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| November 06, 2008 |  |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 06, 2008 
China put another two satellites into orbit on Wednesday, just weeks after its third successful manned space mission and the first space walk by Chinese astronauts in September. The space industry is taking off, thanks to the 30-year-old Reform and Opening-up Drive, said Zhou Jianping, chief designer of the manned space program. China established its space sector in the 1950s, an ... read more 
Durham, UK (SPX) Nov 06, 2008The search for a mysterious substance which makes up most of the Universe could soon be at an end, according to new research. Dark matter is believed to account for 85 per cent of the Universe's mass but has remained invisible to telescopes since scientists inferred its existence from its gravitational effects more than 75 years ago. Now the international Virgo Consortium, a team of ... more
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Russia launches US telecoms satellite into space
CORRECTED: Top climate officials urge progress at Mexico summit Top climate officials urge progress at Mexico summit Canada reports mildest winter on record First-time cosmonauts set to blast off with toy duck Europe to get new weather satellites Climate finance group meeting this month: British PM New date set for European climate satellite launch Soviet space dogs blast-off to animated immortality Czech minister resigns over polluting power plant 
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Washington DC (SPX) Nov 06, 2008Forty-six undergraduate and graduate students have been selected to represent NASA in their local communities as recipients of the agency's International Year of Astronomy, or IYA, Student Ambassadors Program. Two of the students were chosen to attend the opening ceremonies of an IYA event in Paris in January 2009. The students representing NASA at the ceremonies are Rebecca Holmes, a ... more  
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 06, 2008Russia will launch on Wednesday a Proton-M carrier rocket with an Astra 1M satellite on board, a Russian spacecraft manufacturer said. International Launch Services Inc (ILS) and SES Satellite Leasing signed a contract to launch five telecommunications satellites on board Proton-M carrier rockets by the end of 2013. "It will be the eighth launch of a Proton rocket in 2008," the ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 06, 2008Following on from the successful "Vega Maiden Flight CubeSat Workshop" held at ESA/ESTEC in January 2008, which was the first CubeSat workshop to be held at European-level, the ESA Education Office is pleased to announce the Second European CubeSat Workshop one year later as planned. This Second European CubeSat Workshop will take place in ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands on 20-22 ... more  
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 06, 2008This image gives the first clear view of the faint boundary of the Crab Nebula's X-ray-emitting pulsar wind nebula. The nebula is powered by a rapidly-rotating, highly-magnetized neutron star, or "pulsar" (white dot near the center). The combination of rapid rotating and strong magnetic field generates an intense electromagnetic field that creates jets of matter and anti-matter moving away ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2008The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday unanimously approved opening up unused frequencies on the broadcast television spectrum for wireless use. In a 5-0 vote, the FCC voted to allow "new, sophisticated wireless devices to operate in broadcast television spectrum" known as "white spaces." "The rules adopted today will allow for the use of these new and innovative types ... more  
Tuscon AZ (SPX) Nov 06, 2008A spectacular fireball lit up the predawn sky above Northern Sudan on October 7, 2008. This explosion was caused by the atmospheric entry of a small near-Earth asteroid, estimated to be no more than a few meters in diameter. The explosion likely scattered small meteorite fragments across the Nubian desert below. Although such small impact events occur several times per year around the ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Nov 5, 2008Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced plans Wednesday to deploy missiles on the EU's doorstep in a warning shot to US president-elect Barack Obama and Washington's allies in central Europe. Just hours after Obama's presidential election victory, Medvedev rounded on the United States for ills ranging from the global financial crisis to the recent war in Georgia in his debut state-of-the ... more |
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