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Russia claims to be ahead in race to put man on Mars
Moscow (AFP) Jan 8, 2008Russia is leading the race to complete a manned mission to Mars and could land a Russian on the Red Planet by 2025, a leading scientist was quoted as saying on Tuesday. "We have something of a head start in this race as we have the most experience in piloted space flight," the director of the prestigious Space Research Institute, Lev Zelyony, told Interfax news agency on Tuesday. The goa ... more International Space station set for busy spell 
Paris (AFP) Jan 8, 2008Three spaceships are set to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of February, according to the latest programme unveiled by space agencies. The US shuttle Atlantis, bearing the European Space Agency's science module Columbus, has a launch window starting January 24, although liftoff is likelier between February 2 and 7, NASA said last week. Launch was initially sc ... more Major upgrade for Hubble telescope 
Austin, Texas (UPI) Jan 8, 2008U.S. space officials said the Hubble Space Telescope will receive a major tuneup and upgrade this year. The work will be begin in August when space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to lift off with a crew of seven astronauts and a cargo of equipment, tools and new instruments. The shuttle also will carry an IMAX camera to record the mission for a movie scheduled for release in 2010. ... more ViaSat-1 To Transform North American Satellite Broadband Market 
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2008ViaSat has executed a contract with Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications, to build ViaSat-1, which is expected to be the world's highest capacity broadband satellite. With the market demonstrating high demand for satellite broadband services, ViaSat-1 is designed to significantly expand the quality, capability and availability of high-speed broadband satellite serv ... more Hubble Finds That Blue Blobs In Space Are Orphaned Clusters Of Stars 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2008Hubble has revealed that mysterious "blue blobs" in a structure called Arp's Loop between M81 and M82 are blue clusters of stars less than 200 million years old with many stars as young as, and even younger than, 10 million years. Finding blue blobs in space sounds like an encounter with an alien out of a science fiction movie. But the powerful NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has resolved ... more |
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Arlington, Va. (UPI) Jan 8, 2008Next weekend the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Va., will be hosting D.C. Big Flea, the biggest flea market in the mid-Atlantic states. If you are still looking for that flintlock musket to put over the fireplace in your family room, D.C. Big Flea is the place to be. But as long as you're visiting the Chantilly area, you might want to check out another relic that is located right acro ... more Lockheed Martin Receives Contracts For The Combat-Proven PAC-3 Missile Program 
Dallas TX (SPX) Jan 09, 2008Lockheed Martin has received contracts totaling $556 million from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) for hardware and services associated with the combat-proven Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile program. The contracts include production of 148 hit-to-kill PAC-3 Missiles, 17 launcher modification kits, spares and other equipment, as well as program management and engin ... more Atomic chief fears for security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal 
Beirut (AFP) Jan 8, 2008The head of the UN atomic watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei has voiced concern over the possibility that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal could fall into extremist hands, in statements published on Tuesday. "I fear that chaos... or an extremist regime could take root in that country which has 30 to 40 warheads," ElBaradei told the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat in an interview. He stressed that he was "worr ... more Lockheed Martin Concludes 2007 With Record Accomplishments In Missile Defense Capabilities 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2008Lockheed Martin achieved significant milestones on several critical missile defense programs during 2007, including nine target missile intercepts by weapons systems developed by the corporation. Lockheed Martin-developed missile defense systems now have achieved more than 40 successful intercepts since the 1980s. Lockheed Martin also continues to lead the development of new missile defens ... more JPEO Joint Tactical Radio System Announces Successful Momentum Of JTRS Program 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2008A new enterprise business model for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) is responsible for a $104 million cost savings and has provided significant momentum for the program, according to Dennis Bauman, Joint Program Executive Officer for the JTRS program, and Howard Pace, Deputy Joint Program Executive Officer, at a media roundtable held Dec. 13 at the Pentagon. The savings were achieved in ... more |
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Coral Springs FL (SPX) Jan 09, 2008Doug Hague, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, announced today that Clean Coal Technologies has completed the transaction that gives it 100% ownership of the proprietary new technology that transforms dirty coal into a clean-burning energy source. This suite of intellectual property includes the patent for the revolutionary technology that reduces the harmful airborne pollutants a ... more Panasonic to launch YouTube televisions 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 8, 2008After taking the Internet by storm, soon YouTube will be available on televisions. The Japanese giant behind the Panasonic brand said Tuesday that it will introduce Internet-ready plasma TVs in North America in the spring that allow users to browse videos on YouTube and photos from Google-based web albums. "This is the first time mainstream consumers will be able to easily enjoy YouTube ... more China to contribute 1.4 billion dollars to ITER 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2008China will contribute 1.4 billion dollars to an international nuclear fusion project that aims to emulate the power of the sun to provide limitless clean energy, state press said Tuesday. The 10 billion yuan (1.4 billion dollars) would make up about 10 percent of the cost of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) to be built in France and expected to go online by 2016, t ... more Major Net Energy Gain From Switchgrass-Based Ethanol 
Lincoln NE (SPX) Jan 09, 2008Switchgrass grown for biofuel production produced 540 percent more energy than needed to grow, harvest and process it into cellulosic ethanol, according to estimates from a large on-farm study by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Results from the five-year study involving fields on farms in three states highlight the prairie grass' potential as a biomass fuel source that y ... more In world of convergence, mini-TVs get legs 
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Jan 8, 2008In the world of multifunctional electronics, mini-TV sets are getting new life in smart devices being developed that make video mobile. Among the devices unveiled at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is a pocket-sized mobile TV by Motorola that can play live TV, on-demand clips and programs saved on a digital video recorder. "We'll have everything in an all-in-one device ... more
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