http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has rescheduled the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets from the Wallops Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream to no earlier than Tuesday night, March 20. http://phys.org/news251363753.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:16:02 EST news251363753 (PhysOrg.com) -- A group of academic space scientists has decided to try to open a channel with a British satellite launched in 1971, but not heard from since 1996. The team, headed by Roger Duthie, a PhD student in London, hopes to overcome many obstacles in reestablishing contact with the satellite to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its launch. http://phys.org/news234525402.html Space & Earth Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:57:04 EST news234525402 (PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Maryland-led mission proposal know as Comet Hopper has been chosen to compete for final selection as a new planetary mission in NASA's Discovery Program. The team will receive $3 million to further develop its mission proposal concept. http://phys.org/news224426256.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 May 2011 13:37:56 EST news224426256 The launch next month of two large European telescopes designed to probe the formation of galaxies and the "Big Bang" scientists say created the universe has been postponed by several weeks, it was announced here on Friday. http://phys.org/news156163167.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:40:07 EST news156163167 (AP) -- NASA is replacing some space shuttle connections in hopes of plugging a gas leak and launching Discovery to the international space station on Sunday, after delays of more than a month. http://phys.org/news156105508.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:39:08 EST news156105508 (PhysOrg.com) -- Early this morning the Cassini spacecraft relayed information that it had successfully swapped to a backup set of propulsion thrusters late Wednesday. http://phys.org/news156102106.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:42:44 EST news156102106 South Korea's first space rocket launch has been postponed by a month to late July to give engineers more time for tests, the government said Thursday. http://phys.org/news156063981.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:06:58 EST news156063981 (PhysOrg.com) -- With liftoff just five days away, ESA's GOCE spacecraft - encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing - has been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. http://phys.org/news156008237.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:38:39 EST news156008237 The launch of the US space shuttle Discovery was postponed Wednesday just hours before liftoff after NASA engineers found a gas leak in the filling system for its external tank. http://phys.org/news156002817.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:07:26 EST news156002817 (AP) -- NASA fueled space shuttle Discovery for a night flight to the international space station Wednesday, following a month's delay to make sure the ship's valves are just right. http://phys.org/news155999901.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:18:41 EST news155999901 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor. http://phys.org/news155923882.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:12:21 EST news155923882 (PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-O, arrived this morning by a C17 military cargo aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility from the manufacturing plant in El Segundo, Calif. http://phys.org/news155397372.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:57:05 EST news155397372 NASA is aiming to launch the space shuttle Discovery next month after repeated delays caused by critical valves. Shuttle managers said Wednesday they hope to launch on March 12, a full month after the original launch date of Feb. 12. http://phys.org/news154866225.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:24:18 EST news154866225 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket set to launch NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory is now fully assembled at Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. http://phys.org/news154281238.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:54:51 EST news154281238 NASA's Kepler spacecraft is on its way to the launch pad and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could potentially host life. http://phys.org/news154281121.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:52:42 EST news154281121 Four NASA rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range during a three-hour span on the morning of Feb. 18, 2009. The rockets, carrying payloads that emitted glowing vapor trails that help scientists study turbulence in the upper atmosphere, launched at 12:59 a.m., 1:29 a.m., 1:59 a.m., and 2:49 a.m. Alaska Standard Time. The whitish trails, some resembling corkscrews in the sky, were visible in many parts of interior and northern Alaska. http://phys.org/news154264432.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:14:28 EST news154264432 Following word from Eurockot that launch of the Earth Explorer SMOS satellite can take place between July and October this year, ESA, CNES and the prime contractor Thales Alenia Space are now making detailed preparations for the last crucial steps before ESA's water mission is placed in orbit. http://phys.org/news153675185.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:33:48 EST news153675185 (PhysOrg.com) -- ESA’s Herschel and Planck missions that will study the formation of stars and galaxies and the relic radiation from the Big Bang, respectively, have successfully completed their test campaigns in Europe. The two spacecraft will soon be shipped to Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. http://phys.org/news153407441.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:11:26 EST news153407441 (PhysOrg.com) -- ESA is now gearing up to return to Russia to oversee preparations for the launch of its GOCE satellite - now envisaged for launch on 16 March 2009. This follows implementation of the corrective measures after the anomaly with the Rockot launcher that delayed the launch of GOCE by Eurockot Launch Services last October. http://phys.org/news152966011.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:34:10 EST news152966011 At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA managers are engaged in the executive-level Flight Readiness Review, or FRR, to evaluate Discovery’s readiness for launch. http://phys.org/news152900011.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:14:14 EST news152900011 (PhysOrg.com) -- The development of NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I rocket, took another step forward Thursday as Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, successfully tested a critical piece. ATK conducted a full-scale separation test of the forward skirt extension for the Ares I-X flight test at its facility in Promontory, Utah. http://phys.org/news152543648.html Space & Earth Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:14:41 EST news152543648 (PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Discovery's installation to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters was completed Sunday afternoon. http://phys.org/news151081085.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:58:05 EST news151081085 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May 12, 2009. http://phys.org/news147695932.html Space & Earth Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:38:52 EST news147695932 NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will launch two years later than previously planned, in the fall of 2011. The mission will send a next-generation rover with unprecedented research tools to study the early environmental history of Mars. http://phys.org/news147618449.html Space & Earth Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:07:29 EST news147618449 (PhysOrg.com) -- Flames shot more than 100 feet high in a successful 5.5-second ground test firing Thursday, Nov. 20, of a launch abort motor for NASA's next generation spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle. NASA and the Orion industry team conducted the firing at the Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, facility in Promontory, Utah. http://phys.org/news146493141.html Space & Earth Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:32:21 EST news146493141 The latest polar-orbiting operational environmental weather satellite developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, called NOAA-N Prime, arrived Tuesday by C-5A military cargo aircraft at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for a February 4, 2009 launch. NOAA-N Prime, built by Lockheed Martin, is similar to NOAA-N launched on May 20, 2005. http://phys.org/news145036872.html Space & Earth Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:01:12 EST news145036872 (PhysOrg.com) -- The first major flight hardware of the Ares I-X rocket has arrived in Florida to begin preparation for the inaugural test flight of the agency's next-generation launch system. The test flight is targeted for July 12, 2009. http://phys.org/news145026120.html Space & Earth Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:02:00 EST news145026120 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Russian authorities responsible for the Rockot launcher that shall carry ESA's GOCE Earth Explorer satellite into orbit have completed the investigation of a failure in the guidance and navigation system of the launcher's Upper Stage (Breeze KM). http://phys.org/news144059874.html Space & Earth Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:37:54 EST news144059874 (PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Endeavour began moving off Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday morning at 8:28. It will take about seven hours to reposition the shuttle for launch on Launch Pad 39A. Launch is targeted for Nov. 14 at 7:55 p.m. EST. http://phys.org/news143990296.html Space & Earth Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:18:16 EST news143990296 (PhysOrg.com) -- ESA and European industries have updated the planning of the preparatory activities for a new tentative launch date of 27 October 2008 for the GOCE satellite. http://phys.org/news142175653.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:14:13 EST news142175653