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July 02, 2010
MOON DAILY
Man In The Moon Has 'Graphite Whiskers'
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 02, 2010
In a new analysis of a lunar sample collected by Apollo 17, researchers have detected and dated carbon on the moon in the form of graphite - the sooty stuff of pencil lead - which survived from around 3.8 billion years ago, when the moon was heavily bombarded by meteorites. Up to now, scientists thought the trace amounts of carbon previously detected on the surface of the moon came from the solar wind. Some of the graphite revealed by the new study appeared in a rare rolled form known as "gr ... read more

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MARSDAILY

Next Mars Rover Sports A Set Of New Wheels
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EARTH OBSERVATION

CryoSat-2 Exceeding Expectations
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SOLAR SCIENCE

NASA Retires TRACE Spacecraft After Highly Successful Mission
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SHUTTLE NEWS

NASA reschedules two final space shuttle launches
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TIME AND SPACE

RXTE Homes In On A Black Hole's Jets
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OUTER PLANETS

Course Correction Keeps New Horizons On Path To Pluto
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LAUNCH PAD

Orbital Rockets Selected To Launch Two NASA Scientific Satellites
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TIME AND SPACE

CID-42: A Black Hole 'Slingshot'
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GPS NEWS

TomTom's Latest Database Extends Global Coverage
TECH SPACE

New Multi-Year LTA With EADS Astrium To Power All GEO Satellites
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VSAT NEWS

World's Largest Wind Power Producer Selects STM for Reliable Communication To Energy Farms
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VSAT NEWS

Partnership To Expand Maritime VSAT Service To New Regions And Market Segments
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GPS NEWS

Integration With Homeland Security Enterprise Tools Enhances Operational Efficiency
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GPS NEWS

ArcGIS 10 Transforms The Way People Use GIS
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GPS NEWS
Carrier Corp. Greens Commercial Vehicle Fleet
Syracuse NY (SPX) Jul 02, 2010
Carrier Corp. is reducing fuel usage and global green house gas (GHG) emissions following a systematic analysis of its fleet of trucks and cars. With over 3,000 vehicles in North America that are utilized for sales, service and repair of commercial products, Carrier was able to reduce emissions to date by more than 30 percent since 2006 by deploying a variety of strategies, including right ... more

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
UKIRT Unveils The Mysteries Of Massive Star Formation
London, UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2010
Using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) astronomers have found the leading mechanism by which most of the massive stars form in our Galaxy. The largest near-infrared survey of massive star forming regions to date has revealed that a major fraction of these massive stars form by collecting matter onto disks around their equatorial regions. This was revealed by the detection of g ... more

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Galactic Archaeologists Find Origin Of Milky Way's Ancient Stars
Durham, UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2010
Many of the Milky Way's ancient stars are remnants of other smaller galaxies torn apart by violent galactic collisions around five billion years ago, according to researchers at Durham University. Scientists at Durham's Institute for Computational Cosmology and their collaborators at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, in Germany, and Groningen University, in Holland, ran huge compu ... more

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SPACE SCOPES

R Coronae Australis: A Cosmic Watercolour

ROCKET SCIENCE

NASA Tests Engine Technology To Assist With Future Space Vehicle Landings


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ROCKET SCIENCE
Weapon Enhancement Improves Tornado Aircraft Capability

Latest Counter-IED Equipment Showcased

Fully Accredited Infrared Countermeasures System Effectiveness Models Unveiled

ROCKET SCIENCE
THAAD Weapon System Achieves Lowest Endo Intercept To Date

Bulgaria defence minister in US for talks on missile defence

Interoperability Key To Success In Missile Defense

ROCKET SCIENCE
USS Sterett Calls Tomahawk Missile Launch A Success

Fire breaks out at Russian missile maker: official

USS George H.W. Bush Conducts First Missile Launch

ROCKET SCIENCE
Military Video Surveillance Systems Market Over Seven Billion In 2010

Amid tanker battle, EADS seeks US inroads in helicopters

Pentagon calls on defense industry to bring down costs

ROCKET SCIENCE
Machines that understand us on the rise

Intelligent 3D Simulation Robots To Compete In Robocup 2010

Robot cat Doraemon's gadgets come to life in Japan show

ROCKET SCIENCE
Secret Ingredient In Honey That Kills Bacteria

Hong Kong study promises new swine flu treatment

Repressive drug policies boosting AIDS spread: experts

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UAV NEWS
EADS Selects Meggitt Fire Detection For ATLANTE
Simi Valley CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2010
Meggitt Safety Systems has been selected by EADS Military Air Systems to supply fire and overheat detectors for the ATLANTE long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV will perform intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance missions. Meggitt's extreme environment technology will be installed to detect aircraft engine fire and overheat conditions. The high reliability pneumatic detector system, with more than 500 million unit-hours of flight service on commerc ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
Glitch delays solar plane's historic night flight

Pre-Engineered Racking Systems Launched For The Solar Market

Trina Solar To Power Australia's Largest Roof-Mounted Solar Array

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ROCKET SCIENCE
S.Korea's Doosan wins 3.9 billion dollar reactor order

Finnish parliament approves two new nuclear reactors

Greenpeace activists fined for Sweden nuclear protest

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ROCKET SCIENCE
Storm delays deployment of Gulf containment vessel: official

Polls in quake-hit Haiti set for November

Dozens of children reportedly among China landslide victims

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ROCKET SCIENCE
Uighur leader appeals to world year after unrest

New Afghan war commander Petraeus visits NATO allies

NATO's deadliest month in Afghan war

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ROCKET SCIENCE
EADS Selects Meggitt Fire Detection For ATLANTE

Insitu's ScanEagle UAS Selected By USAF Academy To Train Cadets

Spy in the sky rakes in millions for Israel

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