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Final Preparations For First Human-Rated Spacecraft To Be Launched From Europe's Spaceport
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 19, 2007For the first time in 40 years of space activities, a silent revolution is taking place at the European launch site in Kourou. Jules Vernes, the first human-rated spacecraft to be launched from Europe's Spaceport, is being prepared for launch. The 48 m3 pressurised module of the largest, most complex automated spacecraft ever developed in Europe has been inspected and closed, fulfilling the most ... more Shot In The Dark Star Explosion Stuns Astronomers 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 19, 2007A team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic explosion that seems to have come from the middle of nowhere - thousands of light-years from the nearest galaxy-sized collection of stars, gas, and dust. This "shot in the dark" is surprising because the type of explosion, a long-duration gamma-ray burst (GRB), is thought to be powered by the death of a massive star. Here we have this very brig ... more Russia To Launch Space Base For Missions To Moon And Mars After 2020 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 19, 2007Russia plans to deploy an orbiting base for manned and unmanned missions to the Moon and Mars after 2020, the head of the space agency said on Tuesday. "After 2020, Russia plans to create and put into orbit a near-Earth experimental manned complex to ensure transport operations to the Moon and Mars," Anatoly Perminov said. He also said Russia has tentative plans for manned missions to Mars ... more India And Russia Begin Talks On Chandrayaan-II 
New Delhi (PTI) Dec 19, 2007India has begun technical discussions with Russia on the joint moon mission Chandrayaan-II which is expected to be launched in 2011-12. Scientists are planning to land a rover on the moon for carrying out chemical analysis of the lunar surface and explore other resources on the earth's natural satellite. "In situ chemical analysis and resource exploration is the main objective of Chandrayaan-II, ... more Efficiency Of Satellite Telecommunications For Civil Protection Agencies 
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 19, 2007Enhancing interoperability during European civil protection operations is the objective of an ESA project named Decision. In the context of this project, field trials were held in Chartres, France, focusing on satellite solutions to improve cooperation between civil protection agencies in crisis theatres - whether they occur in Europe or outside. The 'Decision' (DEvelopment of CIvil protec ... more |
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The U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin and Alliant Techsystems have tested new propulsion technologies for strategic missiles atNaval Air Weapons Center China Lake, Calif. A static test fire was conducted of the Third-Stage Application Program-3 (TSAP-3) motor, a modified Trident II D5 motor that incorporates cost-saving technologies.AAI Receives Order From US Army For 14 Additional Shadow Tactical UAS 
Hunt Valley MD (SPX) Dec 19, 2007United Industrial has announced that its AAI subsidiary has received an order from the U.S. Army for production of 14 additional Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS). The value of the not-to-exceed contract is $153.4 million and includes immediate funding of $75.2 million. "AAI designed the Shadow system with soldiers in mind, and clearly it connected with them. Today, the ... more Russia ready to renegotiate Cold War-era treaty: Lavrov 
Berlin (AFP) Dec 18, 2007Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wrote in an article Tuesday that Russia was prepared to renegotiate with the West on a Cold War-era treaty setting limits on troops and weapons that it froze this month. Lavrov said the suspension of compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) was an attempt to "revive" the treaty, taking into account new factors that could affect Russia's security. ... more Outside View: The future of INF 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 18, 2007 Twenty years ago, on Dec. 8, 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in Washington. It was the first-ever treaty on reducing available arsenals. It brought the elimination of an entire type of nuclear missiles and set a practical example of openness by introducing mutual in situ checks for 13 years. Today, the United States ... more Monkeys Can Perform Mental Addition 
Durham NC (SPX) Dec 19, 2007Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated that monkeys have the ability to perform mental addition. In fact, monkeys performed about as well as college students given the same test. The findings shed light on the shared evolutionary origins of arithmetic ability in humans and non-human animals, according to Assistant Professor Elizabeth Brannon, Ph.D. and Jessica Cantlon, Ph.D., of the Du ... more |
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Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 19, 2007The stunning amount of forest devastation at Tunguska a century ago in Siberia may have been caused by an asteroid only a fraction as large as previously published estimates, Sandia National Laboratories supercomputer simulations suggest. "The asteroid that caused the extensive damage was much smaller than we had thought," says Sandia principal investigator Mark Boslough of the impact that occur ... more Analysis: What did Bali achieve 
Berlin (UPI) Dec 18, 2007 The world's fight against climate change was almost dead this past weekend in Bali, Indonesia, when -- in a move that was a life-giving shot in the arm -- the U.S. delegation under pressure to give way ended its blocking strategy and agreed to negotiate a new climate-protection accord over the next two years. When the U.S. team, led by Harlan Watson and Paula Dobriansky, finally gave i ... more Drought hits over a million people in southern China: report 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2007A drought described as the worst in 50 years in parts of southern China has left over a million people short of drinking water, state media reported Tuesday. More than one million residents in Guangxi region and nearly 250,000 in Guangdong province have been impacted by the drought since September, the China Daily reported. Guangxi recorded just 0.5 millimetres of rainfall between Novemb ... more Automakers scramble to cut pollution as EU poised to act on emissions 
Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2007Automakers have stepped up efforts to curb fuel consumption and pollution ahead of an expected call by the European Union for a 25 percent cut in carbon emissions by new cars in 2012. European manufacturers have been pursuing several anti-pollution approaches in order to meet their own goal of limiting carbon dioxide emissions to 140 grammes per kilometer next year. The European Commissi ... more SunEdison Activates Largest US Photovoltaic Power Plant For Xcel Energy 
Alamosa CO (SPX) Dec 19, 2007SunEdison announced that the 8.22-megawatt Alamosa, Colo., photovoltaic (PV) solar plant has been activated, ahead of its scheduled completion date. It is the largest solar PV plant in the United States supporting substation loads for a major public utility. The solar plant was financed and built and will be maintained by SunEdison, under a Solar Power Services Agreement (SPSA). Under the ... more
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