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India Ramps Up Manned Spaceflight Talk
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 10, 2009
India plans to develop a space vehicle that can carry up to three astronauts in a seven-day manned mission to space, Indian Space Research Organization chairman G. Madhavan Nair said on Monday. "The concept is getting evolved," Nair said while addressing an international seminar. India is looking at developing a spacecraft for launch in 2015 using India's Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle. ... read more

Martian Crater Features Suggest Influence Of Water And Ice
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 10, 2009
Scientists at the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute (PSI) have found further evidence for the large role that water has likely played in shaping the Martian landscape. Their results, which will be published in "Icarus", provide strong evidence that multiple wet and/or icy climate cycles have shaped the topography of the planet's large craters. "Icarus" is the journal of the American ... more

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ISRO Says It Is Not looking At Arianespace As A Competitor
Bangalore TX (SPX) Feb 10, 2009
Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Monday said that European space consortium Arianespace would market home-grown rocket PSLV in Europe and maintained that ISRO does not see the latter as a long-term competitor. "ISRO does not want to be a competitor of Arianespace. ISRO is looking for cooperation and collaboration with the European space community to evolve ... more

Satellite Malfunction Halts Chinese TV Programs
Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 10, 2009
Transmission of 150 satellite TV channels in China was interrupted Monday morning by satellite problems, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said. A 47-minute malfunction of the Zhongxing 6B satellite began at 10:59 a.m., affecting TV channels of the China Central Television (CCTV), China Education Television and 23 provincial satellite TVs, SARFT said. ... more

Nine Partners Officially Join Giant Magellan Telescope Project
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2009
Nine astronomical research organizations from the United States, Australia and Korea have signed an official agreement to construct and operate the Giant Magellan Telescope, or GMT, at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, the Giant Magellan Telescope has announced. Seok Jae Park, president of the Korean Astronomy and Space Sciences Institute, on behalf of the Republic of Korea, becomes the ... more

Astronomers Spot Cosmic Dust Fountain
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 10, 2009
Space dust annoys astronomers just as much as the household variety when it interferes with their observations of distant stars. And yet space dust also poses one of the great mysteries of astronomy. "We not only do not know what the stuff is, but we do not know where it is made or how it gets into space," said Donald York, the Horace B. Horton Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics at ... more

 

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    SOLAR DAILY
    Space solar power study outlines potential role in Europes clean energy future
    London, UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2025
    Space-based solar power could significantly reshape Europe's energy system by 2050, according to new research in the journal Joule. The study estimates the technology could reduce Europe's reliance ... more
    Mitsubishi Electric to Lead JAXA Fund Project on Next Generation Solar Cells for Satellites
    Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 2, 2025
    Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) has been chosen as a representative organization under JAXA's Space Strategy Fund for the initiative "Development of Domestic Solar Cells, Cover Glass, ... more
    SolarDaily Exclusive: One Small Contractor Forces CPUC to Blink on 150% Storage Rule
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025
    On August 13 at exactly 4:38 p.m., Southern California Edison (SCE) pressed send on an email that landed like a hammer blow across California's solar industry. The subject was clinical: "Suspension ... more


    ENERGY TECH
    Researchers use electrochemistry to boost nuclear fusion rates
    Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Aug 22, 2025
    Using a small bench-top reactor, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have demonstrated that electrochemically loading a solid metal target with deuterium fuel can boost nuclear f ... more
    Is Fusion Energy Becoming the Space Race of This Century
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025
    Encouraged by the potential of clean, continuous, high-density power, commercial investment in fusion energy has grown to more than US$9.6 billion over the last five years, according to IDTechEx ana ... more
    German firm gives 'second life' to used EV batteries
    Aachen, Germany (AFP) Aug 21, 2025
    A German company is putting used electric vehicle batteries to new use by stacking them into fridge-size units that homes and businesses can use to store their excess solar and wind energy. ... more
     
    Discovery Facing More Delays
    Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2009
    The space shuttle Discovery's mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been again delayed until no sooner than February 22 for testing of three flow control valves, NASA said Saturday. The launch had originally been scheduled for blastoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 12 and was earlier pushed to February 19. "Because of an ongoing review of the space shuttle's flo ... more

    NKorea Pursuing Space Program
    Seoul (AFP) Feb 7, 2009
    North Korea on Saturday said it was actively pursuing a space programme, amid reports from US and South Korean officials that Pyongyang is preparing to test fire a long-range missile. Rodong Sinmun, the official daily of the ruling communist party, said the North had every right to develop a space programme, as a member of the international community. "The DPRK's (North Korea) policy of ... more

    Saving oceans and finding aliens make TED Prize wish list
    Long Beach, California (AFP) Feb 6, 2009
    A community known for a mix of brilliant, accomplished people was called on Thursday to grant wishes to save life on Earth and find it elsewhere in the universe. Undaunted folks at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference in Southern California got right to work. Each year, TED grants prizes to three people with track records of doing good and visions of changing the world ... more

     

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    MISSILE DEFENSE
    CerraCap backs Space Kinetic to accelerate space superiority and missile defense
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2025
    CerraCap Ventures has invested in Space Kinetic Corp., a cleared national security innovator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The move aligns with CerraCap's push to speed space defense technologies and bolster the United States strategic edge as space becomes increasingly contested ... more
    Germany to start deliveries of two Patriot systems to Ukraine
    Berlin (AFP) Aug 1, 2025
    Germany said on Friday it will soon start delivering two more US-made Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine, as Kyiv faces a growing number of Russian drone and missile attacks. ... more
    Israel military intercepts Huthi missile fired from Yemen; Gaza civil defence says Israel strikes kill 30
    Jerusalem (AFP) July 29, 2025
    Sirens sounded in several Israeli cities, including Jerusalem, on Tuesday as the military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, with Huthi rebels later claiming the attack. ... more

    CIVIL NUCLEAR
    Fire at nuclear plant after Russia downs Ukrainian drone
    Moscow (AFP) Aug 24, 2025
    A fire broke out Sunday at a Russian nuclear power plant after the country's military downed a Ukrainian drone, the facility said after the blaze was put out. The "device detonated" upon imp ... more
    Taiwan vote on restarting nuclear plant fails
    Taipei (AFP) Aug 23, 2025
    A Taiwanese referendum on whether to restart a nuclear power plant failed on Saturday after the number of votes in favour fell short of the legally required threshold. Ma'anshan Nuclear Powe ... more
    Sweden picks mini-reactors for first nuclear expansion in 50 years
    Stockholm (AFP) Aug 22, 2025
    Sweden said Thursday that it had selected so-called small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) for its first nuclear power expansion in a half-century. The government said three or five of the ne ... more

    DISASTER MANAGEMENT
    12 dead, 4 missing after bridge collapses in China
    Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2025
    Twelve people were killed and four are missing after part of a bridge under construction collapsed Friday in northwest China, state media reported. A video published by state broadcaster CC ... more
    Robots deployed for Fukushima radioactive debris removal
    Tokyo (AFP) Aug 20, 2025
    Japanese technicians at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have sent in remote-controlled robots to one of the damaged reactor buildings as part of preparations to remove radioactive debris. ... more
    Survivors claw through rubble after deadly Pakistan cloudburst
    Bar Dalori, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 19, 2025
    In the middle of the night, by the glow of their mobile phones, rescuers and villagers dug through the concrete remains of flattened houses after massive rocks crashed down on a remote Pakistani ... more
     

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  • Emergency declared in flood-hit Solomons
  • Drought-hit China to divert waters from two longest rivers: report
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