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Phoenix Enters Safe Mode Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2008 
NASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander entered safe mode late yesterday in response to a low-power fault brought on by deteriorating weather conditions. While engineers anticipated that a fault could occur due to the diminishing power supply, the lander also unexpectedly switched to the "B" side of its redundant electronics and shut down one of its two batteries. During safe mode, the lander stops ... read moreVenezuela launches first satellite with Chinese technology 
Caracas (AFP) Oct 29, 2008Venezuela entered the space age Wednesday as its first satellite, built with Chinese technology and launched from China, blasted into orbit. Named after Simon Bolivar, the hero of South American independence, the communications satellite Venesat-1 is a "construction of socialism" and a symbol of Latin American integration, according Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Chavez, accompanied ... more
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The Great Cosmic Challenge
London, UK (SPX) Oct 30, 2008Today cosmologists are challenging the world to solve a compelling statistical problem, to bring us closer to understanding the nature of dark matter and energy which makes up 95 per cent of the 'missing' universe. The GRavitational lEnsing Accuracy Testing 2008 (GREAT08) PASCAL Challenge is being set by 38 scientists across 19 international institutions, with the aim of enticing other ... more LM Receives Contract For USAF Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness Program 
Denver CO (SPX) Oct 30, 2008The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $30 million contract for the development phase of the Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness (SASSA) technology demonstration program. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will develop a technology demonstration payload to provide tactical space situational awareness with dedicated communications. The surveillance system will ... more India Poised To Be Major Player In Satellite Manufacturing 
Chennai, India (IANS) Oct 30, 2008India can become a major player in the emerging small satellite manufacturing industry. The country's space agency has estimated a market potential of 50 satellites over the next decade, worth around $1.5 billion, says a space official.Keeping this in mind, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has already formed a special team to manufacture small satellites. ISRO will launch two ... more Strange Martian Landforms Are Paleo Climate Clues 
Tuscon AZ (SPX) Oct 30, 2008One of the most fun and fascinating aspects of space exploration is discovering geological processes and terrain different from those found on our home planet, says Matt Balme, who is leading a team that's decoding Martian mystery landscapes known as Transverse Aeolian Ridges or TARs. Balme, a research scientist with the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute, says TARs have no exact ... more |
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First Ariane 5 For 2009 Arrives At The Spaceport
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 30, 2008Preparations are starting for another busy year of Arianespace launch activity, with the initial Ariane 5 of 2009 now delivered to the Spaceport in French Guiana. The heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA arrived this week aboard the MN Colibri, one of two ocean-going vessels that transport launch vehicles from their European manufacturers to South America. After docking at the Pariacabo port near ... more Halloween Storms Of 2003 Still The Scariest 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 30, 2008By the eerie light of a Halloween moon, while a chilly wind blows autumn-dry leaves askitter on bare and fingered branches, scary things can happen. Blood-sucking bats, creepy-crawly spiders, and a bevy of Halloween horrors give a fright on October 31. But did you know the weeks surrounding this All Hallow's Eve mark a haunting milestone? - the 5-year anniversary of some the most powerful ... more C2SAT Signs A Frame Agreement With Seanet 
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Oct 30, 2008C2SAT has signed a frame agreement with Seanet Maritime Communications for the delivery of 60 stabilised VSAT antenna systems. Initially two antennas will be delivered to Seanet for immediate test installation on ships. Seanet will focus on the business area's maritime GSM services which the company in the autumn received several new orders. Seanet announced recently that the company aimed ... more |
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