April 5, 2009
The Japanese government has readied itself ahead of Pyongyang’s imminent launch of a communications satellite, with the Self-Defense Forces poised to shoot down the launch vehicle if it is seen falling toward Japan’s territory. Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers guard Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles (behind them) at JGSDF Araya base in Akita, northern [...]
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April 1, 2009
This DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite image taken on March 29, 2009 shows the North Korea rocket launch facility in Musudan Ri, North Korea. North Korea’s planned rocket launch in the next week would violate UN resolutions even if it tried to put a satellite into space, officials in South Korea and Japan said on Wednesday. The [...]
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March 16, 2009
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifted off on Sunday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission of delivering the International Space Station’s (ISS) fourth and final set of solar array wings, completing the station’s truss, or backbone. Space shuttle Discovery astronauts (L-R) Koichi Wakata of Japan, John Phillips, Richard Arnold, Steve Swanson, Joseph Acaba, Pilot [...]
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February 25, 2009
A rocket carrying a NASA satellite designed to study global warming from space crashed in the ocean near Antarctica after a failed launch early Tuesday. This NASA video image shows NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory and its Taurus booster as it lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)The Taurus XL rocket carrying [...]
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