Highlights |
 NASA STS-121 Discovery countdown
begins at 17:00 EDT today; launch set for 1 Jul, 15:49
EDT; Eileen Collins says, "...it's
time for us to fly" |
| Bigelow
Aerospace tour offered at 'NewSpace
2006' conf in Las Vegas NV on 20-21 Jul,
says SFF Founder Rick Tumlinson; limited |
| Space
Adventures bought Space Launch Corp to help evaluate
its XCOR
and Myasishchev spacecraft, says Dinerman of Space
Review |
| US$500K Heinlein
Prize ceremony on 7 Jul in Houston TX; winner Peter
Diamandis put copy of author's The
Man Who Sold the Moon on
SS1 |
| Andrews
Space announces opening of new office in Houston
TX; "to better serve NASA and our other customers," says
CEO Marian Joh |
| Space:
The Fragile Frontier by
Mark Williamson published
by AIAA recently; preserving
Apollo sites, protecting orbital assets; good reviews |
Global |
| ISS
E13 crew says running
out of space; 18,000 objects onboard; STS-121 Discovery will
haul items back to Earth, but will leave behind more |
| Russia
ISS Mission Control said yesterday E13 crew not
in danger from 79 kg of space debris passing 240
m above station; piece of 1963 US cargo |
| Asia-Pacific
Space Cooperation Organization will have HQ in
Beijing after 5 member states of UN approve; India,
Japan, Russia not signed |
| Intl
team of scientists studying Yungay
in Chile's Atacama Desert for
signs of life; Astrobiology
Magazine reports
from "driest
place on Earth" |
| Planetary
Society visits Ellesmere
Island for
Europa analog
mission this summer; Mars
Society skipping annual Devon
Island trip this
year to prepare for 4-month Arctic mission next year |
| IASL-IISL 'Policy and Law Relating to Outer Space
Resources: Example of Moon, Mars, etc'
on 28-29 Jun at McGill Univ in Montreal,
Canada |
