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 Providence, RI (SPX) Aug 05, 2009 
This image of Earth taken from 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the lunar surface was taken by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, one of two NASA instruments onboard the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. Australia is visible in the lower center of the image. The image is presented as a false-color composite with oceans a dark blue, clouds white, and vegetation an enha ... read more 
Sacramento CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2009Aerojet and NEC Corporation have announced that the companies will jointly explore the feasibility of jointly supplying low power ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets. Ion propulsion systems can be used for geosynchronous satellite propulsion systems and deep space missions providing significant advantages over traditional chemical propulsion systems due to th ... more |
Almost half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by drought
Syria seeks European help as forest wildfires rage Forest fire blazes in southern France S.Leone islanders despair as rising ocean threatens survival As heatwaves intensify, Morocco ups effort to warn residents Record-breaking temperatures in June around the world Houses made from rice: Kyrgyzstan's eco-friendly revolution Woman killed during storms across northern Italy Syria fights 'catastrophic' fires for fourth day Syria fights fires for fourth day as Jordan sends help 
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2009With this essay by Ray Villard, news director for the Hubble Space Telescope, Astrobiology Magazine presents another in our series of 'Gedanken', or thought, experiments - musings by noted scientists on scientific mysteries in a series of "what if" scenarios. Gedanken experiments, which have been used for hundreds of years by scientists and philosophers to ponder thorny problems, rely on the pow ... more 
Brasilia (AFP) Aug 4, 2009Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in June was four times more devastating than the month before, further depleting what is seen as one of the biggest buffers against global warming, official data revealed Tuesday. Satellite imagery analyzed by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research showed 578 square kilometers (223 square miles) of Amazon woodland was burned or cut down. ... more  
Akron OH (SPX) Aug 05, 2009The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Goodyear Tire have developed an airless tire to transport large, long-range vehicles across the surface of the moon. The new "Spring Tire" with 800 load bearing springs is designed to carry much heavier vehicles over much greater distances than the wire mesh tire previously used on the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The new t ... more |
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Wilmington, DE (SPX) Aug 05, 2009After reaching agreement with its principal lender groups, ProtoStar Ltd. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, "ProtoStar"), a satellite network operator, announced that they have filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Certain of the ProtoStar entities have also filed proceedings in Bermuda. ... more  
Paris, France (JPL) Aug 05, 2009ESA has chosen 'Alisse' as the name of ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang's mission to the International Space Station. The name was proposed in response to a competition launched by ESA's Directorate of Human Spaceflight in June. Fuglesang will be a Mission Specialist on the STS-128 flight to the International Space Station, scheduled for launch with Space Shuttle Discovery at the end ... more 
Seoul (YNA) Aug 05, 2009South Korea said Tuesday it may have to again postpone the launch of its first space rocket because further examination of a critical combustion test conducted last week is needed. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said that while Russia successfully completed the "hot fire test" last Thursday, some "technical issues" still have to be clarified, requiring more time. ... more |
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