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SPACE JUNK THREATENS STATION ASTRONAUTS - A discarded chunk of a Russian rocket is forcing six space station astronauts to seek shelter in escape capsules early Saturday. Rob Navias, a NASA spokesman, said that the space junk would barely be close enough to be a threat. But if it were to hit the station, it could be dangerous, so the astronauts — two Americans, three Russians and a Dutchman — will wake early and climb into two Soyuz vehicles ready to rocket back to Earth just in case.    More
(Source: New York TImes - Mar 24)


EUROPE LAUNCHES GIANT CARGO SHIP TOWARD SPACE STATION EUROPE LAUNCHES GIANT CARGO SHIP TOWARD SPACE STATION - A huge robot European cargo ship launched to the International Space Station today (March 23), lighting up the night sky over the northeast coast of South America to begin a five-day journey to deliver key supplies to the orbiting outpost. The European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) lifted off at 12:34 a.m. EDT (0434 GMT) atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.   More
(Source: Space.com - Mar 23)


ATV-3, ESA SET FOR IMPORTANT RESUPPLY MISSION TO ISS ATV-3, ESA SET FOR IMPORTANT RESUPPLY MISSION TO ISS - Thirteen months after the launch of their second ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) mission to the International Space Station, the European Space Agency is set to launch their third ATV to the ISS from the Guiana Space Centre, in Kourou, French Guiana. The ATV-3 spacecraft, highlighting the detailed work of NASA, ESA, and Russian officials, will launch onboard the veteran Ariane 5 rocket at 0431 GMT (0031 EDT) Friday, 23 March 2012.    More
(Source: NASASpaceflight.com - Mar 22)


CHINA WORRIED OVER PYONGYANG'S SATELLITE CHINA WORRIED OVER PYONGYANG'S SATELLITE - China added its voice to international apprehension over North Korea's announcement that it will launch a satellite next month. A statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun met with North Korean Ambassador Ji Jae Ryong "to express China's worry over the matter," China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported.    More
(Source: Space Daily - Mar 22)


COVERAGE SET FOR EUROPEAN CARGO DELIVERY TO SPACE STATION - NASA Television will broadcast live the flight of the European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ship to the International Space Station. Coverage will begin with its launch on Thursday. The 13-ton "Edoardo Amaldi" spacecraft, named in honor of the 20th-century Italian physicist who is regarded as one of the fathers of European spaceflight, will carry 7.2 tons of propellant, water and supplies to the six crew members aboard the orbital laboratory.    More
(Source: Space Ref - Mar 21)


NORTH KOREAN MISSILE COULD BE IN JAPANESE CROSS HAIRS NORTH KOREAN MISSILE COULD BE IN JAPANESE CROSS HAIRS - The last time this happened, when North Korea said it was launching a satellite using a long-range missile, Japan said it had the right to shoot the thing down. Tokyo is again considering a similar warning, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, citing unidentified government officials. Lee Jin-Man/Associated Press A South Korean veteran attended a rally in Seoul in protest of North Korea’s plan to launch a rocket carrying a satellite.North Korea announced last week that it would launch “a polar-orbiting earth observation satellite’’ to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the country’s founding president.    More
(Source: New York Times - Mar 20)


DELICATE RESCUE SAVES STRANDED $1.7B US SATELLITE DELICATE RESCUE SAVES STRANDED $1.7B US SATELLITE - Air Force ground controllers delicately rescued a $1.7 billion military communications satellite last year that had been stranded in the wrong orbit and at risk of blowing up — all possibly because a piece of cloth had been left in a critical fuel line during manufacture. During the 14-month effort, the satellite had to battle gravity and dodge space junk while controllers improvised ways to coax it more than 21,000 miles higher to its planned orbit.    More
(Source: MSNBC - Mar 18)


NORTH KOREA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO LAUNCH LONG-RANGE ROCKET MOUNTED WITH SATELLITE NORTH KOREA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO LAUNCH LONG-RANGE ROCKET MOUNTED WITH SATELLITE - North Korea announced plans Friday to blast a satellite into space on the back of a long-range rocket, a provocative move that could jeopardize a weeks-old agreement with the U.S. exchanging food aid for nuclear concessions. The North agreed to a moratorium on long-range launches as part of the deal with Washington, but it argues that its satellite launches are part of a peaceful space program that is exempt from any international disarmament agreements.    More
(Source: Fox News - Mar 17)


INDIA'S SPY SATELLITE TO BE LAUNCHED IN APRIL INDIA'S SPY SATELLITE TO BE LAUNCHED IN APRIL - A wholly Indian-built spy/surveillance satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - that can see through clouds and fog and has very high- resolution imaging is slated for launch in April, a senior official of the Indian space agency has said. An official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said thorough tests were being done on the Risat-1. "The Risat-1 is put to thermal vacuum test (a test to check the satellite's functioning in space environment).    More
(Source: Space Daily - Mar 16)


EUROPE'S ROBOTIC CARGO SHIP TO LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION NEXT WEEK EUROPE'S ROBOTIC CARGO SHIP TO LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION NEXT WEEK - A robotic European cargo ship will launch to the International Space Station next week, after a minor packing glitch forced officials to delay an earlier liftoff. The European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) is slated to launch into orbit on March 23 at 12:31 a.m. EST (0431 GMT) from Kourou, French Guiana. The 20-ton unmanned cargo freighter will ride into space atop an Ariane 5 rocket.    More
(Source: Space.com - Mar 15)

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