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EADS Takes Control of Spot Image

Posted by Robert Wall at 7/12/2008 11:47 AM CDT

EADS has increased its share in Spot Image to 81%, by buying out French space agency CNES.

EADS already held 40% in Spot Image, with CNES holding around 41%. The value of the deal was not disclosed. It formally closed July 12, says Colin Paynter, CEO of Astrium UK.

(3D image of Dead Sea. ... Read More »

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Meatball Surgery

Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. at 7/11/2008 10:55 AM CDT

Watching the all-Russian spacewalk at the International Space Station Thursday, I was struck - again - by how differently NASA's partners operate in space.
Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko struggled pretty much every minute of their six-hour, 18-minute extravehicular activity ... Read More »

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Discovery's Hypersonic Reentry and Landing

Posted by Craig Covault at 6/14/2008 11:51 AM CDT

By Craig Covault/Kennedy Space Center Delivery of the Japanese Kibo module to the international Space Station and the safe return of Discovery and its STS-124 crew June 14, opens the way for the final 10 missions of the shuttle program including the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope ... Read More »

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It's Not Like The Good Old Days--Fortunately

Posted by Christopher Fotos at 6/12/2008 6:15 PM CDT

At the Atlantic online, Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit write s about his visit to the International Space Development Conference here in Washington recently and what sounds like a pretty optimistic group. In the old days, he tells us, it had a heavy turnout of space geeks (but he means that in a nice way) but now it's one ... Read More »

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Flyaround

Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. at 6/11/2008 8:08 AM CDT

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER - The shuttle Discovery has wrapped up its flyaround of the International Space Station and is heading for home. Here are some images from the maneuver, as seen from both spacecraft.
This view of the front of the station give a good idea of just how large Japan's Kibo ... Read More »

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Backing Away

Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. at 6/11/2008 7:08 AM CDT

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER - The space shuttle Discovery has undocked from the International Space Station, heading home to Kennedy Space Center 10 days after launching from the Florida site.
Here is a view of Discovery and the station right before the undocking, which came right on time at 7:42 a.m. EDT, after eight days, ... Read More »

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Hatches Closed

Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. at 6/10/2008 4:39 PM CDT

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER - Crewmates on the International Space Station and the shuttle Discovery said their farewells and closed the hatches between the two spacecraft today, bringing the curtain down on a highly productive staiton-assembly mission
Here Discovery commander Mark Kelly thanks ISS Expedtion 17 ... Read More »

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Mars Mosaic

Posted by Christopher Fotos at 6/10/2008 2:04 PM CDT

The cover of the June 9, 2008 Aviation Week & Space Technology features a mosaic of the area around one foot of the Phoenix Mars lander. Dr. Ken Kremer, one of the figures who prepared the mosaic for the magazine, kindly provided us with a copy of the image for use online. The caption that appears in AW&ST is shown ... Read More »

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Stretching Out

Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. at 6/9/2008 5:18 PM CDT

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER - Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide flexed the 33-foot-long robotic arm on the Kibo laboratory module today, testing its six joints and its brakes before stowing it out of the way for later.
Here is the arm during its checkout this morning.

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Back Inside

Posted by Frank Morring, Jr. at 6/8/2008 4:08 PM CDT

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER - Spacewalkers Mike Fossum and Ron Garan are back inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock, after a fast-moving extravehicular activity (EVA) that saw them accomplish all their main tasks and some get-ahead jobs as well.
Here Garan moves toward the hatch near the end of the 6-hour, ... Read More »

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