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Pasadena CA (UPI) Oct 16, 2007 The U.S. space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is sponsoring a workshop to teach small business owners how to obtain space-related contracts. Representatives of small businesses are invited to the Wednesday workshop at the Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego's Mission Valley. The NASA workshop, "Doing Business with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory," is also sponsored by the San ... more China moon probe to launch this month 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2007China will launch its first lunar probe at the end of this month with preparations already in their final stages, a senior official said Tuesday. Pre-launch tests on the Chang'e I rocket and orbiter were nearly complete and they have been transported to the launch site, the official told state news agency Xinhua. China is also planning to land a human on the moon and make a series of rob ... more China says still open to space cooperation with US 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2007China said Tuesday it remained open to cooperating on space development with the United States, amid concern there about the Asian state's burgeoning space programme. Vice Minister of Science and Technology Li Xueyong also said China remains keen on taking part in the International Space Station (ISS) project. "We sincerely hope to conduct cooperation with the United States in the field ... more Astronauts lap up Malaysian food to mark Ramadan end 
Korolyov, Russia (AFP) Oct 16, 2007Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) recounted Tuesday how they tucked into Malaysian home cooking to mark the end of Ramadan this weekend. "I shared my Malaysian food with the crew. I'm happy and I'm glad that they liked my food and I feel at home," said Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, the first Malaysian in space, in a video link-up with mission control outside Moscow. Pegg ... more China To Launch First Moon Orbiter In Late October 
Beijing, China (XNA) Oct 17, 2007A senior Chinese official said here Tuesday that researchers and technicians are making final preparations for the launch of the country's first moon orbiter, Chang'e I, at the end of October. Zhang Qingwei, minister in charge of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND), who is attending the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), sa ... more |
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Cape Canaveral (SPX) Oct 17, 2007NASA managers are gathered at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida today for a final readiness review for the upcoming flight of space shuttle Discovery. The STS-120 mission to the International Space Station is currently targeted for launch on Oct. 23. At the conclusion of today's review, agency managers will announce an official launch date at a live news conference on NASA TV. The conference i ... more China Hopes To Join International Space Station Project 
Beijing, China (XNA) Oct 17, 2007China hopes to become the 17th nation joining the International Space Station (ISS) project, Vice Minister of Science and Technology Li Xueyong said on Tuesday. "China sincerely wants to cooperate with the United States in space exploration and join the International Space Station project that has already involved 16 nations," said Li, a delegate to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Pa ... more Raytheon Sensor Netting Technology Contract 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Oct 17, 2007Under a $45.5 million contract for sensor fusion and advanced networking technology, the Department of Defense (DoD) is purchasing the Raytheon Solipsys Tactical Component Network (TCN) technology. "TCN provides a critical warfighting capability in the form of a sensor netting framework to achieve a single integrated picture and joint interoperability," said Mark Trenor, president of Raytheon So ... more Putin sees US shift in missile shield row 
Tehran, Iran (AFP) Oct 16, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the United States may be ready to soften its position over plans to intall a missile defence shield in central Europe against Moscow's wishes. "The latest contacts with the Americans demonstrate that a certain change in their point of view is possible," Putin said in an interview with Iranian media during a visit to Tehran. "We will c ... more Pentagon confirms accidental Patriot launch 
Washington (AFP) Oct 16, 2007A US Patriot missile was accidentally launched in Qatar and self-destructed over an unpopulated farm area, causing no injuries, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. Lieutenant General Carter Ham, director of operations of the Joint Staff, said a Patriot missile unit at Camp As-Saliyah in Qatar was conducting a training exercise when the missile accidentally went off. "Don't know why or how t ... more |
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Jakarta (AFP) Oct 17, 2007Indonesia late Tuesday raised the status of a volcano on Java island to the highest alert level and recommended people evacuate the area immediately. Officials have advised residents living within a 10-kilometre (6.2-mile) radius of Mount Kelut to leave, with the Indonesian volcanology and geology disaster management centre saying the highest alert level status meant "an eruption is possible ... more If Corn Is Biofuels King, Tropical Maize May Be Emperor 
Champaign IL (SPX) Oct 17, 2007When University of Illinois crop scientist Fred Below began growing tropical maize, the form of corn grown in the tropics, he was looking for novel genes for the utilization of nitrogen fertilizer and was hoping to discover information that could be useful to American corn producers. Now, however, it appears that maize itself may prove to be the ultimate U.S. biofuels crop. Early research ... more ComEd Supports The Expansion Of Solar Power At 14 Schools And Two Community Organizations 
Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 16, 2007ComEd and the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation (ICECF) distributed more than $200,000 in grants this year to support the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) electric generation systems at 14 schools and two other education-focused non-profit community organizations in northern Illinois. The selected schools and community organizations received funding to install a 1 kilowatt ... more Novel Gate Dielectric Materials: Perfection Is Not Enough 
London UK (SPX) Oct 17, 2007For the first time theoretical modeling has provided a glimpse into how promising dielectric materials are able to trap charges, something which may affect the performance of advanced electronic devices. This is revealed in a paper published on the 12th October in Physical Review Letters by researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology and SEMATECH, a company in Austin, Texas. Throug ... more Putin blames 'worn-out' equipment for Iran nuclear delay 
Tehran (AFP) Oct 16, 2007President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday blamed "old worn-out equipment" for the delays in completing Iran's Russian-built first nuclear power plant but insisted the project would still be completed. Putin said Russian engineers working on the plant in the southern city of Bushehr were coping with equipment dating back to when the project was started by Germany's Siemens in the 1970s under the de ... more
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