SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR ARRIVES AT LAUNCH PAD - The first space shuttle mission of the year is a step closer to launch. The shuttle Endeavour, atop the mobile launcher platform, was moved Wednesday from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, shortly after 4:00 a.m. The 3.4 mile journey usually takes about six hours. Endeavour and six astronauts are scheduled for a February 7 launch to the international space station. More (Source: CBS4 - Jan 7)
JUST 5 MISSIONS LEFT FOR NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLES - The end is beginning for NASA's three aging space shuttles, with just five more missions on tap this year before the orbiter fleet retires in the fall. That is, unless NASA needs a few more months to fly those remaining missions or President Barack Obama chooses to extend the shuttle program to fill a looming gap in U.S. human spaceflight capability. Though the ultimate path forward for NASA has not yet been decided, the space agency is at a turning point after nearly 29 years of shuttle flight. More (Source: MSNBC - Jan 6)
LAUNCH VIEWING TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY FOR FEBRUARY 7 SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH - The final night launch of the Space Shuttle Program will light up the early morning sky as space shuttle Endeavour blazes toward the stars. Launch viewing tickets go on sale Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. ET to see space shuttle Endeavour lift-off from Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. STS-130, targeted for Sunday, February 7, 2010, at 4:39 a.m. ET, will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) delivering the last major component of the space station, the Tranquility Node 3 module, and the seven-windowed Cupola, an observatory module giving astronauts a unique, panoramic view outside the space station. More (Source: Hospitality 1st - Jan 5)
DELTA 4 ASSIGNED TO DELIVER MILITARY SATELLITE INTO ORBIT - The U.S. Air Force has tapped the Delta 4 as its rocket of choice to launch the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft two years from now, officials announced Monday. Liftoff of the WGS 4 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral is targeted to occur between December 2011 and February 2012. The contract award comes just a month after the successful launch of WGS 3 atop a Delta 4 rocket. More (Source: Space Flight Now - Jan 5)
ASTRONAUTS RING IN NEW YEAR FROM SPACE - As the people of Earth rang in the new year with parties and fireworks, five astronauts celebrated the dawn of 2010 in the only way they could — locked inside a space station 220 miles above the planet. NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, commander of the International Space Station, said New Year's Day is a unique time of celebration for his multi-cultural crew, which is made up of two Americans, two Russians and a Japanese astronaut. Space station astronauts get eight holidays a year to take time off, often choosing days from each of the countries represented on their crew. More (Source: Space.com - Jan 2)
WISE OBSERVATORY SHEDS LENS CAP AND TAKES IN STARLIGHT - NASA's new cosmic mapper successfully jettisoned a protective lens cover Tuesday, opening its infrared eyes to Universe for an unprecedented survey in 2010. A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket delivered the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft into polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on December 14. More (Source: Space Flight Now - Dec 30)
DIRECTV LAUNCHES DIRECTV 12 SATELLITE BOOSTING HD CAPACITY - DIRECTV 12 satellite ,a Boeing 702 model satellite, was successfully launched on Tuesday, lifted off on an International Launch Services Proton Breeze M vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Making this announcement on Tuesday, DIRECTV (Nasdaq:DTV), a provider of television services, said that this launch will enable a line-up of new HD channels and movie choices for its customers. More (Source: TMCnet - Dec 30)
OCEAN-WATCHING SATELLITE FACING DELAYS IN ARGENTINA - The launch of a joint mission between NASA and Argentina to measure salt in Earth's oceans could be delayed nearly one year due to trouble at the spacecraft's factory. The mission is a joint endeavor between NASA and Argentina's space agency, CONAE. NASA's Aquarius instrument will measure ocean salinity levels across the globe to learn new information about the water cycle, a key driver of the world's climate. More (Source: Space Flight Now - Dec 27)
ISRO TO LAUNCH GEO-STATIONARY EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE - VARANASI: "The understanding of basic sciences is essential to excel in application sciences, whether it is electronics or photonics," said Prof SK Kak, vice-chancellor, Choudhary Charan Singh Meerut University during the valedictory function of the three-day international conference on emerging trends in electronics and photonic devices and systems (Electro-2009) that concluded at Banaras Hindu University on Thursday. More (Source: Times of India - Dec 26)
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