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From International Astronautical FederationIAF IN THE PRESS Newsahead: 1 Jun 2010 Representatives of the world's space agencies gather at the Global Lunar Congress with a new sense of mission, a result of recent news that there is water on the Moon. A popular concept of the 2004-2005 era, an international robot village on the Moon, is on the agenda, along with other ideas that prevailed before interest in returning Man to the Moon began losing ground to other space objectives. Host China can be expected to present a status report on its Chang’e 3-stage lunar mission. Global Times: 31 May 2010 The development of the country's second lunar probe is well on track and it is to be launched at the end of this year, a landmark event for China's space program, scientists said Monday. "Now that the development of the carrier rocket and the satellite is complete, we have started to conduct tests on their performance," Wu Yansheng, deputy general manger of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), said at the Global Lunar Conference held in Beijing. Thaindian News: 31 May 2010 European Space Agency (ESA) director -general Jean-Jacques Dordain saidon Monday that there is a good chance of China being included in the International Space Station (ISS) partnership. According to the China Daily, he made the remarks on Monday during the ongoing Global Lunar Conference in Beijing, which is organized by the International Astronautical Federation and the Chinese Society of Astronautics. China Daily: 31 May 2010 The European Space Agency (ESA) supports China's inclusion in the International Space Station (ISS) partnership, the agency's director-general Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Monday. Le Scienze: 26 May 2010 Per fare solo due esempi, lunedì prossimo a Pechino si apre la conferenza globale sulla Luna promossa dalla International Astronautical Federation insieme alla CSA. Fox News: 5 Nov 2009: Space Tourism a Reality by 2012. The federal regulatory aspect emerged, publicly, for the first time at the 60th International Astronautical Conference in South Korea. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the U.S. government agency that regulates air flight, is now charged with licensing space launch companies in the U.S. George Nield, associate administrator of the FAA, space transportation initiative, spoke at the show about these new rules. |
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