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 Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) June 15, 2009 
The US space agency NASA says it is considering a June 17 launch for the shuttle Endeavour after its mission to the International Space Station was postponed over a hydrogen leak. Shuttle launch director Pete Nickolenko said Sunday the root cause of the leak in Endeavour's external fuel tank had not yet been determined but that the team was "confident" that repair procedures for a similar le ... read more 
Paris (UPI) Jun 15, 2009 The Herschel space telescope, launched in May by the European Space Agency, opened its protective hatch Sunday. The removal of the cover protecting the instruments from contamination is the first major milestone for the telescope, the BBC reported. "We need the lid open or we can't see the sky, so it's a really important event," said Matt Griffin, a scientist involved with the pr ... more |
'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 Ethiopians dream of an electric car future Study warns US emissions progress may flatline Asteroid tells secrets of Earth's 'far wetter' building blocks 
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Singapore (AFP) June 15, 2009Mobile phone manufacturers will show off their most advanced models at Asia's biggest telecommunication fair this week, hoping to prove they can rival or even better the phenomenal Apple iPhone. CommunicAsia 2009 opens in Singapore Tuesday, a week after the US technology titan unveiled a new version called the iPhone S featuring a video camera as well as faster connection speed. Analysts ... more 
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) June 14, 2009Technicians late Sunday were set to begin repairing a hydrogen gas leak on the US space shuttle Endeavour that has postponed a mission to the International Space Station, NASA said. The mission management team began holding a meeting at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:00 pm (1800 GMT) to discuss the repairs. NASA officials were to hold a press conference later Sunday to announce ... more  
Washington (AFP) June 11, 2009Things may get a little tight at the international space station next week when it is set to be a temporary home to 13 astronauts with the arrival of the shuttle Endeavour and its seven crew. It will be the first time so many people have stayed on the orbiting station at once, and the 12 men and one woman will also represent the main countries involved in constructing the 100-billion-dollar ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) June 12, 2009Japan and India plan to launch their first joint space research project this year, an experiment in growing plants in zero gravity, a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency researcher said Friday. The two Asian powers are set to launch a small and unmanned Indian-made satellite in October, carrying Japanese laboratory equipment, that is set to orbit for about one week at a height of around 600km ... 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
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Orlando FL (SPX) Jun 15, 2009A lunar eclipse helped a group of international scientists take a snapshot of earth's chemical fingerprint, which could help to identify planets most similar to earth where life may be thriving. University of Central Florida Associate Professor Eduardo Martin was a member of the team that made the observation, which is published in the June 11 edition of Nature magazine. The team use ... more  
Pembroke, Bermuda (SPX) Jun 15, 2009Intelsat has provided further details with respect to its current fleet investment plan, which is expected to result in a significant improvement in the types and quantities of satellite capacity available to media, networking and government customers in the Asia-Pacific region. Intelsat expects to launch 11 satellites between now and the end of 2012, five of which will provide new or ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2009Angelle Tanner, a post-doctoral scholar at JPL and Caltech, studies planets in distant solar systems, called extrasolar planets. The golden prize in this field is to find a planet similar to Earth - the only planet we know that harbors life. While more than 350 extrasolar planets have been detected, most are gas planets, with no solid surface. Many are located in orbits closer to their ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 15, 2009The 48th International Paris Air Show will take place from 15 to 21 June at Le Bourget. The ESA Pavilion "L'Europe de l'Espace, Space for Earth" will be located in its usual place between the full scale models of the Ariane 1 and Ariane 5 launchers. This year the theme of the pavilion is "Space, a key asset for Europe to face global challenges". "This choice", explains Fernando Doblas ... more |
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