recovering From Flash Memory Problems
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 10, 2014 -
Opportunity is exploring the west rim of Endeavour Crater. However, the rover experienced a set of reset events triggered by an error writing to flash memory.
On Sol 3677 (May 28, 2014), Opportunity had a nominal drive of just over 62 feet (19 meters). On the next sol, the rover moved 57 feet (17.4 meters) further, generally to the south, southeast. On Sol 3679 (May 30, 2014), Opportunity ...
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Boeing Completes 2nd 702HP Satellite for the Government of Mexico
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jun 10, 2014 -
The Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT) and Boeing are a step closer to enhancing Mexico's mobile communications capabilities for government applications with the completion of the second Mexsat 702HP (high power) geomobile satellite.
The satellite - Morelos-3 - will join Centenario, the first Mexsat 702HP satellite, in storage awaiting launch. Together with the two ...
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NASA Announces Two Upcoming Undersea Missions
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 11, 2014 -
NASA is returning to the bottom of the ocean. Twice this summer, aquanauts participating in the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) will conduct activities on the ocean floor that will inform future International Space Station and exploration activities.
These studies provide information that correlates directly to life aboard the space station, where crew members must freq ...
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