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 Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 26, 2009 
US software pioneer Charles Simonyi on Thursday became the first person to travel twice to space as a tourist, as he blasted off to the International Space Station (ISS). Simonyi, 60, along with an American and a Russian astronaut, was launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket at 11:49 GMT from the Baikonur cosmodrome on the Kazakh steppe, in what could be the last space tourist trip for some ... read more 
Seoul (AFP) March 26, 2009South Korea Thursday joined its US ally in calling for a United Nations response to North Korea's "provocative" rocket launch plan, as a US official said the missile has been placed on a launch pad. The communist state reaffirmed it would launch a peaceful communications satellite and blasted "confrontational maniacs" in Seoul for their opposition. The United States, South Korea and Japa ... more |
Too hot to study, say Italian teachers as school (finally) resumes
US moves to scrap emissions reporting by polluters US to stop collecting emissions data from polluters 'We don't want to become a memory': minister of endangered Tuvalu EU split on 2040 climate goal ahead of UN summit EU to fast-track review of 2035 combustion-engine ban Carmakers to push EU for 2035 combustion-engine ban rethink African Union climate summit says forming mining coalition Press Release from Business Wire: Quectel Wireless Solutions Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island 
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Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2009Teal Group has announced at Satellite 2009 its revised figures for the Worldwide Mission Model survey of future space payloads. The study encompasses 2,033 payloads proposed through 2009-2028. "We are continually engaged in an exercise of tracking every satellite, probe, capsule or other orbiting hardware that is proposed to be built and launched worldwide over the next 20 years. But once ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2009RaySat Broadcasting has announced it has formed strategic alliances with six of the world's leading providers of hardware, software, satellite and other services to enable delivery of AT and T CruiseCast service, an exciting new source of entertainment in family vehicles. AT and T CruiseCast is the breakthrough service that will provide 42 channels of satellite TV and radio to the rear sea ... more 
Lagos, Nigeria (XNA) Mar 27, 2009Nigeria and China have signed a contract for a new communications satellite that will replace one sidelined by a power failure, a newspaper reported Wednesday. According to the contract signed in Beijing on Tuesday, the replacement satellite has been named NIGCOMSAT-1R and is due to be launched by 2011 with no cost to Nigeria, the Lagos-based Guardian reported. The new space vehicle ... more  
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2009Did you ever wish you could stroll through the caldera of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system? Study the rock formations in Valles Marineris, a martian canyon as wide as the United States? Or retrace the tracks of NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers? Then you'll want to check out Google Mars. Tucked away inside the recently released Google Earth 5.0, Google Mars is the i ... more |
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Space solar power study outlines potential role in Europes clean energy futureLondon, 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 SatellitesTokyo, 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 RuleLos 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
  
Researchers use electrochemistry to boost nuclear fusion ratesVancouver, 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 CenturyLos 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 batteriesAachen, 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 |
 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 27, 2009The four satellites of ESA's Cluster mission have revealed, for the first time, how turbulence develops in space just outside the Earth's magnetic environment. This result improves the understanding of turbulence, a key physical process by which energy throughout the Universe is transported from large scales at which it is input, to all scales where it is dissipated. Turbulence is a ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 27, 2009This week's Satellite 2009 conference in Washington, D.C. provided Arianespace the opportunity to underscore the importance of reliable, quality launch services for satellite operators and manufacturers, especially in today's challenging economic environment. The annual Satellite event is one of the telecommunications sector's key industry gatherings, and this year's conference was marked ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 27, 2009The European radio astronomy program, RadioNet, has been awarded 10 Million Euro by the European Commission under the Seventh European Framework Program (FP7). RadioNet is an EC integrating activity that brings together all the major radio observatories in Europe, covering the frequency range of 10 Mhz to 1 Thz. Based on the highly successful RadioNet FP6 program, RadioNet FP7 will receive ... more |
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CerraCap backs Space Kinetic to accelerate space superiority and missile defenseLos 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 UkraineBerlin (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 30Jerusalem (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
  
Fire at nuclear plant after Russia downs Ukrainian droneMoscow (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 failsTaipei (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 yearsStockholm (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
  
12 dead, 4 missing after bridge collapses in ChinaBeijing (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 removalTokyo (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 cloudburstBar 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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