TERRA DAILY | SPACE WAR | MARS DAILY | SPACE MART | SINO DAILY | SPACE TRAVEL |
December 16, 2005 | ![]() |
our time will build eternity |
|
|
|
LAST 5 DAYS | DEC 15 | DEC 14 | DEC 13 | DEC 12 | DEC 09 |
Hayabusa Team Trying To Restore Communications With Spacecraft![]() The Hayabusa spacecraft is currently undergoing recovery operations to resume communication with ground stations on Earth. It was hit by an abrupt disturbing torque owing to the fuel leak that occurred a few days earlier, and has been out of the ground contact since December 9th. New Paper Thin Foldable Battery Developed To Attach To Clothes ![]() Japan's NEC has developed a thin, foldable battery to be used in cards or clothes, leading to new possibilities such as people walking through ticket gates with fare passes in their pockets. Spitzer Team Says Debris Disk Could Be Forming Infant Terrestrial Planets ![]() Astronomers have found a debris disk around a sun-like star that may be forming or has formed its terrestrial planets. The disk - a probable analog to our asteroid belt - may have begun a solar-system-scale demolition derby, where the rocky remains of failed planets collide chaotically. |
Indonesia And Russia Considering Satellite Launch From Papua Island![]() Indonesia and Russia are considering using an island off Indonesia's Papua province as a launching base for a Russian communications satellite, an official said Thursday. Hydrogen Atoms Manipulated Below Surface Of A Palladium Crystal ![]() For the first time, scientists have manipulated hydrogen atoms into stable sites beneath the surface of a palladium crystal, creating a structure predicted to be important in metal catalysts, in hydrogen storage, and in fuel cells. The research will be published in the 13 December 2005 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. National High Magnetic Field Lab Complete Testing Of New 35 Tesla Magnet ![]() The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory is ending its year with another achievement of international importance as engineers and technicians this week completed testing of a world-record magnet. |
|
![]() Integral Systems have announced that the U.S. Air Force has begun Milstar satellite operations using the new CCS-C (Command and Control System - Consolidated) satellite control system. Why Nanolayers Buckle When Microbeams Bend ![]() Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, working together with colleagues from the University of Vienna and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France have made the first-ever observations of nanocrystallite buckling in carbon fibres. DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Mobile Facility Moves To Niger ![]() After a six-month stint taking cloud and aerosol measurements at Point Reyes National Seashore on the California coast, a mobile suite of climate monitoring equipment was moved to Niamey, Niger, in October for a year's deployment there. |
Japan Expects To Pay One Third Of Joint Missile System With US![]() Japan expects to shoulder 1.0-1.2 billion dollars or about one-third of the cost of developing a missile system with the United States, the Defense Agency said Thursday, after reports Tokyo faced a greater burden. Virgin Astronauts To Blast Off From New Mexico ![]() British tycoon Richard Branson announced Wednesday that a 225 million dollar "spaceport" will be built in New Mexico to launch his new Virgin Galactic space tourism business. Millicom Chad Selects Intelsat To Provide Cellular Backhaul Services ![]() Millicom was awarded a 10-year license to operate a GSM 900 wireless telephony network in Chad within the past year and is utilizing Intelsat's 702 satellite, which hosts a growing community of mobile operators, to provide its domestic service. Physicists Coax Six Atoms Into Quantum Cat State ![]() Scientists have coaxed six atoms into spinning together in two opposite directions at the same time, a so-called Schrodinger "cat" state that obeys the unusual laws of quantum physics. |
LAST 5 DAYS | DEC 15 | DEC 14 | DEC 13 | DEC 12 | DEC 09 |
![]() Memory Foam Mattress Review
|
SPACEDAILY MARKETPLACE AND CLASSIFIEDS Debt Consolidation :: Christmas Shopping :: Solar Energy Systems :: Baby Phat Shop for telescopes online :: SEO and Web Design :: Secured Credit Cards Newsletters :: SpaceDaily Express :: SpaceWar Express :: TerraDaily Express XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: China News |
The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2005 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |