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Unique Three-Way Partnership For ATV Ground Control
Toulouse, France (SPX) Feb 27, 2008Shortly after its planned 8 March launch to the ISS, ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle will make the first-ever laser-guided docking in space. The vehicle's fully automated docking provides unique challenges to the multi-agency mission operations team at ESA's ATV Control Centre. "We started from scratch to build the technical interfaces, the ground control systems and the working relations ... more ILS Proton To Launch S2M Satellite For Mobile TV Service In Middle East And North Africa 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 27, 2008International Launch Services (ILS) have announced a contract with S2M to use a Proton Breeze M vehicle to launch the first dedicated mobile television satellite for the MENA region. The companies made the announcement during the Satellite 2008 industry conference in Washington, D.C. The Proton Breeze M is Russia's leading heavy-lift vehicle, which launches from facilities at the Baikonur ... more NASA adds technologies Web feature 
Denver (UPI) Feb 26, 2008The U.S. space agency has added an interactive program to its Web site, allowing users to discover some of the space technologies that now impact daily life. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Deputy Administrator Shana Dale unveiled "NASA at Home" and "NASA City" Tuesday in Denver during the 3rd Space Exploration Conference. Dale said the interactive site takes users ... more Crystal Bells Stay Silent As Physicists Look For Dark Matter 
Batavia IL (SPX) Feb 27, 2008Scientists of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment have announced that they have regained the lead in the worldwide race to find the particles that make up dark matter. The CDMS experiment, conducted a half-mile underground in a mine in Soudan, Minn., again sets the world's best constraints on the properties of dark matter candidates. "With our new result we are leapfrogging the com ... more The Next-Best Thing To Being On Mars 
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 27, 2008Last week, two MIT students began living, working and communicating with the outside world as if they were on a mission to Mars. Whenever they go outside their small, round habitat where eight people are spending a two-week "mission," they don spacesuits and pass through an airlock. When they send e-mail, it takes 20 minutes before the recipient can see it-the time it takes for radio waves ... more |
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Houston (UPI) Feb 26, 2008International Space Station crew members are collecting blood, saliva and urine samples to study their immune function in microgravity. NASA officials said while previous research conducted after landing showed dramatic changes in crew members' immune systems, the on-going first-of-its-kind study is the only one to comprehensively monitor the human immune ... more Sunstar EMS Deploys High-Performance Wireless Technology 
Pinellas County FL (SPX) Feb 27, 2008In Motion Technology has announced that Sunstar EMS has deployed In Motion's onBoard Mobile Gateway to improve emergency operations and service to the residents of Pinellas County, Florida. Sunstar is a High Performance EMS organization that provides ambulance and emergency response services under a contract to the County. "We offer the residents of Pinellas County an all 'advanced life ... more Galileo Satellite GIOVE-B Presented At ESA/ESTEC 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 27, 2008Europe is building its own satellite navigation system, Galileo, which will deliver a new, advanced global civil positioning service for the benefit of citizens in Europe and throughout the world. On Wednesday 5 March, media representatives will have the unique opportunity to attend an in-depth Galileo background briefing at ESTEC. It will be the last opportunity to see GIOVE-B before it ... more Columbus In Discussions Global Car Rental Company Sixt 
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Feb 27, 2008Columbus Geographic Systems announced that they are holding discussions with the German office of Sixt AG, a global player for car rentals, leasing, and used cars. Sixt has expressed interest in offering Ranger, Columbus' advanced off- road navigation system, in its fleet of cross-country 4x4 vehicles. This will enhance the features and services Sixt offers their customers when renting or ... more Tektronix Launches H600 RFHawk Signal Hunter 
Richardson TX (SPX) Feb 27, 2008Tektronix Communications has launched the H600 RFHawk, its handheld, digital RF signal hunter solution for the surveillance and security market. The H600 RFHawk combines a high performance spectrum analyzer with an intuitive set of user controls, allowing for the quick and simple classification and location of both analog and digital RF transmissions. The importance of quickly tracking ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Feb 26, 2008India conducted its first test of a nuclear-capable missile from an undersea platform on Tuesday, completing its goal of having air, land and sea ballistic systems, the defence ministry said. The launch from a submerged pontoon took place off India's southeast coast near the port city of Visakhapatnam around 1:00 pm (0730 GMT), a defence ministry spokesman said. "The test was successful ... more Czech PM in US touts missile shield plan 
Washington (AFP) Feb 26, 2008Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek insisted a planned US missile defense radar in his country is crucial for security and accused its ex-Soviet master Russia of scrambling to retain influence by opposing the scheme. Russia "will probably not like to give up their sphere of influence over central Europe which I believe personally is the main reason of their protest against the missile ... more Atlantic Eye: President-to-be Obama 
Washington (UPI) Feb 26, 2008Dear Mr. President-to-be: On Jan 28, just a week before Super Tuesday, I co-hosted a dinner with 25 guests at a diplomatic residence in Prague. The main guest was former Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party. Several ambassadors were present. After some discussion, I was asked who I would vote for on Super Tuesday. I said I would vote for you. ... more Analysis: How Pakistan crashed YouTube 
Washington (UPI) Feb 26, 2008Pakistani authorities' efforts to block access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube from Internet addresses in their own country effectively shut down the site altogether at the weekend, disrupting access to it by would-be visitors from all over the world. The outage, which appears to have been the result of an error, blocked traffic to the site for about two hours Sunday, and experts ... more Supercomputer Unleashes Virtual 9.0 Megaquake In Pacific Northwest 
La Jolla CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2008On January 26, 1700, at about 9 p.m. local time, the Juan de Fuca plate beneath the ocean in the Pacific Northwest suddenly moved, slipping some 60 feet eastward beneath the North American plate in a monster quake of approximately magnitude 9, setting in motion large tsunamis that struck the coast of North America and traveled to the shores of Japan. Since then, the earth beneath the region ... more
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