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Boeing Completes CubeSat Mission To Advance Nano-Satellite Technology
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 17, 2007Boeing has completed the first phase of its nano-satellite research and experimentation with the successful conclusion of the CubeSat TestBed 1 (CSTB1) mission. The spacecraft, launched April 17 from the Baikonur Cosmosdrome in Kazakhstan, accomplished 100 percent of its primary mission objectives. Through experiments such as CSTB1, Boeing is evaluating a variety of technologies, design el ... more Crew Holds Class In Space, Prepares For Possible Repair Work 
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 16, 2007The STS-118 and Expedition 15 crews are preparing for a possible spacewalk to repair damage on Space Shuttle Endeavour's thermal protection system. During the first half of the day, the crew held class in space for students on Earth. Mission managers have not decided that a repair spacewalk will be needed. But to prepare for that possibility, the crew members are getting ready to do the repair, ... more Endeavour Carries Millions Of Basil Seeds Up And Back 
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 17, 2007So, can you make spaghetti sauce in space? Well, you'll need several ingredients, but you're sure to have plenty of one: STS-118 mission specialist Barbara Morgan has carried millions of basil seeds with her on board space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. These seeds are joining three million other basil seeds that have been flying on the station for a year and are waiting ... more Comet Probes Reveal Evidence Of Origin Of Life 
Cardiff, UK (SPX) Aug 17, 2007Recent probes inside comets show it is overwhelmingly likely that life began in space, according to a new paper by Cardiff University scientists. Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and colleagues at the University's Centre for Astrobiology have long argued the case for panspermia - the theory that life began inside comets and then spread to habitable planets across the galaxy. A recent BBC Horizon ... more Physicists Discover Inorganic Dust With Lifelike Qualities 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 17, 2007Could extraterrestrial life be made of corkscrew-shaped particles of interstellar dust? Intriguing new evidence of life-like structures that form from inorganic substances in space have been revealed in the New Journal of Physics. The findings hint at the possibility that life beyond earth may not necessarily use carbon-based molecules as its building blocks. They also point to a possible new ex ... more |
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Huntsville, Alabama (AFP) Aug 14, 2007China may be just three years away from being able to disrupt US military satellites in a regional conflict, a senior US military leader said Tuesday, citing a recent anti-satellite test and other advances. The warning came amid calls at a conference in Huntsville, Alabama for intensified efforts to ensure US "space superiority" in the wake of China's shoot-down January 11 of one of its own ... more Laser-Guided Maverick Missile Meets Urgent Air Force Need 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 17, 2007Having published an urgent operational need for a close air support weapon to defeat high-speed moving targets with minimal collateral damage, the U.S. Air Force has expressed interest in re-establishing production of Raytheon laser-guided Maverick. The laser-guided AGM-65E Maverick missile is an air-to-ground weapon that can meet the service's needs in the near-term. ... more Russian bombers getting closer to US: American commander 
Washington (AFP) Aug 14, 2007Long-range Russian bombers are flying more often and closer to US territory, a top US commander said Tuesday, as Moscow made its latest show of military might with exercises over the North Pole. General Gene Renuart, Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and US Northern Command, the agencies charged with protecting US and Canadian airspace, said that US forces would c ... more Lockheed Martin Ships 500th Patriot To The US Army 
Dallas TX (SPX) Aug 17, 2007Lockheed Martin recently recognized delivery of the 500th PAC-3 Missile to the U.S. Army during a celebration at the PAC-3 Missile production facility in Camden, AR. PAC-3 Missiles have been delivered and deployed around the world with U.S. forces and U.S. allies. The PAC-3 Missile is currently the world's only fielded pure kinetic energy air defense missile. ... more Outside View: Nuclear terror's false logic 
Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2007 Even as the International Atomic Energy Agency is meeting with Iranian officials to discuss increasing the openness of Iran's nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remains defiant about Tehran's right to pursue such a program -- including uranium enrichment, which would give Iran de facto nuclear weapon capability. This raises the specter of one of the greatest fears i ... more |
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Cairo (AFP) Aug 16, 2007The land of the Nile is seeing a rising tide of protests at a shortage of drinking water amid accusations the government would rather irrigate golf courses than slake the thirst of villages. A wave of demonstrations and ensuing clashes with police in recent weeks has left dozens injured in a country where the Nile River provides 95 percent of fresh water and irrigation uses up 80 percent of ... more Taiwan braced for powerful typhoon 
Taipei (AFP) Aug 16, 2007The powerful typhoon Sepat was heading for Taiwan Thursday after paralysing the Philippine capital Manila, Taiwanese meteorologists said. Sepat was packing winds of up to 191 kilometres (119 miles) per hour and could hit Taiwan some time between late Friday night and early Saturday morning given its current course, the Central Weather Bureau said. ... more Canada troopers assert Arctic sovereignty 
Aboard The Hmcs Fredericton, Arctic Ocean (AFP) Aug 16, 2007The largest ever military exercise in the Arctic is underway this week to firm Canada's disputed claim to this lonely region. "It's a sovereignty operation" to counter grabs by Russia, Denmark, Norway and the United States, Brigadier General Chris Whitecross, commander of Joint Task Force North, told AFP. Each nation is claiming flaps of Arctic seabed, believed to hold 25 percent of the ... more The new public enemy number one: bottled water 
Washington (AFP) Aug 15, 2007It's a hugely beneficial liquid in a slim cylinder of plastic, but for US environmentalists, it is the new public enemy number one: bottled water. With US bottled water sales growing nearly 10 percent annually -- and the trash from tossed containers climbing just as quickly -- calls for Americans to go back to drinking tap water have surged since the beginning of summer. ... more UN leads world help for quake-ravaged Peru 
New York (AFP) Aug 16, 2007The UN pledged one million dollars (750,000 euros) of relief for Peru on Thursday as governments and aid agencies around the world rushed to help the quake-ravaged South American nation. "The United Nations is in close contact with the government of Peru and stands ready to support relief efforts with measures including the release of emergency funds and the deployment of a team of disaster ... more
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