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Multinational Agreement Signed To Carry Out Lunar Exploration
Silicon Valley CA (PTI) Jul 28, 2008India, along with seven other countries, has signed a landmark agreement with the United States to carry out lunar exploration. The agreement was signed at American space agency NASA's Ames Research Centre here this week and it would be formally announced on Tuesday. Apart from India, the countries which signed the pact with the US are Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and ... more Success Of The 1734th launch Of Soyuz 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 28, 2008The 1734th flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed Saturday, July 26, 2008 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia at 10:31 pm Moscow time (08:21 pm Paris time). Arianespace and its Russian partners report that the governmental spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit. This was the fifth Soyuz family mission in 2008. This mission was marked by the seamless use of ... more Harbinger To Provide SkyTerra And MSV With Financing 
Reston VA (SPX) Jul 28, 2008SkyTerra Communications and Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) have announced that the Harbinger Capital Partners Funds (Harbinger) has agreed to provide $500 million of debt financing to fund SkyTerra's business plan through the third quarter of 2010. In addition, SkyTerra and MSV have entered into a Master Contribution and Support Agreement with affiliates of Harbinger with respect to the ... more NASA And Internet Archive Launch Centralized Resource For Images 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 28, 2008NASA and Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco, made available the most comprehensive compilation ever of NASA's vast collection of photographs, historic film and video Thursday. The Internet site combines for the first time 21 major NASA imagery collections into a single, searchable online resource. A link to the Web site will appear on the NASA home page. ... more Hubble Finds Large Sample Of Very Distant Galaxies 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 28, 2008New Hubble Space Telescope observations of six spectacular galaxy clusters acting as gravitational lenses have given significant insights into the early stages of the Universe. Scientists have found the largest sample of very distant galaxies seen to date: ten promising candidates thought to lie at a distance of 13 billion light-years (about redshift 7.5). By using the gravitational ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Jul 28, 2008Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, and its remarkable acuity, astronomers were able for the first time to witness the appearance of a shell of dusty gas around a star that had just erupted, and follow its evolution for more than 100 days. This provides the astronomers with a new way to estimate the distance of this object and obtain invaluable information on the operating ... more The Quiet Explosion 
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 28, 2008A European-led team of astronomers are providing hints that a recent supernova may not be as normal as initially thought. Instead, the star that exploded is now understood to have collapsed into a black hole, producing a weak jet, typical of much more violent events, the so-called gamma-ray bursts. The object, SN 2008D, is thus probably among the weakest explosions that produce very fast ... more Garmin Introduces Ruggedised Multi-Mode nuvi 500 
Olathe KS (SPX) Jul 25, 2008Garmin International has announced a new series of personal navigators that combine cutting edge navigation features with outdoor recreation navigation capabilities. With one touch, the nuvi 500 transitions between driving, bicycling, boating or walking mode, while boasting sought-after features such as routing capabilities, improved mapping and water-proof hardware. "This multi-mode nuvi ... more New Trusted Everywhere Duracell Commercial Focuses On Child Safety 
Bethel CT (SPX) Jul 25, 2008Imagine a sunny day in the park with your two children. You turn to see why one of them is crying and when you turn back, your other child is gone, nowhere to be seen. Launching in July as the newest ad in its highly recognized "Trusted Everywhere" campaign series, Duracell announces its partnership with BrickHouse Security and its Child Locator, an innovative child tracking device, with a ... more Blue Ox Integrated Transportation Management System For Forestry 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2008Trimble has introduced the Blue Ox system, an integrated transportation management solution for forestry applications. Blue Ox integrates several mobile technologies with real-time data across the forestry supply chain. The system analyzes and processes the data to help timber companies, loggers and trucking firms increase the percentage of loaded miles, take advantage of more backhaul ... more |
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Santiago (AFP) July 25, 2008Chile has decided to buy a satellite for military and scientific purposes from France's EADS-Astrium group, the newspaper La Tercera reported Friday. Chile's Defense Ministry wants the 72-million-dollar satellite to monitor the country's borders and to help with natural disasters. Some 25 groups submitted bids for the deal, and the tender was won by the French aerospace and defense group ... more Boeing To Team With Raytheon On EP-X Aircraft Program 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 25, 2008Boeing has announced that Raytheon has joined its EP-X industry team. EP-X is a manned airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting aircraft that will replace the U.S. Navy's EP-3 signals intelligence (SIGINT) platform. Raytheon, also a member of Boeing's P-8A Poseidon industry team, will be responsible for EP-X sensor integration and multi-intelligence integration and ... more Analysis: Russia behind Georgia cyberwar? 
Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2008 The Web site of President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia was brought down this week by hackers apparently based in Russia, the latest in a string of cyberattacks directed against neighboring countries experiencing friction with the newly resurgent bear. The attack was monitored by several U.S. Internet watch operations, including the center run by the Department of Homeland Security kn ... more Russia launches military satellite: report 
Moscow (AFP) July 26, 2008Russia successfully launched Saturday a military satellite from its northwest Plessetsk cosmodrome, Interfax news agency reported. The Kosmos satellite, which has a seven-year lifespan and is equipped with Russia's latest space technology, was propelled into orbit by a Soyuz-2 rocket, spokesman Alexei Zolotukhin said. ... more The Indian Nuclear Tango Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 25, 2008 Considering the packed congressional schedule, U.S. legislators may not examine the U.S.-Indian agreement before the November presidential elections. The new White House could revise the agreement because of allegations the United States is giving too much to India and demanding too little in return. Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India is telling the national ... more
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