http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news on scientific topics and technology en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203533,kovalainen-must-pass-medical-ahead-of-turkish-gp.html Istanbul - McLaren-Mercedes driver Heikki Kovalainen must pass a medical check on Thursday to determine whether he is fit to race again at the Turkish Formula One Grand Prix after a crash in Spain last month. Team officials confirmed on Tuesday that ... Space,Technology Tue, 06 May 2008 12:49:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203533,kovalainen-must-pass-medical-ahead-of-turkish-gp.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201733,india-launches-10-satellites-into-space-sets-world-record--summary.html New Delhi - An Indian rocket successfully placed 10 satellites, including eight non-Indian satellites, into orbit on Monday, setting a world record, officials and media reports said. The Indian Space Research Organization's latest satellite launch ve... Space,Technology Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:40:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201733,india-launches-10-satellites-into-space-sets-world-record--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201726,india-launches-rocket-into-space-with-10-satellites.html New Delhi - An Indian rocket blasted off Monday, carrying 10 satellites, including the country's latest remote-sensing satellite and eight foreign satellites, officials said. The Indian Space Research Organization's latest satellite launch vehicle, t... Space,Technology Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:34:08 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201726,india-launches-rocket-into-space-with-10-satellites.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201634,india-to-launch-10-satellites-monday.html New Delhi - India's satellite launch vehicle PSLV-C9 is set to launch 10 satellites in one go on Monday, officials said. The PSLV-C9 is scheduled to put in orbit the Cartosat-2A remote sensing satellite along with an Indian mini-satellite and eight f... Space,Technology Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:14:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201634,india-to-launch-10-satellites-monday.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201620,eu-commissioner-galileo-a-step-towards-europes-independence.html Paris - The European Union's Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot has called the planned Galileo satellite navigation system a tool of sovereignty for Europe, a French newspaper reported Sunday. We can no longer live in a world that is more and m... Space,Technology Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:49:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201620,eu-commissioner-galileo-a-step-towards-europes-independence.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201618,second-satellite-launched-for-galileo navigation-system--summary.html Moscow - A second satellite planned for use in the European navigation system Galileo was launched early Sunday from the Russian space centre in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The 700-kilogram spacecraft was launched at 2216 GMT Saturday atop of a Soyuz cargo... Space,Technology Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:18:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201618,second-satellite-launched-for-galileo navigation-system--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201592,second-satellite-launched-european-galileo navigation-system.html Moscow - A second satellite planned for use in the European navigation system Galileo was launched early Sunday from the Russian space centre in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The 700-kilogram spacecraft was launched at 2216 GMT Saturday atop of Soyuz cargo r... Space,Technology Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:20:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201592,second-satellite-launched-european-galileo navigation-system.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200675,expert-calls-soyuz-faulty-landing-the-razors-edge.html Moscow - A Russian investigation into what sent the Soyuz spacecraft badly off-course as it crashed back to earth Saturday found it sheer luck that the crew survived whole and unharmed. Everything could have ended much worse. The whole situation,... Space,Technology Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:50:08 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200675,expert-calls-soyuz-faulty-landing-the-razors-edge.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200369,rough-landing-shakes-up-iss-crew-and-surprises-locals.html Moscow - South Korea's first astronaut confessed Monday she was very scared as she smashed back into the atmosphere when the Russian space capsule went off-course on reentry at the weekend. I saw flames around the ship and at first I was really sc... Space,Technology Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:47:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200369,rough-landing-shakes-up-iss-crew-and-surprises-locals.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198503,russian-space-shuttle-inches-towards-new-german-home.html Speyer, Germany - A veteran Buran space shuttle from Russia inched its way on a low-loader truck to a private museum in Germany Saturday after gliding up the Rhine river this week on a barge. The spacecraft was built for the Soviet Union's 1980s Bura... Space,Technology Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:44:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198503,russian-space-shuttle-inches-towards-new-german-home.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198095,soyuz-craft-carrying-south-koreas-first-astronaut-docks-at-iss.html Moscow - The Soyuz craft carrying South Korea's first female astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts docked at the International Space Station (ISS) at 15.00 GMT on Thursday. After over two days flying aboard the cramped capsule, South Korea's Yi So Yeo... Space,Technology Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:11:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198095,soyuz-craft-carrying-south-koreas-first-astronaut-docks-at-iss.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197524,soyuz-spacecraft-blasts-toward-space-station--summary.html Moscow/Baikonur - A Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft carrying a crew that includes the first South Korean female astronaut blasted off Tuesday in a thinning orange trail to the International Space Sation (ISS). The craft rode smoothly into an elliptical orbit... Space,Technology Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:02:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197524,soyuz-spacecraft-blasts-toward-space-station--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197479,soyuz-spacecraft-launches-for-space-station--update.html Moscow/Baikonur - A Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft carrying a crew that includes the first South Korean woman astronaut blazed off Tuesday in a thinning orange trail to the International Space Sation (ISS). The craft rocketed into clear skies from the Baiko... Space,Technology Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:48:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197479,soyuz-spacecraft-launches-for-space-station--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197472,profile-south-koreas-first-woman-astronaut-blasts-off.html Seoul - Yi So Yeon made history as South Korea's first astronaut when she took off for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday. Yi, 29, and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off at 1116 GMT from Kazakhstan's Baikonur space centre i... Space,Technology Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:30:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197472,profile-south-koreas-first-woman-astronaut-blasts-off.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197423,soyuz-spacecraft-with-first-south-korean-astronaut-set-for-launch.html Moscow/Baikonur, Kazakhstan - The Soyuz spacecraft to carry South Korea's first astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts on their virgin flight to the International Space Station (ISS) was set for launch later Tuesday. The Soyuz-FG rocket will blast off ... Space,Technology Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:51:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197423,soyuz-spacecraft-with-first-south-korean-astronaut-set-for-launch.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197305,russian-space-shuttle-glides-up-the-rhine.html Krefeld, Germany - The bizarre sight of a space shuttle gliding up the Rhine river at bicycle speed attracted sightseers in Germany Monday and gained publicity for the museum which is to be its final home. The spacecraft was built for the Soviet Unio... Space,Technology Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:51:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197305,russian-space-shuttle-glides-up-the-rhine.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196524,european-space-truck-docks-at-space-station--summary.html Bremen, Germany - In a first docking by a European spacecraft in orbit, an expendable space truck named the Jules Verne nosed up to International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday and attached itself automatically. A live telecast, watched with bat... Space,Technology Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:21:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196524,european-space-truck-docks-at-space-station--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196519,new-european-space-truck-arrives-at-space-station.html Bremen, Germany - In the first-ever docking by a European spacecraft in orbit, an expendable space truck named the Jules Verne made contact with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday. A live telecast to the ground showed how computers... Space,Technology Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:02:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196519,new-european-space-truck-arrives-at-space-station.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196030,next-shuttle-launch-discovery-delayed-to-may-31.html Washington - The launch of the next US shuttle mission, Discovery, has been postponed to May 31, NASA officials said Tuesday. Delays in the delivery of the external fuel tank prompted the change from the May 25 target. ... Space,Technology Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:34:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196030,next-shuttle-launch-discovery-delayed-to-may-31.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195156,australian-farmer-finds-space-junk.html Sydney - A mangled blob of metal the size of a car engine found on a remote Outback cattle farm was Friday identified by Australian scientists as space junk. Brisbane Planetarium curator Mark Rigby said he was in no doubt the object found late last... Space,Technology Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:21:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195156,australian-farmer-finds-space-junk.html