Outer planets exploration stays firmly in the slow lane
Posted by Stephen Ashworth   

Stephen AshworthTwo designs for outer planet exploration probes are currently under consideration by ESA and NASA, with the aim of following up the highly successful missions of Galileo and Cassini/Huygens.

They are the Europa Jupiter System Mission (aka Laplace) and the Titan Saturn System Mission (aka Tandem).

 
Slow growth in manned spaceflight in 2008
Posted by Stephen Ashworth   

Stephen AshworthThe recovery of manned spaceflight from the vicissitudes of the Shuttle programme continued in 2008, though at a barely perceptible rate.

Hopefully the pace will pick up in 2009 and beyond.

 
Welcome to the Earth Space Agency!
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NASA's LRO Spacecraft Sends First Lunar Images to Earth
02.07.2009 18:39

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit June 23. The spacecraft has two cameras -- a low resolution Wide Angle Camera and a high resolution Narrow Angle Camera. Collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, they were activated June 30. The cameras are working well and have returned images of a region a few kilometers east of Hell E crater in the lunar highlands south of Mare Nubium.


TerreStar Successfully Launches World's Largest, Most Powerful Commercial Communications Satellite
02.07.2009 07:17

Mobile communications provider TerreStar Networks Inc. (TerreStar), a majority-owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation, announced today the successful launch of TerreStar-1, the world's largest, most advanced commercial communications satellite. Today's launch is a major achievement in TerreStar's strategic vision of delivering voice, data and video services on an all IP next-generation mobile broadband network that combines the power of TerreStar-1, an all-IP core network, and the latest in smartphone technology.


Two Flight Surgeons Supporting Wyle's Bioastronautics Contract Selected for New Astronaut Class
01.07.2009 19:16

NASA announced last week that Dr. Kjell Lindgren and Dr. Serena Aunon, both assistant professors at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, are among nine new astronauts selected from a pool of 3,565 applicants. UTMB is one of Wyle's major subcontractors on its Bioastronautics contract, which provides medical support and other life sciences related services to NASA.



 
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