Space headlines - August 2010

·2010/08/31: Two Chinese satellites rendezvous in orbit
·2010/08/31: Europe and Japan weigh cargo return from space station
·2010/08/31: S-520-25 successfully launched
·2010/08/31: ATK and NASA Successfully Test 2nd Five-Segment Ares DM-2
·2010/08/30: Arianespace keen to widen launch window with ISRO
·2010/08/30: Manned space flights from new Russian base in 2018: Putin
·2010/08/29: Isro to focus on satellite-GPS
·2010/08/28: ExoMars Instrument To Image Mars' Atmosphere
·2010/08/28: NASA TV Airs Interview Excerpts About Assistance To Trapped Miners In Chile
·2010/08/27: ISS Ship-tracker Working With Norwegian Satellite
·2010/08/27: NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Two Planets Transiting Same Star
·2010/08/27: Canadian PM Announces Support For Next Gen Of Satellites
·2010/08/27: Metop-A completes 20,000th orbit
·2010/08/26: Observation of concentrated heavy rain in Pakistan by AVNIR-2 onboard Daichi
·2010/08/26: George van Reeth (1924-2010)
·2010/08/25: Terma to head the ASIM observatory for the ISS
·2010/08/25: Fermi Detects Gamma-Rays From Exploding Nova
·2010/08/24: Student competition in the can
·2010/08/24: NASA considering June 2011 for final shuttle flight
·2010/08/24: China launches high resolution mapping satellite
·2010/08/23: Africa Considers a Continent-Wide Space Agency
·2010/08/23: Chinese firm to spend N34.6bn on failed Nigerian satellite
·2010/08/23: Japan plans second asteroid sample grab
·2010/08/23: Smos satellite tracks Pakistan floods
·2010/08/23: IISL publishes 2011 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court problem
·2010/08/22: JAXA improving plans for unmanned cargo spacecraft to bring back supplies from ISS
·2010/08/22: Father of SETI Honored 50 Years After First Search for Alien Life
·2010/08/21: Argentina developing satellite launcher
·2010/08/21: Trip to Mars could leave crew dangerously weak - study
·2010/08/20: Oil and gas exploration benefit from space technology
·2010/08/19: ISS Reboost is to Take Place on August 19
·2010/08/19: NASA Revives Space Station Systems After Tricky Repairs
·2010/08/17: Russia Proposes Launch Of Arktika Space Monitoring Project In 2014
·2010/08/16: Hayabusa-2 gadgets get green light
·2010/08/16: Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk At ISS
·2010/08/15: Navigation control for Argentina’s first geostationary satellite provided by Honeywell
·2010/08/15: Air Force Launches Advanced New Military Satellite
·2010/08/14: Fermi Detects 'Shocking' Surprise from Supernova's Little Cousin
·2010/08/12: NASA and Israel Space Agency Sign Statement of Intent for Future Cooperation
·2010/08/11: IAC educator professional development workshop
·2010/08/11: Former NASA Chief Sean O'Keefe, Son Survive Alaska Plane Crash
·2010/08/11: ISS Crew Conducts Second Spacewalk to Replace Coolant Pump
·2010/08/10: China will launch 14 meteorological satellites in 10 years
·2010/08/10: Inauguration of the first DLR ground station in Canada
·2010/08/10: China Orbits New Remote-Sensing Satellite
·2010/08/09: NASA sets spacewalk record during repair mission
·2010/08/08: Space allies target Martian methane
·2010/08/08: SSTL kicks off small satellite for Kazakhstan
·2010/08/08: Senate Approves NASA Bill, Extra Space Shuttle Flight
·2010/08/07: Boeing Receives 3-Satellite Contract from Inmarsat
·2010/08/06: Organic matter would have a tough time on Mars
·2010/08/05: Picard returns 1st image of Sun
·2010/08/05: Ukraine Postpones Delivery Of Taurus-II Launch Vehicle's First Stage To US
·2010/08/04: Nilesat 201, Rascom-QAF 1R
·2010/08/03: Joint US-Canadian instrument will search for signs of life
·2010/08/03: IAF announces IAC 2010 Technical Programme
·2010/08/03: Astrium Signs Contract to Develop Earth Observation Satellite for Vietnam
·2010/08/02: China launches fifth orbiter for its own "GPS"
·2010/08/02: U.S. and the EU to collaborate on usage of Global Navigation Satellite Systems
·2010/08/02: Instruments selected for Mars
·2010/08/01: Fishing industry agrees to more Japanese launches
·2010/08/01: Space Station Suffers Cooling System Malfunction