http://www.mail.com/subjects/3174-aerospace-technology.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3174-aerospace-technology.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1764824-twin-nasa-spacecraft-prepare-to-crash-moon.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — After nearly a year circling the moon, NASA's Ebb and Flow will meet their demise when they crash — on purpose — into the lunar surface. Just don't expect to see celestial fireworks. Next week's impact near the moon's north pole by the washing machine-sized spacecraft won't carve a gaping crater or kick up a lot of debris. And it'll be ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1764824-twin-nasa-spacecraft-prepare-to-crash-moon.html 2012-12-13T20:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760798-north-koreas-missile-arsenal.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's missile program is a point of national pride, with state TV regularly broadcasting past liftoffs set to rousing military anthems. But Pyongyang provides precious few details about its program's inner workings, leaving outside analysts to squeeze details from satellite photos and comparisons with other countries' missiles. Here's a look... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760798-north-koreas-missile-arsenal.html 2012-12-12T11:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760136-us-expert-nkorea-rocket-launches-satellite.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An American space expert said North Korea has succeeded in launching a satellite into space. Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said late Tuesday from Cambridge, Massachusetts, that the three-stage Unha-3 rocket launched early Wednesday morning delivered the satellite into orbit and constituted "a pe... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760136-us-expert-nkorea-rocket-launches-satellite.html 2012-12-12T03:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757434-malis-pm-forced-to-resign-arrest-junta.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Soldiers arrested Mali's prime minister and forced him to resign before dawn on Tuesday, showing that the military remains the real power in this troubled West African nation despite handing back authority to civilians after a coup in March. The prime minister's ouster comes as the United Nations considers backing a military interventi... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757434-malis-pm-forced-to-resign-arrest-junta.html 2012-12-11T23:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1758710-air-force-sends-mystery-mini-shuttle-to-space.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The military's small, top-secret version of the space shuttle rocketed into orbit Tuesday for a repeat mystery mission, two years after making the first flight of its kind. The Air Force launched the unmanned spacecraft Tuesday hidden on top of an Atlas V rocket. As if on cue, clouds quickly swallowed up the rocket as it disapp... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1758710-air-force-sends-mystery-mini-shuttle-to-space.html 2012-12-11T21:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755260-kazakhstan-mulls-russias-cosmodrome-lease.html ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — The head of Kazakhstan's space agency said Monday that Russia's lease of a launch facility in the Central Asian nation, the only site worldwide currently being used to get astronauts to the International Space Station, may be suspended. Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency cited Kazcosmos head Talgat Musabayev as telling parliament th... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755260-kazakhstan-mulls-russias-cosmodrome-lease.html 2012-12-10T06:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1748832-to-moon-firm-hopes-to-sell-15-billion-trips.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention wealthy nations and billionaires: A team of former NASA executives will fly you to the moon in an out-of-this-world commercial venture combining the wizardry of Apollo and the marketing of Apple. For a mere $1.5 billion, the business is offering countries the chance to send two people to the moon and back, either for research o... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1748832-to-moon-firm-hopes-to-sell-15-billion-trips.html 2012-12-06T22:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745188-expert-panel-nasa-lost-space-goal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA, the agency that epitomized the "Right Stuff," seems lost in space and doesn't have a clear sense of where it is going, an independent panel of science and engineering experts said in a stinging report Wednesday. The one place the White House wants to send astronauts — an asteroid — doesn't seem to be getting the engines firing at... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745188-expert-panel-nasa-lost-space-goal.html 2012-12-05T22:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745354-astronaut-braces-unprecedented-year-space.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is already bracing for an unprecedented one-year mission aboard the International Space Station. He figures it will be as grueling as climbing Mount Everest. "It's fun when you're done with it, not while you're doing it," Kelly said Wednesday, barely a week after being named to the marathon flight alo... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745354-astronaut-braces-unprecedented-year-space.html 2012-12-05T18:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1743188-mars-redux-nasa-to-launch-curiosity-like-rover.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — If you thought NASA's latest Mars landing was a nail-biter, get ready for a sequel. The space agency on Tuesday announced plans to launch another mega-rover to the red planet in 2020 that will be modeled after the wildly popular Curiosity. To keep costs down, engineers will borrow Curiosity's blueprints, recycle spare parts where possib... