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Falcon 1 Soars From Pad But Telemetry Lost At Five Minutes Plus: First Burn Successful Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2007 
In a day of high launch campaign drama Space X launched it's Falcon 1 Test Vehicle Two. After an initial nominal flight telemetry was lost at five minutes into the flight. The launch came after the first attempt was shutdown in the final seconds by computers. A quick poll later and it was decided to make another attempt today. Full details on the suspected second stage flight failure will be provided as details come to hand ...
The COTS Enigma 
Honolulu HI (SPX) Jan 16, 2007NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program has been widely hailed by the alt.space community as a breakthrough in US launch policy, but the numbers just don't add up. This project will be too late and too little to make a significant contribution to closing the post-Shuttle ISS supply gap - except perhaps as a slush fund to cover cost overruns in Orion/Ares ... more |
Climate activists defend 'future generations', appeal lawyer says
'Less snow': warm January weather breaks records in Moscow The pioneering science linking climate to weather disasters ADB approves $500mn disaster financing for Philippines SpaceX mission to return US astronauts to happen 'soon': Trump Climate change made ferocious LA wildfires more likely: study UN confirms US demand to withdrawal from Paris climate deal Doomsday clock ticks one second, closest ever to midnight Police arrest two after protest at Sigourney Weaver London play 'Authoritarians' must not dominate space: EU commissioner 
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US-Russian Space Tensions Increase
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 20, 2007"In the exploration of outer space, we (the Soviet Union/Russia and the United States) were not only partners, but also rivals, and that rivalry has brought excellent results," Russian ambassador to the United States Yuri Ushakov told a State Department forum in late February to mark the bicentennial of diplomatic relations between the two countries. "Then came the era of manned space expl ... more China Outlines Space Program Till 2010 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 20, 2007China's space program scientists have published outlines of plans to begin development of a space laboratory and spacewalking by Chinese astronauts by 2010. The plans are among goals published by the Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense in its 11th five-year (2006-2010) plan for space science development. The blueprint states that China will continue to ... more NASA Glenn To Test Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle 
Cleveland OH (SPX) Mar 20, 2007NASA's Glenn Research Center will conduct integrated environmental testing of the Orion crew exploration vehicle in the Space Power Facility at the center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. The environmental tests are designed to demonstrate the ability of Orion hardware to meet specified performance requirements in simulated environmental conditions such as those experienced during l ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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Trimble's Tiny Surface Mount GPS Receiver Adds WAAS And EGNOS Capability
Hannover, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2007Trimble has introduced a new firmware for its Copernicus GPS receiver -- Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) capability. The new firmware allows users to take advantage of satellite-based augmentation systems for improved positioning accuracy. The announcement was made today at CeBIT, the world's largest trade fair showcasing d ... more United Solar Ovonic Awarded To Develop New Solarcells For Space And Airship Applications 
Auburn Hills MI (SPX) Mar 19, 2007United Solar Ovonic has announced that the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, has exercised an 18-month contractual option for $9.1 million with United Solar Ovonic to develop new solar cell technology to be used in space and airship vehicles addressing defense and homeland security applications. The announcement builds upon the success of earlier contracts ... more Hughes Introduces High-Speed BGAN Mobile Satellite Terminal 
Germantown MD (SPX) Mar 19, 2007Hughes Network Systems has announced that its latest generation Hughes 9250 mobile satellite terminal has been approved to operate over Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN). The Hughes 9250 is designed to deliver high-speed transmit and receive rates of over 460Kbps while on the move within Inmarsat's global BGAN satellite coverage area. ... more MORE HEADLINES
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Boeing-led Airborne Laser Team Fires Tracking Laser At Airborne Target
St. Louis MO (SPX) Mar 19, 2007Boeing, along with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, yesterday successfully fired the Airborne Laser (ABL) weapon system's tracking laser in-flight at an airborne target for the first time. During Thursday's test, the modified Boeing 747-400F took off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and used its infrared sensors, part of ABL's Boeing-developed battle management system, ... more Iran Develops New Air Defence System 
Tehran (AFP) March 16, 2007The Iranian military has developed a new air defence system with a boosted ability to hit targets by firing two missiles simultaneously, state radio said on Friday. "This new air defence system which can shoot one or two missiles simultaneously... has been designed by army ground forces and tested successfully," the radio said. "It has high mobility and flexibility, and can pursue aerial targets ... more US Upbeat On Korea As North Says Nuke Plant Shutdown Soon 
Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2007Negotiators met Sunday on getting the North Korean nuclear disarmament accord under way amid expectations a key hurdle -- a row over North Korean funds frozen in a Macau bank -- would be cleared. The secretive North had said Saturday that the February 13 deal signed by six countries would not go ahead until about 25 million dollars of its money frozen by US sanctions was released. With the newes ... more |
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Electric Car Maker ZAP Adds Solar Option to Truck Design To Combat Global Warming
Santa Rosa CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2007After a positive response for its XEBRA XERO, electric car pioneer ZAP has designed a solar option for its truck design, a photovoltaic panel that ZAP says can offer short-distance driving on sunlight alone. ZAP intends to showcase the new XEBRA XERO (pronounced 'zebra zero') Truck at its March 23 dealer training as well as some up-coming industry events for automotive fleets. Company offi ... more Russia Ready To Build NPPs In Namibia 
Windhoek, Namibia (RIA Novosti) Mar 20, 2007Russia is ready to build nuclear power plants of different kinds in Namibia, Russia's prime minister said Saturday. Mikhail Fradkov, currently on a visit to the African country, said after talks with its leaders that Russia was considering the construction of mini-plants and floating nuclear power plants that would use uranium or operate without using it. "These are issues still to be ... more New Biofuels Process Promises To Meet All U.S. Transportation Needs 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 20, 2007Purdue University chemical engineers have proposed a new environmentally friendly process for producing liquid fuels from plant matter - or biomass - potentially available from agricultural and forest waste, providing all of the fuel needed for "the entire U.S. transportation sector." The new approach modifies conventional methods for producing liquid fuels from biomass by adding hydrogen ... more MORE HEADLINES
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