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Deep Impact Imaging Of Comet Hartley 2 BeginsCollege Park MD (SPX) Sep 09, 2010 Some five years after its July 4th 2005 'comet shot' was seen around the world, the Deep Impact spacecraft has begun regular imaging of a second comet target, Hartley 2. The spacecraft will continue imaging Hartley 2 during and after its closest approach on November 4, providing an extended look at the comet. However, there won't be any fireworks this time as the Deep Impact's secondary probe craft was destroyed in its deliberate 2005 collision with comet Tempel 1. The flyby of comet Hartley ... read more |
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Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 09, 2010Lockheed Martin has announced the results of a program begun in July to lower overhead and improve affordability by reducing the number of leaders at the vice president and director levels. Under the Voluntary Executive Separation Program (VESP), more than 600 company executives - about 25 percent of the total executive population - applied to accept financial incentives to leave the compa ... more  
Madrid (AFP) Sept 7, 2010Spain said it signed a deal with Norway Tuesday to build a telecommunications satellite, to be launched in 2014 and used for both civilian and military purposes. "The deal will involve investment of 300 million euros (380 million dollars) and allow the creation of more than 1,000 jobs," said a statement by Spain's Defence Minister Carme Chacon, who signed the agreement with her Norwegian cou ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Sept 7, 2010Russia's space agency voiced outrage Tuesday after the defence ministry refused one of its cosmonauts a celebrated state honour, in the first such snub in half a century of Soyuz flights. Cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, who returned to Earth in March after six months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has twice been denied the Hero of Russia medal, in what the media has called a "scandal ... more |
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NASA Loves A Good Challenge - Not Business As UsualWashington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2010 NASA's pioneering use of prize competitions and innovation challenges is a dramatic departure from government's traditional "business as usual." The agency's innovation and technology challenges include prizes that encourage independent teams to race to achieve bold goals - without any upfront government funding. NASA benefits from private sector investments many times greater than the cash value of prizes, and the agency only pays for results. "NASA prize competitions unlock the extraordina ... read more |
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