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Boomerang works in space: Japanese astronaut
Tokyo (AFP) March 21, 2008In an unprecedented experiment, a Japanese astronaut has thrown a boomerang in space and confirmed it flies back much like on Earth. Astronaut Takao Doi "threw a boomerang and saw it come back" during his free time on March 18 at the International Space Station, a spokeswoman at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said on Friday. Doi threw the boomerang after a request from compatriot ... more Spacewalkers test new shuttle repair techniques 
Washington (AFP) March 21, 2008Two astronauts returned from the void Friday after a spacewalk to test new repair techniques for the space shuttle's heat shield, crucial for a new mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman, who arrived at the International Space Station aboard the shuttle Endeavour last week, spent six hours and 24 minutes outside the ISS working on ... more Iridium Satellite Selects Three Finalists To Design And Develop Iridium NEXT 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Iridium Satellite is pleased to announce it has reached agreement with three companies to enter into the concept development phase in its design and development procurement process for "NEXT," the company's next-generation satellite constellation. Over the next five months, Lockheed Martin, Space Systems Loral and Thales Alenia Space will develop design concepts, review critical engineering ... more UM-Led Team Finds Oldest Known Asteroids 
College Park MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2008Using visible and infrared data collected from telescopes on Hawaii's Mauna Kea, a team of scientists, led by the University of Maryland's Jessica Sunshine, have identified three asteroids that appear to be among our Solar System's oldest objects. Evidence indicates that these ancient asteroids are relatively unchanged since they formed some 4.55 billion years ago and are older than the ... more Starsem Readies Launch Of Second European Navigation Satellite 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Mar 22. 2008Preparations for Starsem's upcoming mission are in full swing at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the European-built GIOVE-B navigation satellite payload now undergoing checkout, and the Soyuz launch vehicle advancing through the integration process. GIOVE-B was delivered to the launch site on March 13 along with its ground support equipment, arriving aboard an Antonov An-124 cargo ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2008NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings made using radar measurements of Titan's rotation will appear in the March 21 issue of the journal Science. "With its organic dunes, lakes, channels and mountains, Titan has one of the most varied, active and Earth-like surfaces in ... more Satellite Detects Record Gamma Ray Burst Explosion Halfway Across Universe 
Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Mar 20, 2008A powerful stellar explosion detected March 19 by NASA's Swift satellite has shattered the record for the most distant object that could be seen with the naked eye. The explosion was a gamma ray burst. Most gamma ray bursts occur when massive stars run out of nuclear fuel. Their cores collapse to form black holes or neutron stars, releasing an intense burst of high-energy gamma rays and ... more Mars Salt Deposits Point To New Place In Hunt For Ancient Traces Of Life 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Scientists using a Mars-orbiting camera designed and operated at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility have discovered the first evidence for deposits of chloride minerals - salts - in numerous places on Mars. These deposits, say the scientists, show where water was once abundant and may also provide evidence for the existence of former Martian life. ... more A Billion GPS Chips Expected To Ship In 2013 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Satellite-based navigation is a very popular technology with consumers, and the upsurge in purchases of GPS (Global Positioning System) devices is fuelling a similar growth in the market for GPS receiver chipsets. A new study from ABI Research forecasts GPS IC shipments to reach one billion annually in 2013. Average Selling Prices (ASPs) will continue to fall, but the effect on vendors' revenue ... more MapQuest And INRIX Collaborate To Deliver Traffic-Enabled Navigation Solutions 
Kirkland WA (SPX) Mar 20, 2008MapQuest and INRIX have announced a collaboration that will allow consumers and businesses to access the full breadth of INRIX traffic information across multiple MapQuest business units including MapQuest.com, MapQuest Wireless, and MapQuest Platform Services. MapQuest has integrated INRIX's real-time traffic speed and incident information on the leading mapping site in the U.S., MapQuest.com. ... more |
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Paris (AFP) March 22, 2008US Internet giant Yahoo! denied Saturday posting on its websites pictures of 19 people wanted by the Chinese authorities for protesting in the Tibetan capital Lhasa. "Contrary to media reports, Yahoo! Inc. is not displaying images on its web sites of individuals wanted by Chinese authorities in connection with the recent unrest in Tibet," it said in a statement sent to AFP in Paris. ... more India Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile 
New Delhi (AFP) March 23, 2008India on Sunday test fired a medium-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile capable of hitting most targets in neighbouring Pakistan, a defence official said. The Agni-1 missile, which has a range of more than 700 kilometres (430 miles), was fired at 10:15 am (0445 GMT) from an island off the coast of the eastern state of Orissa, the official said. "The user trial of the missile passed ... more France to reduce nuclear arsenal, warns of Iran danger 
Cherbourg, France (AFP) March 21, 2008President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled a cut in France's nuclear arsenal on Friday but warned most of the weapons will remain as "life-insurance" against new threats from states such as Iran. "Countries in Asia and the Middle East are rapidly developing ballistic capacities," he said, in a defence policy speech to mark the launch of a new-generation nuclear submarine named "The Terrible". ... more Russia obtained US guarantees on missile shield: Lavrov 
Moscow (AFP) March 20, 2008The United States gave Moscow guarantees that its proposed anti-missile shield "will be not directed" against Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday in a first sign of progress in very hard negotiations between the two countries. "The Americans are ready to provide us with a series of measures to give us confidence and reassure us that this system is not directed agains ... more Software protects against cyberattacks 
Fairfax, Va. (UPI) Mar 19, 2008 U.S. computer scientists have developed software that protects against cyberattacks by identifying vulnerable paths through an organization's networks. Researchers at George Mason University's Center for Secure Information Systems said networks are highly interdependent and each machine's overall susceptibility to attack depends on the vulnerabilities of the other machines in the networ ... more
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