http://www.mail.com/subjects/1834390-unmanned-spacecraft.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1834390-unmanned-spacecraft.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1904064-nasa-rover-preps-1st-test-drilled-mars-rock.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fresh off drilling into a rock for the first time, the Mars rover Curiosity is prepping for the next step: dissecting the pulverized rock to determine what it's made of. Images beamed back to Earth on Wednesday showed a tablespoon of gray powder in Curiosity's scoop, giving scientists their first glimpse of the sample collected during t... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:08:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1904064-nasa-rover-preps-1st-test-drilled-mars-rock.html 2013-02-20T23:08:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1904344-report-failure-glory-climate-satellite-unknown.html VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A group of experts investigating the launch failure of a NASA climate satellite has failed to come up with a reason. The Glory satellite plummeted into the Pacific in 2011 shortly after lifting off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base along the California coast. The panel's report released Wednesday found the rocket'... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:19:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1904344-report-failure-glory-climate-satellite-unknown.html 2013-02-20T22:19:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1883960-military-weighs-cutbacks-shifts-drone-programs.html LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AP) — The Pentagon for the first time is considering scaling back the massive buildup of drones it has overseen in the past few years, both to save money and to adapt to changing security threats and an increased focus on Asia as the Afghanistan war winds down. Air Force leaders are saying the military may already have enough ... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1883960-military-weighs-cutbacks-shifts-drone-programs.html 2013-02-11T23:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1882786-latest-earth-satellite-launches-calif-coast.html VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A satellite launched into space Monday will keep closer tabs on Earth's glaciers, crops, forests and shorelines, continuing a tradition that began four decades ago. The Landsat satellite was boosted into orbit by an Atlas V rocket shortly before 11:30 a.m. local time, more than an hour after lifting off from the se... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1882786-latest-earth-satellite-launches-calif-coast.html 2013-02-11T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1879944-curiosity-rover-completes-1st-drill-mars-rock.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a Mars first, the Curiosity rover drilled into a rock and prepared to dump an aspirin-sized pinch of powder into its onboard laboratories for closer inspection. The feat marked yet another milestone for the car-size rover, which landed last summer to much fanfare on an ambitious hunt to determine whether environmental conditions were... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1879944-curiosity-rover-completes-1st-drill-mars-rock.html 2013-02-09T17:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1878150-earth-observing-satellite-to-launch-calif.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrying on a four-decade tradition, a new Earth-observing satellite is set to provide another watchful eye over our planet's glaciers, forests, water resources and urban sprawl. If all goes as planned, the Landsat satellite will be launched into orbit Monday aboard a 200-foot-tall Atlas V rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base along... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1878150-earth-observing-satellite-to-launch-calif.html 2013-02-08T20:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1867002-ahmadinejad-wants-to-irans-astronaut.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that he's ready to take the risk of being the first Iranian astronaut sent into space as part of Iran's goal of a manned space flight. "I'm ready to be the first Iranian to sacrifice myself for our country's scientists," the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying in an address to space ... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1867002-ahmadinejad-wants-to-irans-astronaut.html 2013-02-04T12:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861262-us-satellite-lost-failed-launch-pacific.html MOSCOW (AP) — Sea Launch AG says a U.S. communications satellite was lost after a booster rocket carrying it into space failed shortly after its launch from a floating platform in the Pacific. The company said in a statement Friday the Intelsat 27 satellite was lost 40 seconds after the launch due to the failure of the Zenit-3SL rocket. The Boeing. Co-bui... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861262-us-satellite-lost-failed-launch-pacific.html 2013-02-01T08:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855516-skorea-satellite-working-normally-sending-data.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The first satellite launched from South Korean soil is working normally, officials said Thursday, a day after Seoul achieved its space milestone during a time of high tensions over archrival North Korea's recent threat to test a third nuclear device. A South Korean rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from a launch pad Wedne... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855516-skorea-satellite-working-normally-sending-data.html 2013-01-31T03:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858050-nasa-launches-communication-satellite.