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HiRISE Discovers A Possibly Once-Habitable Ancient Mars Lake
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Scientists studying images from The University of Arizona-led High Resolution Imaging Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have discovered never-before-seen impact "megabreccia" and a possibly once-habitable ancient lake on Mars at a place called Holden crater. The megabreccia is topped by layers of fine sediments that formed in what apparently was a long-lived, calm lake ... more Russia To Launch US Communications Satellite On March 15 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 07, 2008A Russian Proton-M rocket will launch a U.S. communication satellite on March 15, the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Thursday. The launch will be carried out under a contract between the Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services and the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center. ILS, owned by the Khrunichev Center, RSC Energia, and U.S. firm Space ... more Energia Hosts Second Convention For Students Of Space 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 07, 2008S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia hosted the 2nd Convention of students from space-industry related institutions and departments of higher education in Moscow - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow State Forest University, Moscow Aviation Institute, Moscow Aviation Technology Institute, Moscow State Technical University STANK ... more Terma Delivers Data Processing Chain For Canadian Satellite Program 
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Denmark-based high-tech company Terma has been awarded a contract from Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to deliver a data processing chain as part of the Sapphire space object surveillance program. As mission prime, MDA will lead the Sapphire mission team, including Terma and UK-based Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for delivering the spacecraft and Canadian COM DEV ... more Twenty years on, Japan's 'Hope' lab to blast into space 
Tokyo (AFP) March 6, 2008Japan will take a major step towards setting up its first manned space facility next week, when a US shuttle is to deliver the first piece of the multi-billion-dollar lab after 20 years of development. The Japanese laboratory, called Kibo - Japanese for "Hope" - will be established in three deliveries into space. The US shuttle Endeavour is due to take off on the first trip on March 11. ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Yesterday, members of the media visited ESA-ESTEC, the agency's European Research and Technology Centre, to see and learn about GIOVE-B, the second Galileo in-orbit validation satellite, before it is packed for shipping to the launch site. GIOVE-B has successfully completed its test campaign and will depart from ESTEC on 11 March. The spacecraft will be flown to Baikonur, in Kazakhstan ... more Talk Back To The New NAVIGON 8110 With Nuance's Speech Technology 
Hannover, Germany (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Nuance Communications has announced that Nuance advanced speech solutions power the new NAVIGON 8110, the latest GPS portable navigation device of NAVIGON AG. The new device will be shown at CeBIT and is expected to be commercially available in Europe by spring 2008. The new NAVIGON co-pilot sets new standards for simple and intuitive use with advanced speech recognition technology for voice ... more Auroras In Broad Daylight 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Imagine living on a planet where Northern Lights fill the heavens at all hours of the day. Around the clock, even in broad daylight, luminous curtains shimmer and ripple across the sky, mesmerizing anyone who bothers to look. News flash: Astronomers have discovered such a planet. Its name is Earth. "Our own planet has auroras 24 hours a day," says Jim Spann of the Marshall Space Flight Centre ... more China Kicks Off New Space Launch Center Project 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2008The State Council of China has greenlighted the construction of a new space launch center in the southern island province of Hainan and the project has been kicked off, said a top provincial official on Thursday. The launch center, the fourth in China, is expected to complete in five years, Wei Liucheng, Secretary of Hainan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, told ... more Russian GLONASS GPS Plans 2008 Part Two 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 05, 2008To be honest, anyone familiar with Russian roads would hesitate before seriously talking about the commercial success of the Global Navigation Satellite System. National security is an entirely different story because the Russian armed forces require their own navigation systems that would not depend on Global Positioning System providers. However, airlines all over the world, including ... more |
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Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Air Force Reserve Command officials are expanding the critical role reservists play in space operations by establishing AFRC's first space wing at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. Command officials will activate the 310th Space Wing March 7. The new organization is an expansion of the existing 310th Space Group, based at Schriever AFB. "This will be a landmark day in our Air Force's long a ... more US cutting operations at main Pacific missile testing range 
Majuro (AFP) March 6, 2008The cost of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are forcing the US to cut back operations at its Pacific missile testing range in the Marshall Islands, the range commander said Thursday. "The global war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan costs money and it has to come from somewhere," said Reagan Test Site commander, Colonel Stevenson Reed. "We're not immune," Reed said after ... more Chinese Cyberattacks Target US Think Tanks 
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2008Defense-related think tanks and contractors, as well as the Pentagon and other U.S. agencies, were the target of repeated computer network intrusions last year apparently originating in China, the Department of Defense said this week. In its annual report to lawmakers on China's military power, the department said the intrusions "appeared to originate in" China but added, "It is unclear ... more BrahMos-2 Tests Mark Major Progress On Indian Cruise Missile 
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 06, 2008The Indian defense establishment successfully tested a missile of great significance Tuesday. According to an official statement from the Indian Defense Ministry, "A naval version of the BrahMos cruise missile was successfully tested off Andamans coast this morning." "The missile was launched from the decks of INS Rajput at 10:30 a.m. and precisely hit a land target in one of the island ... more Global Hawk Marks 10-Year Anniversary 
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2008A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle landed after an eight-hour mission Feb. 28 that marked 10 years since base officials witnessed its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base. On that first flight, the aircraft flew for one hour at an altitude of 32,000 feet, and now the Global Hawk has logged more than 20,000 flight hours including 15,000 hours flown in support of the war on terrorism. ... more
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