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Space Shuttle Endeavour Docks At Space Station
Washington (AFP) March 13, 2008The seven crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour boarded the International Space Station on Thursday after docking high over Southeast Asia, NASA said. The space rendez-vous took place 342 kilometers (212 miles) over Singapore at 0349 GMT, two days after Endeavour blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a NASA TV commentator said. A bell rang on the ISS after docking ... more United Launch Alliance Inaugural Atlas V West Coast Launch A Success 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Adding to the Atlas rocket's legacy of launches from the west coast that began in 1959, United Launch Alliance's Atlas V made its debut flight from Space Launch Complex-3 East here at 3:02 a.m. PDT, today. It carried a National Reconnaissance Office payload. The launch ushers in a new era of space launch capability for the Air Force and ULA as part of the Evolved Expendable Launch ... more SATLYNX Provides LUNASAT With Broadband Satellite Platform For Middle East And African Markets 
Luxembourg (SPX) Mar 14, 2008SATLYNX has announced the introduction of a range of broadband services in the Middle East and African markets though its partner Lunasat. Based on the Satlynx Direct platform, the services offered by Lunasat build on VSAT hub and modem technologies from iDirect and the Satlynx teleport facilities in Leuk, Switzerland. The Leuk teleport hosts the VSAT hub and has direct terrestrial connect ... more NASA prepares for Moonbuggy Race 
Huntsville, Ala., March 13, 2008The U.S. space agency is transforming part of its Marshall Space Flight Center into a lunar landscape for the 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race. By the end of the month about a half-mile of cement footpaths at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration facility will be ready to test the engineering savvy and physical endurance of about 400 high school and college students in the ... more Women Drivers On Mars 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Little noticed by the general public, February 23rd was a special day in space exploration. For the first time in history, an all-woman team of scientists and engineers guided a major NASA mission-the Mars Exploration Rovers. "We were in control of Spirit's activities for the day," explains Barbara Cohen of the Marshall Space Flight Center who headed up the science team. "It was a milestone in ... more |
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Miami FL (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Avionica is pleased to announce that Continental Airlines has successfully accomplished the world's first ever ACARS (Aircraft Communications and Reporting System) communications in regular commercial passenger service over the Iridium satellite network. Communications were between one of Continental's satLINK-equipped Boeing 737-800 aircraft flying over the Pacific Ocean and Continental ... more Astronomers Find Grains Of Sand Around Distant Stars 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2008In a find that sheds light on how Earth-like planets may form, astronomers this week reported finding the first evidence of small, sandy particles orbiting a newborn solar system at about the same distance as the Earth orbits the sun. The report will be published online this week by the journal Nature. "Precisely how and when planets form is an open question," said study co-author ... more Digital Angel Enters LifeChip Distribution Agreement With The Jockey Club 
St. Paul MN (SPX) Mar 13, 2008Digital Angel announced it has entered into a non-exclusive distribution agreement with The Jockey Club, the official breed registry for North American Thoroughbred horses. The new agreement allows Thoroughbred breeders, owners, managers and agents the ability to obtain Destron Fearing LifeChip radio-frequency identification microchips from The Jockey Club for use in Thoroughbred horses. ... more Integration Of GPS Location Data With Building Materials Delivery Information 
San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2008Networkcar has announced that it has partnered with Turnkey Programming to integrate GPS location and vehicle odometer information data into Turnkey's On-Demand Delivery System for the building materials industry. Networkcar's GPS location and diagnostic monitoring system allows Turnkey users to automatically receive real-time delivery status information based on vehicle location. Turnkey ... more CEVA And HuaXun Partner To Deliver Software GPS Solution 
Shanghai, China (SPX) Mar 13, 2008Xi'an HuaXun Microelectronics and CEVA have partnered to develop a software-based GPS solution for the CEVA-X family of DSP cores and the MM2000 portable multimedia platform. Targeting cell phones, portable multimedia players and portable navigation devices, this software-based approach to GPS will enable CEVA-X and MM2000 licensees to add GPS capability to their baseband and multimedia SoCs with ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2008Japan put into service Thursday its sixth destroyer equipped with the high-tech Aegis radar system, three weeks after an identical vessel rammed and sank a tuna boat killing two fishermen. The US-developed Aegis system can track incoming missiles by radar. It is seen as Japan's frontline defence against nuclear-armed North Korea. The 7,750-tonne destroyer Ashigara was handed over to the ... more CIA chief says China not acting as "responsible" major power 
Washington (AFP) March 13, 2008CIA chief Michael Hayden said in a report Thursday that China was not behaving like a responsible major power, accusing the Asian giant of pouring aid to South Pacific islands merely to win UN votes. Chinese communist leaders "have not yet stepped up to the responsibility of a major power" and so far have failed to understand "they actually have some responsibility for the maintenance of ... more Analysis: India looks to bolster CBI 
New Delhi, March 13, 2008An Indian parliamentary panel has asked the government to grant statutory powers to the Central Bureau of Investigation to directly look into crimes related to terrorist attacks and human trafficking. The panel, attached to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice under which the CBI, India's top investigating agency, falls, in its report submitted to Parliament ... more ESA Leads Endeavour To Save Earth Science Data 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 14, 2008The amount of information being generated about our planet is increasing at an exponential rate, but it must be easily accessible in order to apply it to the global needs relating to the state of the Earth. GENESI-DR (Ground European Network for Earth Science Interoperations - Digital Repositories), an ESA-led, European Commission-funded two-year project, is taking the lead in providing ... more Top Thai tsunami expert resigns over 'lack of support' 
Bangkok (AFP) March 13, 2008A top Thai meteorologist, tasked with issuing tsunami alerts to avoid a repeat of the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster, said Thursday he would quit, complaining of a lack of government support. Smith Dharmasaroja, the chief of the National Disaster Warning Centre, said he would tender his resignation to the science and technology minister. "We don't have enough support from the government," ... more
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