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Stardust Memories As Space Becomes The Final Frontier In Funerals
Paris (AFP) June 12, 2007Pioneering and poetic -- or borderline macabre, according to your view -- burials in space seem set for a rosy future. Since the cremated remains of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the TV sci-fi series Star Trek, rocketed into the cosmos a decade ago, the ashes of more than 300 other deceased have followed suit. They include Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto, US astronaut ... more ESA Takes Steps Toward Quantum Communications 
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 13, 2007A team of European scientists has proved within an ESA study that the weird quantum effect called 'entanglement' remains intact over a distance of 144 kilometres. The experiment allows ESA to take a step closer to exploiting entanglement as a way of communicating with satellites with total security. Quantum entanglement is one of the many non-intuitive features of quantum mechanics. ... more Thales To Provide S-Band Transponders Argentina Saocom and Aquarius Missions 
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 13, 2007Thales Alenia Space, through its subsidiary Thales Alenia Space Espana, has been awarded two contracts for the development and supply of S-band TTC transponders dedicated to Saocom and Aquarius/SAC-D Earth observation satellites. It is the first time that Thales Alenia Space will provide equipments for both Argentina's INVAP company and CONAE space agency. The Saocom satellite series are ... more To Keep Fit In Space Best To Train Like An Athlete 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 13, 2007If one part of your car isn't properly maintained, it can affect how the entire vehicle runs - especially if you're taking a long trip. The same can be said for the human body. That's why, when it comes to fitness in space, it's important to create a program addressing the whole system, parts included. To keep astronauts healthy on long missions, researchers with the National Space Biomedical ... more The Growing Problem Of Space Junk 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 13, 2007When it launched its first satellite, humankind not only opened a window on the Universe, but also unveiled a sort of garbage chute, which is quickly turning near-Earth space into a gigantic waste dump filled with space and rocket debris. At altitudes of 200 kilometers and more, we find the last stages of launch vehicles, booster sections, nose cones and decommissioned and retired satellites. ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 29, 2007In just a short amount of time, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has bagged more than a thousand previously unknown dwarf galaxies in a giant cluster of galaxies. Despite their diminutive sizes, dwarf galaxies play a crucial role in cosmic evolution. Astronomers think they were the first galaxies to form, and they provided the building blocks for larger galaxies. They are by far the most num ... more Boring Star May Mean Livelier Planet 
Kingston, Canada (SPX) Jun 13, 2007The bad news for astronomers is: The light from the planetary system Gliese 581 is boring. The good news for any Gliesians that might live there: The light from the star Gliese 581a is boring. Canada's space telescope, MOST, placed Gleise 581 (pronounced "Gleez-eh" 581) under a scientific stakeout for about a month and a half, after a planet that might be capable of supporting life was discovere ... more Chronicle Of A Death Foretold 
Paris, France (ESO) Jun 13, 2007Using ESO's VLTI on Cerro Paranal and the VLBA facility operated by NRAO, an international team of astronomers has made what is arguably the most detailed study of the environment of a pulsating red giant star. They performed, for the first time, a series of coordinated observations of three separate layers within the star's tenuous outer envelope: the molecular shell, the dust shell, and the ma ... more Matter Flashed At Ultra Speed 
Paris, France (ESO) Jun 13, 2007Using a robotic telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory, astronomers have for the first time measured the velocity of the explosions known as gamma-ray bursts. The material is travelling at the extraordinary speed of more than 99.999% of the velocity of light, the maximum speed limit in the Universe. "With the development of fast-slewing ground-based telescopes such as the 0.6-m REM tele ... more Massive Transiting Planet with 31-hour Year Found Around Distant Star 
Flagstaff, AZ (SPX) Jun 13, 2007An international team of astronomers with the Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey today announce the discovery of their third planet, TrES-3. The new planet was identified by astronomers looking for transiting planets - that is, planets that pass in front of their home star - using a network of small automated telescopes in Arizona, California, and the Canary Islands. TrES-3 was discovered in the co ... more |
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Middletown RI (SPX) Jun 13, 2007KVH Industries, Inc., has received a new contract from a southeast Asian customer for the purchase of KVH's TACNAV II fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based vehicle navigation systems and displays. The contract has a total value of approximately $2.3 million with shipments starting in 2007 and extending through 2010. Commenting on the new contract, Dan Conway, KVH's vice president of business ... more WEU Takes Stand For BMD 
Washington (UPI) June 12, 2007Moves by European nations to develop their own ballistic missile defense systems took a significant step forward last week when the Assembly of the Western European Union, meeting in Paris, called for "the development of an 'anti-missile concept.'" The WEU said the new program should be "driven by European interests" and that it should be "inter-operable with the United States Ballistic Missile ... more Satellites Watch As China Bulds Massive Dam 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 13, 2007Some call it the eighth wonder of world. Others say it's the next Great Wall of China. Upon completion in 2009, the Three Gorges Dam along China's Yangtze River will be the world's largest hydroelectric power generator and one of the few man-made structures so enormous that it's actually visible to the naked eye from space. NASA's Landsat satellites have provided detailed, vivid views of the dam ... more First Buoy To Monitor Ocean Acidification Launched 
Anchorage AK (SPX) Jun 13, 2007The first buoy to monitor ocean acidification has been launched in the Gulf of Alaska. Attached to the 10-foot-diameter buoy are sensors to measure climate indicators. Acidification is a result of carbon dioxide absorbed by the seas. "The instruments will measure the air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide, oxygen and nitrogen gas in addition to the pH, a measure of ocean acidity, of the surface wate ... more ESA Satellite Guides Polar Explorers Across Disintegrating Sea Ice 
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 13, 2007Two Belgian explorers currently nearing the end of a staggering 2 000 km trek across the Arctic Ocean were recently guided through hazardous conditions using observations from Envisat, as sea ice in the Lincoln Sea began to break up unexpectedly. Throughout the Arctic Arc expedition, which marks the International Polar Year, Alan Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer have been collecting snow-depth data f ... more
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