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Science Subcommittees Focus On Ensuring Health And Vitality Of NASA Workforce
Washington DC (SPX) May 21, 2007The House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics today examined a range of National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) workforce issues identified by the recently released reports of two independent review panels. The Subcommittee's work is aimed at ensuring the health and vitality of the NASA workforce in the 21st century. "Now it's obvious ... more Around Iapetus Way 
Cameron Park (SPX) May 18, 2007On New Year's Day 2005, only six months after arriving in orbit around Saturn, Cassini flew within only 123,000 km of Iapetus -- over eight times closer than any spacecraft had come before. This was a piece of pure luck -- it wasn't even in the mission's plan until a radio-communication problem between Cassini and its Huygens Titan probe, discovered while the craft was already on its way to Sat ... more Brazil And India Set Up Work Team For Space Program 
Brasilia (XNA) May 21, 2007Representatives of Brazil's Space Agency (AEB) and India's Space Department (ISRO) have set up a team to study cooperation in the space sectors of both countries, the AEB announced on Thursday. The two countries' team space study will be presented in September, in India, at the 58th International Space Congress sponsored by the International Space Federation. Satellite projects, such as sa ... more Station Crew Unpack Progress 25 
Houston TX (SPX) May 21, 2007Expedition 15 crew unpacked new supplies and began preparing for the arrival of the next visiting spacecraft and two upcoming spacewalks at the International Space Station. The ISS Progress 25 docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:10 a.m. CDT Tuesday. During the week, the crew began unloading the more than 5,000 pounds of cargo from the supply ship. Commander Fyodor Yur ... more China Aims To Launch Moon Probe This Year 
Beijing (AFP) May 20, 2007China aims to launch its first lunar orbiter later this year, part of a three-step plan it hopes will eventually see moon samples brought back to Earth, state media said Sunday. The launch of the Chang'e I, envisaged in the second half of 2007, would be a landmark for China's space programme, China's space agency chief Sun Laiyan was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua news agency. "Th ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 21, 2007An interview with Nikolai Zlobin, director of the Russia and Eurasia Project at the World Security Institute (U.S.) Mr. Zlobin, what do you think about Russian-Armenian political and economic relations? I believe these relations reflect the current situation in the CIS and the character of the national leadership in both countries; their views on domestic foreign policy and th ... more Japanese Police Raid Naval Centre Over Aegis Data Leak 
Tokyo (AFP) May 19, 2007Japanese police and naval officials raided a training centre for seamen Saturday in connection with the leaking of secret information on the US-developed high-tech Aegis combat system. Investigators searched the facility in Hiroshima prefecture, where sailors are put through specialised training in gunnery and torpedo operations. Earlier this year it emerged that authorities had questioned ... more GeoOptics Announces 100-Spacecraft Array to Deliver Critical Hurricane And Climate Data 
Boulder CO (SPX) May 21, 2007GeoOptics is an international consortium formed to deploy and operate CICERO, which will consist of 100 micro-satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) performing Global Positioning System and Galileo atmospheric radio occultation (GNSS-RO). CICERO will deliver critical data on the state of the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere in near real time to forecasters and researchers worldwide at an accuracy ... more Pearl River Estuary Largely Destroyed 
Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2007The estuary of southern China's Pearl river has been ravaged by worsening pollution, causing sea waters off Hong Kong to deteriorate steadily in recent years, state press said Friday. "In the Pearl river estuary, the ecology system has been destroyed and cannot be rectified in the short term," the China Daily said, citing a recent report by the Guangdong provincial oceanic and fishery administra ... more It Takes People Power To Overcome Disasters 
Washington (UPI) May 18, 2007Efforts to prepare for public health disasters are leaving out a critical component, experts say: the individual citizen. "Citizens have to get involved," said Maurice Ramirez, co-founder of Disaster Life Support of North America, a company that educates officials and the public about disaster preparedness and recovery. "We need to make people be prepared and it's just not happening," Rami ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) May 18, 2007Climate change and energy security are among the greatest risks facing the Middle East, as a scarcity of natural resources disrupts the social fabric and Western states try to move away from hydrocarbons, the World Economic Forum said on Friday. The region is also vulnerable to any downturn in the booming Chinese economy, as well as geopolitical tensions relating to both the conflict in Iraq, an ... more Russia's Emergency Ministry Rejects Rumors Of Blasts At NPP 
Krasnodar, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 21, 2007Russia's emergencies ministry on Sunday rejected the rumors of blasts at nuclear power plants in the south of the country. The ministry's department for the Krasnodar Territory has been receiving a growing number of phone calls from local residents about the alleged blasts since Saturday, the spokeswoman for the regional branch said. "Residents are making phone calls to ask about explosion ... more Iran Building First Indigenous Nuclear Plant 
Tehran (AFP) May 19, 2007Iran has begun building a nuclear power plant using indigenous technology and know-how, the deputy head of Iran's atomic energy organisation was quoted as saying on Saturday. "Building of the first indigenous nuclear plant with a capacity of 360 megawatts has started," state-run television quoted Mohammad Saeedi as saying. He did not say where the plant would be located, but added: "Iran w ... more Fearing Energy Shortage, Thailand Mulls Nuclear 
Bangkok (AFP) May 20, 2007Fearing a looming electricity shortage, Thailand has for the first time included nuclear power as an option in its long-term energy planning, despite worries about environmental problems. The government's planners believe that by the end of the next decade building nuclear plants will be the most affordable way of meeting the country's rapidly growing energy needs. "We estimate that by the ... more US And Algeria To Sign Nuke Deal 
Algiers (AFP) May 20, 2007The United States will sign a deal next month for closer nuclear energy cooperation with Algeria, which has already been provided with a reactor by the Chinese, it was announced here Sunday. A cooperation protocol would be signed "on June 9 during a visit to Algiers by an American expert delegation, including a senior official of the energy department," Algeria's Energy and Mines Minister Chakib ... more
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