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More EU states eyeing ESA
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) July 22, 2008Four countries that joined the European Union (EU) in 2004 are knocking on the door of the European Space Agency (ESA), French Research Minister Valerie Pecresse said here on Tuesday. "A certain number of states have started to seriously contemplate joining the European Space Agency," Pecresse told reporters after an informal meeting here of EU ministers responsible for space. ... more Northrop Grumman's GPS OCX Team Completes CMMI Appraisal Method 
Reston VA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008The Northrop Grumman Global Positioning System Next Generation Ground Control Segment (GPS OCX) team recently completed the Standard Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) software assessment, passing another significant milestone for the multi-billion dollar program and continuing Northrop Grumman's enterprise-wide audit successes. ... more European Satellite Navigation Competition 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 22, 2008For the first time ESA is offering an Innovation Prize as part of this year's European Satellite Navigation Competition. ESA has already been supporting this competition through its Technology Transfer Programme Office since the start four years ago. The aim is to find new ideas for the commercial use of global satellite navigation systems, and to kick off new businesses in this area in ... more u-blox GPS Chosen For NY Yellow Cab Passenger Information Monitoring 
Thalwil, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Mobile Knowledge has chosen a dead reckoning GPS module developed by u-blox, the leading Swiss GPS technology provider, for a cutting edge Passenger Information Monitor and Point of Sale system being used by New York City's Yellow Taxi fleet. The Mobile Knowledge Passenger Information Monitor (PIM) is the most widely deployed passenger facing, in-taxi information, entertainment and point ... more SouthernLINC Wireless Expands Availability Of TeleNav Track 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008SouthernLINC Wireless has announced that award-winning mobile resource management service TeleNav Track is now available to all business and public sector customers throughout the entire SouthernLINC Wireless Regional Calling Area. Using GPS-enabled wireless devices, TeleNav Track enables organizations to optimize mobile workforce operations through wireless forms and timesheets, job ... more |
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Chofu, Japan (UPI) Jul 20, 2008 NASA officials have begun negotiations to purchase a transfer spacecraft from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, a Japanese newspaper reports. The Yomiuri Shimbun said Sunday the U.S. space agency wants to buy several H-2 Transfer Vehicles, a series of unmanned cargo craft, from its Japanese counterpart to eventually replace its own shuttle model. The current model of ... more XMM-Newton Discovery Of Nova V598 Pup 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 22, 2008On 9 October 2007 XMM-Newton discovered a new bright X-ray source as it slewed across the sky. Follow-up optical observations from ground identified the counterpart to be a nova, V598 Pup. The transient X-ray source was detected as part of the XMM-Newton Slew Survey. Data are recorded by the EPIC pn camera as the observatory slews between targeted observations. Comparing the slew data with ... more UH Astronomy Team Use Gravitational Lensing To Weigh 70 Galaxies 
Honolulu HI (SPX) Jul 22, 2008An international team of astronomers, including Dr. Adam S. Bolton of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy, has recently announced a finding that helps to settle a long-standing debate over the relationship between mass (the amount of matter) and luminosity (brightness) in galaxies. The team achieved this result by compiling the largest-ever single collection of "gravitational ... more Spitzer Reveals No Organics Zone Around Pinwheel Galaxy 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008The Pinwheel galaxy is gussied up in infrared light in a new picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The fluffy-looking galaxy, officially named Messier 101, is dominated by a mishmash of spiral arms. In Spitzer's new view, in which infrared light is color coded, the galaxy sports a swirling blue center and a unique, coral-red outer ring. A new paper appearing July 20 in the ... more Senators Urge FCC Not To Shut Down Satellite Communications For Navajo 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. has expressed gratitude to US Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico for their strong support for maintaining vital satellite communication services for the Navajo people, currently threatened with a July 22 shutdown unless the federal government steps in. "This shut off will affect the entire Nation including seven public safety ... more |
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Columbus, Ohio (UPI) Jul 19, 2008 An Ohio State University Medical Center project contracted by NASA used cadavers to create technology for the Orion shuttle, space agency officials say. Dustin Gohmert, who designs seats for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said three human bodies were used to develop special suits and landing systems for the NASA spacecraft, the Houston Chronicle reported Saturday. ... more IAU0806: Fourth Dwarf Planet Named Makemake 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Members of the International Astronomical Union's Committee on Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN) and the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) have decided to name the newest member of the plutoid family Makemake, and have classified it as the fourth dwarf planet in our Solar System and the third plutoid. Makemake (pronounced MAH-keh MAH-keh) is one of the largest ... more NASA Studies Earth's High Arctic For Evidence Of Life On Early Mars 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Later this month, NASA's Spaceward Bound program will send a team of scientists and teachers to explore the permanently frozen landscape of Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian high Arctic. During the July 25 to Aug. 2, 2008, expedition, scientists will challenge their minds in an extreme polar research environment as they map icy structures and study microbes that live in the permafrost. ... more Shenzhou's Unsuitable Dilemma 
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Just when we thought that the plans for Shenzhou 7 were clearly defined, reportage in the Chinese media has complicated the situation. To be sure, the mission will still launch in October 2008 with three astronauts on board, and the first Chinese spacewalk will be conducted. But questions are again being raised about the spacesuits to be worn on the flight. This subject seemed to be neatly ... more Russia mulls regular bomber flights to Cuba: report 
Moscow (AFP) July 21, 2008Russia may start regular flights by long-range bombers to Cuba in response to US plans to build missile defence sites in Eastern Europe, the newspaper Izvestia reported Monday, quoting an official. "Such discussions exist," the unidentified senior Russian air force official was quoted as saying, adding that the measure would be a response to the United States "deploying missile defence systems ... more
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