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NASA on Tuesday delayed the test flight of an unmanned prototype moon rocket due to poor weather.The attempt to launch the 327-foot (100-metre) Ares 1-X rocket was reset for 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) on Wednesday.

The countdown to the launch tonight of a Delta II rocket carrying NASA’s Kepler telescope has been proceeding right on schedule.The rocket is fueled, the range has been checked and the rocket and its Kepler spacecraft payload are all set to blast off at 10:49 p.m. A second three-minute window is available at 11:17 p.m. if needed. The weather forecast is perfect.

Japan on Friday condemned North Korea’s plan to launch a rocket next month, warning that it can legally shoot down any threatening object if it falls toward its territory.North Korea told international agencies earlier this week that it plans to put a communications satellite into orbit between April 4 and 8, using a rocket that will fly over Japan and likely drop spent fuel stages into the Pacific.For more information click below link
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/world/asia/14korea.html?ref=world

It was a big moment for India – the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). But minutes into launch, there was crisis with the indigenous cryogenic engine underperforming and the rocket deviating from its path

In the hope of finding evidence of water ice deposits buried in one of the permanently shadowed craters on the moon, NASA's LCROSS satellite is due to hit its South Pole on Friday morning, according to the Associated Press.

NASA rolled out its first new space craft in about three decades early Tuesday morning, a towering, spindly rocket called the Ares I-X.

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has announced her latest venture on micro-blogging site Twitter. She is all set to open a new club called Royalty in Mumbai with her businessman husband Raj Kundra."Okay guys this is the news. Our newest venture is Royalty - the newest club in town, nearly ready, have been busy with that, so happy (that it is) nearly done," Shilpa posted on her Twitter page Friday.

With many automakers planning to launch eco-friendly vehicles for the domestic market, Tata Motors said on Tuesday that it may launch the electric version of the small car Indica in early 2011.