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NASA inspector general comes under fire
Washington (UPI) Jan 11, 2008At least two U.S. senators are pushing for NASA Inspector General Robert Cobb to resign after records show a steep drop in investigations during his tenure. Records show the number of investigations into employee and contractor fraud and waste at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has dropped each year since Cobb assumed office in 2002, from 508 that year to 68 in 2007, U ... more Behind the scenes, tech firms mapping the world 
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Jan 11, 2008Two firms are racing to map the world as the Internet goes increasingly mobile with ever more sophisticated gadgets for people on the move. Netherlands-based Tele Atlas and Navteq, which has a US headquarters, crisscross countries around the world to gather information about what is where and how to drive to it. The data they stockpile turns up in mapping services offered by Google, Yaho ... more Space station orbit shifted for shuttle arrival: report 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 12, 2008The orbit of the International Space Station has been successfully corrected in preparation for the planned docking of three spacecraft next month, the Interfax news agency reported citing the Russian space control centre. "The correction of the orbit was successful," Interfax quoted a Russian space control centre official as saying. The operation using the engines of the Russian Zvezda ... more NASA resets Atlantis shuttle launch to February 7 
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2008NASA on Friday set February 7 as the new target launch date for the Atlantis shuttle mission to the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) that has been beset delays over faulty fuel gauges. Atlantis was originally scheduled for blastoff on December 6, but malfunctioning circuits in the fuel gauges of the spacecraft's liquid hydrogen tank forced the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis ... more Chandra Data Reveal Rapidly Whirling Black Holes 
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 14, 2008A new study using results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides one of the best pieces of evidence yet that many supermassive black holes are spinning extremely rapidly. The whirling of these giant black holes drives powerful jets that pump huge amounts of energy into their environment and affects galaxy growth. A team of scientists compared leading theories of jets produced by ro ... more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Jan 14, 2008A dramatic new Chandra image of the nearby galaxy Centaurus A provides one of the best views to date of the effects of an active supermassive black hole. Opposing jets of high-energy particles can be seen extending to the outer reaches of the galaxy, and numerous smaller black holes in binary star systems are also visible. The image was made from an ultra-deep look at the galaxy Centaurus ... more SKorea decides to terminate satellite: space agency 
Seoul (AFP) Jan 13, 2008South Korea has decided to terminate the eight-year mission of its first multipurpose satellite, which controllers lost contact with last month, the space agency said Sunday. Arirang 1, launched in December 1999 to map Earth, will have its mission formally ended on January 31, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute said in a statement. The state-run agency said it had made repeated but u ... more Europe's Next Ride To The Moon: Chandrayaan-1 
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 14, 2008Excitement is rising as ESA is in the final stages of preparation for the first collaborative space mission with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Chandrayaan-1 will study the Moon in great detail and be the first Indian scientific mission leaving the Earth's vicinity. Europe is supplying three instruments for the mission. The Moon retains its fascination for planetary s ... more Russia's First Space Launch Of 2008 Scheduled For January 28 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 14, 2008The first Proton-M launch of 2008, carrying an Express-AM33 satellite, is scheduled for January 28 at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a leading Russian space company said on Thursday. The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center said in a press statement that the carrier rocket, with a Briz-M booster, was on schedule for take-off. The Express-AM33 was designed b ... more ATK To Design And Build Solar Arrays For NASA's Orion CEV 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jan 14, 2008Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK - News) has been selected by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a division of Lockheed Martin Corporation to design, develop and build UltraFlex solar arrays for NASA's next generation Orion crew exploration vehicle. The value of the initial design and development contract is expected to exceed $50 million. Program management, design, engineering, analysi ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 13, 2008Industrial and road accidents killed 101,480 people in China last year, a drop of about 10 percent compared to 2006, the state's safety watchdog said in a report seen Sunday. Most fatalities occurred on China's dangerous roads, although there were fewer traffic deaths in 2007 than in 2006, Li Yizhong, head of the State Administration of Work Safety, said. Although Li did not say how many ... more Antarctic Ice Loss 
Bristol, UK (SPX) Jan 14, 2008Increasing amounts of ice mass have been lost from West Antarctica and the Antarctic peninsula over the past ten years, according to research from the University of Bristol and published online this week in Nature Geoscience. Meanwhile the ice mass in East Antarctica has been roughly stable, with neither loss nor accumulation over the past decade. Professor Jonathan Bamber at the Universit ... more Culture Influences Brain Function 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jan 14, 2008People from different cultures use their brains differently to solve the same visual perceptual tasks, MIT researchers and colleagues report in the first brain imaging study of its kind. Psychological research has established that American culture, which values the individual, emphasizes the independence of objects from their contexts, while East Asian societies emphasize the collective and the ... more NASA Observes La Nina: This 'Little Girl' Makes A Big Impression 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 14, 2008Cool, wet conditions in the Northwest, frigid weather on the Plains, and record dry conditions in the Southeast, all signs that La Nina is in full swing. With winter gearing up, a moderate La Nina is hitting its peak. And we are just beginning to see the full effects of this oceanographic phenomenon, as La Nina episodes are typically strongest in January. A La Nina event occurs when cooler ... more Highest Antarctic icecap peak reached 
Beijing (UPI) Jan 12, 2008A Chinese team culminated a 21-day quest to scale the highest peak on the Antarctic icecap Saturday when the 17 scientists reached the top of Dome A. It was the second time Chinese scientists have reached the peak, Xinhua reported Saturday. Another team became the first to reach the summit Jan. 18, 2005, the state-run Chinese news agency said. This time, the team faced strong win ... more
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