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EAA AirVenture 2007
Oshkosh WI (SPX) Jul 25, 2007Hundreds of thousands of people converge on a small upper Midwestern city every summer to celebrate aviation, especially experimental aircraft. Dozens of NASA employees are among the throngs who go to Oshkosh, Wis., for AirVenture, the country's biggest annual air show hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association. Some of those from NASA go on their own time and dime for fun. What's not to lo ... more Google Earth Helps Argentina Tax Man Uncover Fraud 
Buenos Aires (AFP) Jul 24, 2007Argentina's tax authorities are using satellite images generated on the Internet by Google Earth to track down fraud, local media said Friday. According to Buenos Aires province tax official Santiago Montoya, images of properties from the sky can help square the actual size of properties with that declared by taxpayers to make sure the proper amount of taxes is being paid, the reports said. ... more Congress Examines Challenges Facing Shuttle And Station Programs 
Washington, DC (SPX) Jul 24, 2007An ongoing labor strike, the approaching retirement of the Shuttle program and the challenges of operating and utilizing the International Space Station (ISS) after the Shuttle is retired were among the major issues considered today by the House Science and Technology Committee's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. The purpose of today's hearing was to review the status of the National ... more UCF And Holochip Announce Global Licensing Agreement For Zoom Lens Patents 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jul 25, 2007The University of Central Florida has signed a licensing agreement with Holochip Corp. for a portfolio of technologies that will allow zoom lenses, such as those used in digital cameras and camera phones, to be manufactured at a dramatically smaller size without compromising clarity. Shin-Tson Wu, provost-distinguished professor of optics, and his research team at UCF's College of Optics a ... more Interstellar Chemistry Gets More Complex With New Charged-Molecule Discovery 
Green Bank WV (SPX) Jul 25, 2007Astronomers using data from the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have found the largest negatively-charged molecule yet seen in space. The discovery of the third negatively-charged molecule, called an anion, in less than a year and the size of the latest anion will force a drastic revision of theoretical models of interstellar chemistry, the astronomers say ... more |
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St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 25, 2007Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Army contract valued at approximately $7 million to begin developing the initial phase for a truck-mounted laser weapon system that destroys rockets, artillery shells and mortar rounds. Under the High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) Phase I contract, awarded Friday, Boeing will develop and complete a preliminary design of a rugged beam control system ... more LockMart And Northrop Grumman TSAT Team Announces Partnership With Juniper Networks 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2007The Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) team announced its partnership with Juniper Networks to apply the company's Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) routing software and related expertise in the design of the team's TSAT processor/router. The TSAT system will provide warfighters with high-bandwidth, networked connectivity by extending the reach of ... more First Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Marks 10 Years In Service 
King Of Prussia PA (SPX) Jul 25, 2007The first U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR) satellite, built by a team led by Lockheed Martin, has surpassed its 10-year design life of on-orbit service, providing the U.S. military and civil users world-wide with highly accurate navigation capabilities since 1997. Launched from Cape Canaveral on July 23, 1997, the first GPS IIR satellite is one of 30 operational GPS s ... more Lockheed Martin Completes Environmental Testing Of Missile Warning Satellite Payload 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2007Lockheed Martin has announced that the payload for the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) spacecraft has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing, a key milestone in preparation for launch of this first-of-its-kind satellite. SBIRS will provide early warning of ballistic missile launches and support other missions simultaneously, including missile defense, ... more Ball Aerospace Wins MASINT Delivery Order Contract 
Dayton OH (SPX) Jul 25, 2007The U.S. Air Force has awarded Ball Aerospace and Technologies a $1.45M delivery order contract for the Measurement and Signature Intelligence Distributed Exploitation Element Squadron Stand Up. Ball Aerospace, and its teammate Raytheon Company, will coordinate with the National Air and Space Intelligence Center and the Ohio Air National Guard to stand up the MDEE to provide timely, integrated a ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Jul 24, 2007Initial results from an extensive ESA field campaign, which is being carried out in support of the development of the GMES Sentinel-2 mission and the candidate Earth Explorer FLEX mission, prove encouraging and could pave the way for future monitoring of the Earth's surface. Since one of the most important aspects of developing an Earth-observation (EO) mission is to make sure the eventual data ... more DMCii Wins ESA Satellite Imaging Contract 
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 24, 2007The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a contract to British company DMC International Imaging (DMCii) this week to provide satellite imagery of 38 countries in Europe. This will be used to monitor Europe's environment and land use including natural resources such as agriculture and forestry. The high resolution DMC satellite images will provide a valuable resource for the European Global Monit ... more Global Warming Impacting Global Rainfall Patterns 
Paris (AFP) July 23, 2007A study has yielded the first confirmation that global warming is already affecting world's rainfall patterns, bringing more precipitation to northern Europe, Canada and northern Russia but less to swathes of sub-Saharan Africa, southern India and Southeast Asia. The changes "may have already had significant effects on ecosystems, agriculture and human regions that are sensitive to changes in pr ... more Consortium Achieves Record-High Solar Cell Efficiency 
Newark, DE (SPX) Jul 25, 2007Using a novel technology that adds multiple innovations to a very high-performance crystalline silicon solar cell platform, a consortium led by the University of Delaware has achieved a record-breaking combined solar cell efficiency of 42.8 percent from sunlight at standard terrestrial conditions. That number is a significant advance from the current record of 40.7 percent announced in December ... more Carbon Trading Exchange Goes Live In Australia 
Sydney (AFP) July 23, 2007Australia's first emissions trading exchange went live Monday, setting an initial price for carbon at 8.50 Australian dollars (7.50 US) a tonne, officials said. The new exchange is a joint venture between the Melbourne-based Australia Pacific Exchange (APX), a bourse specialising in small niche companies, and the Australian Climate Exchange (ACX). Trading on the ACX Electronic Emissions Trading ... more
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