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Russia and its International Space Station partners have an oral agreement to continue using the orbiter until 2020, the president of leading Russian spacecraft maker RSC Energia said on Thursday. "The ISS partners have not yet signed any documents, but verbally we have already settled the initiative [to extend the station's use]," Vitaly Lopota said at a news conference in Moscow. ... read more
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 06, 2009In May 2009, Frank De Winne, of Belgian nationality and a member of the European Astronaut Corps, will fly to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month mission. This mission sees him become the first European commander of the Station by October 2009. ESA has now given his mission the name OasISS. During his stay on the International Space Station (ISS), De Winne will co ... more |
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Australia set to cede COP31 hosting rights to Turkey COP30 dragged into clash over gender language Brazil's Lula hunts for deal at Amazon climate summit EU states back new delay to anti-deforestation rules Lula lands in Amazon to press for climate deal To combat climate anxiety, COP negotiator recommends meditation Nations 'still far' from deal at UN climate talks: France Nearly a third of women face partner or sexual violence: WHO Belgian climate case pits farmer against TotalEnergies 
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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 06, 2009The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is doing its best to operate the Asteroid Explore "HAYAUBSA" to return it to Earth in June 2010. After leaving the orbit around the asteroid "ITOKAWA," the ion engine of the HAYABUSA was cut off on Oct. 18, 2007 (Japan Standard Time, JST) to complete the first phase orbit maneuvering for returning to the Earth. Since then, the HAYABUSA has been ... more  
Long Beach, California (AFP) Feb 5, 2009US university researchers have created a portable "sixth sense" device powered by commercial products that can seamlessly channel Internet information into daily routines. The device created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists can turn any surface into a touch-screen for computing, controlled by simple hand gestures. The gadget can even take photographs if a user ... more  
Davanagere (PTI)Feb 06, 2009ISRO's public relations officer B R Guruprasad demonstrated the prototype component models that were used in Chandrayaan-I to Sri Taralabalu pontiff Shivamurthy Shivacharya maha swamiji, at BIET college in Davanagere on Tuesday evening. The Sanehalli mutt pontiff Sri Panditharadhya swamiji, along with a team of ISRO scientists including Chandrayaan-I project director Annadurai, S K Shivaku ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 06, 2009DLR as an albatross - Biologist Dr Ulrike Friedrich manages parabolic flights on behalf of DLR. "When the aircraft enters weightless conditions and you are lifted up from the floor and start to float, huge amounts of excitement hormones are released in your body", enthuses Dr Ulrike Friedrich. In her capacity as manager for parabolic flights at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentru ... more |
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Blade-coating advances promise uniform perovskite solar films at industrial scaleTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025 Researchers at Zhejiang University have mapped critical parameters governing crystallization in blade-coated perovskite films, clarifying pathways to manufacture high-efficiency solar cells and opto ... more  
Floating solar panels show promise, but environmental impacts varyCorvallis OR (SPX) Nov 18, 2025 Floating solar panels are emerging as a promising clean energy solution with environmental benefits, but a new study finds those effects vary significantly depending on where the systems are deploye ... more 
High efficiency and stability achieved in perovskite cells using fullerene derivativesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 Researchers in China have enhanced the performance and durability of inverted perovskite solar cells by creating two new 56pi-electron fullerene derivatives known as C60-TFB and C60-TFP for use as e ... more
  
Mechanical power by linking Earth's warmth to spaceDavis CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025 Engineers at the University of California, Davis, have invented a device that can generate mechanical power at night by linking the natural warmth around us to the cold depths of space. The inventio ... more 
High precision measurement advances fusion plasma diagnosticsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2025 Researchers have demonstrated that controlling the electric potential within fusion-grade plasma is vital for sustaining energy confinement in nuclear fusion reactors. The team used a heavy ion beam ... more 
Redesigned satellite battery set to advance LEO power systemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 ESI Motion has announced SatBat, a new battery engineered for spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit. SatBat integrates a Heater and Battery Management System, aiming to improve power storage and management ... more |
 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2009Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and students at the California Institute of Technology have designed and tested a versatile, low-mass robot that can rappel off cliffs, travel nimbly over steep and rocky terrain, and explore deep craters. This prototype rover, called Axel, might help future robotic spacecraft better explore and investigate foreign worlds such as Mars. On Ear ... more  
Travis AFB CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2009Aircrews from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Boeing employees offload a Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft from a C-5 Galaxy Jan. 21 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The equipment is part of an Atlas 5 rocket mission set to launch March 9. The 3rd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colo., performs command and control for WGS. ... more 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2009About half a year before the robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander began digging into soil and subsurface ice of an arctic plain of Mars, six scientists traveled to one of the coldest, driest places on Earth for soil-and-ice studies that would end up aiding analysis of the Mars data. They used duplicates of some of the Phoenix spacecraft's instruments, plus other methods, in the Antarc ... more |
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Space Force operationally accepts SciTec Forge missile warning ground systemBoulder, CO (SPX) Oct 17, 2025 On September 23, 2025, the U.S. Space Force declared operational acceptance of the second operational delivery of the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution, or FORGE, for the 11th Space Wa ... more 
SpaceX launches 21 satellites for U.S. military from CaliforniaWashington DC (UPI) Oct 15, 2025 SpaceX on Wednesday launched 21 satellites from California for the U.S. military's Space Development Agency. ... more 
Shield or Spark? The U.S. Golden Dome and the New Missile Arms RaceBudapest, Hungary (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 The launch of the US 'Golden Dome' missile defence initiative has already set in motion ripple effects across the globe. Rival nations are considering their own layered missile defence architectures ... more
  
Moscow says Ukraine drone debris hit Russian nuclear plantMoscow (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Russian officials said on Friday debris from a Ukrainian drone hit a nuclear power plant a day earlier, temporarily causing the station to reduce its output. ... more 
Microbes join forces to quickly clean up uranium pollutionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025 Chinese scientists have discovered a quick and effective way to remove toxic uranium from water using helpful bacteria that work together. These bacteria can change uranium from a dangerous form tha ... more 
Uranium extraction from seawater progresses with engineered material for nuclear fuel supplyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2025 Researchers have developed a covalent organic framework material able to improve the process of extracting uranium from seawater, according to a study detailed by Dr Xishi Tai of Weifang University ... more
  
China FM pledges support for Syria in 'achieving peace'Beijing (AFP) Nov 17, 2025 China's top diplomat Wang Yi pledged support for Damascus on Monday in "achieving peace at an early date", as his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani made his first official visit to Beijing. ... more 
Drenched and displaced: Gazans living in tents face winter downpoursGaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 A barefoot Niven Abu Zreina swept an incessant stream of water away from her tent, as the season's first big rain hit her makeshift displacement camp in Gaza City. ... more 
Cash only: how the loss and damage UN fund will pay countriesBelem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 A hard-won UN "loss and damage" fund to help vulnerable countries recover from the devastating impacts of climate change is finally about to come to life after years of tough negotiations. ... more |
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