Spy Satellites Among Assets Used To Eyeball
Station
Remember that strange noise heard by Astronaut Michael Foale and
Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri aboard the International Space Station
not long ago? Whatever it was, NASA is now relatively comfortable
that there was no damage to the station.
It sounded something like a tin can being crunched up. While it was
quickly determined that the sound wasn't related to a collision in
space, the question remains -- just what was it?
India says it's test-fired a rocket motor fueled solely by
hyper-cooled liquid fuel, giving it the capability to boost space
vehicles just about anywhere they want to go, from high Earth orbit
to the moon.
It can also be used to fuel intercontinental ballistic
missiles.
The Indian Space Research Organization issued a statement Friday,
saying it had fired its liquid-fueled rocket motor for a total of
17-minutes. That's about five minutes more than needed for an
average flight into high orbit.
Total Now At 26 Teams
Space Transport Corporation of Washington State with team leaders
Eric Meir and Phillip Storm plans to launch an unpiloted
3-stage rocket to space altitude within the next 60 days.
On November 22nd the High Altitude Research Corporation, Inc.
(HARC) announced its entry into the X PRIZE Competition during an
unveiling of its working model X PRIZE entry at group’s
Huntsville (AL) research and development facility...
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