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Daunting technical problem mars a good year for NASA
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Dec 10, 2007A technical problem that has pushed back the launch of the Atlantis until January broke NASA's good track record this year of three successful shuttle launches. The Atlantis' delay is significant since its crew of seven, including a German and a French astronaut, were expected to install the European Columbus laboratory on the orbiting International Space Station. Some 750 people were in ... more Voyager 2 Proves Solar System Is Squashed 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2007NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin, Voyager 1, into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas between the stars. However, Voyager 2 took a different path, entering this region, called the heliosheath, on Aug. 30, 2007. Because Voyager 2 crossed the heliosheath boundary, called the solar ... more Clues From Antarctica Help With Search For Water On Mars 
Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Scientists have gathered more evidence that suggests flowing water on Mars -- by comparing images of the red planet to an otherworldly landscape on Earth. In recent years, scientists have examined images of several sites on Mars where water appears to have flowed to the surface and left behind a trail of sediment. Those sites closely resemble places where water flows today in the McMurdo Dry Val ... more NASA Satellite Reveals Unprecedented View of Mysterious Night-Shining Clouds 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 11, 2007NASA's AIM satellite has provided the first global-scale, full-season view of iridescent polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface. The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission is the first satellite dedicated to the study of these noctilucent or "night-shining" clouds. They are called "night shining" clouds by observers on the ground because their high altitude allows them t ... more International Team Of Astronomers Releases Detailed Digital Survey Of Milkyway 
London, UK (SPX) Dec 11, 2007A collaboration of over 50 astronomers, The IPHAS consortium, led from the UK, with partners in Europe, USA, Australia, has released today (10th December 2007) the first comprehensive optical digital survey of our own Milky Way. Conducted by looking at light emitted by hydrogen ions, using the Isaac Newton Telescope on La Palma, the survey contains stunning red images of nebulae and stars. The d ... more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2007Opportunity spent part of the past week carefully grinding a hole into the surface of a light-colored ring of rock inside "Victoria Crater" known as "Smith," despite the previous loss of encoders that enabled two of the motors of the rock abrasion tool to operate under control of the tool's flight software. The endeavor was successful, with the rover grinding to a depth of about 1 millimet ... more Thales Alenia Space And NPO-PM To Finalize An Industrial Cooperation Agreement 
Cannes, France (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Thales Alenia Space and NPO-PM strengthen their position by announcing today that they are about to finalize an industrial cooperation program concerning the development of a multi-mission satellite platform. Thales Alenia Space, a major payload provider for the Russian telecom satellite market, and NPO-PM are closely working on a joint program to cooperate on the development and building of a n ... more Boeing Installs High-Energy Laser On Laser Gunship Aircraft 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Boeinghas installed a high-energy chemical laser aboard a C-130H aircraft, achieving a key milestone for the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program. Boeing completed the laser installation Dec. 4 at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The laser, including its major subsystem, a 12,000-pound integrated laser module, was moved into place aboard the aircraft and a ... more Northrop Grumman Unveils Advanced Technology Weapons For Bombers During Virtual War Games 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Next generation bombers equipped with a high-energy-laser-based defensive system and other advanced weapons could perform a variety of new interdiction, strike and special forces missions according to a new virtual bomber concept unveiled recently by Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman is the U.S. Air Force's prime contractor for the B-2 stealth bomber, the flagship of the nation's long range str ... more Current Melting Of Greenland Ice Mimics 1920s-1940s Event 
Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Two researchers here spent months scouring through old expedition logs and reports, and reviewing 70-year-old maps and photos before making a surprising discovery. They found that the effects of the current warming and melting of Greenland 's glaciers that has alarmed the world's climate scientists occurred in the decades following an abrupt warming in the 1920s. Their evidence reinforces ... more |
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Denpasar, Indonesia (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Climate change will affect national parks, forest reserves and other protected areas around the world, in some cases altering conditions so severely that the resulting environments will be virtually new to the planet, according to a study presented at the U.N. climate change talks in Bali, Indonesia. Scientists from Conservation International (CI), the University of Wisconsin and the Unive ... more Methane From Microbes: A Fuel For The Future 
York, UK (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Microbes could provide a clean, renewable energy source and use up carbon dioxide in the process, suggested Dr James Chong at a Science Media Centre press briefing today. "Methanogens are microbes called archaea that are similar to bacteria. They are responsible for the vast majority of methane produced on earth by living things" says Dr Chong from York University. "They use carbon dioxide ... more France to supply nuclear reactors to Libya: presidency 
Paris (AFP) Dec 10, 2007France signed an agreement Monday to supply "one or more nuclear reactors" to Libya at a ceremony hosted by President Nicolas Sarkozy for visiting Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, the French presidency said. Paris and Tripoli signed a cooperation accord to develop the "peaceful use of nuclear energy", covering "the supply of one or more nuclear reactors for the desalinisation of sea water" and ... more Wind turbines to power every British home by 2020: minister 
London (AFP) Dec 10, 2007Up to 7,000 wind turbines will be installed off the English coast under plans announced by the government on Monday to power every home in Britain with wind-generated electricity by 2020. "The draft plan I'm setting out today could allow companies to develop 25 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2020, in addition to the eight gigawatts already planned," Energy Secretary John Hutton said in a stat ... more Al-Qaeda could spark US economic crisis: McCain 
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2007Republican presidential candidate John McCain warned Monday that Al-Qaeda could trigger a major US economic crisis with just one successful attack on a Middle Eastern oil installation. The Arizona senator argued that terror groups understood America's reliance on foreign oil -- and did not believe it had the will to find alternative energy sources. "Al-Qaeda plans for attacks on oil faci ... more
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