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US shuttle Atlantis won't fly on January 10: NASA
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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Tawangmangu, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 28, 2007Rescue workers stepped up a hunt Friday for victims of landslides and floods that claimed scores of lives on Indonesia's Java island and displaced thousands, an official said. The landslides smashed through homes, burying families alive, in the early hours of Wednesday after monsoon rains lashed Central and East Java provinces this week and also triggered devastating floods. More than 1, ... more China to slap export taxes on grains as prices soar 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2007China said on Sunday it will levy taxes on grain exports in 2008 in the latest move apparently aimed at reining in galloping inflation and ensuring stable domestic food supplies. The rates would range from five to 25 percent, according to a brief announcement posted on the website of the Ministry of Finance. The move goes even further than one China announced just two weeks ago, when it ... more Dwindling helium supply prompting concerns 
New York (UPI) Dec 30, 2007 A looming helium shortage has some U.S. citizens concerned about the impact the gas' availability will have on parades and even research. While owners of U.S. party goods stores are concerned the rising cost of helium will directly impact their businesses, researchers such as Northwestern University Professor William Halperin are concerned about their research efforts, ABC News said Sun ... more Iran nuclear plant to start in summer 2008: FM 
Tehran (AFP) Dec 30, 2007Iran on Sunday insisted its first nuclear power station would be launched in the summer of 2008, despite the plant's Russian constructors saying it will not go on line until the end of the year. "The Bushehr nuclear power station will launch at a capacity of 50 percent next summer," said Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, quoted by the state news agency IRNA. A Russian contractor is fi ... more SAIC Motor merger with Nanjing Auto aimed at global markets 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2007The merger of two of China's state-run auto makers comes as its domestic market booms and as the quickly accelerating nation gears up to compete with top global brands, industry officials said. The merger announced Wednesday between Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC), one of China's largest car groups, and rival Nanjing Auto is one of the biggest-ever tie-ups between mainland vehicle m ... more
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