April 15, 2009 Space News from SpaceDaily.com SpaceDaily Advertising Kit
NASA Twin Spacecraft May Reveal Secret Of Lunar Origin
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 14, 2009
Two identical NASA spacecraft are preparing to enter a point in the universe that may eventually answer the question of how our moon was born. The spacecraft duet, called Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or Stereo, are nearing a zone known as the Lagrangian points. At these points, the gravity of the sun and Earth combine to form gravitational wells where asteroids and space dust ... read more

SciSys Captures Key Security Project For On-Board Satellite Software
Chippenham, UK (SPX) Apr 14, 2009
The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen a team led by space software experts SciSys to undertake a proof-of-concept investigation into an innovative technique for securely partitioning on-board satellite software. Future evolutions of earth observation, telecom and navigation missions are likely to be "dual-use", providing services to commercial, scientific, civilian security and defenc ... more

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NKorea warns Japan against searching for missile debris
Seoul (AFP) April 8, 2009
North Korea warned Japan Wednesday against searching for debris from the communist state's rocket launch, official media reported. The North's military accused Japan of deploying warships to search for rocket parts and termed this an act of espionage and an "intolerable military provocation." The first stage of the rocket fired Sunday landed in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) between Japan a ... more

Climate Change And Atmospheric Circulation Will Make For Uneven Ozone Recovery
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 14, 2009
Earth's ozone layer should eventually recover from the unintended destruction brought on by the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and similar ozone-depleting chemicals in the 20th century. But new research by NASA scientists suggests the ozone layer of the future is unlikely to look much like the past because greenhouse gases are changing the dynamics of the atmosphere. Previous studies ha ... more

NASA Experiment Stirs Up Hope For Forecasting Deadliest Cyclones
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 14, 2009
NASA satellite data and a new modeling approach could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop. About 15 percent of the world's tropical cyclones occur in the northern Indian Ocean, but because of high population densities along low-lying coastlines, the storms have caused nearly 80 percent of cyclone-related deaths around the world. Incomplete atmospher ... more

James Webb Space Telescope First Flight Mirror Completes Cryogenic Testing
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 14, 2009
The first mirror segment that will fly on the James Webb Space Telescope, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, has completed its first series of cryogenic temperature tests in the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. "We're excited that we can support the James Webb Space Telescope with our world class cryogenic and x-ray telescope test fac ... 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
     
    KVH Receives New Orders For Tactical Navigation Systems
    Middletown RI (SPX) Apr 14, 2009
    Three international prime contractors have placed a total of $1.3 million in new orders for tactical navigation systems from KVH Industries. Shipments of these TACNAV orders are scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2009 with some extending into 2010. Due to contractual restrictions, additional details regarding the customers and vehicle platforms cannot be disclosed at this time. ... more

    Twitter fights off computer worm
    Washington (AFP) April 13, 2009
    Micro-blogging service Twitter was targeted by a wave of attacks by a computer worm over Easter weekend, a co-founder of the Web messaging company said. "On a weekend normally reserved for bunnies, a worm took center stage," Biz Stone said in a post on the official blog of the San Francisco-based startup. Stone said the self-replicating computer worm, which resulted in users of the servi ... more

    Bangladesh experts to investigate India dam plan
    Dhaka (AFP) April 13, 2009
    Bangladesh said Monday it would send experts to India to investigate claims a proposed dam in northeastern Assam state would dry up downstream tributaries crucial for farmers. Bangladesh has for five years protested against the dam at Tipaimukh because of fears it would affect the flow of water in the Meghna, its third largest river and one of the main sources of water for the eastern part ... 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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  • Analysis: China reveals new super rocket
  • Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space'
  • China Sells Comsats To Nigeria, Venezuela and Pakistan
  • Europe sets May 6 for launch of Herschel, Planck telescopes
  • NASA to unveil space station name on Colbert show
  • US drawing up national broadband plan
  • Two-time space tourist returns to Earth

  • The Next Space Age
  • Dramatically Backlit Dust In Giant Galaxy
  • Cool Stars Have Different Mix Of Life-Forming Chemicals
  • Active Galaxies Flare And Fade In Fermi Telescope All-Sky Movie
  • Ground-Based Observations Support NASA Comet Missions
  • KVH Announces New Orders For Fiber Optic Gyros
  • Iridium-Based Vessel Monitoring Systems Approved For Commercial Fisheries
  • Iridium OpenPort Plays Key Communications Role

  • SOFIA Science Mission Operations Director Selected
  • Astronaut Tweets Provide Inside Look At Hubble Training
  • US intelligence chief touts new generation satellites
  • New cyber threats Part 10 and 11
  • Chinese, Russian hackers probing US power grid: report
  • US to boost quake detection, under stimulus plan
  • WHouse may postpone part of emissions plan: report
  • Taps off for two million in water-starved Mexico City



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