Monday 31 January 2011

Space headlines - January 2011

·2011/01/31: Russia to launch new batch of Glonass satellites by June
·2011/01/31: Space Crew to Simulate Walking on Mars Next Month
·2011/01/31: Israel to work on European space projects
·2011/01/31: ISRO Awaits Data On GSLV Failure
·2011/01/30: U.S., EU eye anti-satellite weapons pact
·2011/01/30: Grief and hope: 25 years after Challenger
·2011/01/30: Space Adventures Closer to Private ’Round the Moon Voyage
·2011/01/30: ERS satellite provides new insight into Greenland’s plumbing
·2011/01/30: ISRO launches new version of GIS, image processing software
·2011/01/30: Unmanned rocket delivers supplies to ISS
·2011/01/29: Clooney Satellite Project Confirms Troop Presence in Sudan
·2011/01/29: Intensive preparations for ATV freighter launch to Space Station
·2011/01/29: Germany Nears ISS Extension Agreement
·2011/01/29: Progress M-09M to Arrive at the ISS Tomorrow
·2011/01/29: NASA Launches Public Outreach Programme to Boost Space Tech
·2011/01/28: NASA memorials mark 25th anniversary of Challenger disaster
·2011/01/28: Successful HTV2 Berthing to the ISS
·2011/01/28: Hubble Sees Farther Back In Time Than Ever Before
·2011/01/27: NASA Solar Sail Offers Skywatchers Elusive Target
·2011/01/27: Soyuz-U/Progress M-09M on the launch pad
·2011/01/27: ESA Prepares For BepiColombo Mercury Mission
·2011/01/27: Satellite Data To Improve Flood Forecasting
·2011/01/27: Ukraine's Sich-2 Earth observation satellite launch set for Q1
·2011/01/26: Satmex prepares new satellite
·2011/01/26: India Planned as Launch Site for Estonia’s First Satellite
·2011/01/26: Russian cosmonauts’ space walk
·2011/01/26: Vladimir Putin Pushes On New National Space Port
·2011/01/26: Satellites for South Africa
·2011/01/26: George Clooney and the Satellite Sentinel Project
·2011/01/26: Mission to mysterious ice giant Uranus urged
·2011/01/26: Japanese Robot Cargo Ship En Route to Space Station
·2011/01/25: Antrix To Boost Market Share In Remote Sensing Data Products
·2011/01/25: Space crew to simulate Mars walk next month
·2011/01/25: DLR researchers simulate the martian atmosphere
·2011/01/25: Scholarship funding now available for the International Space University
·2011/01/24: 520-day flight simulation nears Mars 'landing'
·2011/01/24: Atlantis to Launch on June 28
·2011/01/24: SpaceX aims for next milestone: carrying astronauts
·2011/01/24: Mobile phone to blast into orbit
·2011/01/24: Progress M-08M Departed from the ISS
·2011/01/23: Voyager spacecraft going strong at age 33
·2011/01/23: ISS Resupply From Four Corners Of Globe
·2011/01/23: NOAA Satellites Aid in the Rescue of 295 People in 2010
·2011/01/23: Success in Space: Tiny NASA Satellite Unfurls Solar Sail
·2011/01/22: New Mars Missions to Focus on Search for Life
·2011/01/22: Electro-L is Fully Operational - Roscosmos
·2011/01/22: 2 Russians go spacewalking outside space station
·2011/01/22: JAXA’S HTV-2 launches
·2011/01/21: Canadian firm plots 78-satellite orbital network
·2011/01/21: Mission to Pluto marks five years of flight
·2011/01/21: Zenith Successfully Lifts Off with Russian Weather Satellite Electro-L
·2011/01/21: Delta-4 Heavy rocket blasts off
·2011/01/21: Romania accedes to ESA Convention
·2011/01/21: ISRO Resourcesat-2 to launch by end of February
·2011/01/21: NASA gives go-ahead for added shuttle flight
·2011/01/21: The southern hemisphere of Phobos, up close
·2011/01/20: Partner Galaxies Wildly Different In New WISE Image
·2011/01/20: SpaceX: Commercial Crew Transport To The International Space Station
·2011/01/20: Russia delays next gen navigation satellite launch
·2011/01/20: Astronaut Steve Bowen Named To STS-133 Space Shuttle Crew
·2011/01/20: Rocket Launch Scheduled January 22 From Wallops Flight Facility
·2011/01/20: Cosmonauts To Perform 27th Russian ISS Spacewalk
·2011/01/20: NanoSail-D Ejects - NASA Seeks Amateur Radio Operators' Aid to Listen for Beacon Signal
·2011/01/19: ViviSat Launched
·2011/01/19: RSC-Energia Approves Draft Design New ISS Module
·2011/01/19: China to launch first Mars probe in 2013
·2011/01/19: Discovery Mission Specialist Injured But OK
·2011/01/19: Launch Postponement of H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2
·2011/01/19: Kazakhstan ratifies space cooperation agreement with Russia
·2011/01/19: SpaceX proposes rocket-powered landing system
·2011/01/19: China to prepare astronauts for long stay in space
·2011/01/18: Japan-United States GPS Cooperation Enhanced for Peaceful Purposes
·2011/01/18: UN, US to guide UAE in satellite navigation system
·2011/01/18: 2011 to be revolution for Europe in space - ESA
·2011/01/18: ESA’s Mercury mapper feels the heat
·2011/01/18: Arianespace receives Ariane 5 for mission with Europe's 2nd ATV
·2011/01/17: Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space
·2011/01/17: NASA's chance for extra shuttle flight in doubt
