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 November 19, 2009 |
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SHUTTLE NEWS + Shuttle Atlantis docks with space station 
Washington (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 -
The space shuttle Atlantis successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station and the hatch separating the crews was opened for the traditional welcoming ceremony, NASA said. The shuttle and its six astronauts left Florida's Kennedy Space Center without a hitch on Monday on a 11-day voyage to deliver a 20,000-pound (9,071-kilogram) haul of spare parts to the ISS. ... moreSPACE TRAVEL + US To Continue Using Russian Spacecraft After 2010 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 19, 2009 -
The U.S. ambassador to Moscow confirmed on Tuesday that the United States will continue to use Russian Soyuz spacecraft after space shuttles retire from service in 2010. "Soon, when space shuttles are taken out of operation, we will only be using your Soyuz rockets to put our astronauts into orbit," John Beyrle said in an online conference hosted by Gazeta.ru. The new Orion ... moreSPACE TRAVEL + NASA 'glove challenge' set for Thursday 
Titusville, Fla. (UPI) Nov 18, 2009 -
NASA's Astronaut Glove Challenge competition, with a $400,000 prize, will test gloves independent inventors designed and constructed for use in space.
The event, to be held Thursday at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., near the Kennedy Space Center, is open to the public. The nationwide competition focuses on developing improved pressure suit gloves for astronauts ... moreINTERNET SPACE + China says scrap UN Internet governance forum 
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 18, 2009 -
China on Wednesday called for the abolition of the UN's Internet Governance Forum, blasting it as a powerless gathering where IT heavyweight countries dominate. "Without any reforms to the IGF, it is not necessary to give it a five year extension," Chen Yin, head of the Chinese delegation, told the forum's fourth conference which wrapped up in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. ... moreMARSDAILY + NASA fails in first attempt to free Spirit 
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Nov 18, 2009 -
NASA says it failed to free its stuck Mars explorer Spirit on the first attempt. Officials at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said preliminary data from Tuesday's experiment indicate the rover stopped moving less than 1 second after it sensed more lateral tilt than permitted. A tight limit on vehicle roll and pitch of less than 1 degree change was set for the first drive ... more |
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SPACE TRAVEL + Subcommittee Congratulates NASA On Receiving TIME Magazine Award For Ares Rockets 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 19, 2009 -
House Committee on Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) and Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chairwoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) congratulated National Administration of Space and Aeronautics (NASA) on making TIME's List of 50 Best Inventions of 2009. NASA's Ares rockets placed number one among the best inventions of the year. The Ares rockets placed before several ... moreMOON DAILY + NASA 'Drops' Next Gen Robotic Lander During Autonomous Tests 
Huntsville AL (SPX)) Nov 19, 2009 -
NASA has successfully completed a series of autonomous "drop" tests of a robotic lander test article - in a record 10 months - to demonstrate the ability to perform a controlled landing on the moon or other airless planetary bodies. During recent tests at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., the lander test article was suspended up 10.5 feet from the landing pad. ... moreSPACEMART + Estonia Becomes Fifth ESA European Cooperating State 
Tallinn, Estonia (ESA) Nov 19, 2009 -
ESA's Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, Peter Hulsroj, and Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications, Juhan Parts, signed the Cooperation Agreement on 10 November in Tallinn. Estonia becomes the fifth European country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement with ESA. The signed agreement strengthens Estonia's relations with ESA and defines the legal ... moreSKY NIGHTLY + New Forest Of Stars 
Galloway Forest Park, UK (SPX) Nov 19, 2009 -
The new Dark Sky Park in Galloway Forest marks a new high in the growing interest in the UK's dark skies. It follows three years of STFC-led UK Dark Sky events which have been have been rekindling curiosity in the night sky and switching people on to the wonders of the universe. The Dark Sky Park status, awarded by the International Dark-Sky Association over the weekend, means that ... moreSUPER COMPUTERS + NASA Supercomputer Ranks Among World's Fastest 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2009 -
After a recent upgrade, NASA's premiere supercomputer located at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered the sixth spot on the Top500 list of the world's most powerful computers. The announcement was made at the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC09) in Portland, Ore. The Pleiades supercomputer is an SGI Altix ICE ... more |
