Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 31, 2005 - They call him the Rocket Man. Tennis pro Andy Roddick holds the world's record for fast serves: 155 mph. By the time opponents realize where the ball is going, very often, it's already gone. Ace! Roddick's serve is much-feared around the US Open, which began this week in New York.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 27, 2005 - A Malaysian could be walking on the moon by 2020 if the country's current space programme proves to be successful, the country's science and technology minister Jamaludin Jarjis said Saturday.
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 26, 2005 - After 5 months of Electric Propulsion pause, SMART-1's ion engine was nominally restarted as planned on 2 August. The EP power is being set to 1325W due to the Sun distance seasonal effect.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 25, 2005 - In the safety-conscious, science-driven business of aerospace research, where laboratories routinely are set up as clean rooms, in which sterility is paramount, Dr. Mian Abbas' lab is something of an anomaly. The word dust is even in its name.
Beijing (XNA) Aug 23, 2005 - China launches its lunar probe engineering center Monday in Beijing as Chinese experts have started their work to develop a satellite to probe the moon.
Zhukovsky, Moscow Region (SPX) Aug 19, 2005 - Russia's aerospace corporation Energiya, intends to begin producing helium III, an environmentally clean fuel that cannot be produced on Earth, on the Moon, reports RIA Novosti
Hyderabad (SPX) Aug 19, 2005 - India is gearing up for its planned Moon mission Chandrayaan two years from now, with top scientists from the country recently gathering in Hyderabad to discuss the design system of the 32 metre diametre deep space network ground station antenna for the mission.
Beijing (XNA) Aug 17, 2005 - China is planning a three-stage programme of unmanned lunar missions, with the aim of bringing back rock samples from the moon in around 2017, aerospace officials said yesterday.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2005 - Where do you go after you've been to the Moon? This question launches Andrew Smith's investigation into the afterglow of the Apollo program. Meeting with the Moonwalkers, Smith discovers that their lives all followed very different paths since their lunar adventures.
New York (SPX) Aug 11, 2005 - Space Adventures announced Wednesday the availability of a commercial spaceflight to the far side of the moon.
Beijing (XNA) Aug 10, 2005 - China is expected to launch its first ever lunar probe satellite in 2007, given that the country's moon exploration project has so far been proceeding smoothly, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC).
Stanford CA (AFP) Aug 02, 2005 - A study of 60 Southern California beaches suggests water pollution varies with the lunar cycle, reaching the highest levels during the new and full moon.
Miami FL (AFP) Aug 02, 2005 - The United States plans to send four astronauts to the Moon by 2018, as a first step toward an eventual mission to Mars, according to NASA documents published by a US newspaper.
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New Delhi, India (SPX) Jul 15, 2005 - It was on July 20, 1969 that Eagle, the lunar module landed on moon and American Astronaut Neil Armstrong took that one small step paving way for a giant leap for mankind.
Poway CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2005 - SpaceDev has been awarded a contract by Andrews Space of Seattle to design a small spacecraft that will be the first ever to travel to the vicinity of the Moon through a gravity tunnel that is part of the InterPlanetary Superhighway (IPS), a route which requires significantly less fuel than conventional trajectories.
