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Mars Sample Return: The Next Step In Exploring The Red Planet
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 03, 2008The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) will be co-hosting, in cooperation with NASA and the International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG), an International Conference on July 9-10 in the Auditorium of the Biblioth�que Nationale de France in Paris to discuss the next step in the exploration of Mars. We are still collecting data under NASA's ... more NASA Coats Main Mirror For Airborne Observatory 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008The main mirror for NASA's new airborne eye on the universe is now ready for installation after being transformed from a carefully shaped and polished piece of glass into a highly reflective optical component at Ames Research Center. After years of development and preparation, it took just 20 seconds to apply the shiny, aluminum coating to the glass mirror for the Stratospheric Observatory ... more Phoenix To Bake Ice-Rich Sample Next Week 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008The next sample delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) will be ice-rich. A team of engineers and scientists assembled to assess TEGA after a short circuit was discovered in the instrument has concluded that another short circuit could occur when the oven is used again. "Since there is no way to assess the probability of another short circuit ... more Unique Stellar System Gives Einstein A Thumbs-Up 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2008Taking advantage of a unique cosmic coincidence, astronomers have measured an effect predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity in the extremely strong gravity of a pair of superdense neutron stars. The new data indicate that the famed physicist's 93-year-old theory has passed yet another test. The scientists used the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green Bank ... more NASA plans two ISS spacewalks next week 
Houston (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 The U.S. space agency has detailed the activities to be included during two International Space Station cosmonauts' spacewalks next week. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Expedition 17 Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko will conduct the first spacewalk July 10 from the Pirs docking compartment's airlock. As part of the inquiry into ballistic ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2008Scientists using data from NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft have observed the bubble of solar wind surrounding the solar system is not round, but has a squashed shape, according to recent data published as part of a series of papers in this week's Nature. The beginning of the transition zone between the heliosphere (the solar wind bubble) and the rest of interstellar space is known as the 'term ... more Russia Launches Rocket With Military Satellite 
Baikonur, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 03, 2008A Proton-K/DM-2 heavy carrier rocket with a Cosmos-series military satellite has been successfully launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Friday, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. "The aim of the launch is to strengthen Russia's orbital group of military satellites, in particular, improving defense through the missile early warning system," Col. Alexei Kuznetsov said. ... more Motorola Survey Reveals Significant Savings From Mobile Worker Use Of GPS 
Holtsville NY (SPX) Jul 03, 2008North American Information Technology (IT) decision makers within the transportation, manufacturing and trucking/warehousing industries stated that global positioning system (GPS) technologies are an essential tool for their mobile workforce, according to a recent survey commissioned by Motorola. GPS-enabled technologies are helping to increase mobile workforce productivity and enabling ... more Aviation Week Explores McCain's And Obama's Aerospace And Aviation Plans 
New York NY (SPX) Jul 03, 2008This week's Aviation Week and Space Technology zeros in on Senators John McCain and Barack Obama and where they stand on aviation, aerospace and defense issues. As the lead article by Editor-in-Chief Anthony L. Velocci Jr. states, "For many aerospace and aviation interests, McCain is a known but feared quantity, while Obama is a blank slate." AW and ST's discussions with political ... more China's Shot Heard Around The Galaxy 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2008China's counterspace program - punctuated by the January 2007 successful test of a direct-ascent anti-satellite weapon - poses dangers to human space flight and puts at risk the assets of all space faring nations. --U .S. Department of Defense. The United States unquestionably holds the strategic high ground of space today. What is very much in question, however, is who will hold that ... more |
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Harrisburg PA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE), which manages the statewide SunPass system used on 460 miles of Florida's toll highways, selects TransCore's eGo Plus radio frequency identification (RFID) sticker tag to upgrade its current technology that has been in use since the late 1990s. The paper-thin, batteryless tags will be sold as the SunPass "Mini" and be available summer 2008 at regular ... more Fleet Tracking Company Blue Sky Network Earns STC For Bombardier Dash 8 
La Jolla CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008Blue Sky Network has announced it has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration for installation of its D1000C and ACH1000 kits on Bombardier DHC-8-201 aircraft. The certified Blue Sky Network equipment provides Dash 8 operators enhanced communication between managers and crew from anywhere in the world, adding safety and tracking capabilities ... more China's Global Position On GPS Handsets 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jul 03, 2008China's GPS phone market grew rapidly in 2007, and GPS phones, along with music and camera phones, are one of the brightest spots in the mobile phone market overall. A number of the major handset manufacturers have entered the GPS phone market, although cautiously and with a limited number of high-end models. The GPS phone market is still small and has low penetration, but its high ... more GLAST Mission Operations At NASA Goddard Powered Up 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2008Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite. Operations centers preparing for data from GLAST include NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in Menlo Park, Calif. ... more NASA Considers Development Of Student-Led Satellite Initiative 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008NASA is considering the development of a university-based, student-led satellite development initiative to begin passing the space exploration torch to a new generation. The American Student Moon Orbiter, or ASMO, concept invites students, faculty and industry leaders in the U.S. with experience in university-based, student-led spaceflight projects to respond to a Request for Information ... more
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