Space Coast economic leaders propose using Shuttle Logistics Depot for military refurb work
Orlando Sentinel
Space Coast economic leaders are asking NASA to allow a private company the indefinite use of a building full of high-tech equipment in the hope of saving hundreds of high-skill jobs when the space shuttle program ends.
But NASA still must be convinced.
A taikonaut emerges from China's Shenzhou 7 spacecraft after a successful orbital flight
U.S. and China agree to explore space cooperation
CNET
The United States and China have agreed to discuss expanded cooperation in space science and to start a “dialogue” on human space flight and exploration, according to a joint statement released in Beijing on Tuesday. The U.S.-China Joint Statement said both nations looked forward to reciprocal visits by the NASA administrator and appropriate Chinese space leaders in 2010.
Japan aerospace budget to be cut, research canceled in national fiscal reductions
Examiner
A Japanese governmental advisory committee looking to cut billions of dollars worth of wasteful spending from the country’s 2010 fiscal year budget has recommended that specific funds to Japan’s aerospace program (JAXA) be reduced, including a call to end research related to the development of a new rocket engine.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen diagnosed with cancer
CNN
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, more than 25 years after he was treated for Hodgkin’s disease, a spokesman at his company Vulcan Inc. told CNN on Monday.
ASTROGENETIX PRESS RELEASE
For the fourth time this year, NASA’s Shuttle fleet is carrying a series of experiments being conducted by Austin-based Astrogenetix, a commercial biotech company created to use microgravity to develop the foundation of new medicines.
Payload on Space Shuttle Atlantis Flight STS-129 will consist of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) microbes in search of a target for a therapeutic or vaccine. Research will build on information gained during experiments conducted on board STS-128, which launched in August of this year. Those experiments have allowed Astrogenetix to hone in on a specific group of genes that show promise for identifying a vaccine candidate. On STS-129, Astrogenetix will interrogate specific genes within this group to further narrow the scope of virulence determinants.
A P3 Navy aircraft with Hanger One at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
Developer selected for NASA Research Park
Mountain View Voice
TMG Partners and “The Related Companies” have been selected to be master developers of a unique $1 billion research park at Moffett Field in a partnership with NASA Ames and local universities.
First NZ space rocket ready for blast off
The National Business Review
Just half a century after it began, New Zealand is set to enter the space race.
In the week beginning November 30 (subject to weather), Rocket Lab’s Atea-1 “launch vehicle†(what most of us would call a rocket) is due to blast off, carrying a payload 120km into the heavens (space starts at 100km up; the international space station orbits at around 320km above us).
The space shuttle Atlantis takes off on a mission to the International Space Station.
Image above: Space shuttle Atlantis with it crew of six astronauts lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/TV
NASA MISSION UPDATE
Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of six astronauts are headed for space, ready to begin their 11-day mission to the International Space Station. The climb to orbit takes about 8 1/2 minutes.
Following a smooth countdown, with no technical issues and weather that steadily improved throughout the afternoon, the shuttle lifted off on time from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:28 p.m. EST.
ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter
Why fundamental scientific research has not caught on in India (Comment)
Thaindian News
Even as the nation continues to celebrate the success of Chandrayaan, the country’s first space mission to moon, this is not something one of the seniormost scientists in India, Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, is particularly thrilled about….
The Space Review takes a look at the flexible path, solar sails and DOD space project management.
Delhi reaches out to lonely Tehran, may offer ISRO launch for satellite
Indian Express
New Delhi plans to woo Tehran with offers of greater intelligence sharing, revival of defence training and a possible launch of the latter’s satellite but will remain non-committal on the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.
