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/275727,ariane-launch-puts-us-telecom-satellite-in-orbit.html Paris - An Ariane-5 booster rocket Wednesday was successfully launched from the European space center at Kouru in French Guayana on Wednesday, carrying a US telecom satellite into orbit, Arianespace officials said in Paris. The rocket carried the 6.9... Space,Technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:59:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275727,ariane-launch-puts-us-telecom-satellite-in-orbit.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274455,water-hunting-satellite-reaches-moon--summary.html Washington - US space agency NASA took a giant step toward bringing humans back to the moon Tuesday as a new satellite went into lunar orbit to search for water. The LRO will send back data to help scientists find the best location for a manned landi... Space,Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:29:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274455,water-hunting-satellite-reaches-moon--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274449,water-hunting-satellite-reaches-moon.html Washington - The US space agency NASA took a giant step toward bringing humans back to the moon Tuesday as a new satellite went into lunar orbit to search for water. The LRO will send back data to help scientists find the best location for a manned l... Space,Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:45:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274449,water-hunting-satellite-reaches-moon.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274361,water-hunting-satellite-to-reach-moon-tuesday.html Washington - NASA will take a giant step toward bringing humans back to the moon Tuesday as a new orbiting satellite arrives there to search for water. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is expected to reach the moon's orbit at 0943 (GMT). ... Space,Technology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:23:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/274361,water-hunting-satellite-to-reach-moon-tuesday.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273888,nasa-starts-back-to-moon-with-dual-mission--summary.html Washington - NASA launched a dual mission Thursday to help pave the way for humans to return to the moon, as the US space agency looks beyond the continuing needs of the International Space Station. The Atlas V rocket launch lifted off at 5:32 pm (21... Space,Technology Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:47:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273888,nasa-starts-back-to-moon-with-dual-mission--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273874,nasa-counting-down-to-moon-probe-launch.html Washington - NASA was in the final countdown Thursday before launching a dual moon mission intended to pave the way for humans to return to the moon. Launch was set for 2112 from Florida's Cape Canaveral, where the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) ... Space,Technology Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:29:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273874,nasa-counting-down-to-moon-probe-launch.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273677,european-russian-space-partners-urge-nasa-to-lengthen-iss-mission.html Washington - The European and Russian space agencies on Wednesday called on NASA to lengthen its commitment to the International Space Station (ISS) beyond 2015. The comments came as part of a review that the Obama administration is conducting of the... Space,Technology Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:59:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273677,european-russian-space-partners-urge-nasa-to-lengthen-iss-mission.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273568,space-shuttle-endeavour-launch-postponed-again-by-gas-leak--summary.html Washington - US space agency NASA on Wednesday postponed the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour for the second time in four days, after technicians detected a hydrogen gas leak during fuelling just hours before scheduled lift-off. The shuttle's la... Space,Technology Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:11:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273568,space-shuttle-endeavour-launch-postponed-again-by-gas-leak--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273545,space-shuttle-endeavour-launch-postponed-again-by-gas-leak--update.html Washington - US space agency NASA on Wednesday postponed the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour after technicians detected a hydrogen gas leak during fuelling just hours before scheduled lift- off. The shuttle's launch had been set for 5:40 am (09... Space,Technology Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:11:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273545,space-shuttle-endeavour-launch-postponed-again-by-gas-leak--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273540,launch-of-space-shuttle-endeavour-postponed-again-by-gas-leak.html Washington - The launch of the space shuttle Endeavour for a 16-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was postponed Wednesday due to a hydrogen gas leak. The shuttle had been scheduled to take off at 5:40 am (0940 GMT) from Cape Canave... Space,Technology Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:29:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273540,launch-of-space-shuttle-endeavour-postponed-again-by-gas-leak.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273452,arianespace-defies-crisis-books-profit-for-2008.html Paris - European satellite launcher Arianespace said Tuesday that it had registered profits of 2.5 million euros (3.44 million dollars) in 2008. In a statement released on the occasion of the 100th annual Paris International Air Show, the company sai... Space,Technology Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:41:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273452,arianespace-defies-crisis-books-profit-for-2008.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273327,nasa-sets-shuttle-endeavour-launch-for-wednesday--summary.html Washington- The space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch Wednesday after a hydrogen leak in its fuel tank postponed its planned takeoff over the weekend, NASA said Monday. The new date was set after a meeting in which NASA officials had to bala... Space,Technology Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:17:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273327,nasa-sets-shuttle-endeavour-launch-for-wednesday--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273188,endeavour-could-launch-wednesday-conflict-with-moon-launch.html Washington - NASA is eying Wednesday to launch the delayed space shuttle Endeavour, but there could be a conflict with the send up of two moon-bound satellites, NASA officials said. NASA officials plan to make a final decision Mondaynight, they said ... Space,Technology Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:11:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273188,endeavour-could-launch-wednesday-conflict-with-moon-launch.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273167,preview-nasa-moon-mission-to-pave-way-for-humans-return.html Washington - In the 40 years since the first man set foot on the moon, NASA has turned its attention away from Earth's nearest celestial neighbour to look ever deeper into space and build an orbiting space station. But much remains mysterious about t... Space,Technology Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:17:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/273167,preview-nasa-moon-mission-to-pave-way-for-humans-return.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/272810,south-korea-completes-space-centre.html Seoul - South Korea has completed work on its first space centre with its own satellite launch pad on an island off the country's southern coast, President Lee Myung Bak announced Thursday. The Naro space centre is to be the site of the launch of a r... Space,Technology Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:53:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/272810,south-korea-completes-space-centre.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/271829,expanded-space-station-crew-conducts-first-spacewalk.html Moscow/Washington- A Russian cosmonaut and US astronaut on Friday began the first spacewalk aboard the International Space Station since the crew doubled to six. During the planned five-and-a-half-hour spacewalk, Russian ISS commander Gennady Padalka... Space,Technology Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:05:46 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/271829,expanded-space-station-crew-conducts-first-spacewalk.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/270603,soyuz-launched-to-bring-3-more-crew-to-iss--summary.html Moscow - The three astronauts aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule launched Wednesday from the Baikonur centre in Kazakhstan reported that all was well as they headed toward the International Space Station (ISS). Russian television reported that the ... Space,Technology Wed, 27 May 2009 13:23:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/270603,soyuz-launched-to-bring-3-more-crew-to-iss--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/270567,soyuz-launched-to-bring-3-more-crew-to-iss--update.html Moscow - A Russian Soyuz space capsule was launched Wednesday from the Baikonur centre in Kazakhstan to bring three further crew members to the International Space Station ISS. Russian television reported that the launching took place as scheduled at... Space,Technology Wed, 27 May 2009 10:53:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/270567,soyuz-launched-to-bring-3-more-crew-to-iss--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/270166,space-shuttle-atlantis-lands-after-hubble-repairs--summary.html Washington - The space shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth Sunday, because of bad weather landing at an alternative location in California after a mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. The shuttle landed at Edwards Air Force Base at 1539 GMT.... Space,Technology Sun, 24 May 2009 15:59:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/270166,space-shuttle-atlantis-lands-after-hubble-repairs--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/270164,space-shuttle-atlantis-lands-after-hubble-repairs--2nd-update.html Washington - The space shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth Sunday, because of bad weather landing at an alternative location in California after a mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. The shuttle landed at Edwards Air Force Base after its mi... Space,Technology Sun, 24 May 2009 15:47:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/270164,space-shuttle-atlantis-lands-after-hubble-repairs--2nd-update.html