Space NewsNews on Space continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.NASA Engineer Brutally Murdered- June 29, 2008 Officials are searching for two men in connection with the deaths of four people who authorities say were brutally murdered and left in a fire that ravaged their Quartz Hill house.http://www.topix.net/tech/space/2008/06/nasa-engineer-brutally-murdered?fromrss=1 STS-125: Atlantis' Main Engines Installed.- June 28, 2008 Crews at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida continue preparing space shuttle Atlantis for its upcoming STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Telescope. In high bay 1 of the Orbiter Processing Facility, technicians installed Atlantis' main engines, using a pitch-and-yaw system that helped them maneuver the engines into place. At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, repairs to Launch Pad 39A will begin this weekend. NASA has been evaluating the damage which occurred during Discovery's May 31...http://www.topix.net/tech/space/2008/06/sts-125-atlantis-main-engines-installed?fromrss=1 SOHO discovers its 1,500th comet- June 28, 2008 The ESANASA SOHO spacecraft has just discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all other comet discoverers throughout history put together.http://www.topix.net/tech/space/2008/06/soho-discovers-its-1-500th-comet?fromrss=1 Space Station Zaryra Module Completes 55,000 Earth Orbits- June 27, 2008 Today at 13:55 UT, the ISS (specifically its FGB module) completed 55,000 orbits of the Earth, having covered a distance of 2.32 billion km (1.45 billion st.miles) in 3506 days. The 19,300 kg (42,600 lbs) Zarya ('Dawn') was launched on a RussianKhrunichev Proton from Baikonur over 9.5 years ago (112098) as the first element of the multi-national space station. Space Station Zaryra Module Completes 55,000 Earth Orbitshttp://www.topix.net/tech/space/2008/06/space-station-zaryra-module-completes-55-000-earth... |