Space
Russian Rocket: All Fueled Up, But No Place to Fly (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - In another frustrating foul-up on the path towards converting Soviet-era military missiles into cash-paying satellite launchers, a military-industrial team in Moscow has announced the 'indefinite suspension' of plans to launch an earth resources survey satellite for Thailand. Read more…
Suborbital Rocket Carrying NASA Experiments Crashes off Wallops Island (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - WASHINGTON — An Alliant Techsystems (ATK) ALV-X1 suborbital rocket carrying two NASA hypersonic flight experiments was destroyed by range officials shortly after its Friday launch from the U.S. space agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's eastern shore. Read more…
NASA destroys rocket after failed launch (AP)
AP - NASA destroyed an unmanned experimental rocket carrying a pair of research satellites Friday when it veered off course shortly after an early morning liftoff. Read more…
At top of Greenland, new worrisome cracks in ice (AP)
AP - In northern Greenland, a part of the Arctic that had seemed immune from global warming, new satellite images show a growing giant crack and an 11-square-mile chunk of ice hemorrhaging off a major glacier, scientists said Thursday. Read more…
Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips (Reuters)
Reuters - Affluent Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help find them tied up in a safe house or stuffed in the trunk of a car. Read more…
NASA Invites Media To Experience Lunar Exploration Up Close
Reporters will have a unique chance to experience lunar life, including driving across and touching a simulated moonscape, on Monday, Sept. 8, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Read more…
NASA and ATK Investigate Failed Launch Of Hypersonic Experiments
An Alliant Techsystems suborbital rocket carrying two NASA hypersonic experiments was destroyed by range safety officials shortly after liftoff from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Friday. No injuries or property damage were reported. Read more…
Media Telecon Scheduled To Discuss Rocket Launch Failure
Representatives from NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, will hold a media teleconference Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. EDT to discuss this morning's failure of a rocket launch carrying two NASA hypersonic experimental payloads. Read more…
NASA Kennedy to Reopen for Normal Operations Friday
Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., plan to reopen the center for normal operations Friday morning for workers' first shift. Read more…
NASA Ames Awards Contract for Engineering Support
Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., Thursday awarded a cost plus fixed fee indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task order contract valued at $42 million to ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS), of Greenbelt, Md. Read more…
