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Amateur Radio Operators Asked To Tune Into Lunar Radar Bounce
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 18, 2008Scientists at the Air Force/Navy High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in Alaska and the Long Wavelength Array (LWA) in New Mexico back in October, 2007 received what is believed to be the lowest frequency RF echo off the lunar surface. They are set to best that this weekend with yet another lunar echo experiment, and they are asking help from Amateur Radio operators the world over to tune in. ... more Cosmic Cockroaches Develop Faster 
Voronezh, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 18, 2008Cockroaches conceived in space onboard the Russian Foton-M bio satellite have developed faster and become hardier than 'terrestrial' ones, a research supervisor said on Thursday. The research team has been monitoring the cockroaches since they were born in October. The scientists established that their limbs and bodies grew faster. "What is more, we have found out that the creatures ... more Ground Broken On Michoud Assembly Facility In New Orleans 
New Orleans LA (SPX) Jan 18, 2008NASA and Louisiana leaders broke ground in December for a $40 million, five-story Research and Development Administration Building at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Participating in the groundbreaking ceremony were Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco; Michael Olivier, Louisiana secretary of economic development; Robert Lightfoot, deputy director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Cent ... more Russia To Launch Two Telecom Satellites On Jan 28 And Feb 10 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 18, 2008Russia is to launch two communication satellites in the coming weeks from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a leading Russian space company said on Thursday. The Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said the Proton-M rocket, carrying an Express-AM33 satellite, was on schedule for take-off on January 28. The Express-AM33 was designed by the Reshetnev Applied Mechanics Scie ... more SPACEHAB Subsidiary Wins NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory Contract 
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 18, 2008SPACEHAB has announced that its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has won an additional fully funded task order under the recently awarded Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The Company will provide facilities and payload processing services, from its VAFB location, in support of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission, schedul ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Jan 18, 2008The European Space Agency on Friday gave the official kickoff to a billion-dollar project with Japan to send two unmanned scouts to Mercury by signing a construction contract with satellite maker Astrium. The mission, named BepiColombo, was named by ESA in 2000 as one of its "cornerstone missions" for the new millennium. Launch is scheduled for August 2013, but it will take six years for ... more Classroom Scientists Shoot For Space 
London, UK (SPX) Jan 18, 2008British space engineering trailblazer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) and the British National Space Centre (BNSC) are challenging teams of 14-18 year olds to fly a lunch-box-sized experiment on a future space mission, supported by expert scientists and engineers. SSTL builds small but powerful satellites using component technologies found in laptops, digital cameras and mobile ... more Radical New Lab Fights Disease Using Satellites 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 18, 2008A group of atmospheric research scientists at NASA's National Space Science and Technology Center felt a little like they were in a foreign country when they first met with University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Public Health representatives to discuss an unusual partnership. "When we first got together, it was as if we were speaking entirely different languages," says NASA's Dale Quatt ... more ISRO Planning To Launch Satellite To Study The Sun 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 18, 2008In the midst of the buzz about Chandrayaan, the moon mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch a satellite to study the sun. 'Aditya' should be up in space by 2012 to study the dynamic solar corona, the outermost region of the sun. This fiery region has temperatures of over one million degrees, with raging solar winds that reach a velocity of up to 1000 km a se ... more Poland wants US security response in missile shield talks 
Warsaw (AFP) Jan 17, 2008Poland is waiting for the United States to respond to its request for extra security guarantees should it agree to host a controversial US missile shield, the Polish defence minister said Thursday. "The Americans know our expectations. We are waiting for a response," Bogdan Klich told reporters in Warsaw. Klich described as "promising" his recent talks in Washington with State Department ... more |
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Gainesville FL (SPX) Jan 18, 2008Mangroves in coastal Thailand are the main protection against deadly flooding from tsunamis, so it might seem wise to protect them at all costs. However, ripping out a few mangroves and replacing them with shrimp farms, an important local industry, doesn't necessarily have to reduce the plants' power to blunt tsunamis. And in that observation lies a fresh, quantitative approach to how policy mak ... more California Flood Risks Are A Disaster Waiting To Happen 
College Park MD (SPX) Jan 18, 2008While flooding in California's Central Valley is "the next big disaster waiting to happen," water-related infrastructure issues confront almost every community across the country, according to engineers at the University of Maryland's Clark School of Engineering in separate reports to California officials and in the journal Science. An independent review panel chaired by Clark School Resea ... more English to be the world's 'language of choice': British PM 
London (AFP) Jan 17, 2008British premier Gordon Brown Thursday pledged to make English the world's "language of choice", announcing a huge programme to boost teaching and access to resources, particularly in China and India. Brown, who heads to China later Thursday on his maiden visit as leader, said the British Council cultural organisation will offer English students and teachers greater access to materials, resou ... more Parts of China's Yangtze at lowest level in 140 years: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 17, 2008A severe drought has left parts of China's famed Yangtze river suffering their lowest water levels in at least 140 years, state media reported Thursday. The drought has made navigating the Yangtze a risky affair, with more than 40 ships running aground since October, according to the China Daily, which quoted officials rejecting any link with the Three Gorges Dam. In Hankou, a major port ... more Contact Lenses With Circuits Lights A Possible Platform For Superhuman Vision 
Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 18, 2008Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual displays have been proposed for more practical purposes -- visual aids to help vision-impaired people, holographic driving control panels and even as a way to surf the Web on the go. The ... more
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