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UAV NEWS + UK's Largest Fully-Autonomous UAS Completes Initial Flight Trials 
Farnborough, UK (SPX) Nov 18, 2009 -
BAE Systems has successfully flown the largest fully autonomous unmanned aircraft ever to be built in the UK. The next generation autonomous system, MANTIS, completed its maiden flight in Woomera, South Australia. During subsequent flights, MANTIS successfully completed a series of trials demonstrating the capability of the system and the potential of large unmanned systems to support ... moreSPACEWAR + US, China to step up military, space cooperation 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 -
China and the United States pledged Tuesday to step up military exchanges and safeguard the peaceful use of outer space after talks between Chinese President Hu Jintao and visiting US leader Barack Obama. The two countries vowed to take "concrete steps to advance sustained and reliable military-to-military relations in the future," according to a joint statement released after their summit ... moreUAV NEWS + Boeing Receives Study Contract For Submarine-Tracking UAS 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 18, 2009 -
Boeing has received a $275,000 contract from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) for a study of the magnetic noise associated with the heavy-fuel propulsion system on Boeing's MagEagle Compressed Carriage (MECC) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The MECC, designed and built to be magnetically quiet, is a special-mission variant of the company's ScanEagle Compressed ... moreNUKEWARS + Netanyahu warns of Iran threat from Israeli missile ship 
On Board The Ins Eilat (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured a naval vessel on Tuesday, using the backdrop of his country's military power to warn of the threat posed by the nuclear ambitions of arch-foe Iran. "The threat that Iran poses is very grave for the state of Israel, for peace in the Middle East and the whole world," Netanyahu said aboard the INS Eilat, a missile ship used recently to intercept ... moreSUPERPOWERS + Obama, Hu set for key talks in Beijing 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 -
US President Barack Obama will Tuesday attack the formal business of his visit to China, sitting down with his opposite number Hu Jintao for talks centred on trade tensions and US calls for a stronger yuan. Their discussions follow Obama's town hall-style meeting with students in Shanghai on Monday where he acknowledged difficulties in China-US ties but said they need not be adversaries. ... more |
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT + Volatile Gas Could Turn Lake Kivu Into A Time Bomb 
Troy NY (SPX) Nov 18, 2009 -
A dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and the Republic of Congo. Scientists can't say for sure if the volatile mixture at the bottom of the lake will remain still for another 1,000 years or someday explode without warning. In a region prone to volcanic and seismic activity, the fragility of Lake Kivu is a serious ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + Obama calls for climate pact with 'immediate' effect 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 -
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States and China want next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen to culminate in a global accord that has "immediate operational effect." We "agreed to work toward a successful outcome in Copenhagen," Obama told journalists after talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao. "Our aim there is... not a partial accord or a political ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + Warmer Means Windier On World's Biggest Lake 
Madison WI (SPX) Nov 18, 2009 -
Rising water temperatures are kicking up more powerful winds on Lake Superior, with consequences for currents, biological cycles, pollution and more on the world's largest lake and its smaller brethren. Since 1985, surface water temperatures measured by lake buoys have climbed 1.2 degrees per decade, about 15 percent faster than the air above the lake and twice as fast as warming over near ... moreBLUE SKY + Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions Up By 29 Percent Since 2000 
London, UK (SPX) Nov 18, 2009 -
The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world's natural 'sinks' to absorb carbon is published in the journal Nature Geoscience. An international team of researchers under the umbrella of the Global Carbon Project reports that over the last 50 years the average fraction of global CO2 emissions that remained in the ... moreDISASTER MANAGEMENT + Climate change transforming humanitarian work: survey 
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 -
Climate change is the leading cause of new challenges for the humanitarian community, a survey of G20 governments commissioned by the Red Cross revealed Tuesday. As the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement gathered in Nairobi for their first ever global meeting in Africa, the "Believe in Humanity" survey warned that the humanitarian landscape was changing fast. "World powers ... more |
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