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Houston TX (SPX) May 28, 2007NASA this week wrapped up six months of system requirements reviews for the Orion spacecraft, the Ares launch vehicles and other support systems, bringing together the Constellation Program's list of basic capability needs. The Constellation Program is developing a new space transportation system that will take astronauts to Earth orbit, the moon, and eventually to Mars. The basic program ... more Expedition 15 Prepares For Upcoming Spacewalks 
Houston TX (SPX) May 28, 2007Two International Space Station cosmonauts will begin an almost six-hour spacewalk from the Pirs docking compartment airlock about 2:20 p.m. EDT Wednesday to install Service Module Debris Protection (SMDP) panels on Zvezda and reroute a Global Positioning System antenna cable. Additional SMDP panels will be installed on a second spacewalk by station by the cosmonauts, Commander Fyodor ... more The Ions Are Coming The Ions Are Coming 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 28, 2007A scientist using the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has found a way to forecast solar radiation storms. The new method offers as much as one hour advance warning, giving astronauts time to seek shelter and ground controllers time to safeguard their satellites when a storm is approaching. "Solar radiation storms are notoriously difficult to predict-they often take us by surprise ... more No Plans To Join NASA Lunar Program Says Russian Space Agency 
Washington (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2007Russia will not participate in joint lunar exploration with NASA, but will assist the U.S. with its shuttle program until 2015, a spokesman for the Russian space agency said. After U.S. President George W. Bush announced his Vision for Space Exploration in 2004, a plan for new manned lunar missions, the country's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) elaborated a program that ... more ATK Conducts Successful Test Firing Of Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motor 
Promontory UT (SPX) May 28, 2007Alliant Techsystems conducted Thursday May 24, a successful test firing of NASA's Reusable Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM) as part of continuous testing to improve performance and ensure safety of the Space Shuttle, which also transfers improvements into the shuttle-derived first-stage of the Ares I crew launch vehicle. The Reusable Solid Rocket Motor generated 2.6 million pounds of average thru ... more |
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London UK (SPX) May 28, 2007Yet another important milestone was reached today when Gripen successfully conducted the first Meteor firing in the UK and continued the testing of the six-nation Meteor air dominance missile. "Gripen is the first and so far only fighter aircraft that has launched Meteor. With today's firing Gripen once again proves to be a reliable platform for the integration and testing of complex future ... more A Weekend Of Missile Tests And Deployments Across The Pacific 
Washington (AFP) May 25, 2007The US was Friday forced to abort a bid to shoot down a long-range missile over the Pacific in a blow to its controversial anti-missile defense shield which it wants to extend over eastern Europe. "The target did not reach sufficient altitude to be deemed a threat and so the Ballistic Missile Defense System did not engage it, as designed," said Air Force Lieutenant General Henry Obering. ... more As Czechs Protest At ABM Govt Threatens Return To Conscription 
Prague (AFP) May 27, 2007The Czech Republic might have to reintroduce compulsory military service if it refuses to host a controversial US tracking radar system, European Affairs Minister Alexandr Vondra warned on Sunday. "Of course we can say no right now, but such a decision would have consequences," Vondra said on Czech Television."Among them in future it cannot be ruled out that we will have to renew compulsory ... more Northrop Grumman Presents Risk Reduction Approach To BAMS Program 
Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2007Northrop Grumman Corporation has unveiled its testing and risk reduction approach for its Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) offer to the U.S. Navy. The approach is focused on delivering the lowest program execution risk and a system solution optimized to deliver lowest developmental and life cycle costs. BAMS will supply the U.S. Navy with a persistent global intelligence, surveillan ... more Is China A Military Threat Or Another Paper Tiger 
Washington (UPI) May 24, 2007How much of a threat is China's growing military to the security of the United States? China's investment in its military, from conventional weapons to cybersystems, along with its lack of openness regarding its intent, raises the possibility of a miscalculation that could spark a conflict with the United States, according to U.S. security policy experts. So too could the perennial increase ... more |
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Paris (ESA) May 28, 2007The China National Space Administration has become the newest member of the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters', a joint initiative that works to provide emergency response satellite data free of charge to those affected by disasters anywhere in the world. China National Space Administration (CNSA) Administrator Prof. Dr Sun Laiyan signed the Charter on 24 May at ESA headquar ... more Canadian And US Scientists Tag Arctic Ice Island Bigger Than Manhattan 
Ottawa (AFP) May 24, 2007US and Canadian researchers landed on a massive ice island this week to install beacons to follow its movements as it floats through the Arctic Ocean in Canada's far north. Ayles Ice Island, which is 16 kilometers long and five kilometers wide (10-by-three miles), tore away from Canada's Ellesmere Island close to Greenland in August 2005, but was only identified late last year. ... more Japan Proposes Halving Emissions By 2050 
Tokyo (AFP) May 24, 2007Japan called Thursday for the world to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, proposing a successor to the Kyoto Protocol it hopes will win over top offenders the United States and China. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, unveiling the proposal ahead of the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany, pledged to bring all nations onboard in the fight against global warming by making the post-Kyoto framework ... more NIST Atom Interferometry Displays New Quantum Tricks 
Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2007Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a novel way of making atoms interfere with each other, recreating a famous experiment originally done with light while also making the atoms do things that light just won't do. Their experiments showcase some of the extraordinary behavior taken for granted in the quantum world-atoms acting like waves and ... more Indian Businessman Capitalizes On Global Warming Concerns 
Bangalore (AFP) India, May 27, 2007Indian businessman Tulsi Tanti, who has just bought German turbine maker REpower, stumbled into wind energy almost by accident when he was calculating the cost of power for his textile plant. More than a decade on, he believes increasing concern about global warming means the wind energy business will only turn in yet more profits. Tanti, 49, found that he was paying 25 percent of his ... more
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