October 31, 2008 Space News from SpaceDaily.com SpaceDaily Advertising Kit
Perfect 10 Image From Repaired Hubble Telescope
Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 31, 2008
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business. Just a couple of days after the orbiting observatory was brought back online, Hubble aimed its prime working camera, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), at a particularly intriguing target, a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147. The image demonstrated that the camera is working exactly as it was before going ... read more

Searching For Primordial Antimatter
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 31, 2008
Scientists are on the hunt for evidence of antimatter - matter's arch nemesis - left over from the very early Universe. New results using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory suggest the search may have just become even more difficult. Antimatter is made up of elementary particles, each of which has the same mass as their corresponding matter ... more

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atrexx Targets The North African Oil And Gas Market
Remagen, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2008
atrexx has confirmed the conclusion of major contracts for the provision of satellite communications to European suppliers in the Libyan oil and gas industry. The dedicated, IP-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) will be used to provide communications to remote exploration sites and to drilling teams based in the region, which has experienced significant growth as a result of the lifting ... more

Phoenix Goes Quiet
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2008
NASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander, with its solar-electric power shrinking due to shorter daylight hours and a dust storm, did not respond to an orbiter's attempt to communicate with it Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Mission controllers judge the most likely situation to be that declining power has triggered a pre-set precautionary behavior of waking up for only about two hours per day to ... more

New ASTRA 1M Satellite Ready For Launch On 6 November
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 31, 2008
SES ASTRA has announced that its new ASTRA 1M satellite has been fully integrated into the fairing of the launch vehicle, a Proton Breeze M rocket, and is ready for launch on 6 November (local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The satellite built by EADS ASTRIUM on an Eurostar E3000 platform will be launched by International Launch Services (ILS) into SES ASTRA's prime ... more

Review Sets Nov 14 To Launch STS-126
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 31, 2008
Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch Nov. 14 at 7:55 p.m. EST after NASA officials conducted an exhaustive review of the shuttle, its payload and the International Space Station. The officials met Thursday during the Flight Readiness Review, a standard session that clears the way for the launch of a shuttle mission. Agency officials evaluated the processing of Endeavour and its ... more



SOLAR DAILY
Machine Learning Enhances Solar Power Forecast Accuracy
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2025
As solar power becomes a more significant component of the global energy grid, improving the accuracy of photovoltaic (PV) generation forecasts is crucial for balancing supply and demand. A recent s ... more
The next-generation solar cell is fully recyclable
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2025
Researchers at Linkoping University have developed a groundbreaking method for recycling all components of a perovskite solar cell without the use of hazardous solvents. The process ensures that rec ... more
China to further shrink renewables subsidies in market reform push
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 9, 2025
China's top economic planner said on Sunday it would reduce some renewable energy subsidies in reforms intended to open the booming sector to market forces. ... more


ENERGY TECH
France sets new plasma record in hunt for nuclear fusion
Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2025
French scientists on Tuesday announced that they had reached a "crucial milestone" in the long road towards nuclear fusion by managing to maintain raging-hot plasma for a record 22 minutes. ... more
NRL's Mercury Pulsed Power Facility Celebrates 20 Years of Research Excellence
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2025
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is celebrating two decades of groundbreaking research at its Mercury Pulsed Power Facility, a premier platform that continues to drive progress in flash x-ra ... more
Toward sustainable computing: Energy-efficient memory innovation
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2025
How much energy is consumed each time we upload an image to social media, which relies on data centers and cloud storage? Data centers currently account for about one percent of global energy consum ... more
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    solarscience:
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    gamma:
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    industry:
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  • NASA, South Korea sign mutual statement
    Washington (UPI) Oct 30, 2008
    U.S. space agency and South Korean government officials say they've signed a statement of intent to cooperate in civil aerospace activities. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the agreement was signed Thursday in Seoul by the Director General of the South Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Munki Lee and NASA Assistant Administrator for External ... more

    NASA Managers Delay Hubble Servicing Mission
    Washington DC (SPX) Oct 31, 2008
    NASA managers have announced that they will not meet a February 2009 launch date for the fifth and final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The decision comes after engineers completed assessments of the work needed to get a second data handling unit for the telescope ready to fly. The unit will replace one that failed on Hubble in late September, causing the agency to postpone ... more

