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July 26, 2009
Astronauts complete fourth spacewalk
Washington (AFP) July 24, 2009
Two astronauts finished a fourth spacewalk Friday outside the International Space Station orbiting high above Earth, and completed tasks left undone after the last sortie was cut short. Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy returned to the station's decompression chamber at 2106 GMT, after installing new batteries on one of the oldest of the four solar arrays that power the space station some 350 ... read more

Scientists Still At Odds On Tunguska After 100 Years
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 24, 2009
More than 100 years have passed since the Tunguska Meteorite Event and the mystery of its occurrence remains unsolved, but scientists have not given up on solving the riddle. This July, an international research group from Italy and the United States ventured into deepest Siberia to investigate the most likely explanations of the mysterious event, and RIA Novosti correspondent David Burghardt ... more

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Tiny Saturn Moon Could Be Targeted In Search For ET Life
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 24, 2009
Plumes spewing from a tiny moon of Saturn - a moon roughly the width of Arizona - are filled with molecules that suggest that the moon, Enceladus, is likely another place in the solar system to look for life, Cassini scientist Jonathan Lunine of The University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory said. When NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew through a plume erupting from Enceladus early ... more

Pre-Launch Preparations Are Underway With Optus D3
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 24, 2009
The Optus D3 telecommunications satellite is undergoing its pre-launch checkout at Europe's Spaceport in preparation for an August liftoff on Arianespace's fourth heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission of 2009. Following its delivery to French Guiana on Tuesday, Optus D3 was transferred to the S5C hall in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility. Optus D3 is the latest geostationary ... more

Jupiter Pummeled, Leaving Nasty Bruise
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2009
Something slammed into Jupiter in the last few days, creating a dark bruise about the size of the Pacific Ocean. The bruise was noticed by an amateur astronomer on Sunday, July 19. University of California, Berkeley, astronomer Paul Kalas took advantage of previously scheduled observing time on the Keck II telescope in Hawaii to image the blemish in the early morning hours of Monday, July 20. ... more

Things You Never Knew About The First Moon Landing
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 24, 2009
Forty years ago this month a mighty Saturn-5 rocket blasted off with the force of one hundred locomotives propelling two men into history! They became the first human beings to ever set foot on another world. This was the first Moon landing. No-one had ever done this before. Would they land OK? Would they crash? Would they sink into the lunar soil? NASA gave them a 50-50 chance at best. ... more

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    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
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    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


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    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
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    Payload Transfer To Kibo Complete
    Houston TX (SPX) Jul 24, 2009
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and his space shuttle Endeavour crewmates completed transferring three payloads from a cargo carrier to Kibo's Exposed Facility. This was the first operational use of the Kibo robotic arm. MAXI, SEDA-AP and ICS all are installed on the Exposed Facility. MAXI is the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image experiment and SEDA-AP is the Space ... more

    KVH Offers Breakthrough Prices For Inmarsat FleetBroadband Airtime
    Middletown RI (SPX) Jul 24, 2009
    Responding to growing demand for affordable broadband communications at sea, KVH Industries is changing the way mariners think about satellite communications by offering exciting introductory Inmarsat FleetBroadband airtime plans as low as $59 per month and other hardware and airtime packages that include the option to get a free TracPhone FB150 antenna. "With these new airtime plans ... more

    China To Build Stronger Telescope Network In South Pole
    Haining, China (XNA) Jul 24, 2009
    Chinese astronomers will set up a stronger telescope network on Dome A, the top of the south pole, after the initial success in January, 2008, an astronomer said at a symposium that concluded here Thursday. Gong Xuefei, an astronomer involved in the telescope project, said at a cross-Straits forum on astronomical instruments that the new telescopes are being tested and the first of them is ... more

    Bolden And Garver Visit NASA Langley
    Langley VA (SPX) Jul 24, 2009
    NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori Garver addressed a standing-room-only crowd in Langley's Reid Conference Center on Wednesday, while another group of employees watched from a quarter-mile away at the Pearl Young Theater. Bolden spoke for 40 minutes about research, aeronautics, education, space and almost anything else anyone wanted to talk about. The people ... more

    Thuraya Partners With Speakerbus For Netted Communications Solution For MSS Industry
    Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Jul 23, 2009
    To diversify its portfolio of products, Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the world leading mobile satellite operator has partnered with Speakerbus, the specialist provider of mission-critical voice systems, to provide a comprehensive Netted Communications solution to its customer base. According to the agreement, netted voice products of Speakerbus will be available to the mobile ... more

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