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Mars Rovers Brave Dust Storms But Outcome Increasingly Grim
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 20, 2007Having explored Mars for three-and-a-half years in what were missions originally designed for three months, NASA's Mars rovers are facing perhaps their biggest challenge. For nearly a month, a series of severe Martian summer dust storms has affected the rover Opportunity and, to a lesser extent, its companion, Spirit. The dust in the Martian atmosphere over Opportunity has blocked 99 percent o ... more New NASA System Will Help Space Station Crews Breathe Easier 
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 20, 2007A new oxygen generation system tested between July 11 and 14 aboard the International Space Station will allow the orbiting laboratory's crew size to increase in 2009. The hardware is part of the station's environmental control and life support system and will be used to augment the Russian Elektron oxygen generator. With the increased capability to produce oxygen, the station can better support ... more Researchers Produce Images Of Gases Escaping From Jupiter Moon Io 
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 21, 2007Boston University researchers have published the first clear evidence of how gases from Jupiter's tiny moon's volcanoes can lead to the largest visible gas cloud in the solar system. Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has a moon named Io that is just 100 km larger in radius than Earth's Moon. According to lead researcher Michael Mendillo, professor of electrical and computer engine ... more Raytheon Celebrates Math And Science Education On MARS Day 
Waltham, MA (SPX) Jul 21, 2007Did the Mars Exploration Rovers find evidence of life on the Red planet? How long is a Martian year? Today, nearly 100 Washington area YMCA summer campers, ages 11-13 years, learned the answers to these questions when they teamed with Raytheon for a celebration of the planet Mars. Raytheon, as part of its MathMovesU middle school initiative, is showing young people how engaging math and scienc ... more From Dark Obscurity A Tiny New Saturnian Moon Comes To Light 
Boulder C0 (SPX) Jul 21, 2007Like a hawk's eyes, the high resolution cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft have spotted yet another small, previously unknown moon circling giant Saturn and one which may indicate the existence of other small bodies in the same region. The tiny world--presently thought to be only about 2 kilometers (1 mile) wide--orbits at 197,700 kilometers (122,800 miles) from Saturn. Until a name for the mo ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 23, 2007Russia has proposed to the United States that the sides draft a simpler version of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), a senior Defense Ministry official said Wednesday. The current START treaty expires December 5, 2009. "In our opinion, we should not allow a vacuum in the sphere of strategic arms control," Lieutenant General Yevgeny Buzhinsky said. "So far, the U.S. has not respo ... more Lockheed Martin Teams With Advanced Acoustic Concepts For Undersea Warfare System 
Manassas, VA (SPX) Jul 23, 2007Lockheed Martin received two U.S. Navy contracts worth $20.6 million to provide integration engineering and engineering support for the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 undersea warfare system. Under the terms of the contracts, Aegis-equipped cruisers and destroyers will be updated to the latest AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 configuration. The system employs an open architecture business model using state-of-the-art com ... more China Floods Take More Lives As River Dykes Threatened 
Beijing (AFP) July 22, 2007Another 74 people have died in floods across China bringing the death toll for the week to at least 156 in one of the deadliest rainy seasons in years, state media reported Sunday. The latest reported deaths from heavy rains that have spread misery across much of the country included dozens killed in recent days in the mountainous southwestern province of Yunnan, the Xinhua news agency said. ... more Weather Extremes Hit Europe With Floods And Heatwaves 
London (AFP) Jul 23, 2007The Royal Air Force (RAF) said Sunday it was carrying out probably its biggest peacetime rescue operation in Britain as its helicopters helped evacuate more than 100 people from flood-hit areas. The RAF's announcement highlighted the scale of the flooding in central and western England that caused a third day of chaos for motorists and rail passengers and forced hundreds of people to spend anoth ... more Technology Proves Precious In Deadly Japan Quake 
Tokyo (AFP) July 20, 2007Telephone connections are always among the most vulnerable lifelines in a natural disaster, but technology has turned into a crucial asset in Japan's latest earthquake. Japan's telecom operators, like other companies, suffered damage to infrastructure in Monday's 6.8 Richter-scale earthquake in central Niigata prefecture, which killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000 others. But the m ... more |
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Sacramento CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2007Highlighting the importance of new electric transmission to the State of California, leaders of Californians for Clean and Reliable Energy (Cal-CARE) have announced their support of the Sunrise Powerlink, a 150-mile transmission line that would deliver reliable and renewable power from the Imperial Valley to San Diego and help avoid more than one million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.< ... more The Future of Clean Coal And Carbon Sequestration 
London - Jul 23, 2007Research and Markets has announced the addition of 'The Future of Clean Coal: The Impact of New Technologies and Legislation on the Economics of Coal-Fired Power Generation' to their offering. Coal accounts for 40% of global electricity supply and the proportion is set to remain steady, even as global generating capacity rises. Coal-fired generating capacity may double by 2030, which would have ... more Japan Agrees To UN Inspection Of Quake-Hit Nuke Plant 
Tokyo (AFP) Jul 23, 2007Japan has agreed to let UN experts inspect its largest nuclear power plant, which leaked radiation after a powerful earthquake, causing a scare, a report said. Kyodo News said the industry ministry has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) it will agree to the inspection of the plant some 250 kilometres (155 miles) northwest of Tokyo. No officials could immediately be reached late S ... more India And US Close To Finalizing Nuclear Cooperation Deal 
New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Jul 23, 2007India and the United States said they had made significant progress on a major agreement in the sphere of civilian nuclear cooperation after four days of intensive negotiations that ended Friday in Washington. "We had a constructive and positive discussion," both sides said in a statement. "We will now refer the issue to our governments for final review." Last year, Congress approved the H ... more Sarkozy Wants All-French Energy Giant 
Berlin (AFP) Jul 23, 2007French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to kick Germany out of a Franco-German nuclear engineering joint venture to create an all-French energy giant, a German magazine reported Saturday. Sarkozy wants to buy Siemens AG's 34 percent stake in Areva NP, a joint venture set up in 2001 with French nuclear group Areva, Wirtschaftswoche said in an article to appear on Monday, citing company sources. ... more
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