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1743188-mars-redux-nasa-to-launch-curiosity-like-rover.html 2012-12-05T00:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1742808-rover-opportunity-clay-rich-site-mars.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — After rolling around the Martian plains for more than eight years, the Opportunity rover finally found a spot believed to be rich in clay minerals, scientists said Tuesday. Orbiting spacecraft previously detected the presence of clay-bearing deposits at a huge crater in Mars' southern hemisphere. Using that information as a guide, the s... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1742808-rover-opportunity-clay-rich-site-mars.html 2012-12-04T20:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1740402-nasa-voyager-1-enters-region-solar-system.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unstoppable Voyager 1 spacecraft has sailed into a new realm of the solar system that scientists did not know existed. Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, have been speeding away from the sun toward interstellar space, or the space between stars. Over the summer, Voyager 1, which is farther along in its journey, crossed into this new... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1740402-nasa-voyager-1-enters-region-solar-system.html 2012-12-03T22:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1740116-mars-rover-curiosity-surprise-1st-soil-test.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA's Curiosity rover has indeed found something in the Martian dirt. But so far, there's no definitive sign of the chemical ingredients necessary to support life. A scoop of sandy soil analyzed by Curiosity's sophisticated chemistry laboratory contained water and a mix of chemicals, but not complex carbon-based molecules considered es... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1740116-mars-rover-curiosity-surprise-1st-soil-test.html 2012-12-03T21:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730642-nkorea-speculation-overshadows-skorean-rocket.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Thursday scrapped an attempt to fire its first satellite into orbit from its own soil amid speculation that North Korea was preparing to fire its own long-range rocket. Scientists in South Korea cited technical problems with the rocket's flight control system. It's the second time in a month that Seoul has been for... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730642-nkorea-speculation-overshadows-skorean-rocket.html 2012-11-29T07:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1723244-china-praises-engineer-aircraft-carrier-program.html BEIJING (AP) — China's government gave hero's praise to a senior engineer on its aircraft carrier program who died of a heart attack after witnessing the first landing of a plane on the ship, underscoring the project's huge national prestige. State broadcaster CCTV ran news of Luo Yang's death as its first item on Monday's noon news broadcast, a high prof... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1723244-china-praises-engineer-aircraft-carrier-program.html 2012-11-27T01:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1723786-us-twin-astronaut-russian-to-spend-year-orbit.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A former space shuttle commander whose twin brother is married to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will attempt the longest spaceflight ever by an American. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will spend an entire year aboard the International Space Station beginning in 2015. Both countries' space a... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1723786-us-twin-astronaut-russian-to-spend-year-orbit.html 2012-11-26T20:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1710278-astronauts-touch-chilly-kazakhstan-steppe.html ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Three astronauts touched down in the dark, chilly expanses of central Kazakhstan onboard a Soyuz capsule Monday after a 125-day stay at the International Space Station. NASA's Sunita Williams, Russian astronaut Yury Malenchenko and Aki Hoshide of Japan's JAXA space agency landed at 07:56 a.m. local time (0156 GMT) northeast of th... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1710278-astronauts-touch-chilly-kazakhstan-steppe.html 2012-11-19T03:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1703540-mars-rover-curiosity-set-to-hit-road.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — After playing in the sand, the Curiosity rover is poised to trek across the Martian landscape in search of a rock to drill into, scientists reported Thursday. The six-wheel rover has been parked for more than a month at a sand dune where it has been busy scooping up soil, sniffing the atmosphere and measuring radiation levels on the sur... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1703540-mars-rover-curiosity-set-to-hit-road.html 2012-11-15T21:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1675018-shuttle-prototype-enterprise-suffers-storm-damage.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The flying machine that ushered in NASA's space shuttle program has suffered storm damage in New York City. Shuttle prototype Enterprise weathered Superstorm Sandy this week at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, but it sustained minor damage to its vertical stabilizer, or tail. A small piece of foam came off, said a museum... Sat, 03 Nov 2012 01:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1675018-shuttle-prototype-enterprise-suffers-storm-damage.html 2012-11-03T01:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1673792-where-space-shuttles-now.html The last of NASA's space shuttles to fly, Atlantis, is the last to move to its new retirement home, just 10 miles away at Kennedy Space Center's main tourist site. A look at each of the shuttles in the order they flew, including the test model. — Enterprise: Shuttle prototype used in jetliner-drop tests over Edwards Air Force Base in California in 1977 an... