News articles tagged with 'astronaut' (Page 5)
Jules Verne dry cargo prepared in Turin
— 9 Oct 2007 07:48 | AstronomyAround 180 kg of dry cargo which is to be carried into space on board Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle, is currently undergoing final preparation in Turin, Italy, ahead…
Lunar X-ray telescope passes first hurdle
— 9 Oct 2007 07:48 | AstronomyScientists from the University of Leicester have taken an important first step in developing an innovative telescope which could one day be deployed on the Moon. The telescope is called…
Iowa State engineer develops technology to quickly find leaks in spacecraft
— 6 Oct 2007 18:06 | AstronomyTiny meteors flash through space. There's spacecraft debris flying around, too. And so there's a risk that objects just a few millimetres across could pierce the thin aluminium skin…
Fifty years after Sputnik
— 3 Oct 2007 05:16 | AstronomyIn cosmic terms, half a century is a mere blink of an eyelid. But for mankind, much has happened in the 50 years since Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, was launched by the…
NASA maps the Moon with Google
— 18 Sep 2007 22:38 | AstronomyNew higher-resolution lunar imagery and maps that include NASA multimedia content now are available on the Google Moon Web site. Updates include new content from the Apollo missions,…
Columbus media day at Kennedy Space Centre
— 14 Sep 2007 17:24 | AstronomySee ESA's Columbus laboratory being readied for launch to the International Space Station and meet ESA experts at the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida on 10 October. Two major European-built…
Report says US astronauts drank before flying
— 28 Jul 2007 01:07 | AstronomyNASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale said the agency is moving forward to implement many of the recommendations contained in two studies released Friday about astronaut health and behavioural…
Media bid farewell to Jules Verne
— 3 Jul 2007 02:36 | AstronomyLast week, members of the international press visited the clean rooms at ESTEC, ESA's research and technology centre, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, to view the Automated Transfer Vehicle…
Atlantis due to return to Earth
— 22 Jun 2007 15:22 | AstronomyFollowing an 8-day visit to the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Atlantis is due to land in Florida later today. Yesterday's landing opportunities at NASA's Kennedy Space…