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LockMart Establishes New Space Vehicle Integration Laboratory
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 31, 2009
Lockheed Martin has announced that it has established a new Space Vehicle Integration Laboratory (SVIL) to enable a more efficient and reliable process for space vehicle component and flight software integration. As a Lockheed Martin Space Systems-wide asset, the laboratory will have applications for large, small, existing and future satellite development. The SVIL utilizes state-of- ... read more

NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Starts Move To Launch Pad
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 31, 2009
Space shuttle Atlantis' rollout to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been rescheduled to begin at 4 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 31, as preparations for the STS-125 mission move forward. Atlantis is targeted to lift off May 12 to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. NASA Television's live coverage of the event will begin at 6:30 a.m. Video highlights will air on ... more

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ESA space debris conference begins
Darmstadt, Germany (UPI) Mar 30, 2009
The European Space Agency is the host for the Fifth European Conference on Space Debris through Thursday at its Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany. The ESA said the conference, which began Monday, is the largest dedicated event on space debris issues. It is co-sponsored by the British, French, German and Italian space agencies, the Committee on Space Research and the Internat ... more

Northrop Grumman-Built Cryocooler Operational On Ibuki
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2009
A high-reliability heritage flight cryocooler built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is now operational, following its launch aboard Japan's Ibuki, also known as the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite, earlier in February. Ibuki will monitor global warming. Northrop Grumman's cryocooler completed turn-on procedures and cooled the infrared focal planes of Ibuki's primary sensor ... more

SES ASTRA Enters Croatian Market
Luxembourg (SPX) Mar 31, 2009
SES ASTRA has announced that it has signed an agreement with CME group for the launch of the first Croatian channel on ASTRA. With the new long-term agreement, SES ASTRA will provide capacity to CME group for the broadcasting of the commercial programme Nova TV via its 23.5 degrees East orbital position. "The start of Nova TV on ASTRA further increases the attractive programme range availa ... more

NASA Awards $10 Million Cooperative Agreement To Maryland Firm
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2009
NASA Ames Research Center has selected the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Columbia, Md., for award of a new five-year cooperative agreement valued at $9,873,524 to provide internships to talented university students and faculty engaged in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Under the terms of the agreement, the USRA will design, implement and manage a work-fo ... 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
     
    Goodrich Celebrates 50 Years In Space
    Charlotte NC (SPX) Mar 31, 2009
    Goodrich is celebrating its 50th year of working in advanced space programs, and continues its pioneering role and contributions to the nation's defense and the furthering of mankind's knowledge from the high frontier. On June 25, 1959, the world's first space-borne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) satellite was launched on the then-classified Corona program with a Goodr ... more

    Call For Payload Study Consortia For Cosmic Vision L-class Mission EJSM/Laplace
    Paris, France (ESA) Mar 31, 2009
    On 26 March ESA issued a "Call for Declarations of Interest in Science Instrumentation" for the L-class Cosmic Vision mission study EJSM/Laplace. Prospective Instrument Study Teams are invited to submit proposals outlining the composition of nationally funded consortia to carry out assessment level studies. ESA is currently carrying out an assessment study phase for a number of L-class mis ... more

    ATSB's RazakSAT Takes Punt With Test Rocket
    Hawthorne CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2009
    Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has announced that the launch window for ATSB's RazakSAT on Falcon 1 Flight 5 is currently scheduled to open Monday, April 20th at 4:00 p.m. (PDT) / 7:00 p.m. (EDT). SpaceX's Falcon 1 launch site is located approximately 2500 miles southwest of Hawaii on Omelek Island, part of the Reagan Test Site (RTS) at United States Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) i ... 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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