Astronomy
- Proton Rocket Launches Tv Broadcaster For Asia
A Russian Proton rocket lifted off from Kazakhstan early Saturday with a satellite that will broadcast television programming directly into homes across Indonesia and India. The Proton jettisoned its first stage two minutes later, leaving the second...
- Herschel And Planck Gear Up For 14 May Launch
ESA's two missions to probe the far reaches of the Universe are gearing up to launch from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana on 14 May. The two satellites, Herschel and Planck, will share a ride aboard the same Ariane 5 rocket. Shortly after...
- Nasa's Ares I-x Rocket Launches For Flight Test
NASA's 327-foot (100 m) tall ARes I-X rocket launched at 11:30 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. The powered flight lasted for two minutes, at the end of which, the rocket's first stage, a four-segment solid rocket booster,...
- Europe's Spacetaxi Prepares For Lift-off.
The European Space Agency is preparing to launch an experimental space plane known as IXV [Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle].If all goes to plan, the car-sized Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle will be launched from a spaceport in French Guiana on 11...
- Chinese Space Vehicle Ready Begins Its Journey.
The testing LM-7 space launch rocket attached to the erector pad to keep it upright at Wenchang, China. The LM-7 rocket can be attached with four solid fuel rocket boosters, in order to carry its maximum 13.5 ton payload into low earth...
Astronomy
Ariane 5 rocket launches double science payload
An Ariane 5 launcher rocketed through blue skies and into space on 14.5.09 with two European telescopes designed to give scientists unprecedented views of star birth and the relic light from the Big Bang.
The bullet-shaped rocket, powered by a hydrogen-burning main engine and twin solid rocket boosters, lifted off at 1312 GMT (9:12 a.m. EDT) from the European-run spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
- Proton Rocket Launches Tv Broadcaster For Asia
A Russian Proton rocket lifted off from Kazakhstan early Saturday with a satellite that will broadcast television programming directly into homes across Indonesia and India. The Proton jettisoned its first stage two minutes later, leaving the second...
- Herschel And Planck Gear Up For 14 May Launch
ESA's two missions to probe the far reaches of the Universe are gearing up to launch from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana on 14 May. The two satellites, Herschel and Planck, will share a ride aboard the same Ariane 5 rocket. Shortly after...
- Nasa's Ares I-x Rocket Launches For Flight Test
NASA's 327-foot (100 m) tall ARes I-X rocket launched at 11:30 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. The powered flight lasted for two minutes, at the end of which, the rocket's first stage, a four-segment solid rocket booster,...
- Europe's Spacetaxi Prepares For Lift-off.
The European Space Agency is preparing to launch an experimental space plane known as IXV [Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle].If all goes to plan, the car-sized Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle will be launched from a spaceport in French Guiana on 11...
- Chinese Space Vehicle Ready Begins Its Journey.
The testing LM-7 space launch rocket attached to the erector pad to keep it upright at Wenchang, China. The LM-7 rocket can be attached with four solid fuel rocket boosters, in order to carry its maximum 13.5 ton payload into low earth...