IAF NEWS Tuesday 7 April 2009

IAF NEWS Tuesday 7 April 2009
A daily roundup of space news brought to you by the International Astronautical Federation


Dissecting a stellar explosion

Integral has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant stellar explosion, which led to the ejection of matter at velocities close to the speed of light. In particular, the astronomers believe that the explosion lifted a piece of the central engine’s magnetic field into space.
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Key findings from the 5th European Conference on Space Debris

During the 5th European Conference on Space Debris, 30 March to 2 April 2009, held at the European Space Agency, Darmstadt, Germany, experts from a wide spectrum of disciplines communicated their research results through 100 oral presentations and more than 40 poster presentations.
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Japan aims for walking robot on the moon by 2020

By 2020, Japan predicts, humanoid robots will be ready to colonise the Moon. Others will be engaged in the bigger, more prosaic mission of cleaning Earth's orbit of junk. The first draft of the ambitious plan emerged from a Japanese task force on space and lunar exploration.
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