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Revising Terran History Takes Time
Gainesville, FL (SPX) Jul 09, 2008Even in geology, it's not often a date gets revised by 500 million years.But University of Florida geologists say they have found strong evidence that a half-dozen major basins in India were formed a billion or more years ago, making them at least 500 million years older than commonly thought. The findings appear to remove one of the major obstacles to the Snowball Earth theory that a fr ... more Phoenix Mars Lander Continues Sample-Collection Tests 
Tucson, AZ (SPX) Jul 09, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's science and engineering teams are testing methods to get an icy sample into the Robotic Arm scoop for delivery to the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA). Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis, Phoenix's "dig czar," said the hard Martian surface that Phoenix has reached proved to be a difficult target, comparing the process to scraping a sidewalk. ... more Open Clusters Like Orion Have Low Fertility Rate 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2008A detailed survey of stars in the Orion Nebula has found that fewer than 10 percent have enough surrounding dust to make Jupiter-sized planets, according to a report by astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Because stars like the sun probably formed in hot open clusters li ... more India And France Joint Working Group Meet To Discuss Space 
Bangalore (PTI) (SPX) Jul 09, 2008The Joint Working Group of the Indian Space Research Organisation and the French Space Agency Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) has reviewed the progress of ongoing collaborative programmes at a meeting held in Goa on July 5-6. The status of Megha Tropiques, an Indo-French collaborative satellite project scheduled for launch in 2009 for tropical weather monitoring, was presented du ... more Boeing Submits Offer For NASA Facilities Development And Operations Contract 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 09, 2008Boeing has submitted a proposal to NASA for the Facilities Development and Operations Contract (FDOC), a four-year contract under which Boeing plans to work in collaboration with NASA to bring innovative, affordable solutions to the agency's next-generation mission control center and other facilities at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Boeing plans to draw extensively on its experience on ... more |
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Salt Lake City, UT (SPX) Jul 09, 2008MotoSAT has agreed to be acquired by Balaton Group, an international private equity firm based in Toronto, Canada, with significant experience in the satellite industry. The acquisition is set to close in the fall of 2008. Financial terms have not been disclosed. "We are enthusiastic about the MotoSAT business and feel that the company's technical leadership and showcase-manufacturing capa ... more Caprock Communications Names David Cavossa VP Of Satcom Division For Arrowhead Global Solutions 
Fairfax VA (SPX) Jul 09, 2008CapRock Communications has promoted David Cavossa to vice president of its SATCOM Division for Arrowhead Global Solutions, its government-focused service that provides mission-critical connectivity anywhere in the world. Arrowhead delivers end-to-end managed communications solutions anytime, anywhere to customers including government operations, first responders and warfighters. With almos ... more Czech Republic Accedes To The ESA Convention 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 09, 2008The Agreement on the Czech Republic's accession to the ESA Convention was signed on 8 July in Prague, by Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of ESA, and Mirek Topol�nek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic already has a strong tradition of space exploration. For example, Vladimir Remek of Czechoslovakia became the first European astronaut when he went into space in ... more NSF Grant Helping University Of Arizona To Transform Astronomy Education 
Tucson, AZ (SPX) Jul 09, 2008The University of Arizona's Steward Observatory Center for Astronomy Education has been awarded the National Science Foundation's largest undergraduate education grant - the Phase 3 Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement grant. The center's team received $2 million in funding from the NSF to develop its Collaboration of Astronomy Teaching Scholars, or CATS, program. Chris Imp ... more Sea Launch Transitions To New Leadership 
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2008Effective July 3, 2008, the Sea Launch Board of Directors has appointed Kjell Karlsen as President and General Manager. Karlsen replaces Robert A. Peckham, who will be pursuing other opportunities within The Boeing Company. Kjell Karlsen joined the Sea Launch team in 1999, as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In 2002, he was promoted to Executive VP and CFO, responsible for the o ... more |
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Fremont CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2008Are you a lone crusader in the shadowy world of navigation? Mio Technology introduces the world's first NAVI-tainment portable navigation device with the launch of the Knight Rider GPS. With a design inspired by the original Knight Industries Two Thousand, or K.I.T.T., the Knight Rider GPS by Mio brings the magic of the original television series to your daily commute with a Knight ... more AnalogicTech's New Power Management IC Streamlines Mobile GPS And PMP Designs 
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2008Advanced Analogic Technologies has announced the AAT2603, a new highly integrated power management IC targeted at mobile GPS devices, Portable Media Players (PMPs) and other handheld mobile systems operating off a single lithium-ion battery. Offering maximum design flexibility, the new device integrates six power functions, including two step-down converters and four LDOs, each with its ... more Asia-Pacific Will Overtake Europe And North America As Largest PND Market In 2012 
London UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2008Personal navigation has been one of the great consumer technology success stories of the past four years. "2007 was 'the year of the personal navigation device'," says ABI Research principal analyst Dominique Bonte. "The estimated 11 million PNDs shipped in the US last year represent a fourfold increase over 2006 shipments. Handset-based navigation also fared well, and there was a renewed ... more Outdoor GPS Popularity Driven By User-Friendly Devices And Converged Solutions 
London UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2008Outdoor GPS devices and solutions are quickly gaining momentum. An increasing number of high-end handheld outdoor GPS devices with intuitive user interfaces and multimedia features, along with the emergence of converged outdoor software solutions, are driving overall demand. Combined with increased interest in the outdoors, the result is a thriving outdoor GPS ecosystem. "The market ... more Location Based Technologies Receives Laboratory GSM-Type Approval For PocketFinder Products 
Anaheim CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2008Location Based Technologies has announced it successfully carried out the initial laboratory testing of the PocketFinder device required to receive GSM-type approval for connectivity on the European GSM wireless networks. "With initial GSM laboratory type approval we continue our commitment to bring PocketFinders to families all over the world," said David Morse, co-president and CEO of ... more
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