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Spirit Scouts Home Plate For Safe Haven
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 17, 2007Spirit has arrived at the north edge of "Home Plate." The rover will spend the next few Martian days, or sols, scouting the edge of Home Plate and acquiring images of the slopes to determine the best site for "Winter Haven 3," where Spirit will try to survive another season of minimal sunlight. Once the team selects a site, Spirit will drive down the north-facing edge of Home Plate and maneuve ... more NASA Sends Spacecraft On Mission To Comet Hartley 2 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 17, 2007NASA has approved the retargeting of the Epoxi mission for a flyby of comet Hartley 2 on Oct. 11, 2010. Hartley 2 was chosen as Epoxi's destination after the initial target, comet Boethin, could not be found. Scientists theorize comet Boethin may have broken up into pieces too small for detection. The Epoxi mission melds two compelling science investigations -- the Extrasolar Planet Observ ... more RAS Dismayed At Deep Cuts To UK Astronomy Announced By STFC 
London UK (SPX) Dec 17, 2007The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has expressed its deep disappointment at the level of cuts to UK astronomy research announced by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). These savings amount to at least pound80m over three years, with a further pound40m likely to be cut to create headroom for UK involvement in new projects. The RAS does however welcome the announcement by ... more KAGUYA (SELENE) Observations Using The Spectral Profiler 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 17, 2007The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) verified the Spectral Profiler (SP) onboard the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE) orbiting approximately 100 km above the lunar surface, through initial observations on November 3, 2007, and subsequent data analysis. The obtained data is the world's first continuous reflectance spectra of the far side of the Moon in the visible and near infrared regio ... more XMM-Newton Unveils Hidden Cosmic Giant 
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 17, 2007Astronomers working with XMM-Newton have discovered a new cluster of galaxies, hidden behind a previously identified cluster of galaxies. The recently exposed cosmic giant is apparently just as bright as the first group, but is six times further away. The discovery was made by an international team using ESA's orbiting X-ray observatory. Being fooled by a cosmic giant is no laughing matter ... more |
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 17, 2007The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday refuted reports alleging that its INSAT-4CR satellite had "disappeared" for a while in space and later "brought back," reducing its ten-year life span by half. It's totally false and baseless. We totally deny it," ISRO spokesperson S Satish said here. Satish said the satellite, launched on September 2 this year, had been put in the ... more Columbus Announces Development Of Revolutionary System For Off-Road Navigation 
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Dec 17, 2007Columbus Geographic Systems (GIS) Ltd. has announced the start of development of the world's first comprehensive navigation solution, displaying both urban and off-road maps without the need to move between different software or change memory cards. Navigation systems are software developed for car computers and PDAs enabling travelers to find their location, plan their route, exchange rou ... more Trimble Introduces Mobile Software Solution For Field Service Technicians 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2007Trimble has introduced a new mobile workforce management solution for field service technicians -- TrimbleFS software. Designed for field technicians who perform maintenance, repairs, equipment installations and many other services, the new application for Microsoft-based mobile computers extends enterprise information into the field and automates paper-based processes to increase efficiencies a ... more Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform For Mobile Devices 
Mountain View, CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2007A broad alliance of leading technology and wireless companies joined forces to announce the development of Android, the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. Google Inc., T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and others have collaborated on the development of Android through the Open Handset Alliance, a multinational alliance of technology and mobile industry leaders. ... more OMRON RFID Announces Support For Sybase RFID Anywhere 
Schaumburg IL (SPX) Dec 17, 2007OMRON RFID has availability of a Sybase RFID Anywhere hardware connector1 for its V750 RFID UHF Gen2 reader. RFID Anywhere is a software infrastructure that provides a robust, customizable environment for developing and managing radio frequency identification (RFID) and sensor network solutions of all sizes. The Omron V750 RFID reader runs on a real-time operating system (RTOS) that delive ... more |
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Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 17, 2007NAVTEQ reports that Lowrance has selected NAVTEQ as the map provider for its new mobile navigation device. The XOG Crossover Navigation GPS will utilize comprehensive NAVTEQ maps for the United States and Canada. The latest evolution in mobile navigation products from Lowrance, the XOG combines the requisites of an in-dash system with the convenience of a portable device. Flexible routing ... more USAF Weather Satellite Delivered To Launch Site 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2007The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for a July 2008 launch. "We're proud to have our third Block 5D-3 spacecraft at the launch site," said Sue Stretch, Lockheed Martin DMS ... more Russian army chief accuses West over arms control 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2007The Russian army's chief of staff accused the West on Saturday of playing politics with European arms control and warned that the launch of US interceptor missiles could trigger a Russian missile strike. "Western states have deliberately turned an agreement on European arms control into an instrument to achieve political aims" against Russia, Yury Baluyevksy said at a press conference broadc ... more US missile could trigger Russian strike: Russian army chief 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2007The planned deployment of US interceptor missiles in Poland could trigger a missile strike by Russia if those missiles are ever used, the Russian army's chief of staff warned on Saturday. "We are talking about the possibility of a retaliatory strike being triggered by the mistaken classification of an interceptor missile," Yury Baluyevsky said at a press conference broadcast on state televis ... more India tests surface-to-air missile: defence ministry 
Bhubaneswar (AFP) Dec 15, 2007India on Saturday successfully tested its surface-to-air Akash missile for the third time in as many days, defence officials said. The missile blasted off from the Chandipur-on-Sea testing site in Orissa state on India's eastern coast on Saturday afternoon, officials said. The two earlier tests this week at the testing site 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of state capital Bhubaneswa ... more |
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