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4Frontiers Awarded Grant To Investigate Mars Greenhouse Materials
Tampa FL (SPX) Aug 06, 20084Frontiers Corporation, a NewSpace technology, entertainment and education company, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $25,000 research grant from the Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC), as part of the Florida Space Research and Education Grant Program. This grant will assist 4Frontiers in pursuing its technology roadmap for Mars settlement technologies. The project's ... more About Water On Mars, The Origins Of Life And The Future Of Earth 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 06, 2008"Martian water has been touched and tasted" by NASA's Phoenix lander spacecraft, which has identified water in a sample of soil collected from Mars. This will expand our so far fragmented and incomplete knowledge about the origins of the Solar System. It will also benefit evolutionary biologists looking for the origins of life. Currently they can study life on Earth, which is not enough ... more Iridium Selects Two Companies For NEXT Constellation 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 06, 2008Iridium Satellite has announced it has selected two companies - Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space - to participate in the final phase of its procurement process for the company's next-generation satellite constellation, "Iridium NEXT." Iridium chose Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space as a result of their initial, innovative constellation design concepts; demonstrated ... more LockMart SBIRS Team Completes Handover Of First HEO Payload To USAF 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2008Lockheed Martin has announced the successful on-orbit handover of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system to the U.S. Air Force in preparation for the start of certified operations later this year. SBIRS is designed to provide early warning of missile launches, and simultaneously support other missions including missile ... more Europe's Ariane rocket must develop or die: ex-CEO 
Paris (AFP) Aug 5, 2008Europe's Ariane rocket is headed for oblivion without new investment to equip it with a more powerful launcher, the honorary chairman and ex-CEO of Arianespace warned in an op-ed article Tuesday. "For the first time, Ariane is clearly at risk of decline through a lack of anticipation and strong will," Frederic d'Allest wrote in Le Monde's Wednesday edition. Allest was CEO of Arianespace ... more |
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St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 06, 2008Boeing has been awarded a $153.5 million U.S. Naval Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts. The contract is expected to run through 2010. The High Integrity GPS effort combines satellite signals from the Iridium Low Earth Orbit telecommunications system and GPS Mid Earth Orbit navigational satellites to enhance ... more Zoombak Introduces Mobile Location Requests 
New York NY (SPX) Aug 06, 2008Furthering its mission to keep people connected to the things that matter most, Zoombak has launched Mobile Location Request functionality for the company's full range of advanced A-GPS locators. With Mobile Location Requests, Zoombak users now have the freedom to find their Zoombak in real-time from any cell phone virtually anytime, anywhere. Users simply text "FIND" to ZMBAK (96225) and ... more Garmin And Harley-Davidson Team Up To Offer Road Tech Zumo 
Olathe KS (SPX) Aug 06, 2008Garmin International has announced the introduction of the Road Tech zumo, from Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Accessories. A customized version of Garmin's popular motorcycle-specific GPS device specially enhanced for Harley owners, the Road Tech zumo will be on display and available for sale beginning the week of Aug. 4 at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and around the world in ... more Dual Electronics Selects Tele Atlas To Power Navigation 
Lebanon NH (SPX) Aug 06, 2008Tele Atlas and Dual Electronics has announced that Tele Atlas' digital maps and content will power Dual's advanced in-vehicle navigation systems. Through the agreement, Dual's newest offering, the XDVDN8190 multimedia in-dash system, includes Tele Atlas' comprehensive digital maps and content to provide users with accurate, turn-by-turn navigation for the United States and Canada, as well ... more Orbital To Open Engineering And Technology Center In California 
Dulles VA (SPX) Aug 06, 2008Orbital Sciences is expanding its workforce in the Southern California area with the opening of a new engineering and technology center in the Fall of this year. In order to augment Orbital's launch vehicle and space systems engineering capabilities, the company is finalizing plans to establish a West Coast office to tap the wealth of aerospace engineering expertise in the Southern ... more |
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Seoul, Korea (SPX) Aug 06, 2008The satellite industry in the Asia-Pacific region is "on the move" with the increasing demand for High Definition Television (HDTV) broadcast and turnaround services, the opening of Direct-to-Home (DTH) markets in China and India, and with a number of broadband services via satellite significantly increasing in Asian countries and Australia. Experts from the international satellite ... more Martian Soil May Contain Toxic Compounds Harmful To Life 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 06, 2008Data gathered by NASA's Phoenix lander on Mars have revealed the red planet's soil could contain a toxic substance that would make it less likely that life formed there. Earlier NASA said Phoenix analyzers detected water in the soil, which suggested that Mars could have the conditions for life. However, if the presence of perchlorate were confirmed, the probability of detecting living ... more Germany denies Pentagon claim of seeking armed drones 
Berlin (AFP) Aug 5, 2008Germany on Tuesday denied a Pentagon report that its military was seeking to buy new armed drones that the United States recently began flying in Iraq and Afghanistan. "There are no plans to purchase a fighter drone for the Bundeswehr," a spokesman for the defence ministry in Berlin said. In notifications to Congress, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday that Germany ... more New AMRAAM Variant Destroys Target During Recent Test 
White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Aug 06, 2008A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter aircraft fired the newest variant of Raytheon's Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile May 22 as part of developmental testing. The AIM-120D AMRAAM passed well within lethal range of the QF-4 target drone. The missile destroyed the target and met all primary test objectives. "This test is another important milestone on the road to putting ... more Hiroshima A-bomb museum strives to keep memories alive 
Hiroshima, Japan (AFP) Aug 5, 2008Few visitors to Hiroshima's memorial museum linger long to look at the photos of scorched victims, a child's burnt lunchbox or the shadow of someone who was incinerated. Perhaps the images are too harrowing, or maybe they are just short of time. More than 50 years after it opened, curators of the museum are reviewing the exhibition to try to convey a stronger message and stop memories of ... more
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