Japan and South Korea say that North Korea’s three-stage rocket launch early Friday failed. Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka says the rocket appears to have flown about 120 kilometers up into the air before splitting into four pieces and falling into the Yellow Sea. “We have received information that there was some sort of object […]
North Korea Launches Rocket Over Yellow Sea
Posted April 12th, 2012 at 9:30 pm (UTC-5)
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North Korea Launches Rocket Over Yellow Sea
Posted April 12th, 2012 at 9:10 pm (UTC-5)
Japan and North Korea say that North Korea’s three-stage rocket launch early Friday failed. Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka says the rocket appears to have flown about 120 kilometers up into the air before splitting into four pieces and falling into the Yellow Sea. “We have received information that there was some sort of object […]
North Korea Launches Rocket Over Yellow Sea
Posted April 12th, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
North Korea launched a three-stage rocket into space early Friday, in defiance of United Nations resolutions and warnings from the United States and other nations of repercussions. South Korea’s Defense Ministry says the launch has failed. Pyongyang said the rocket was placing a satellite in orbit. But Washington and its Asia allies, South Korea and […]
North Korea Launches Rocket Over Pacific
Posted April 12th, 2012 at 7:20 pm (UTC-5)
News reports say North Korea launched a three-stage rocket into space early Friday, in defiance of United Nations resolutions, and despite warnings from the United States and other nations of repercussions. Pyongyang says the rocket is placing a satellite in orbit. But Washington and its Asia allies South Korea and Japan suspect it is merely […]
Clinton Warns North Korea of UN Action if Rocket Launched
Posted April 12th, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned North Korea Thursday that the United Nations Security Council will take further action if Pyongyang goes ahead with a rocket launch, which many believe is a ballistic missile test. Speaking in Washington after meeting with her counterparts from the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations, Clinton said North […]
UN Chief Repeats Warning to North Korea on Rocket Launch
Posted April 12th, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging North Korea to heed the call of the international community by canceling an upcoming rocket launch. Mr. Ban spoke Thursday in Geneva, as North Korean engineers prepared to launch a rocket that Pyongyang says will carry a weather satellite into space. Western nations and regional neighbors accuse the […]
UN Chief Repeats Warning to North Korea on Rocket Launch
Posted April 12th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging North Korea to heed the call of the international community by canceling an upcoming rocket launch. Mr. Ban spoke Thursday in Geneva, as North Korean engineers prepared to launch a rocket that Pyongyang says will carry a weather satellite into space. Western nations and regional neighbors accuse the […]
Regional Forces Stand By as North Korean Launch Window Opens
Posted April 12th, 2012 at 12:45 am (UTC-5)
Military forces in South Korea and Japan are standing by Thursday on the first day of a five-day window for a North Korean rocket launch that Pyongyang says will carry a weather satellite into space. The likelihood that the launch will come Thursday dimmed as mid-day arrived with no sign of new activity at the […]
Images Show North Korea Readying Rocket Launch
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
New satellite images of a North Korean rocket site show evidence of increased preparation for a space launch that Washington sees as cover for a long-range missile test. The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies said Sunday that satellite photos taken last Wednesday show a mobile radar trailer, not previously present […]
US Space Agency Launches Rockets to Study High-Altitude Jet Stream
Posted March 27th, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. space agency NASA has launched five rockets from the eastern state of Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream. The rockets blasted off early Tuesday morning more than a minute apart. NASA says the mission, known as the Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX), will help scientists understand the […]