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA launched a new communication satellite Wednesday to stay in touch with its space station astronauts and relay more Hubble telescope images. An unmanned Atlas V rocket blasted into the starry night sky carrying the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. This is the 11th TDRS satellite to be launched by NASA. The space agency us... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858050-nasa-launches-communication-satellite.html 2013-01-31T02:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1850680-iran-monkey-space.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A gray-tufted monkey strapped in a pod resembling an infant's car seat rode an Iranian rocket into space and returned safely, officials said Monday in what was described as a step toward Tehran's goal of a manned space flight. The mission also touched on concerns that advances in Iran's rocket expertise could be channeled into military... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1850680-iran-monkey-space.html 2013-01-28T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1848668-north-korean-leader-vows-strong-action.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened top security and foreign affairs officials and ordered them to take "substantial and high-profile important state measures," state media said Sunday, fueling speculation that he plans to push forward with a threat to explode a nuclear device in defiance of the United Nations. The meeting o... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1848668-north-korean-leader-vows-strong-action.html 2013-01-27T09:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846240-russia-kazakhstan-spar-space-launch-pad.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia stepped up efforts Friday to resolve a dispute with neighbor Kazakhstan over its demand to reduce the number of commercial satellite launches from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome. Kazakhstan, which in the past suspended Russian rocket launches after previous failures spilled toxic rocket fuel, has demanded that Russia cuts the ... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846240-russia-kazakhstan-spar-space-launch-pad.html 2013-01-25T17:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842050-nkorea-warns-that-nuke-test-imminent.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's top military body warned Thursday that the regime is poised to conduct a nuclear test in response to U.N. punishment, and made clear that its long-range rockets are designed to carry not only satellites but also warheads aimed at striking the United States. The National Defense Commission rejected Tuesday's U.N. Sec... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842050-nkorea-warns-that-nuke-test-imminent.html 2013-01-24T04:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1837784-un-condemns-north-koreas-rocket-launch.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution condemning North Korea's rocket launch in December and imposing new sanctions on Pyongyang's space agency. The multi-stage rocket launch is considered part of a covert program to develop ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads. The council reiterated it... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1837784-un-condemns-north-koreas-rocket-launch.html 2013-01-23T02:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1838202-pentagon-researches-life-dead-satellites.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Call it space grave robbery for a cause: Imagine scavenging defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build brand new ones for cheap. It's the latest pet project from the Pentagon's research wing known for its quirky and sometimes out-there ideas. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is spe... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1838202-pentagon-researches-life-dead-satellites.html 2013-01-22T17:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1838014-telefonica-no-involvement-with-cuba-cable.html HAVANA (AP) — Spanish telecom Telefonica denied Tuesday that it has anything to do with an undersea fiber-optic cable between Cuba and Venezuela, even as an analyst who monitors global data traffic noted an additional uptick in data speed to and from the island — suggesting the cable is in full operation. In a brief statement to The Associated Press, Tele... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1838014-telefonica-no-involvement-with-cuba-cable.html 2013-01-22T16:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1835776-report-cuba-using-undersea-fiber-optic-cable.html HAVANA (AP) — Cuba apparently has finally switched on the first undersea fiber-optic cable linking it to the outside world nearly two years after its arrival, according to analysis by a company that monitors global Internet use. In a report posted Sunday on the website of Renesys, author Doug Madory wrote that Cuba began using the ALBA-1 cable on Jan. 14.... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1835776-report-cuba-using-undersea-fiber-optic-cable.html 2013-01-21T18:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1834388-nasas-older-mars-rover-notches-milestone.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Opportunity, NASA's other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it's easy to forget it's still alive. Some 5,000 miles away from the limelight surrounding Curiosity's every move, Opportunity this week quietly embarks on its tenth year of exploration — a sweet milestone since it was only tasked to work for three months... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1834388-nasas-older-mars-rover-notches-milestone.html 2013-01-21T08:17:00Z