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Fossil Hunting On Mars
Moffett Field CA (ARC) Jul 31, 2007To date, only NASA has succeeded in sending a rover to explore our neighboring planet Mars. That is about to change. In 2011, the European Space Agency will send ExoMars to the Red Planet in search of signs that Mars is, or was, a living world. Astrobiology Field Research Editor Henry Bortman recently interviewed the ExoMars project scientist, Jorge Vago. In this, the second part of a two-part i ... more Planetary Society Set To Launch First Library Of Mars 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2007The Planetary Society's silica-glass DVD is ready to launch to Mars on board Phoenix, NASA's newest Scout mission led by Principal Investigator Peter Smith at the University of Arizona. Attached to the deck of the Phoenix lander, the DVD includes Visions of Mars, a collection of 19th and 20th century stories, essays and art inspired by the Red Planet, as well as the names of over a quarter milli ... more Phoenix Hits The Pad 
Cape Canaveral FL (KSC) Jul 30, 2007Mission: Phoenix Location: Launch Pad 17-A Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7925 Launch Date: Aug. 3, 2007 Launch Time: 5:35:21 a.m. EDT Phoenix was transported to Pad 17-A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for mating to the Delta II on Monday, July 23. The flight program verification test was conducted successfully on Wednesday, July 25. This is an electrical test that confir ... more Researchers Produce Images Of Gases Escaping From Io 
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 29, 2007Boston University (BU) researchers published today 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 ... more Japanese And Nasa Satellites Unveil New Type Of Active Galaxy 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 31, 2007An international team of astronomers using NASA's Swift satellite and the Japanese/U.S. Suzaku X-ray observatory has discovered a new class of active galactic nuclei (AGN). By now, you'd think that astronomers would have found all the different classes of AGN - extraordinarily energetic cores of galaxies powered by accreting supermassive black holes. AGN such as quasars, blazars, and Seyfert gal ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007The U.S. Air Force has unveiled a 25-year program for developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The document lays out a strategy for the project and lists the necessary technologies for this new field of aviation. Military experts say UAVs will mainly carry air-to-air and air-to-surface guided missiles, as well as smart aviation bombs and cluster bombs, including submunitions with different gu ... more Russia Says US Cannot Have Both Gabala And Czech Radar Stations 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007The United States cannot deploy a missile shield in Central Europe and at the same time accept Russia's offer for the use of the Gabala radar in Azerbaijan, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday. "Russia's proposals are an alternative, rather than a complement, to U.S. plans to deploy elements of its missile defense system in Europe," ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said. In Kamynin's comment ... more TSAT Teams Submit Production Proposals To US Air Force 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 31, 2007Boeing and its TEAM TSAT industry partners today submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force for the Development and Production phase of the Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT) program. "TEAM TSAT offers unique capability and experience to the U.S. Air Force," said Howard Chambers, vice president and general manager of Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. "That ... more India Says No Military Buildup After US Nuclear Deal 
New Delhi (AFP) Jul 31, 2007India stressed Friday an operating agreement with the United States on a landmark nuclear deal will not fuel a nuclear weapons build up in the South Asia nation. Top Indian officials said the agreement, announced earlier Friday, dealt exclusively with generating much-needed energy to fuel the nation's fast-growing economy. "We have got a deal... a very good deal," said national security advisor ... more Africa Starts To Gear Up For Biofuels 
Dakar (AFP) Jul 29, 2007Faced with mounting energy crises, many African nations in recent years have zealously launched projects to produce cheaper biofuels, but few have gained steam. One fervent advocate of biofuels, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, said during a trip to Brazil, a leading ethanol supplier, that biofuels would set in motion "a new revolution in Africa." Wade boasted that the African continent was ... more |
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San Francisco (AFP) Jul 27, 2007Toyota announced this week a partnership with the University of California to road test two plug-in hybrid cars, a step toward getting the fuel-efficient vehicles to consumers. The study to be launched this fall will be the first time a major automaker puts the experimental cars on US roads. UC Berkeley will analyze the behavior of the drivers, and UC Irvine will study air quality and energy use ... more EU Might Free Up Land For Biofuel Crops 
Paris (AFP) Jul 29, 2007Biofuels, destined to partially offset a coming oil shortage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, will require much more farm land, forcing the European Union to cultivate fields that have lain fallow. The European Union wants biofuels to account for 10 percent of the total of motor fuels in 2020, against an estimated 1.6 percent last year. There are two main kinds of biofuels: ethanols, sometim ... more Two Bacteria Better Than One In Cellulose-Fed Fuel Cell 
University Park PA (SPX) Jul 29, 2007No currently known bacteria that allow termites and cows to digest cellulose, can power a microbial fuel cell and those bacteria that can produce electrical current cannot eat cellulose. But careful pairing of bacteria can create a fuel cell that consumes cellulose and produces electricity, according to a team of Penn State researchers. "We have gotten microbial fuel cells to work with all kinds ... more Swaziland Spots Seeds Of Recovery In Biofuel Plant 
Hluthi (AFP) Swaziland, July 29, 2007Swaziland, one of Africa's poorest and most drought-hit countries, is a test ground for a biofuel crop which its champions believe can transform the farming sector and generate vital revenue. "I do not use the word 'life-changing' lightly but I was amazed when I first saw this plant," said pop star-turned activist Bob Geldof of the giant jatropha plants that are being cultivated on a farm in sou ... more San Jose Sets Up Largest K-12 Solar Power And Energy Efficiency Program In US 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2007San Jose Unified School District announced that it has entered into a unique partnership with Chevron Energy Solutions and Bank of America to establish what is believed to be the largest solar power and energy-efficient facilities program in K-12 education in the United States. The program, which includes installation of five megawatts of solar power, is expected to provide the following benefit ... more
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