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Washington (AFP) Dec 28, 2007The US space agency said it has once again delayed the launch of the US space shuttle Atlantis that is to carry a European space laboratory to the International Space Station. No new launch date has been set. Faulty fuel gauges on the spacecraft's liquid hydrogen tank has already forced several postponements of the launch that was initially scheduled for December 6. Until Thursday, ... more Mars Rovers Find Evidence Of Habitable Niche As Perilous Third Winter Approaches 
Cornell NY (SPX) Dec 31, 2007Inch by power-conserving inch, drivers on Earth have moved the Mars rover Spirit to a spot where it has its best chance at surviving a third Martian winter -- and where it will celebrate its fourth anniversary (in Earth years) since bouncing down on Mars for a projected 90-day mission in January 2004. Meanwhile, researchers are considering the implications of what Cornell's Steve Squyres, ... more Hubble To Get Custom-Made Blankets 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 31, 2007The Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4, scheduled for August 2008, aims to complete multiple upgrades and repairs, many of which are crucial for prolonging the telescope's operational life. One of the mission's many objectives is the refurbishment of its outer thermal blankets. "Thermal blankets are to spacecraft as clothes are to people," says Mike Weiss, Hubble's technical deputy ... more NASA Glast Satellite Gets Unwrapped For The Holidays 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 31, 2007Everyone likes getting high-tech presents for Christmas and Hanukkah, and the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington received a wonderful present this year - NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST). GLAST arrived at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) soon after Thanksgiving on November 28 in a large container. It was shipped by a tractor trailer truck that transported it from ... more NASA J-2X Powerpack Testing Commences At Stennis Space Center 
Bay St. Louis, MS (SPX) Dec 31, 2007On Dec. 18, NASA began testing core components of a rocket engine from the Apollo era on the A-1 Test Stand at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. Data from the tests will help NASA build the next generation engine that will power the nation's new Ares launch vehicles on voyages that will send humans to the moon. The test was on the engine's powerpack ... more |
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Moscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 31, 2007Russian logistics spacecraft Progress M-62, after three days in free flight, docked with the International Space Station (ISS). Proximity operations, final approach maneuvers and docking were performed in automatic mode. Initial contact with the docking port of the Pirs docking module-compartment occurred at 11:15 Moscow Time within coverage of Russian ground tracking stations. ... more A Good Year For ABM Part Two 
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2007 The U.S. ballistic missile program was overjoyed by a series of exceptionally successful tests across a wide spectrum of systems in 2007. The number and frequency of the successes, especially in the Aegis/Standard Missile-3 and Theater High Altitude Area Defense programs, suggested that these technologies are now firmly in the category of mature technologies, racking up an impressive tr ... more Outside View: Russia's ABM shield 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 27, 2007 "The issue of confrontation with Russia, especially direct confrontation, is still, unfortunately, kept alive by our Pentagon partners," General of the Army Yuri Baluyevsky, Russia's Chief of the General Staff, said in a mid-December interview with RIA Novosti. It all revolves around American plans to deploy a missile defense system, he said, "which Russia regards as a global strategic ... more Russian delegation to discuss missile defence in Warsaw: ministry 
Warsaw (AFP) Dec 28, 2007Controversial US plans to install parts of a missile shield in Poland will top the agenda when a Russian delegation visits Warsaw in mid-January, the Polish foreign ministry said Friday. "The delegation will arrive in mid-January," Piotr Paszkowski, Poland's foreign ministry spokesman, told AFP. A report in the Friday edition of Poland's leading Gazeta Wyborcza daily pegged January 14 a ... more Reporter's dream forced Britain to admit nuclear test: document 
London (AFP) Dec 28, 2007The British government was forced to admit it had sanctioned a nuclear weapons test in 1974 after a journalist dreamed one had taken place and wrote an article, newly released documents showed Friday. Then prime minister Harold Wilson strived to keep secret the test in the Nevada desert in the United States that May, but his efforts were foiled by the unorthodox reporting methods of Daily Ex ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 28, 2007 By calculating the amount of fuel oil required by the Chinese navy and air force in a large-scale attack across the Taiwan Strait under high-tech conditions, it becomes apparent that such an assault could not be sustained for an extended period. For an attack on Taiwan, China would likely mobilize 10 fighter divisions of the PLA air force. In fact, only one to two regiments under each d ... more Analysis: Iraq oil up end-'07, sketchy '08 
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2007 Iraq's oil sector ends 2007 on a relatively upbeat note, with production at levels not seen since before the war. But the year had more downs than ups, and sustaining success through next year is far from guaranteed. Iraq averaged production of 2.4 million barrels per day in November, according to the global energy information firm Platts. That's nearly a half million more than the post ... more Analysis: Eye on Uzbek energy 
Washington (UPI) Dec 27, 2007 Since the 1991 collapse of Soviet communism, the 15 newly independent republics have been scrambling both to assert their newfound independence and assert their place in the post-communist world. Yet legacies remain. The Russian Federation under President Vladimir Putin has consistently attempted to reassert Moscow's control over the post-Soviet sphere in countries of the former Soviet ... more Outside View: Nabucco cut by Caspian line 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 27, 2007 The last few months of 2007 were good for Russia, which has been fighting this year to affirm its leadership in the hydrocarbons market. And it may have spelled the end for the Nabucco pipeline, which Europe has wanted as a way to bypass reliance on Moscow. On Dec. 20 Russia agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to build the Caspian gas pipeline across Russia. The agreement was signed ... more China says wants quick fix to East China Sea dispute with Japan 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2007China said Thursday it wanted a quick end to a territorial dispute with Japan over lucrative gas fields, but stopped short of saying a deal would emerge during Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's visit. "We are devoted to the proper settlement of the East China Sea issue," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said hours before Fukuda's arrival in Beijing. "We hope that Japan can meet w ... more
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