Canadian space tourist starts training for ISS mission
RIA Novosti
Guy Laliberte, the Canadian founder of entertainment company Cirque du Soleil, has started final preparations at Russia’s Star City space training center for a 12-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS).
AIAA PRESS RELEASE
Alternative fuels, electric propulsion systems, fuel cells, and futuristic aerospace propulsion systems will take center stage in Denver at the Colorado Convention Center from August 2 to 5 at the 7th International Energy Conversion and Engineering Conference (IECEC) and the 45th Joint Propulsion Conference (JPC).
AIAA PRESS RELEASE
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has released its first annual list of top emerging aerospace technologies. Developed by AIAA’s Emerging Technologies Committee (ETC), the list comprises the following:
The Associated Press is reporting that the world’s strangest regime is continuing its march toward becoming a missile power:
Fresh commercial satellite images show that North Korea’s sophisticated new missile base on its west coast — designed for multiple test flights in a short time — is ready for use, according to an independent analyst.
Former NASA astronaut Ed Lu
Astronaut lands as Google’s ‘energy nerd’
CCTV
On the spacecraft, [Ed] Lu had to monitor its energy use closely and shut things down immediately after they were no longer needed. But that is not the direct reason he turned into an “energy nerd”, as his colleagues are calling him.
Vaccines in Space: Taking Biotech to Microgravity Labs
Popular Mechanics
Last month the public watched as astronauts on the space shuttle Atlantis conducted risky spacewalks to fix the Hubble Space Telescope. But there was another, quieter task that the astronauts pursued – a commercial drug experiment aimed at finding a vaccine against a deadly staph infection besetting hospitals.
AIA PRESS RELEASE
Reauthorization of government programs that enable small aerospace businesses to drive innovation and technology are important for our country’s future leadership and competitiveness, AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey said Thursday.
INNOVATIONS IN ORBIT:
An Exploration of Commercial Crew and Cargo Transportation
Date:
June 18, 2009
Location:
Hyatt Regency Washington
on Capitol Hill
Capitol Room A, Lobby Level
400 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
Status:
Open to the Public
China and Brazil have signed an accord to deepen space cooperation between the two nations. The two sides have been working on remote sensing and other areas.
STFC PRESS RELEASE
Techniques and instrumentation initially developed for ExoMars – Europe’s next robotic mission to Mars in 2016 – but now due to fly on a NASA mission in 2018, could also provide the answers to the globally pressing issue of energy supply.
The latest update on Japan’s Kaguya lunar orbiter, which will make a controlled impact on the moon Wednesday. Expected impact date: 18:30, June 10, 2009 (GMT) Near side, night time area Expected impact location: E80, S63 Lunar phase & age on impact date: 17.3 (London)
RazakSat launch only after experts satisfaction
The New Straits Times
The launching of Malaysia’s second remote sensing satellite RazakSAT, which has been delayed since April, will only be done after experts from Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn Bhd (ATSB) are satisfied with the condition of the satellite launch vehicle.
