Pressurised Mating Adapter-3 Relocation International Space Station crew members moved Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 from the left side of the Unity node to the bottom, to prepare the station for future growth. For the relocation, Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clay Anderson was at the controls...
The 58th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2007) takes place in Hyderabad, India from 24 -29 September 2007. This annual congress, one of the major space events of the year, brings together some 2000 international specialists, industry representatives and world leaders in the field. ...
A plane flown by record-breaking US adventurer Steve Fossett is missing in the Nevada desert, US federal aviation officials have said. Mr Fossett was reportedly last seen taking off from the private airfield at the Flying M Ranch near Yerington, Nevada, on Monday evening. [url=http://news.bbc....
Hurricane Felix strengthened to a Category 2 storm and shifted away from Curacao on Sunday, taking an unpredictable path that left Caribbean islands over a stretch of hundreds of miles fearful of the winds and rain to come. Felix was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane Saturday e...
The small solar system body 2002 PD149 (160256) has been found to have a binary companion. 2007 Aug. 31. CBET 1046 (subscription) The Trans-Neptunian Object 2002 PD149 was discovered by M. W. Buie, at the Cerro Tololo...
Nathan Seon's summer job could have been filmed as a reality show cross between an Indiana Jones flick and The X-Files. He spent the last few months searching for rare treasures, and ended up unearthing something that could help unlock the secrets of the universe. The University of Regina geology st...
Hurricane Henriette is forecast to make landfall in Mexico in about 18 hours. probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% probability for TS is 75% in about 3 hours San Lucas (22.9 N, 109.9 W) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 3 hours probability for TS is 75% in about 3 hours
Dozens of calls were reported Saturday night after mysterious lights were seen over a New Jersey beach where witnesses said a fireball was seen hitting the water. The calls prompted the Coast Guard to conduct a search of the area though nothing was discovered. [url=http://www.axcessnews.com/i...
A Type Ia magnitude 15.7, supernova, 2007hj, was discovered on the 1st September, 2007, by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search in the galaxy NGC 7461 in the constellation Pegasus. The supernova is located 6".7 west and 14".0 north of the nucleus of the galaxy. Position(2000): R.A. = 2...
A magnitude 16.1 Supernova, 2006dr, was discovered on the 17th July, 2006, by Berto Monard in the spiral galaxy NGC 1288 in the constellation Fornax.
It is located 12" east and 2" north of the nucleus.
Position(2000): R.A. = 03h17m14s.19, Dec. = -32°34'31".8
As yet the type is unkno...
Since the age of the 1950s B-movies, flying saucers have been the vehicle of choice for any discerning alien. Looking like a cross between a metal hubcap and a glow-in-the-dark frisbee, these strange spacecraft have fascinated us for decades. Whether you accept Area 51 or reject the Roswell Incide...
JPL Workers Sue Over HSPD-12 Checks Scientists and engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are suing NASA and the California Institute of Technology, which manages JPL, over what they say are unwarranted and overly personal background checks under the government wide access cards required u...
Russia says it will send cosmonauts to the moon by 2025, with plans for a permanent manned base. Anatoly Perminov, head of the space agency, said a manned flight to Mars is scheduled for after 2035. He said Russia will have 103 satellites in orbit by the end of the year. Perminov said the first Russian wi...
An eleven year old Dunedin girl has come up with a unique weapon for an age old problem. Every year, thousands of parents battle to rid their children of head lice. Some even applying dangerous chemicals and animal flea treatments. But the answer could simply be to "fry" the lice - with a sim...