·2011/01/17: AKARI and Suzaku confirm dust generation due to supernova burst
·2011/01/17: Radarsat covers Queensland
·2011/01/17: ATV Johannes Kepler Gears Up For Space Journey
·2011/01/17: NASA Invites Students To Send Experiments To The Edge Of Space
·2011/01/17: US Likely To Lift Ban On ISRO And DRDO Soon
·2011/01/17: Astrium Picked To Build and Operate European Data Relay System
·2011/01/16: Orbital’s Glory Earth Science Satellite to be Launched on Taurus XL Rocket
·2011/01/16: NASA Will Not Rush Decision On STS-134 Commander
·2011/01/16: Russia To Launch Ocean Satellite In March
·2011/01/16: Future astronauts may face greater risks
·2011/01/15: Full-Scale Ops of Russia's GLONASS to Start by July - Roscosmos
·2011/01/15: SOHO Captures December Sundiving Comet Storm
·2011/01/15: Reshetnev ISS Develops Amos-5 Spacecraft for Israel
·2011/01/15: ISRO data to be used to streamline EGS
·2011/01/15: Israel, NASA to cooperate in launch of satellite into space
·2011/01/15: Zombie Sat May Soon Be Back In Business
·2011/01/14: Shuttle Launch Delay may Impact ISS Cargo Delivery Flow
·2011/01/14: ISS Orbit Boosted
·2011/01/14: Russian Satellite to Make Macro-Imaging of the Sun
·2011/01/14: NASA Has No Funds For New Heavy-Lift Rocket
·2011/01/14: Iran announces new satellite launch plan
·2011/01/14: Planck's New View Of The Cosmic Theatre
·2011/01/14: Virgin Galactic's private spaceship aces glide test
·2011/01/14: Alexander Lopatin Appointed Roscosmos Deputy Head
·2011/01/13: Europe's ATV is Readied for its February Launch on Ariane 5
·2011/01/13: Yury Gagarin Space Vehicle to Leave for ISS on March 30
·2011/01/13: Deal expands commercial travel to ISS
·2011/01/13: Triplet Stars Found by NASA's Kepler
·2011/01/13: Metop-A monitors marine life
·2011/01/12: JWST Makes Significant Progress In 2010
·2011/01/12: US Space Firm Teaming Up With UK Astronomy Technology Centre
·2011/01/12: Planck's new view of the cosmic theatre
·2011/01/12: Youth Grants application deadline is 1 February
·2011/01/12: Space shuttle Discovery launch aims for Feb. 24
·2011/01/12: Russia Allocates $3.8 bln for Space Programs in 2011
·2011/01/11: China Developing New Rocket Engines
·2011/01/11: Intelsat Moving Recovered Galaxy 15 to Test Location
·2011/01/11: European Space Agency launches ESERO in Ireland
·2011/01/11: NASA probe finds 'planetary missing link'
·2011/01/10: Besides Mars, China plans deep space tracking
·2011/01/10: Apollo-era data reveals details of moon's core
·2011/01/10: China to set up space monitoring network in 2016
·2011/01/10: An Escalator To Space - Not Very Far Away
·2011/01/09: Arianespace Will Have A Record Year Of Launch Activity In 2011
·2011/01/09: GeoEye Wins Contract to Build Vessel Monitoring System for Republic of Maldives
·2011/01/09: China Schedules Mars Probe Launch
·2011/01/09: Positioning the International Space Station for the Utilization Era
·2011/01/08: Troubled Japanese Venus Probe May Get Early Shot at Redemption
·2011/01/08: Chennai students design nano satellite, to be launched April
·2011/01/08: Proba-2 Gets Unique View Of Eclipse
·2011/01/08: Canadian astronauts could take commercial flight to ISS
·2011/01/08: NASA trying again to awaken silent Mars rover
·2011/01/07: GSLV failure hampers space food project
·2011/01/07: Japan to fund Vietnam’s satellite project
·2011/01/07: SSTL Wins ESA Environmental Monitoring Payload Contract
·2011/01/07: Launch Date Set For First Orbital COTS Demo
·2011/01/07: Shuttle launch delayed again for further repairs
·2011/01/06: Nigeria Microsat Passes Pre-Launch Test
·2011/01/06: China Pours Billions Into Satellite Services For Rural Radio And TV
·2011/01/06: Turkey To Launch First Home-Made Communications Test Satellite
·2011/01/06: NASA Tests New Propulsion System for Robotic Lander Prototype
·2011/01/06: ISRO working on regional navigation satellite system
·2011/01/06: Dawn Has A Consistent 2010
·2011/01/05: Canada says it could build launch rockets
·2011/01/05: Thales Chosen by CNES to Build SWIM Instrument
·2011/01/05: Japan eyes building its own GPS system
·2011/01/04: China to explore Mars with Russia this year
·2011/01/04: ISRO to launch Singapore satellite in February
·2011/01/04: Mars rovers celebrate seven years on Red Planet
·2011/01/04: Glonass Completion Now Expected This Year
·2011/01/03: DLR and NASA conclude bilateral framework agreement
·2011/01/03: China to explore Mars with Russia this year
·2011/01/03: HISPASAT Successfully Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers
·2011/01/02: Astronauts Ring In New Year With Some Time Off
·2011/01/02: NASA Finds New Cracks on Space Shuttle's Fuel Tank
·2011/01/02: Martian Odyssey: Rovers Set to Celebrate 7 Years on Red Planet
·2011/01/01: 2010 review: 10 most popular space stories
·2011/01/01: Outer Space Issues 2011 - Upcoming Trends Forecast
·2011/01/01: Turkey’s first communications test satellite set for Sep 2011