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China manned space flight set for October: state media
Beijing (AFP) June 12, 2008The launch of China's third manned space flight, the Shenzhou VII, with a crew of three "taikonauts" has been set for October, state media reported Thursday. A short-list of six "taikonauts" or astronauts had already been selected for the flight and would be whittled down to a crew of three before the October launch, Xinhua news agency said, citing a spokesman for the mission. "One member ... more After whole lotta shakin', Mars probe ready to bake 
Washington (AFP) June 11, 2008Scientists were all smiles Wednesday after samples of Martian arctic soil finally dropped into the Phoenix lander's oven instrument, putting the search for signs of past life on Mars back on track. The probe's robotic arm had dumped arctic dirt into one of its eight Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) last Friday, but only a few particles from the clumpy soil in Mars's far north made it ... more Outside View: GLONASS plans -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 12, 2008 Russia's space industry is displaying the capacity to maintain and even increase its current leading role in global satellite launches. For the past three years - 2005, 2006 and 2007 - Russia has led the world in its number of space launches. In 2007 it launched 26 rockets with satellite payloads, comprising 398 percent of the global total. Dismissing possible miscalculations a ... more Stripped of planet status, Pluto saves face 
Paris (AFP) June 12, 2008Two years after Pluto was struck from the planetary A-list and downgraded to "dwarf-planet" status, the ninth rock from the Sun regained some dignity Thursday by lending its name to a new category of celestial bodies. In a revised taxonomy of the mainly lifeless objects circling the Sun, those fulfilling all the criteria of planets except one - the ability to "clear the neighborhood" around ... more Vizada To Offer Iridium OpenPort Service Worldwide 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 13, 2008Vizada has entered into an agreement to become a global distribution partner for the Iridium OpenPort service. Vizada will combine the Iridium OpenPort service with the Vizada Solutions portfolio, providing one of the most comprehensive communications solutions available to the maritime community. With an always-on, standard Ethernet connection and three voice lines that can be used simult ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 13, 2008Russia is set to launch its first weather satellite, Meteor-M1, in the fourth quarter of 2008, the satellite's manufacturer said on Wednesday. Russia currently has no weather satellites and gets its information from foreign sources. The Russian state research and development company VNIIEM said its specialists had assembled the satellite and launched "the final stage of complex tests ... more NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Delivers Soil Sample To Microscope 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 13, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander sprinkled a spoonful of Martian soil Wednesday onto the sample wheel of the spacecraft's robotic microscope station, images received early Thursday confirmed. "It looks like a light dusting and that's just what we wanted. The Robotic Arm team did a great job," said Michael Hecht of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. He is the lead scientist for th ... more NASA Finds New Type Of Comet Dust Mineral 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 13, 2008NASA researchers and scientists from the United States, Germany and Japan have found a new mineral in material that likely came from a comet. The mineral, a manganese silicide named Brownleeite, was discovered within an interplanetary dust particle, or IDP, that appears to have originated from comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup. The comet originally was discovered in 1902 and reappears every 5 years ... more NASA Completes Review Milestone For Ares I First Stage 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 13, 2008NASA has completed the preliminary design review for the first stage of the Ares I rocket -- giving overall approval for the agency's technical design approach. This review brings NASA one step closer to developing a new mode of space transportation for astronauts to explore the moon, Mars and beyond. "We have been working a very aggressive plan for over two years and making great progress ... more Microsoft Surface computers hit Las Vegas party scene 
San Francisco (AFP) June 11, 2008Microsoft's touch-screen Surface computers debuted in a Las Vegas casino bar on Wednesday, giving Sin City partiers high-tech tools for flirting and concocting cocktails. Harrah's Entertainment Inc. became the second business, behind telecom giant AT&T, to deploy Microsoft's computer technology which essentially turns table tops into touch-controlled computer displays. Harrah's said it ... more |
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La Jolla CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2008Blue Sky Network has announced the D411, its simplest and most affordable satellite fleet tracking solution for vehicles. Designed for fleets operating in remote areas with unreliable cellular coverage, the Iridium-based D411 ensures reliable messaging and allows fleet managers to always know the exact location of their fleet. Integrated with Blue Sky Network's SkyRouter Web portal ... more Digital Angel's SARBE Unit Receives Orders From Malaysian Air Force And Navy 
St. Paul MN (SPX) Jun 12, 2008Digital Angel has announced that its SARBE division has concluded negotiations for the supply of equipment with a combined value of approximately US$2.7 million to the Malaysian Armed Forces. Delivery of all equipment is due by the end of Q2 '09. The Company will supply its high-performance SARBE G2R Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) along with associated spares, support equipment and training ... more Northrop Grumman Supplies Navigation Systems For Offshore Supply Vessels 
London, UK (SPX) Jun 12, 2008Northrop Grumman has won orders to supply electronic navigation systems for four new offshore supply vessels to be built in Brazil. The contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit. The Sperry Marine navigation package includes radars, autopilot, speed and heading sensors, and other equipment. Vision Marine Ltda, Sperry Marine's sales and service ... more Tele Atlas Launches MultiNav Digital Map Database With Extensive Global Coverage 
Miami (SPX) Jun 12, 2008Tele Atlas has unveiled Tele Atlas MultiNav, the company's newest digital map platform that is designed to allow navigation application developers even greater speed and flexibility for building next generation mapping applications. MultiNav features all of the benefits of Tele Atlas' rich digital map database, delivered with a smaller data footprint to help decrease time-to-market, enable ... more Raytheon Delivers 1,000th Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile To US Navy 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 13, 2008Raytheon achieved a significant production milestone with the delivery of the 1,000th Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile to the U.S. Navy. "Tomahawk Block IV provides the Navy with an array of enhanced capabilities to support land-based operations in the global war on terror and across the spectrum of warfare," said Capt. Rick McQueen, the U.S. Navy's program manager for the Tomahawk weapon ... more
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