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| December 22, 2008 |  |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 18, 2008 
The US Federal Aviation Administration has given the green light for the world's first commercial spaceport, New Mexico authorities said Thursday. The FAA granted Spaceport America a license for vertical and horizontal space launches following an environmental impact study, according to the New Mexico Space Authority (NMSA). "These two governmental approvals are the next steps along the ... read more 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 22, 2008Pen-Shu Yeh is a senior engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. and a grant technical officer. She's also the person that helped create unique solutions for data compression for future missions with a team from the University of Idaho (U-Idaho). Those solutions are now going to fly on two of NASA's upcoming missions. Under Yeh's guidance, engineers at the University ... more
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Baltimore MD (SPX) Dec 22, 2008After an intense annual checkout - more like a deep-space workout - New Horizons is getting some well-deserved rest. New Horizons operators at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) eased the spacecraft into electronic hibernation on Dec. 16, wrapping up nearly four months of tests, data collection and software upgrades. The spacecraft's Earth-bound crew has now ... more  
Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2008 The U.S. space agency is seeking ideas from schools and science museums for the eventual public display of space shuttle orbiters and other equipment. National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials said they are asking all "appropriate organizations" about the community's ability to acquire and publicly display such items after the conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program. ... more  
Chajnantor, Chile (SPX) Dec 22, 2008High in the Atacama region in northern Chile, one of the world's most advanced telescopes has just passed a major milestone. The first of many state-of-the-art antennas has just been handed over to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) project. ALMA is under construction on the plateau of Chajnantor, at an altitude of 5000 m. The telescope is being built by a global ... more  
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Dec 22, 2008Arianespace has completed its ninth year of Ariane 5 operations with another successful dual-payload mission of the workhorse commercial vehicle, orbiting two telecommunications satellites for Europe's Eutelsat telecommunications operator. The heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 7:35 p.m. local time, and deployed its HOT BIRD 9 and W2M passengers ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice predicted that North Korea would eventually agree to a written plan to ensure it is telling the truth about its past weapons-grade nuclear activities. In an interview with the Council on Foreign Relations think tank that was released Friday, Rice said the six-party talks broke down this month when North Korea balked at a written plan to close ... more  
Brussels (AFP) Dec 20, 2008The Czech Republic assumes the European Union's presidency for the first time next month, amid fears that eurosceptic President Vaclav Klaus will put the brakes on the EU's new-found drive. After a frenetic six months under France and President Nicolas Sarkozy, doubts remain whether the relative EU newcomer with the anti-European president can match the authority, energy and success of its ... more 
Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2008The United States and Ukraine risked irking Moscow by signing a strategic accord Friday that calls for a US diplomatic post in Crimea, a Russian-speaking area where Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Ogryzko signed the "charter on strategic partnership" that the State Department calls a statement of US intent to ... more |
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