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Tokyo (AFP) Jan 23, 2008A Japanese astronaut plans to throw a boomerang inside a space station to test how it can fly in zero gravity, an official said Wednesday. Astronaut Takao Doi, 53, is set to travel on a US shuttle in March to the International Space Station, where he will be in charge of construction of a Japanese scientific testing room. It is believed gravity is needed for a boomerang to fly back to th ... more Mercurial Colors Makes For Subtle Eye Candy 
Laurel MD (APL) Jan 22, 2008One week ago, the Messenger spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975. Messenger's Wide Angle Camera (WAC), part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), is equipped with 11 narrow-band color filters, in contrast to the two visible-light filters and one ultraviolet fi ... more Russian Earth-Orbiting Satellites To Use US Microchips 
Krasnoyarsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 23, 2008Russia's major producer of Earth-orbiting satellites said on Tuesday it intends to use microprocessors produced by the U.S.-based firm Aeroflex on its relay satellites. On January 22, representatives of Aeroflex's Colorado division, Aeroflex Colorado Springs, arrived in the town of Zheleznogorsk in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in East Siberia, where the Academician Reshetnev Research and Production ... more NG-Built Antennas Helping Provide Data On Moon's Thermal History For Japan's KAGUYA (SELENE) Mission 
Carpenteria CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2008Four specialized antennas built by Northrop Grumman Corporation for the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are functioning as expected after deploying successfully onboard the SELenological and ENgineering Explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE), Japan's first large lunar explorer. The four dipole antennas deployed to their 15-meter (49.5 feet) full design length Oct. 31. Manufactu ... more Follow The Launch Of ESA's Columbus Space Laboratory Live 
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 23, 2008With NASA's recent confirmation of the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Thursday 7 February, ESA astronauts Hans Schlegel, of Germany, and Leopold Eyharts, of France, are set to deliver ESA's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. Atlantis is now scheduled to lift off from launch pad 39-A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Florida at 14:45 Eastern Standard Ti ... more |
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Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jan 22, 2008This month marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the United States' first satellite to orbit the Earth. Explorer 1 lifted off Jan. 31, 1958 -- slightly more than a year after the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik. The White House had asked the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and the Army Ballistic Missile Agency to launch a satellite as quickly as possible. JPL desig ... more Russia To Raise Space Funding, Build New Space Center 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 2008Russia will increase funding for space projects by 13% and start the construction of a new space center this year, a first deputy prime minister said on Monday. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting with the president, Sergei Ivanov said the funding increase does not include military programs. "With the increase in the funds, concrete development programs in the sector should be considered in terms of t ... more Olmert briefed on Israeli missile shield progress 
Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 22, 2008Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday visited Rafael Advanced Defence Systems, which has been tasked with developing missiles to counter short- and medium-range rockets, his office said. Israel already has the Hetz, a ground-to-air missile capable of intercepting long-range ballistic missiles. But last year the government decided to develop systems to provide complete coverage "a ... more Northrop Grumman Joins The Cyberspace Innovation Center 
Bossier City LA (SPX) Jan 23, 2008Northrop Grumman announced its platinum membership with the Cyberspace Innovation Center to help shape future technology innovations in cyberspace. The mission of the Center is to support cyber initiatives by promoting research, educational and technological innovation, and fostering collaborative and strategic alliances between governmental agencies, private industry and academic institutions. ... more US To Invest More In Nuclear Security Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 22, 2008Starting in 2008, the U.S. defense budget will feature allocations for protection against nuclear terrorism. This will ensure the safe storage of radioactive substances in the United States and in other nations, and it will also facilitate operations against terrorist groups attempting to lay their hands on nuclear weapons. Russia also considers this to be a serious problem. In late 20 ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 23, 2008A newly identified fault that runs under the Adriatic Sea is actively building more of the famously beautiful Dalmatian Islands and Dinaride Mountains of Croatia, according to a new research report. Geologists had previously believed that the Dalmatian Islands and the Dinaride Mountains had stopped growing 20 to 30 million years ago. From a region northwest of Dubrovnik, the new fault runs ... more Second Life cracks down on virtual world banking 
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 22, 2008Second Life on Tuesday began cracking down on banking in the popular online virtual world to protect residents from unstable financial institutions and outright scams. Second Life operator Linden Lab of San Francisco now bans members from offering interest or any direct return on cash investments unless they have real-world proof they are a legitimate financial institution. Since an in-w ... more China electricity supplier warns of power crisis: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 23, 2008China's biggest electricity provider has asked the government to help ensure coal supplies and avert a looming power crisis, state media reported on Wednesday. The State Grid Corp issued the call for help after stockpiles of coal, which provide about 70 percent of China's power needs, had dwindled to a week's supply in recent days, the China Business News said. The supply crunch was caus ... more France's Areva ready to bid for two reactors in South Africa 
Paris (AFP) Jan 22, 2008A consortium led by French nuclear giant Areva is preparing to bid for two third-generation atomic reactors to be built in South Africa, a spokesman for the group said Tuesday. Areva, construction and communication conglomerate Bouygues and electricity giant EDF have teamed up with South African engineering firm Aveng for the project, with a formal offer to be made to Pretoria at the end of ... more Bella Energy Installs One Of America Largest Retrofit Solar Electric Systems 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 23, 2008Boulder Housing Partners (BHP), the housing authority serving the city of Boulder, has partnered with VisionSun Design, a design and project management consulting firm, to award a contract to solar energy company Bella Energy to install thirty 1.75 kilowatt solar electric systems on a 30-unit affordable housing site. The 52.5 kilowatt solar electric system will be installed at Diagonal Cou ... more
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