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Scientists Discover 10 New Planets Outside Solar System
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008An international team of astronomers has found 10 new "extra solar" planets, planets that orbit stars other than our sun. The team used a system of robotic cameras that yield a great deal of information about these other worlds, some of which are quite exotic. The system is expected to revolutionize scientific understanding of how planets form. Two participating astronomers from the U.S. ... more NASA reschedules shuttle launch date 
Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 1, 2008 The U.S. space agency has announced a new launch date for space shuttle Discovery and its STS-124 mission to the International Space Station. National Aeronautics and Space Administration controllers said the re-scheduling of the May 25 launch to 5:01 p.m. EDT May 31 was necessitated by a delay in the shipment of the shuttle's external fuel tank. The shipment of the tank from NAS ... more Japan recruits astronauts for first time in decade 
Tokyo (AFP) April 1, 2008Japan on Tuesday began recruiting astronauts for the first time in a decade in the wake of a successful mission to carry Japan's maiden space laboratory to the International Space Station. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will pick three candidates using screening procedures such as aptitude tests, medical checks and interviews. JAXA said it would announce its selections in ... more Crew Conducts Science, Preps For Jules Verne Docking 
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 02, 2008The Expedition 16 crew of the International Space Station returned to science and station maintenance activities Tuesday after Monday's successful test approach of the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle. Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman worked together to set up equipment for a periodic physical fitness evaluation. Reisman exercised on the station's ... more Two New Star Systems Are First Of Their Kind Ever Found 
Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 02, 2008Astronomers have spied a faraway star system that is so unusual, it was one of a kind -- until its discovery helped them pinpoint a second one that was much closer to home. In a paper published in a recent issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters, Ohio State University astronomers and their colleagues suggest that these star systems are the progenitors of a rare type of supernova. They ... more |
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Paris (AFP) March 31, 2008Europe's brand-new robot space freighter inched towards the International Space Station on Monday as mission controllers practised emergency manoeuvres ahead of a maiden linkup on Thursday. Navigating for the first time with a laser-based optical system, the Automated Transfer Vehicle moved to within just 11 metres (35.75 feet) of the ISS' docking port, the European Space Agency ... more Environmental Tectonics' NASTAR Center Sends Ninety-Six Space Cruise Participants To Space 
Southampton PA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008Environmental Tectonics has announced that its NASTAR Center will provide a 2-day space training experience in Philadelphia for 96 participants attending Space Cruise Week in April 2009. The Space Cruise, set to sail in April of 2009 aboard the luxury yacht Sea Dream, will include several space-themed festivities during its journey including the boarding of several famous astronauts to act as ... more ESA Confirms SSTL's GIOVE-A Full Mission Success 
London, UK (SPX) Apr 02, 2008GIOVE-A, the first satellite in the Europe-led Galileo satellite navigation system celebrates 27 months in orbit this month, marking the completion of its nominal mission lifetime. The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that the pioneering Medium-Earth Orbit satellite is a "full mission success" and has contracted SSTL to continue operations for an additional year as the satellite ... more A Vision For Exploration 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008There are many fascinating places in our solar system to explore, but space missions are dangerous and expensive. Sending robots instead of people helps reduce these drawbacks. For this kind of exploration, Professor Bernard Foing looks to the Moon, Mars and beyond, hoping to discover tantalising secrets useful to astrobiologists. Foing is the senior research coordinator at the European ... more 2,500 Researchers, One Supermachine, One New Snapshot Of The Universe 
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 02, 2008Deep in the bowels of the earth -100 metres below ground in Geneva, Switzerland - lies a supermachine of 27 km circumference called the Large Hadron Collider that has been built to unlock the mysteries of the universe. Claude Leroy, a Universite de Montreal physics professor, was among the 2,500 scientists from 37 countries recruited to help design, test and build the ATLAS detector ... more |
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Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Apr 01, 2008TransCore has recently installed and commissioned new earth station equipment to support the addition of a second satellite communications channel by its regional partner Skygistics, a South African company that specializes in wireless systems to track, monitor, and, control trucks and other mobile assets throughout Africa. The new equipment to expand GlobalWave Inmarsat satellite capacity ... more Walker's World: Bush's personal summitry 
Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2008 There are two serious splits in the alliance ahead of this week's NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania, and the Russians are cleverly playing one against the other to exploit the differences between the United States and its European allies. Managing this will be one of the most complex international challenges President George Bush has faced because everything will hinge on his own personal ... more SAIC Delivers Infrared Sensor For Risk Reduction - Alternative Infrared Satellite System 
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008Science Applications International announced that it has delivered its infrared sensor for the Risk Reduction - Alternative Infrared Satellite System program ahead of schedule. RR-AIRSS is sponsored by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and executed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The program aims to prove ... more Northrop Grumman To Supply Platform Management System For Royal Navy's Next Astute-Class Submarine 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2008Northrop Grumman has been chosen to provide the Platform Management System (PMS) for the next Royal Navy Astute-Class submarine, HMS Audacious. BAE Systems has selected Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit as the preferred bidder to supply the PMS for the fourth Astute-Class submarine. The PMS will control and monitor platform machinery and on board systems. Based on Sperry ... more Northrop Grumman Names Terri Zinkiewicz VP Sector Controller For Its Space Technology Sector 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2008Northrop Grumman has appointed Terri Zinkiewicz vice president and sector controller in recognition of the position's expanding role as the company implements the previously announced realignment of the reporting of its missiles business from the Mission Systems sector to the Space Technology sector here. The missiles business includes the inter-continental ballistic missile Prime ... more
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