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India Shoots For The Moon In Asian Space Race Sriharikota, India (AFP) Oct 21, 2008 
India successfully launched its first lunar mission Wednesday, marking a major boost for the country's space programme and a new step in the fast-developing Asian space race. There were cheers in mission control as the unmanned lunar orbiting spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 was launched with an Indian-built rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on the southeastern coast. Officials said the lift-off, which took place in cloudy skies at 6:22 am (0052 GMT), was a "great success", with the rocket placing the craft into a transfer orbit around the globe within 19 minutes. ... read moreThrowing Light On The Dark Side Of The Universe 
Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Oct 22, 2008Although we may believe humans know a lot about the Universe, there are still a lot of phenomena to be explained. A team of cosmologists from the University of the Basque Country are searching for the model that best explains the evolution of the Universe. We usually have an image of scientists who study the Universe doing so peering through a telescope. And, effectively, this is what ... more |
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 SpaceX debris enters atmosphere over Poland: agency 
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Serendipitous Observations Reveal Rare Event In Life Of Distant Quasar
Gainesville FL (SPX) Oct 22, 2008A bit of serendipity has given astronomers a surprise view of a never-before-observed event in the birth of a galaxy. University of Florida and University of California-Santa Cruz astronomers are the first to discover the onset of a huge flow of gas from a quasar, or the super-bright core of an extremely remote young galaxy still being formed. The gas was expelled from the quasar and ... more STS-126 Mission Moves Forward 
Cape Canaverl FL (SPX) Oct 22, 2008The Space Shuttle Program's two-day Flight Readiness Review, or FRR, for Endeavour's STS-126 mission will wrap up Wednesday. From this week's FRR discussions, decisions about preparedness for launch will be taken to the agency-level Flight Readiness Review that will be held Oct. 30-31 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At that time the launch date will be set and shuttle processing ... more Russia To Decide On State Space Corporation In 2009 
Zheleznogorsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 22, 2008Russia may decide to create a state corporation for the rocket and space industry next year, a deputy prime minister said on Tuesday. Sergei Ivanov said that "all relevant departments have been instructed to develop this issue and present their well-considered proposals in 2009." Russian Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov said in turn that establishing a state corporation would help ... more  |
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Moore Foundation Awards RIT Award To Develop Noiseless Detector
Rochester NY (SPX) Oct 22, 2008The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation recently awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $2.8 million to design, develop and build a zero-noise detector for the future Thirty Meter Telescope. Expected to be operational in the next decade, the telescope's light-collecting power will be 10 times that of the largest telescopes now in operation. The detector's new sensing technology promises ... more STFC Tests Components For JWST 
London, UK (SPX) Oct 22, 2008The STFC Space Science and Technology Department (SSTD) has been awarded a BP 800 thousand contract to carry out environmental testing on a cryogenic harness for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - which will succeed the Hubble Space Telescope and explore the formation of the first stars and galaxies by looking at light from the early Universe. The telescope is a massive international ... more NASA Returns To The Moon With Instruments On Indian Spacecraft 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 22, 2008Two NASA instruments to map the lunar surface will launch on India's maiden moon voyage. The Moon Mineralogy Mapper will assess mineral resources, and the Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar, or Mini-SAR, will map the polar regions and look for ice deposits. The Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO, is scheduled to launch its robotic Chandrayaan-1 on Oct. 22 from Sriharikota, India. ... more Laser could aid search for life on Mars 
Idaho Falls, Idaho (UPI) Oct 21, 2008 U.S. government scientists say they've developed technology that enables a laser to detect minuscule traces of cells in a mineral likely present on Mars. Researchers said the instrument they created at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory could help scientists select martian surface samples with the most promise for yielding signs of life. The new laser blast ... more |
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