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Phoenix Lander Working With Sticky Soil
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 30, 2008Scientists and engineers on NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission spent the weekend examining how the icy soil on Mars interacts with the scoop on the lander's robotic arm, while trying different techniques to deliver a sample to one of the instruments. "It has really been a science experiment just learning how to interact with the icy soil on Mars -- how it reacts with the scoop, its stickiness ... more Partial Eclipse Brings Total Fun 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 30, 2008On Friday, August 1st, millions of people in Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia and China-especially China-are going to witness a total eclipse of the sun. The Moon's cool shadow will sweep across the landscape, silencing wildlife with sudden darkness, filling the sky with the sun's ghostly corona, transforming ordinary folks into life-long eclipse chasers. Mainstream media gives this sort of ... more Arianespace Ready For Fifth Ariane 5 Launch Campaign 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 30, 2008The fifth Ariane 5 of 2008 is now under Arianespace's responsibility for payload integration, final checkout and launch following its delivery by industrial prime contractor Astrium at the Spaceport in French Guiana. Handover of this heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA occurred with the vehicle's transfer on Saturday from the Spaceport's Launcher Integration Building (where it was assembled by Astrium ... more NASA, USDA sign space research pact 
Washington (UPI) Jul 29, 2008 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have signed an agreement to enable space-based plant research. The memorandum of understanding was signed last week by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Secretary of Agriculture Edward Schafer. The agreement is designed to allow the USDA's Agricultural Research Service to conduct plant-related ... more NASA Tests Parachute For Ares Rocket 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 30, 2008NASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The drogue parachute is designed to slow the rapid descent of the spent first-stage motor, cast off by the Ares I rocket during its climb to space. The successful test is a key early milestone in development and production of the Ares I rocket, the first launch vehicle ... more |
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Detroit MI (SPX) Jul 30, 2008 OnStar reminds its subscribers in Southern California that a simple push of the OnStar button in GM vehicles will put them in contact with the help they need. OnStar's Crisis Assist capabilities include specially trained Crisis Advisors who will help with: + GPS Positioning: Contact emergency responders if needed and direct them to the subscriber's location, using OnStar's embedded cellular ... more Victim Safety First Uses Omnilink's Offender Monitoring Solution 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 30, 2008With one of the largest prison systems in the U.S., Texas, like many other states, faces prison overcrowding issues. To alleviate the strains on the system, Victim Safety First provides alternatives to incarceration in several Texas counties. The organization has announced that it is using Omnilink's offender monitoring solution to track the movements of participants in the program. ... more Raytheon Completes Milestones On GPS Ground Control Segment 
Aurora CO (SPX) Jul 30, 2008Raytheon has completed two significant milestones for the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) next-generation Control Segment (OCX), which establishes a solid foundation and roadmap to keep the program on track and on schedule. Raytheon completed the integrated baseline review (IBR) and subsequently completed the standard Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) appraisal ... more Tech Data US Adds TomTom Portable GPS Devices 
Clearwater FL (SPX) Jul 30, 2008IT products distributor Tech Data has announced a distribution agreement with TomTom, the world's leading navigation solutions provider. Tech Data will offer IT resellers access to the complete line of TomTom products and accessories. TomTom expands Tech Data's GPS navigation solutions offering, which includes handheld and automotive devices from ASUS, Harman/Becker Automotive Systems, and ... more MSN Direct Enables Web Sites To Deliver Info To GPS Devices 
Redmond WA (SPX) Jul 30, 2008Microsoft has released an open application programming interface (API) for the MSN Direct Send to GPS feature for navigation devices. This allows any Web site to offer visitors the ability to send addresses, business listings, or other locations directly from the site to their GPS unit, eliminating the cumbersome step of re-entering or searching for the same information on their navigation ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 29, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to explore deploying a powerful missile defense targeting radar in Israel, a senior US defense official said Tuesday. "The idea here is to help Israel create a layered missile defense capability to protect it from all sorts of threats in the region, near and far," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Gates discussed the ... more Outside View: BMD deal lessons -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 29, 2008 The hopes of the Russian people for close association and even partnership with the West during the eras of the last Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, have long since given way to embarrassment and then to disillusion. I hope the Russian people have now come to their senses. I have said this before, but I have to say it again: The ... more Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Multi-Function Electronic Warfare System 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 30, 2008Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 30, 2008 Northrop Grumman recently completed the land-based test phase of the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare (MFEW) system at the Naval Research Lab's (NRL) Chesapeake Bay Detachment (CBD) in Chesapeake Beach, Md., as part of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) MFEW/ES program. The final demonstration capped off over seven months of test and evaluation against ... more US offers Nicaragua health aid for missile destruction 
Managua (AFP) July 28, 2008The United States has offered Nicaragua healthcare aid in exchange for the destruction of 657 Soviet-made missiles acquired to fight US-backed rebels in the 1980s, the US ambassador said here. Washington has long pressured Nicaragua to destroy the anti-aircraft missiles as part of a global effort to remove old weapons that could fall into the hands of terrorists. The exchange deal was ... more Institute to promote US-China relations inaugurated in Washington 
Washington (AFP) July 29, 2008Nearly 40 years after then US secretary of state Henry Kissinger's landmark visit to China in 1971, an institute bearing his name and dedicated to promoting US-Chinese relations was inaugurated in Washington Tuesday. "China and America no longer have a common enemy, but a common opportunity," Kissinger said in a speech at the launch of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. ... more
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