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Bigelow Aerospace And Lockheed Martin Converging On Terms For Launch Services
Littleton CO (SPX) Feb 07, 2008Bigelow Aerospace and Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services are engaged in discussions and converging on terms to supply Atlas V launch vehicles to provide crew and cargo transportation services to a Bigelow-built space complex. Bigelow Aerospace already has successfully launched two of its Genesis units that demonstrated the technology and feasibility of its expandable space module technol ... more Case builds for water on Saturn moon 
Paris (AFP) Feb 6, 2008Astrophysicists in Germany say they can add evidence to bolster theories that water, one of the precious ingredients for life, exists on the Saturnian moon Enceladus. A tiny satellite measuring just 504 kilometres (315 miles) across, Enceladus has become one of the most fiercely debated objects in the Solar System, thanks to close-up pictures taken by the US probe Cassini. Enceladus has ... more Countdown To Columbus Launch Continues 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 07, 2008The countdown continues towards Thursday's launch of the European Columbus laboratory on board Space Shuttle Atlantis. Weather forecasts for the launch site in Florida currently predict a 70 percent chance of unfavourable weather at launch time. Atlantis is scheduled for liftoff at 20:45 CET (19:45 UT). A weather front which caused devastation in other areas of the United States overnight ... more New Space Tourists Start Training In Russia 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 07, 2008A U.S. computer game developer and his backup an Australian entrepreneur are undergoing training near Moscow to be the next space tourist, a training center spokesman said Wednesday. Richard Garriott, 46, the son of former NASA astronaut Owen K. Garriott, and Nik Halik, 38, started training for the next trip to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for October 2008, at the Yuri Gagari ... more Progress M-63 On Way To ISS 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Feb 07, 2008In accordance with the mission plan and Russian commitments under the International Space Station (ISS) project, a cargo transportation spacecraft Progress M-63 was launched from Baikonur launch site at 16:02:57 Moscow Time. The objective of the launch is to deliver to ISS more than 2.5 tons of various cargoes that are needed to support the operation of the space station in manned mode and provi ... more |
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Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 07, 2008A resounding 88% of the nation's top divorce attorneys say they have seen an increase in the number of cases using electronic data as evidence during the past five years, according to a recent survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). E-mail takes the lead as the most commonly used form of technological evidence, with 82% citing it as the main source. Interestingly, the surve ... more CalAmp Licenses Patents For Vehicle Location Technology To SKYWATCH GPS 
Oxnard CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2008CalAmp announced that it has entered into a patent license agreement with SKYWATCH GPS for use of CalAmp's U.S. Patent Nos. 6,025,774 and 6,249,217 B1. The patents relate to a vehicle location system that enables automobile finance companies to locate and repossess vehicles serving as collateral on loans that go into default. CalAmp acquired these patents as part of its acquisition of the ... more Boston University Astronomers Map Full Extent Of Mercury's Comet-Like Tail 
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 07, 2008Boston University astronomers released new images of Mercury that capture both the source regions of and, for the first time, the extraordinary length of the planet's comet-like tail. Earlier research had mapped-out Mercury's sodium gas tail to approximately 40,000 kilometers, but planetary scientists from BU's Center for Space Physics (CSP) have found that the tail can extend more than 2.5 mill ... more Broadcom Showcases Next Gen Mobile Devices At 2008 Mobile World Congress 
Irvine CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2008Broadcom will demonstrate its innovative and leading portfolio of complete system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for mobile devices at the 2008 Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain, from February 11th through February 14th. Broadcom mobile and wireless technologies enable manufacturers to develop leading-edge mobile devices and end-to-end wireless connectivity solutions for the home, ... more NXP Fuels Rise Of Mobile Location-Based Services 
Eindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 06, 2008Quickly following the January 23rd closing of its acquisition of GPS technology provider GloNav, NXP Semiconductors announced its first single-chip, Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) solution, designed for use in both mobile phones and standalone personal navigation devices (PNDs). Built on an advanced architecture, NXP's GNS7560 is the industry's smallest, lowest power, lowest system cost GPS solution. ... more |
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Arlington VA (SPX) Feb 07, 2008The administration's fiscal 2009 budget request for NASA includes an overall increase for space exploration, but aeronautics research continues to fall short. The request has several bright spots within an overall increase of almost 3 percent. It covers continued space exploration priorities while boosting Earth observation efforts and the Commercial Orbital Transportation System program. ... more Tornadoes sweep southern US, killing 52 
Memphis, Tennessee (AFP) Feb 6, 2008Dozens of tornadoes sliced across southern US states ripping apart homes and shopping malls, killing at least 52 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said Wednesday. Twenty-eight people were killed in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky and four in Alabama, officials in those states said. US media reported hundreds of people were injured as buildings collapsed and cars ... more New Insights Into Southern Ocean's Role In Global Climate 
Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Feb 06, 2008In the Southern Ocean, large quantities of surface-drifting plankton algae are able to significantly reduce the carbon dioxide content of the surface waters, which can affect the global carbon dioxide cycle. This is one of the results from an Antarctic expedition which has just drawn to a close in Cape Town on February 4, and which was led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, part of the Helmholtz A ... more Core Samples Obtained From Subsea Fault System Off Japan 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2008The third expedition of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program's Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) completed its mission off the Kii Peninsula. The expedition science party, 26 scientists representing 10 countries, set forth on Dec. 19, 2007, aboard the drilling vessel Chikyu, to evaluate the deformation, structural partitioning, and physical characteristics of the Nankai Tr ... more Cross-Border Partnership To Research Earthquake Activity In Middle East 
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Feb 07, 2008One of the world's most vulnerable areas for earthquakes lies in a region important for Palestinians, Jordanians, and Israelis, around the ancient city of Jericho. A serious earthquake could add to the volatile situation in the Middle East. Hoping to mitigate the risks, Tel Aviv University seismologist Hillel Wust-Bloch from the Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences recently mastermind ... more
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