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The Face Of The EarthBonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 30, 2010 For a month now, we have been acquiring altitude models with the TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X satellite pair. Already, over 1000 products have come out of our operational processing chain. Alongside many test images, some of the data also give an insight into how humankind has shaped the surface of the Earth - and how the highs and lows around them have determined the course of their lives. Many of the interferometric images created over the last few weeks have used test data acquired over flat areas t ... read more |
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Herlev, Denmark (SPX) Aug 27, 2010The Danish high-tech company Terma is to head a European space project with the objective to take measurements and make observations from the International Space Station (ISS). The research project ASIM - The Atmosphere Space Interactions Monitor - is an observatory that in 2014 will be placed at the exterior of the Columbus module of the European part of the ISS. ASIM will monitor a ... more  
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2010Unicorns and roses are usually the stuff of fairy tales, but a new cosmic image taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Explorer (WISE) shows the Rosette nebula located within the constellation Monoceros, or the Unicorn. This flower-shaped nebula, also known by the less romantic name NGC 2237, is a huge star-forming cloud of dust and gas in our Milky Way galaxy. Estimates of the nebula's dista ... more  
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 27, 2010NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star. The transit signatures of two distinct Saturn-sized planets were seen in the data for a sun-like star designated "Kepler-9." The planets were named Kepler-9b and 9c. The discovery incorporates seven months of observations of more than 15 ... more |
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China denies reports of India military riftBeijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2010 China on Saturday denied reports that defence exchanges with India had been suspended by New Delhi in retaliation for Beijing refusing a visa to a top general from its neighbour. "China has not halted defence exchanges with India and has received no word that India has stopped military exchanges between the two countries," said a statement by China's defence ministry. The faxed statement was a response to an AFP request for comment on Indian press reports that New Delhi had cancelled defence exc ... read more |
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