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NASA's Messenger Spacecraft Returns To Mercury Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 
A NASA spacecraft will conduct the second of three flybys of Mercury on Oct. 6 to photograph most of its remaining unseen surface and collect science data. The Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging, or MESSENGER, spacecraft will pass 125 miles above the planet's cratered surface, taking more than 1200 pictures. The flyby also will provide a critical gravity assist ... read moreActel Adds DSP Capabilities To Industry-Leading RTAX Space FPGAs 
Mountain View CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2008Acknowledging the increasing need for signal processing throughput without sacrificing reliability or radiation capabilities, Actel has announced it has added sophisticated digital signal processing (DSP) capabilities to its industry-leading, radiation-tolerant FPGA technology for space-flight applications. The RTAX-DSP family uniquely combines Actel's successful radiation-tolerant RTAX-S ... more |
UN warns nations at climate science meeting 'time is not on our side'
Nations at odds over major UN climate science report US pipeline case heads to court in high-stakes free speech fight Cuba opens solar park hoping to stave off blackouts Pre-vote fears for Germany's bumpy green energy shift Trump aid cut imperils water scheme in scorching Pakistan city Trump aid cut imperils water scheme in Pakistan's hottest city Musk in X spat with Danish astronaut over 'abandoned' ISS crew Odds plummet that asteroid will hit Earth in 2032 Australia seeks to turn failing steel plant into 'green' hub 
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Weighing Up The Biggest Star Of The Galaxy
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Oct 02, 2008Theoretical models of stellar formation propose the existence of very massive stars that can attain up to 150 times the mass of our Sun. Until very recently, however, no scientist had discovered a star of more than 83 solar masses. Now an international team of astrophysicists, led by Universite de Montreal researchers from the Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Quebec (CRAQ), has ... more Magnetic Hunger Could Drive Space Travelers Insane 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 02, 2008The absence of Earth's magnetic field could lead to astronauts developing mental disorders during interplanetary flights, particularly expeditions to Mars, Russian scientists said. Researchers from the Biology and Biophysics Research Institute at Tomsk State University and the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute for Biomedical Problems have conducted a number of experiments to study ... more Russia Launches Thai Satellite On Converted Missile 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 02, 2008Russia launched a converted intercontinental ballistic missile from a rocket launch site the south Urals to put a Thai earth observation satellite into orbit on Wednesday, the Strategic Missile Forces said. "The launch of the RS-20B intercontinental ballistic missile was made at 10:37 a.m. Moscow time [06:37 GMT]," spokesman Colonel Alexander Vovk said. A representative of the ... more  |
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Researchers And Students To Develop Small Cubesat Satellites
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Oct 02, 2008A satellite about the size of a loaf of bread will be designed and built at the University of Michigan and deployed to study space weather, thanks to a new grant from the National Science Foundation. Undergraduate and graduate students will be heavily involved in this Radio Aurora Explorer (RAX) project, led by the University of Michigan and SRI International, a California-based independent ... more Boeing Receives ISS Contract Extension 
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 02, 2008Boeing has been awarded a $650 million sole-source contract from NASA to continue to deliver and integrate the remaining components and software for the International Space Station (ISS). During the 24-month contract period that continues to Sept. 30, 2010, Boeing expects to apply additional resources to supporting NASA on ISS operations and sustainment as the assembly missions are ... more NASA And Air Force Work To Establish Hypersonic Science Centers 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2008NASA and the United States Air Force are looking for university and industry partners as they work to advance hypersonic research. NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington and the Air Force Research Laboratory's Office of Science Research at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, have released a broad agency announcement describing their intent to establish ... more SES ASTRA Launches ASTRA2Connect In Spain 
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 02, 2008SES ASTRA has announced that it has signed, through its affiliate ASTRA Broadband Services (ABBS), a framework contract with the Spanish cable operator TeleCable to market its satellite based two-way broadband service ASTRA2Connect in Asturias, a Northern region of Spain. The commercial roll-out to end-users will start in the first half of October. TeleCable will extend the distribution of ... more |
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