International Business News - Space http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif An unmanned Russian cargo ship blasted off Thursday with supplies, equipment and gifts for the international space station, an official said. Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin said the ship is carrying about 2.5 short tons of oxygen, water and food for the crew _ U.S. astronaut Garrett Reisman and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/russia-launches-cargo-ship-with-supplies-for-space-station.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 19:43:12 EDT Japan's powerful lower house of parliament voted Tuesday to allow the country's space programs to be used for national defense, the latest move by Tokyo to give more freedom to the tightly controlled military. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/japan-lower-house-oks-space-defense-bill.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 05:57:27 EDT Real estate investment trust Extra Space Storage Inc. said Monday it will sell 13 million shares of its common stock. Chairman and Chief Executive Kenneth M. Woolley and President Spencer F. Kirk each committed to purchase 60,000 shares in the offering at the public offering price, the company said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/extra-space-storage-to-sell-13-million-shares.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 16:53:47 EDT A Denver man who wants the city to be prepared for space aliens is proposing a commission to deal with the matter. The assistant city attorney says he doesn't know what officials will ask about Jeff Peckman's proposal during next week's "review and comment" meeting. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080503/denver-man-seeks-support-for-citywide-panel-on-space-aliens.htm Sat, 03 May 2008 21:14:35 EDT NASA's final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed at least a month, until the fall, because of extra time needed to build the shuttle fuel tanks needed for the flight and a potential rescue mission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/nasa-hubble-mission-delayed-until-fall-for-fuel-tank-work.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 13:51:01 EDT NASA isn't too worried about the Soyuz space capsule's wayward ride home over the weekend, saying Tuesday that the Russians have got a handle on it. This was the second straight off-course landing for a Soyuz capsule returning from the international space station. A Russian space official told the Russian news agency Interfax that the crew of three_ including American Peggy Whitson _ was in serious danger during the descent. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/41593-russia-space.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/nasa-not-worried-about-soyuz-space-capsules-bumpy-ride-home.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/nasa-not-worried-about-soyuz-space-capsules-bumpy-ride-home.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:54:00 EDT The crew of the Soyuz capsule that landed hundreds of miles off target in Kazakhstan last weekend was in serious danger during the descent, a Russian news agency reported Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/russian-news-agency-says-soyuz-crew-was-in-danger-on-descent.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:36:41 EDT South Korea's first astronaut said Monday she was "really scared" when the Russian space capsule she was in made an unexpectedly steep descent to Earth over the weekend. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/41281-russia-space.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/yi-describes-frightening-return-to-earth.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/yi-describes-frightening-return-to-earth.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:52:00 EDT A Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut touched down in northern Kazakhstan on Saturday, 260 miles from its target landing site, a Russian space official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/41067-space-station.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/official-soyuz-capsule-misses-its-mark-in-kazakhstan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/official-soyuz-capsule-misses-its-mark-in-kazakhstan.htm Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:46:44 EDT A Russian capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut touched down 260 miles off target in northern Kazakhstan on Saturday after hurtling through the atmosphere in a bone-jarring descent from the international space station. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/41030-russia-space.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/capsule-carrying-first-skorean-astronaut-lands-off-target.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/capsule-carrying-first-skorean-astronaut-lands-off-target.htm Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:23:33 EDT A Russian space capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut landed in northern Kazakhstan Saturday, 260 miles off its mark, Russian space officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/40975-russia-space.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/official-soyuz-capsule-lands-off-target.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/official-soyuz-capsule-lands-off-target.htm Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:41:22 EDT President Vladimir Putin ordered his government Friday to speed up construction of a new cosmodrome and development of a booster rocket in a bid to revive the nation's space glory. Russia's space ... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/39421-russia-space-dog.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/russia-to-build-new-space-launchpad.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/russia-to-build-new-space-launchpad.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:48:38 EDT Russian officials on Friday unveiled a monument to Laika, a dog whose flight to space more than 50 years ago paved the way for human space missions. The small monument is near a military research fa... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/russia-opens-monument-to-space-dog-laika.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:17:34 EDT Russia's Mission Control says a Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut has docked successfully at the international space station. Officials say the Soyuz TMA-12 craft that also carr... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080410/soyuz-capsule-docks-at-space-station.htm Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:12:34 EDT The space program needs a shot in the arm financially and emotionally or the country could lose its position as a global leader of exploration and development, a Boeing Co. executive said Tuesday. J... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/space-industry-symposium-begins.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:24:56 EDT A Russian capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut and two cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, en route to the international space station. The Soyuz... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/38624-russia-space.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/soyuz-capsule-carries-korean-astronaut.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/soyuz-capsule-carries-korean-astronaut.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:02:00 EDT South Korea's first astronaut and two cosmonauts made final preparations Tuesday to fly to the international space station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Yi So-yeon, a 29-year-old bioengineer, ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/skoreas-1st-astronaut-ready-for-flight.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:18:46 EDT A new European cargo ship flew up to the international space station and docked Thursday, successfully delivering food, water and clothes in its orbital debut. The unmanned cargo ship, called Jules ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/european-ship-docks-at-space-station.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:01:18 EDT NASA's next space shuttle launch has been delayed until May 31, nearly a week late because of extra time needed to get the fuel tank to Florida. Discovery had been scheduled to blast off May 25, but the external fuel tank for the space station mission got held up by bad weather. The tank finally arrived at Kennedy Space Center from its assembly plant in New Orleans last week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080331/nasas-next-launch-delayed-until-may-31.htm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:29:00 EDT Real estate investment trust Extra Space Storage Inc. on Friday cut its first-quarter guidance, blaming a loss on the liquidation of its auction rate securities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080328/extra-space-cuts-1q-guidance.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:40:02 EDT