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Herschel Undergoes Acoustic And Vibration Tests
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 01, 2008The Herschel spacecraft is now undergoing a series of mechanical tests at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC. The tests are carried out to ensure that the spacecraft can withstand the acoustic and vibration loads that it will encounter during launch. The vibration tests were started on Friday, 20 June and will be completed next week. In the video, taken on 23 June ... more Swedish And Swiss High Tech On A Long Duration Balloon Flight Over The Atlantic 
Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Jul 01, 2008At 7:07 local time on Saturday (28 June) a large balloon-borne experiment called MEAP(1) took off from SSC:s launch facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. The aim of the flight is to perform tests of new techniques connected to the flight itself and to the new mass spectrometer planned to be used in the future on space flights to other planets. The gondola was lifted by a large ... more Payload Integration Complete For Arianespace's Fourth Mission Of 2008 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 01, 2008The Ariane 5 ECA for this Friday's heavy-lift mission is now complete following the installation of its upper payload passenger, the ProtoStar I satellite. ProtoStar I, which is encapsulated in the launch vehicle's ogive-shaped protective fairing, was lowered into place over the BADR-6 spacecraft, completing the payload "stack" atop Ariane 5's cryogenic core stage. This integration ... more NASTAR Center Celebrates Launching Private Space Travelers And Adventure Seekers Into Space 
Southampton PA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008Environmental Tectonics' National Aerospace Research and Training (NASTAR) Center has announced that it had completed the world's first commercially available Sub-Orbital Space Flight Training Program on Saturday, June 21, 2008. Several participants from across the globe signed up for the thrilling, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience all phases of a blast off into Space. ... more Astronomers Re-Date Caesar's Invasion Of Britain 
San Marcos TX (SPX) Jul 01, 2008Researchers from Texas State University have revised the date when Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 BC, a transformational event in world history. Despite what most history books state, Caesar could not have landed on August 26-27. "The English Channel was flowing the wrong way," says team leader Donald W. Olson, a tide expert. He and fellow professor Russell Doescher, aided by ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 30, 2008"Hold your hands out to the sun. What do you feel? Heat, of course. But there's pressure as well - though you've never noticed it, because it's so tiny. Over the area of your hands, it only comes to about a millionth of an ounce. "But out in space, even a pressure as small as that can be important - for it's acting all the time, hour after hour, day after day. Unlike rocket fuel, it's free ... more Phoenix Scrapes To Icy Soil In Wonderland 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 30, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scraped to icy soil in the "Wonderland" area on Thursday, June 26, confirming that surface soil, subsurface soil and icy soil can be sampled at a single trench. Phoenix scientists are now assured they have a complete soil-layer profile in Wonderland's "Snow White" extended trench. By rasping to icy soil, the robotic arm on Phoenix proved it could flatten ... more Skyhook Wireless Announces XPS 2.0 - Most Advanced Hybrid Positioning System 
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008Skyhook Wireless has announced the availability of XPS 2.0, a next-generation hybrid positioning system that combines signals from Wi-Fi access points, GPS satellites and cell towers to deliver the quickest, most precise and most consistent overall location for mass market handsets. Device makers can now deliver consumer grade location that works in all environments quickly and consistently. ... more Garmin Completes Acquisition Of Distributor In Finland 
Cayman Islands (SPX) Jul 01, 2008Garmin has announced that it has completed the acquisition of NavCor Oy, the distributor of Garmin's automotive, outdoor recreation, fitness and marine products in Finland. The company will be renamed Garmin Suomi Oy and will retain its management, sales, marketing and supporting staff, and will continue operations at its current headquarters and warehouse facility located in Lohja, Finland ... more Google Signs Five Year Map Agreement With Tele Atlas 
Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (SPX) Jul 01, 2008Tele Atlas has announced that Google, a top web property in all major global markets, has signed a long term license agreement with the company that gives Google access to Tele Atlas maps and dynamic content in more than 200 countries around the world. The agreement spans Google's current and future map-based services and navigation offerings across mobile, online and desktop environments. ... more |
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Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon performed successfully in the latest integrated flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency and THAAD prime contractor, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii June 25. The test marked a significant "first" for the THAAD program: the intercept of a "mid-endoatmospheric" ... more Walker's World: The new era of state rules 
Oxford, England (UPI) Jun 30, 2008 The headlines around next week's Group of Eight summit meeting in Japan will focus on North Korea and Iran, on poverty and climate change. But the background music, which began swelling at last month's meeting of G8 finance ministers, is signaling the coming of something far more profound: the end of the 30-year era of free trade and free markets. Charlie McCreevy, the European Union's ... more US Navy Conducts First Test Of Raytheon's Standard Missile 6 
White Sands NM (SPX) Jul 01, 2008The U.S. Navy successfully conducted the first test of the Standard Missile 6 extended range anti-air warfare missile produced by Raytheon. The missile, launched from the Navy's Desert Ship at the White Sands Missile Range, successfully intercepted a BQM-74 aerial drone using the newly developed SM-6 active seeker. The active seeker autonomously acquired and engaged the target using the ... more Russian Military Strength To Drop To One Million By 2013 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 01, 2008The Russian armed forces will be slimmed down to 1 million personnel by 2013, three years earlier than previously planned, the defense minister said Monday. "We plan to do this by 2013," Anatoly Serdyukov said after meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev. He said that under the previously approved plan, the troop numbers were to have gone down to 1,100,000 personnel by 2011 and to ... more Raytheon Participates In Key Satellite Payload Trade Study 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008Raytheon has successfully completed a key satellite payload trade study with Northrop Grumman, the prime contractor for the Space Tracking and Surveillance System. Results of the study may be used to enhance the performance of follow-on satellites, improving their capacity to provide timely midcourse tracking data and report missile attacks. The Missile Defense Agency plans to develop ... more
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