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STS-122 Prepares For Landing
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 20, 2008The crew of space shuttle Atlantis is spending today getting ready for their return home and the end of the STS-122 mission. As part of the preparations, the astronauts performed a test earlier today of the steering jets - or thrusters - that will be used to position the orbiter for re-entry. They did not test the four aft orbiter maneuvering system vernier thrusters. These share a common ... more NASA MidSTAR-1 Successful Technologies May Be Revolutionary 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Two new technologies launched onboard a U.S. Naval Academy satellite called MidSTAR-1 have proven successful in their tests in space. One technology is a sensor that can check for harmful chemicals and the other is a special "film" that can control heat. These technologies were collaboratively developed between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; NASA's Ames Research Center ... more Venus Express Seeks Out Gases Below The Clouds 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 20, 2008ESA's Venus Express has recently 'peeled back' the thick clouds around Venus to provide the most accurate and wide-ranging map of water vapour and other gases in the lower atmosphere to date. As a planet, Venus does not radiate a significant amount of visible light. But because of the searing temperatures below its thick cloud layer, reaching 200degreesC at an altitude of 35 km and more the ... more China set to launch record number of spacecraft in 2008: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2008China will launch a record number of spacecraft this year, state media reported Tuesday, amid a rise in tensions among world powers over the militarisation of space. China plans to send up more than 10 missions this year, said Yang Baohua, head of the China Academy of Space Technology, according to the China Daily. "China's space technology has entered a new stage. The design and manufacture ... more Get Ready For The Total Lunar Eclipse 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 20, 2008In the late night hours of Feb. 20, 2008, a total lunar eclipse will dazzle the night sky. And this lunar eclipse may be worth staying up for, because it will be the last one until December 2010. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth lines up directly between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow over the moon's surface. The February 20, 2008 eclipse will last for nearly 3 and a half hour ... more |
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London, UK (SPX) Feb 20, 2008The UK's front line forces are to be equipped with a new state-of-the-art target locator system, under a GBP30M contract with Thales UK. The new Surveillance System and Range Finder (SSARF) allows a soldier to quickly establish the exact location and distance of enemy forces and determine the most appropriate and accurate mortar or artillery firepower to use. The new all-weather, day and ... more Harris Provides Tactical Radios To Brunei MoD 
Rochester NY (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Harris has been awarded a $25 million contract from the Brunei Ministry of Defence to supply tactical radios, accessories and other equipment to the Combat Net Radio replacement program of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. The contract was awarded following competitive field trials. Harris will provide a range of equipment, including its new RF-7800S Secure Personal Radio, a lightweight ... more Digital Angel's Livestock Tagging Products Help Secure Food Supply 
St. Paul MN (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Digital Angel has announced the importance of implementing a national animal identification system that provides prompt trace-back following the largest beef recall in United States' history. The system includes electronic radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and scanners that work in conjunction with databases to register livestock information and quickly isolate any problem discovered in ... more Magellan Introduces Rugged, Entry-level, Professional GIS And Mapping Solution 
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Magellan introduces the latest addition to its MobileMapper GIS and mapping line of products - the MobileMapper 6. A rugged, waterproof, handheld GPS/GIS receiver, the MobileMapper 6 fulfills the requirements for low-cost, professional GIS field data collection. It fills a market gap in the data collection field between high-cost devices and consumer-grade products. It is expected to ... more LaBarge Gains Additional Orders From Modular Mining 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 20, 2008LaBarge has received additional orders totaling $3.5 million from Modular Mining Systems to produce ruggedized electronic assemblies used in mine information management systems. The boom cycle in the mining industry has spurred strong growth in the natural resources market sector for LaBarge in the last 18 months. Production of the new orders is expected to continue at the Pittsburgh ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Feb 18, 2008All but six states have complied with federal requirements to seek an extension of the deadline they face for implementing more secure driver licenses for U.S. citizens or legal residents only under the REAL ID Act. The list of state governments falling into line in the past couple of weeks includes former hold-outs like New Jersey and Washington, according to documents posted on the ... more London mayor launches blitz on bottled water 
London (AFP) Feb 19, 2008London Mayor Ken Livingstone on Tuesday launched a blitz against bottled mineral water, urging restaurant customers in the British capital to ask for tap water to help the environment. Livingstone said tap water was not only cheaper but also comes without the heavy carbon footprint of transporting bottled varieties by road and often vast distances by air from countries as far away as Fiji and ... more Fresh Look Inside Mount St Helens 
Houghton MI (SPX) Feb 20, 2008Volcanoes are notoriously hard to study. All the action takes place deep inside, at enormous temperatures. So geophysicists make models, using what they know to develop theories about what they don't know. Research led by Gregory P. Waite, an assistant professor of geophysics at Michigan Technological University, has produced a new seismic model for figuring out what's going on inside ... more ENDURANCE Learning Self Control 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2008The Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic Antarctic Explorer is an autonomous underwater vehicle designed to swim untethered under ice, creating three-dimensional maps of underwater environments. The probe also will collect data on environmental conditions and take samples of microbial life. Researchers gathered last week in Madison, Wisconsin to test the probe under ... more Human Culture Subject To Natural Selection 
Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2008The process of natural selection can act on human culture as well as on genes, a new study finds. Scientists at Stanford University have shown for the first time that cultural traits affecting survival and reproduction evolve at a different rate than other cultural attributes. Speeded or slowed rates of evolution typically indicate the action of natural selection in analyses of the human genome. ... more
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