Russia's Soyuz spacecraft docks with space stationOctober 2nd, 2009 KOROLYOV - Russia's Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) Friday, a report said. The spacecraft lifted off on board a Soyuz-FG rocket Wednesday from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.
Planck spacecraft obtains first peek of big bang's 'afterglow'September 18th, 2009 LONDON - European Space Agency's (ESA's) Planck spacecraft has obtained its first peek at the afterglow of the big bang, revealing it in unprecedented detail. The ESA spacecraft was launched into space on May 14 this year.
China begins to build space centreSeptember 13th, 2009 WENCHANG - China Monday began construction of its new space launch centre in Wenchang city, on the northeast coast of the tropical island province of Hainan. It is scheduled to be completed by 2013.
Russia to build new space centre in 2011September 7th, 2009 MOSCOW - The construction of a new space centre in Russia's Far East will start in 2011, a government official said Monday. Russia currently uses two launch sites for space carrier rockets and ballistic missiles tests: the Baikonur space centre in the Central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan, which it has leased since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the Plesetsk space centre in northwest Russia.
Scientists design "gravity tractor" to save earth from asteroidsAugust 30th, 2009 LONDON - British space scientists have designed a special spacecraft that can save the earth from a catastrophic asteroid collision. The 10 tonne spacecraft named "gravity tractor" would be deployed to intercept an asteroid en route to the earth and has the ability to fly 160 ft alongside it.
NASA to provide web updates on objects approaching EarthJuly 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is introducing a new Web site that will provide a centralized resource for information on near-Earth objects - those asteroids and comets that can approach Earth. The "Asteroid Watch" site also contains links for the interested public to sign up for NASA's new asteroid widget and Twitter account.
Space shuttle Endeavour prepares to head homeJuly 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour bid farewell to their colleagues on the International Space Station Tuesday and were preparing to head back to Earth. The Endeavour brought an external platform to the station that was installed on the Japanese Kibo laboratory during the first of the mission's five spacewalks.
NASA celebrates Chandra X-Ray Observatory's 10th anniversaryJuly 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA said Thursday it will release three new versions of the classic images taken by Chandra X-Ray Observatory to commemorate the telescope's 10th anniversary. One of the images was released Thursday, while the remaining two, would be released in the next three months.
Endeavour launch postponed againJuly 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US space agency NASA has postponed the launch of its space shuttle Endeavour until Monday due to thunderstorms near the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The launch was originally scheduled for Sunday.
Probe to look out for gravity waves emitted 14 billion years agoMay 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new probe is going to look for the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, which is the afterglow of the Big Bang, that may still carry a faint signature of gravitational waves, which rippled through the very fabric of space-time nearly 14 billion years ago. A tiny fraction of a second following the Big Bang, the universe allegedly experienced the most inflationary period it has ever known.
Herschel and Planck on their way to unlock secrets of the UniverseMay 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Herschel and Planck spacecraft have successfully blasted into space on May 14 from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana, in a mission to unlock the secrets of the Universe. The European Space Agency (ESA) missions, with significant participation from NASA, hitched a ride together on an Ariane 5 rocket, but now have different journeys before them.
Atlantis scheduled for launch May 11, says NASAMay 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - US space agency NASA will launch its space shuttle Atlantis on May 11 to upgrade the Hubble telescope. The Atlantis and its seven crewmembers will depart from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre at 2 p.m.
The Blob: Astronomers marvel over mysterious giant object from nearly 13 billion years agoApril 22nd, 2009 2009: A space oddity; big blob in early universeWASHINGTON — A strange giant space "blob" spotted when the universe was relatively young has got astronomers puzzled. Using space and ground telescopes, astronomers looked back to when the universe was only 800 million years old and found something that was out of proportion and out of time.
Kids to send their signatures to space through NASA shuttleApril 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - This year, on Space Day, which is celebrated on the first Friday in May, NASA and Lockheed Martin's main program would involve signatures by students flown aboard a space shuttle mission. Known as 'Student Signatures in Space', the program will be one of the highlighted projects during the Space Day.
Space shuttle Discovery lifts-off after delaysMarch 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Space shuttle Discovery blasted off for a construction mission to the International Space Station Sunday after weeks of delays. Discovery took off at 7.43 p.m.
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