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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 11, 2007Prometheus pulls material from the tortured F ring in this highly detailed view. The aftereffects of the moon's other recent encounters with the ring are visible above as dark channels in the inner ringlet. One of two F ring shepherd moons, Prometheus is 102 kilometers (63 miles) across. This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about seven degrees above the ringplane ... more Rocket Tests Move NASA Closer To The Lunar Vision 
Cleveland OH (SPX) Jul 11, 2007A liquid oxygen-hydrogen pump fed engine developed to demonstrate advanced rocket technologies for future space vehicles achieved a major technical milestone in throttling capability. The engine was designed to demonstrate successful throttling from full power down to 10 percent of its thrust. This flexibility to control the flow of fuel through an engine is necessary for a lunar lander, allowin ... more Dongfanghong 4 Ready For More International Satellite Orders 
Beijing, China (XNA) Jul 11, 2007A Chinese space expert on Monday said China's reliable Dongfanghong IV satellite carrier is set to garner more international satellite contracts. After several days of adjustments and testing, Nigerian technicians have begun operating a Nigerian satellite designed in China and launched into orbit by Dongfanghong IV. "China has a totally integrated space technology offer -- we can design an ... more Improved Shuttle Readied For Trip To Space Station 
Washington DC (VOA) Jul 11, 2007NASA officials say they are ready to roll the Space Shuttle Endeavour to the launch pad in Florida in preparation for its scheduled launch to the International Space Station next month. VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Washington. Kim Doering, the deputy manager of the Space Shuttle program, told reporters Endeavour will soon be transferred to the launch pad. "We had hoped to roll out this ... more Progress Spacecraft To Bring Computer Equipment To ISS In August 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 11, 2007The Progress M-61 space cargo ship will deliver additional equipment to the International Space Station (ISS) August 2 to ensure the stable work of the onboard computer network, a Russian space corporation said Tuesday. "Final preparations for fuelling and placing deliverable hardware and cargo on board the spacecraft are under way," the Energia space corporation said in a statement. The l ... more |
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Washington (UPI) July 09, 2007There is an old rule among intelligence analysts that rather than focus on individual events in the vast floods of data, they should look for patterns. With that in mind, consider the number of recent events regarding China. The first is that both the leading Democratic candidates for the presidency, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama, have decided to support the bill from Sens. Chuck Schum ... more NetFires Conducts Successful Warhead Demonstration For Precision Attack Missile 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 11, 2007NetFires, a joint venture between Raytheon Missile Systems business and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, successfully demonstrated the ability of its Precision Attack Missile warhead to penetrate a fortified bunker target, a key program requirement. The Precision Attack Missile is part of the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System currently under development for the U.S. Army's Future Combat ... more Boeing Awarded Two Billion Dollar A-10 Wing Contract 
St Louis MO (SPX) Jul 11, 2007Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract worth up to $2 billion between 2007 and 2018 for engineering services and the manufacturing of 242 wing sets for the Air Force's A-10 fleet. "We are pleased that the Air Force has recognized that Boeing has the skilled expertise, engineering know-how and the affordable solution to address the needs of the A-10 program," said Charles T. Robertson, ... more India Monsoon Death Toll Nears 700 
Jodhpur, India (AFP) July 09, 2007Twenty-four more people have died in rain-related accidents across India, taking the death toll to at least 684 since the onset of the monsoon last month, officials said Monday. Eight people were washed away in a monsoon-swollen river in Rajasthan, while 11 perished in rain-related deaths in the central state of Madhya Pradesh with five other deaths reported in Kashmir and West Bengal. In ... more Kenyan Tribe Of Honey-Hunters Fights Extinction 
Kiangwe, Kenya (AFP) July 10, 2007The marginalisation of Kenya's Boni tribe, known for their unique tradition of whistling to birds that guide them to honey, has raised fears that their mellifluous song will soon be silenced. With little or no access to health care and other resources, the Boni's ranks have steadily dwindled and the tribe is now on the verge of extinction. The semi-nomadic Hamitic tribe nestled between the India ... more |
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Berlin (AFP) Jul 08, 2007German authorities on Sunday slammed Swedish energy giant Vattenfall Europe for waiting several days to declare problems at a nuclear power plant in northern Germany. The Brunsbuettel plant in the state of Schleswig-Holstein had to be temporarily shut down on June 28 because its capacity was overloaded. Though this was reported, the company failed to inform government authorities that prob ... more Kazakhstan To Buy Westinghouse Stake From Toshiba 
Tokyo (AFP) Jul 07, 2007Kazakhstan is to pay 486.3 million dollars to buy a stake in US nuclear reactor firm Westinghouse from its majority owner Toshiba, news reports said Saturday. The Japanese giant will sign an agreement this month to sell a 10-percent stake in Westinghouse to state-run uranium firm Kazatomprom for slightly more than 60 billion yen, the Nikkei newspaper said. By forging ties with uranium-rich ... more Invisible Nano-Fibers Conduct Electricity 
Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 01, 2007Tiny plastic fibers could be the key to some diverse technologies in the future -- including self-cleaning surfaces, transparent electronics, and biomedical tools that manipulate strands of DNA. In the June issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology, Ohio State University researchers describe how they created surfaces that, seen with the eye, look as flat and transparent as a sheet of glass. But ... more Wyle And ARES Sign Teaming Agreement To Pursue Nuclear Energy Industry Business 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2007Wyle Laboratories and ARES Corporation have signed a teaming agreement to jointly pursue commercial nuclear equipment qualification optimization programs for new nuclear power plant construction and U.S. Department of Energy facilities with the goal of significantly reducing costs to its customers. Cost savings will be achieved through use of historical data contained within proprietary da ... more Inexpensive Adaptive Optics Achieved By Sandia's Optical Clamp 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jul 11, 2007The ingenious system called adaptive optics, known for its computer control of subdivided, individually angled mirrors, is an efficient but expensive way to correct distortions in laser beams. The mirrors automatically adjust until an undistorted beam is obtained in a way formerly thought unachievable by a single large mirror. Now a Sandia National Laboratories' tool that efficiently but i ... more
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