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 Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Oct 28, 2009 
NASA successfully launched Wednesday the prototype for a new generation of space rocket, advancing its plans to return man to the Moon by 2020. The Ares I-X, the tallest rocket ever built, blasted off at 11:30 am (1530 GMT) from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying with it the US space agency's lofty ambitions for human space flight. The rocket is the prototype of the Ares I, designed to ... read more 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2009The telescope element of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC - News), has successfully passed a critical design review verifying it will perform as designed, and now moves forward to final manufacturing steps and integration of all subsystems. The Optical Telescope Element (OTE), which is the eye of the Observatory, includes a giant ... more |
G20 billionaires could end world poverty in one year's earnings: Oxfam
Australia set to cede COP31 hosting rights to Turkey COP30 dragged into clash over gender language Brazil's Lula hunts for deal at Amazon climate summit EU states back new delay to anti-deforestation rules Lula lands in Amazon to press for climate deal To combat climate anxiety, COP negotiator recommends meditation Nations 'still far' from deal at UN climate talks: France Nearly a third of women face partner or sexual violence: WHO Belgian climate case pits farmer against TotalEnergies 
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Paris, France (ESA) Oct 29, 2009Satellite operations for the CoRoT mission have been extended until 31 March 2013. The decision by the French Space Agency, CNES, and the mission partners, including ESA, was taken on 23 October at a specially convened meeting at the CNES Headquarters in Paris. Launched in December 2006, with a nominal lifetime of 3 years, CoRoT has steadily pursued its dual mission objectives of searching ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 29, 2009Following the first and primary trajectory correction manoeuvre 22 October, Rosetta is lined up nicely for the approach to Earth. The manoeuvre provided an 8.8 cm/s change in orbital velocity and the thruster performance was accurate. Closest approach to Earth is now scheduled for 08:45 CET on 13 November. The results of last Thursday's trajectory correction manoeuvre (TCM) have been ... more  
Arlington VA (SPX) Oct 29, 2009There've been satellites orbiting Earth for half a century. But getting information to and from them is still a pain. Which is why Pentagon research arm Darpa is looking to finally hook the orbiting spacecraft up with reliable broadband connections. It's part of a larger movement to extend terrestrial networks into space, and eventually build an "Interplanetary Internet." In the meantime ... more |
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Redlands CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2009Forestry Development Centre Tapio of Finland is using ESRI's ArcGIS software and a solution designed by Tieto, an ESRI business partner, to meet Forestry Centres' goal to decrease forest inventory costs by 40 percent. The solution is designed to improve productivity, cost efficiency, and cooperation between organizations, including data procurement and two-way dataflow. It will also ... more  
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 29, 2009eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship, a non-profit business incubator and workforce development organization for aerospace companies, has announced that it is seeking a second round of aerospace entrepreneurs to participate in the eSpace incubator. The move reflects the industry's demand for eSpace services as well as the success of the incubator model created by eSpace and its ... more 
Reston VA (SPX) Oct 29, 2009Aerospace industry leaders will meet on November 2 to debate the future of America's space programs in light of the recent findings by the Augustine Commission. The half-day event, "Does the Final Frontier Have a Future? Debating America's Next Steps in Human Space Flight," will feature panelists from leading space exploration companies as well as from NASA and academia. Organized by ... more |
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