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1673792-where-space-shuttles-now.html 2012-11-02T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1673318-final-10-mile-trek-space-shuttle-atlantis.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA's entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world and the last to leave NASA's nest. Atlantis reached its new home at the Kennedy Space Center's main tourist stop close to sundown, after a one-way road trip ... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1673318-final-10-mile-trek-space-shuttle-atlantis.html 2012-11-02T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1674504-nasa-rover-detect-methane-mars.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists say initial sampling of Mars' atmosphere by the NASA rover Curiosity did not definitively detect methane, a gas that can be a clue to determining if the red planet ever was hospitable to microbial life. Test results released Friday in a teleconference from Jet Propulsion Laboratory are not conclusive but are in line with past... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1674504-nasa-rover-detect-methane-mars.html 2012-11-02T18:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1670812-astronauts-take-spacewalk-to-find-ammonia-leak.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two spacewalking astronauts worked on a leaky radiator system outside the International Space Station on Thursday, just hours after barely dodging a menacing piece of orbiting junk. NASA ordered the space station to change position Wednesday evening to avoid a fragment from a communication satellite that was destroyed in a high... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1670812-astronauts-take-spacewalk-to-find-ammonia-leak.html 2012-11-01T18:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1671766-shuttles-retirement-move-pains-workers.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle Atlantis isn't going far to its retirement home at Kennedy Space Center's main tourist stop. But it might as well be a world away for the workers who spent decades doting on Atlantis and NASA's other shuttles. Those who agreed to stay until the end — and help with the shuttles' transition from round-the-world flyi... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1671766-shuttles-retirement-move-pains-workers.html 2012-11-01T17:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1663514-space-shuttle-endeavour-public-display.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The final home of space shuttle Endeavour is opening its doors to the public. Astronauts and schoolkids will be on hand Tuesday at the California Science Center in Los Angeles at the grand opening of its new shuttle display. Visitors to the free display can't go inside Endeavour but they can use virtual exhibits, including touch-screen ... Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1663514-space-shuttle-endeavour-public-display.html 2012-10-29T12:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1661686-dragon-ship-earth-space-station-trip.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unmanned Dragon freighter carrying a stash of precious medical samples from the International Space Station parachuted into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, completing the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA. The California-based SpaceX company successfully guided the Dragon down from orbit to a spl... Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1661686-dragon-ship-earth-space-station-trip.html 2012-10-29T04:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1655274-soyuz-with-astronauts-docks-with-space-station.html ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts and a consignment of fish successfully docked Thursday with the International Space Station after a two-day voyage. The arrival of NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russians Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin on Thursday brings the crew at the orbiting outpost to six. Novitsky gent... Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1655274-soyuz-with-astronauts-docks-with-space-station.html 2012-10-25T11:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1649218-us-russian-crew-blasts-space-station.html BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Russian spacecraft surged into clear skies over the Central Asian steppe Tuesday, carrying a three-man crew on their way to the International Space Station. The engines of the Soyuz TMA-06M sent a powerful roar across the tinder-dry countryside of southern Kazakhstan as scheduled in the afternoon to deliver NASA astronaut Kev... Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1649218-us-russian-crew-blasts-space-station.html 2012-10-23T13:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1646438-us-astronaut-sees-science-breakthrough-space.html BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A U.S. astronaut departing this week for the International Space Station said Monday that the bulk of the scientific benefits from the orbiting laboratory will be seen over the coming decade, amid questions on whether the estimated $100 billion spent in last 12 years is worth the effort. "The first ten years were really intensi... Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1646438-us-astronaut-sees-science-breakthrough-space.html 2012-10-22T06:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1644860-soyuz-craft-readied-space-station-mission.html BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Russian-made Soyuz rocket was erected into place Sunday, ahead of the start of a mission to take a three-man crew to the International Space Station. For the first time since 1984, the manned launch will take place from Baikonur cosmodrome launch pad 31, while the pad that is normally used, from which Yury Gagarin began his l... Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1644860-soyuz-craft-readied-space-station-mission.html 2012-10-21T05:42:00Z