Space
Olympic Swimmers Shattering Records in NASA-Tested Suit
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Source: Langley Research Center Olympic Swimmers Shattering Records in NASA-Tested Suit Swimmers from around the world are setting world and Olympic records in Beijing this month and most are doing it wearing a swimsuit made of fabric tested... Read more…
U.S. Air Force to license Launch Complex 36 to Space Florida
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, August 11, 2008 Source: Space Florida U.S. Air Force to license Launch Complex 36 to Space Florida State to provide multi-use vertical launch complex for commercial users at Cape Canaveral CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Read more…
AFSPC Announces Commercial Space Launch Proposal with State of Florida
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, August 11, 2008 Source: Air Force Space Command News Service AFSPC Announces Commercial Space Launch Proposal with State of Florida Air Force Space Command Public Affairs 8/7/2008 - PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. Read more…
GMV Releases hifly 6.0 Satellite Control System
High energy and far vision
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, August 11, 2008 Source: Max Planck Institute High energy and far vision With a 17-m diameter mirror the MAGIC telescope is the largest stand-alone gamma-ray telescope. MAGIC has discovered the most distant very-high energy gamma-ray emission. Read more…
Partial Lunar Eclipse to Grace Old World Aug. 16 (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Eclipses of the sun and moon usually come in pairs. A solar eclipse is almost always accompanied by a lunar eclipse two weeks before or after it, since in two weeks the moon travels halfway around its orbit and is likely to form another almost-straight line with the Earth and sun. Read more…
NASA delays robotic moon mission until 2009 (AP)
AP - NASA has delayed the launch of an unmanned spacecraft to the moon to scout for potential landing sites for astronauts. Read more…
NASA Gets First Image of a Mars Dust Particle (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has taken its first-ever picture of a single particle of rusty Martian dust with one of its microscopes. Read more…
Ready the telescopes: partial lunar eclipse on Saturday (AFP)
AFP - People across the world will have the chance to see a partial eclipse of the Moon on Saturday. Read more…
Shuttle Astronauts Eager for Risky Mission to Hubble (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Seven NASA astronauts are eagerly looking forward to a risky, but pivotal, shuttle flight to the Hubble Space Telescope this fall. Read more…
