Friday, 20 March 2009

IAF Daily News


ISS solar arrays installed

ISS astronauts today installed the International Space Station’s final truss segment, Starboard 6, containing the fourth pair of solar arrays. Once the solar array wings are unfurled, the segment will provide the final complement of power to the station.
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Mars Express zeroes in on erosion features

Mars Express has uncovered geological evidence suggesting that some depositional process, revealed by erosion, has been at work on large scales in the equatorial regions of the planet. If so, this would provide another jigsaw piece to be fitted into the emerging picture of Mars’ past climate.
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Space Tourists Pack Bags for 2011 Vacation

The first short flights to space leaving from the United States will depart in 2011, with additional launches scheduled from Northern Sweden about a year later, Spacesport Sweden spokeswoman Johanna Bergstroem-Roos told AFP.
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