    NASA Ames Collaborates To Develop Robotic Lunar Lander
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2008
    NASA Ames Research Center is collaborating with a commercial partner to develop a lunar lander for future low-cost missions to the moon. Under the terms of a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement with Odyssey Moon Ventures LLC, Henderson, Nev., NASA Ames will share its small spacecraft technical data and expertise with the company. In return, Odyssey Moon Ventures will reimburse NASA Ames for ... more

     
    MISSILE DEFENSE
    Canada willing to join US 'Iron Dome' missile shield: minister
    Ottawa (AFP) Feb 6, 2025
    Canada is prepared to join US President Donald Trump's proposed development of an "Iron Dome" missile defense shield, Defense Minister Bill Blair said Thursday. ... more
    Russia slams Trump plan for 'Star Wars' missile shield
    Moscow (AFP) Jan 31, 2025
    Russia on Friday criticised President Donald Trump's plan to build a "Star Wars"-like missile shield for the United States, saying it risked turning space into an arena of "confrontation". ... more
    Teledyne Brown Engineering Completes Successful Launch of Black Dagger Zombie Target Missile
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
    Teledyne Brown Engineering, under the direction of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) Technical Center's Targets Division at Redstone Arsenal, achieved a significant milestone ... more

    CIVIL NUCLEAR
    India PM Modi ends foreign tour with nuclear deals in pipeline
    New Delhi (AFP) Feb 14, 2025
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a whistle-stop diplomatic tour Friday having secured significant pledges of support from Washington and Paris to help step up his country's nuclear energy programme. ... more
    Kazakhstan inks first deal to supply uranium to Switzerland
    Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Feb 17, 2025
    Switzerland struck a deal with Kazakhstan to buy uranium directly from the world's largest producer for the first time as Bern seeks to relaunch its nuclear power industry, Kazakhstan's national uranium mining firm said on Monday. ... more
    GE Vernova advances UK SMR development with new supplier agreements
    London, UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2025
    GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has taken a significant step forward in its efforts to deploy Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in the UK. The company has signed new Memo ... more

    DISASTER MANAGEMENT
    Israel defence minister announces agency for 'voluntary departure' of Gazans
    Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 17, 2025
    Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said Monday that a special agency would be established for the "voluntary departure" of Gazans, after Israel expressed commitment to a US proposal to take over the Palestinian territory and expel its residents. ... more
    Zelensky: Russian drone strike damages Chernobyl power plant
    Washington DC (UPI) Feb 14, 2025
    A Russian attack drone struck the shelter surrounding the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said early Friday. ... more
    TEPCO takes on challenge of making space for Fukushima nuclear debris
    Fukushima, Japan (AFP) Feb 15, 2025
    Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tonnes of nuclear debris, 14 years after the facility was hit by a devastating tsunami. ... more
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  • USAF Tests Battlespace Information Solution On AC-130 Gunship
  • Russian navy to hold exercises in Mediterranean: report
  • New US president to maintain nuclear talks with NKorea
  • Climate: Britain's Royal Society to examine geo-engineering ideas
  • Scientists work on extended Arctic history
  • Study Helps Clarify Role Of Soil Microbes In Global Warming
  • A Glacier's Life
  • Ancient Bone Tool Sheds Light On Prehistoric Midwest

  • Canada to seek continent-wide approach to climate change
  • Car-crazy Germany plans tax relief for 'green' automobiles
  • Endeavour Nears Launch Pad 39A
  • Expedition 17 Set To Undock Today
  • Phoenix Enters Safe Mode
  • Venezuela launches first satellite with Chinese technology
  • The Great Cosmic Challenge
  • LM Receives Contract For USAF Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness Program

  • India Poised To Be Major Player In Satellite Manufacturing
  • Strange Martian Landforms Are Paleo Climate Clues
  • MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory On Mercury
  • Do We Need Oil From Outer Space
  • Cassini's Imaging Trick Yields Halloween Treats From Enceladus
  • Harris' OS/COMET Product Chosen For Constellation Launch Control Program
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