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| November 12, 2008 |  |
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The president of the European Parliament called on Monday for EU budget money to be made available to finance the gathering of satellite intelligence for EU peacekeeping missions. Unveiling a plan to strengthen the European Union's security and defence policy, Hans-Gert Poettering said at a conference in Berlin that EU funds "should not be ruled out" when it comes to EU co-operation in space ... read more 
Dulles VA (SPX) Nov 12, 2008Orbital Sciences has announced that it has shipped the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite to its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California. On Saturday, November 8, the OCO satellite departed from the company's Dulles, Virginia facilities in a specialized shipping container after completing its design, development, manufacturing and testing process. ... more
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Washington (AFP) Nov 10, 2008NASA scientists said Monday the Phoenix Mars lander has gone silent because of a lack of sunlight needed to power its batteries, after a five-month mission that produced a mother lode of scientific data from the red planet. After operating two months longer than scientists had initially planned, the probe ceased all communications with Earth starting on November 2, said Barry Goldstein ... more 
Paris (AFP) Nov 10, 2008European scientists said they had selected a shortlist of eight men Monday willing to take part in a 105-day isolation experiment to further knowledge about the stress of a manned trip to Mars. Six of the eight candidates will be chosen to live, eat, sleep and work inside a sealed laboratory in Moscow that will simulate a Martian mission, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. Their stay ... more  
Herndon VA (SPX) Nov 12, 2008VT iDirect has announced that it has entered into a technology partnership with O3b Networks Ltd., a newly established satellite operator headquartered in Jersey, UK. iDirect will build features into its iDX platform operating software so that its partners can access O3b's Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite network through the Evolution DVB-S2/ACM product line. iDirect is a world leader in ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 11, 2008Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki will board the US shuttle Atlantis when it launches in 2010, becoming the second Japanese woman to blast into space, the country's space agency announced Tuesday. The 37-year-old, who has a six-year-old daughter, would be the seventh Japanese astronaut to go into space. She was selected more than nine years after being chosen as an astronaut candidate ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008Opportunity took the last images of "Victoria Crater" before beginning the journey to Endeavour Crater. The final focus of the rover's cameras was a cliff at the edge of Victoria nicknamed "Cape Victory." After spending more than two years investigating this spectacular crater, Opportunity took parting images as Victoria disappeared into the distance. The rover first arrived at the ... more  
Washington (UPI) Nov 10, 2008 The U.S. space agency and Alliant Techsystems Inc. say they are planning the first full-scale test of the Orion crew capsule launch abort system. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Alliant say the first full-scale test firing of the motor for the new launch abort system will be conducted Nov. 20 at the company's launch systems facility in Promontory, Utah. ... more  
Washington (UPI) Nov 10, 2008 Prompted by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Internet revolution, Network Centric Warfare has become one of the latest iterations in attempts by the Department of Defense to formulate a coherent framework to transform our military forces and address future threats. It became the centerpiece of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's attempt to transform the U.S. military. ... more |
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