May 2005 Space News |
- Discovery Returns to Vehicle Assembly Building for New Tank NASA 26 May 2005 -- The Space Shuttle Discovery is back in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The Shuttle will get a new, modified external fuel tank to ensure a safe Return to Flight mission (STS-114).
- DISCOVERY RETURNS TO VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING FOR NEW TANK NASA 26 May 2005 -- The Space Shuttle Discovery is back in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The Shuttle will get a new, modified external fuel tank to ensure a safe Return to Flight mission (STS-114).
- Discovery Returns to Vehicle Assembly Building for New Tank 26 May 2005 The Space Shuttle Discovery is back in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The Shuttle will get a new, modified external fuel tank to ensure a safe Return to Flight mission (STS-114).
- Voyager Spacecraft Approaches Edge of Solar System Washington File 25 May 2005 -- NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977 to observe Jupiter and Saturn, has entered a vast, turbulent expanse where the Sun's influence ends and the solar wind crashes into the thin gas between stars.
- Cassini Radio Signals Decipher Saturn Ring Structure Washington File 24 May 2005 -- The Cassini spacecraft has obtained the most detailed look ever at Saturn's rings, including the B ring, which has eluded previous robotic explorers.
- Joint Space Operations Center opens at Vandenberg AFPN 24 May 2005 -- Joint warfighters worldwide will soon reap the benefits from the Joint Space Operations Center, which opened here May 18.
- Delta II launch successful AFPN 20 May 2005 -- A Delta II rocket carrying a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite launches from here May 20.
- New U.S. Earth Observation Satellite Launched Washington File 20 May 2005 -- NASA has launched the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) new polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite -- a critical link in developing a global Earth-observation program.
- NASA To Retire Space Shuttle by 2010, Build New Vehicle Washington File 17 May 2005 -- NASA will retire the space shuttle by 2010, replacing it with a new crew exploration vehicle (CEV) whose main mission will be to support exploration of the Earth’s moon and other destinations, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said May 12.
- CPM opposes India joining US proposed Missile Defence System IRNA 17 May 2005 -- Communist Party of India-(Marxist) CPI-M, a major outside supporter of ruling UPA, voiced opposition to India joining the joint Missile Defence System proposed by the United States.
- Space: 'Mars Express' Hoping To Confirm Presence Of Water On Red Planet RFE/RL 16 May 2005 -- Are there vast underground reservoirs of frozen or liquid water on Mars, as many scientists suspect? The definitive answer is closer than ever, thanks to the orbiting European "Mars Express" spacecraft. "Mars Express" has already discovered what could be a frozen sea close to the Martian equator. Now, the spacecraft is in the midst of deploying ground-penetrating radar, which should be able to detect the presence of water, whether close to the surface or deep underground. If proven, such water could be a habitat for microbial life. It could also jump-start plans for manned flights to the red planet.
- International Cassini Mission Finds New Saturn Moon Washington File 11 May 2005 -- The international Cassini spacecraft has confirmed that there is a moon hidden in a gap in Saturn's outer A ring, according to a May 10 NASA press release.
- Khatami stresses key role of spatial data in national development IRNA 08 May 2005 -- President Mohammad Khatami here Sunday in a message addressed to a geomatic conference said that the spatial data plays a key role in materializing the 20-year national vision plan and the general policies of the fourth development plan (2005-2010) as a pre-requisite to the relevant laws.
- 'Geospatial Intelligence' Helps Save Troops' Lives AFPS 05 May 2005 -- Mention the word "geospatial" to troops on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan and they might ask, "What's that?"
- India waits for the launch of CARTOSAT-1 tomorrow IRNA 02 May 2005 -- The countdown for the launch of India's new and heaviest remote sensing satellite, CARTOSAT-1 and a piggy back microsatellite, HAMSAT, would start at 5.49 a.m. tomorrow.
