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External Tank ET-128 Sets New Standard During Recent Shuttle Mission
Hoston TX (SPX) Jul 14, 2008When NASA's space shuttle Discovery launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., May 31, it was lifted from the launch pad with the help of a "new" external fuel tank, ET-128, which featured design changes made to improve performance and flight safety. "Analysis of the tank's performance recently has been completed and the final results are in: ET-128 set a new standard in outstanding ... more ISS cosmonauts make risky spacewalk for repairs 
Washington (AFP) July 11, 2008Two Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station spent six hours in space Wednesday to retrieve an explosive bolt believed the cause of the Soyuz spacecraft's dangerously high-speed descent and landing on two recent missions, NASA said. While US flight engineer Greg Chamitoff monitored the spacewalk from inside the Soyuz capsule, ISS Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg ... more SES To Merge Two Satellite Divisions 
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Jul 14, 2008SES S.A. has announced plans to combine SES AMERICOM and SES NEW SKIES to form a new operating segment of SES. Robert Bednarek, currently President and CEO of SES NEW SKIES, will become President and CEO of this new operating segment. The SES AMERICOM and SES NEW SKIES satellite fleets will remain separately owned and operated, and the new segment will continue to be supported from its cu ... more Sea Launch Sets Sail For EchoStar XI Launch 
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2008The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port and are en route to the Equator, in preparation for the launch of the EchoStar XI broadcast satellite for DISH Network on July 15. Liftoff is planned for 10:21pm Pacific Daylight Time (5:21 GMT, July 16), at the opening of a two-hour launch window. Upon arrival at the launch site, at 154 degrees West Longitude, the Sea Launch team w ... more Shenzhou 7 Shipped To Launch Center For October Launch 
Beijing (XNA) Jul 14, 2008China's third manned spaceship, Shenzhou VII, set to launch in October, reached the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province on Thursday, a source with the launch center said. The spacecraft was transported to the launch center by air from Beijing early on Thursday morning, the source said, adding the move marked the start of the Shenzhou VII launch mission. ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2008Spirit continues to ride out the Martian winter by doing minimal activities to conserve power. The rover conducts very light science activities every three to four Martian days, or sols, and relays data to NASA's Odyssey orbiter for transmission to Earth every 4 sols. The rest of the time, Spirit mostly sleeps. As it has been some time since Spirit's operators were able to synchronize th ... more Giant Leap For GoCar - The Small Talking Tour Car 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2008GoCar has made the big leap from the USA into the European market with the addition of locations in Barcelona and Lisbon. The addition of EU locations takes the total number of GoCar locations to 5 across the globe; the others being San Francisco, San Diego and Miami. Barcelona was the first location to open in EU and is the larger scale launch with 20 GoCars that will rise to 40 cars with ... more LitePoint Targets MIMO, WiMedia And GPS 
Taipei, Taiwan (SPX) Jul 14, 2008LitePoint has launched three new systems for testing four wireless standards. The new IQnxnplus system offers true multi-stream signal capabilities for WiFi and WiMAX MIMO development. IQultra - the industry's first Ultra-Wideband (UWB) EVM test system - covers both development and manufacturing testing of UWB devices. And, the new IQnav test system is aimed at high-volume manufacturing ... more GTX And Phantom Fiber To Pursue Geo Specific Mobile App Market 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2008GTX and Phantom Fiber have announced that they have agreed to form a joint venture company. The benefit of the collaboration will be the development and global deployment of graphically rich geo-aware mobile applications that are agnostic to device technology, mobile carrier networks and connectivity platforms. These applications, when developed, will allow enterprises to seamlessly offer ... more CGSE To Sign Agreement With DigitalGlobe 
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Jul 14, 2008Columbus Geographic Systems (GIS) has announced it has reached an important understanding with DigitalGlobe, world leader in high-resolution commercial imagery. DigitalGlobe also supplies the popular Google Earth website with its images. According to the understanding, Columbus will have access to DigitalGlobe's digital image bank for use in the Ranger navigation system. DigitalGlobe ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 11, 2008The United States used Iran's display of missile power this week as a dramatic illustration of the need for a proposed extension of the US missile defense system into Europe. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters it should put to rest Russia's doubts that it would be 10 to 20 years before Iran would have longer-range missiles. "The fact is they've just tested a missile that ... more Chile's Llaima volcano rumbles into action 
Santiago (AFP) July 10, 2008Chile's imposing southern Llaima volcano roared into action Thursday, spewing rocks, lava and clouds of ash and putting six nearby communities under a red alert, the National Emergency office said. "Activity has strengthened, but it is all taking place in the Calbuco river sector, where we have all precautionary measures in place," Cautin Province Governor Andres Jouannet told reporters. ... more Scientists Develop Computer Model Of Iraq Surface Water System 
Albuquerque, NM (SPXl) Jul 14, 2008In an effort aimed at building technical capacity, resource sustainability, and regional stability, a team of scientists from Sandia National Laboratories spent the past year working with engineers and modelers from Iraq to build a computer model of the country's surface water and related systems. The model, aimed at assisting a longer-term national water and land planning effort by the ... more Schwarzenegger slams Bush administration on global warming 
Los Angeles (AFP) July 13, 2008California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said the Bush administration's decision to delay a decision on regulating greenhouse gases showed that it did not believe in global warming. Schwarzenegger, in an interview with ABC television broadcast Sunday, said it would have been insincere for the administration to take action on the harmful emissions with only six months left in George W. Bush ... more Hurricane Bertha weakens to tropical storm near Bermuda 
Miami (AFP) July 13, 2008Hurricane Bertha weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday as it lost steam near the British Atlantic islands of Bermuda, the US National Hurricane Center said. The winds of the first hurricane of the 2008 season slowed down to 70 miles (113 kilometers) per hour, the Miami-based center said. Tropical Storm Bertha was in a near stationary position about 220 miles (355 kilometers) southeast ... more
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