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Shuttle Repair Mission To Hubble Delayed Indefinitely Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2008 
US space agency NASA said Thursday it had indefinitely delayed a February shuttle mission to repair the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, which was back in business after a four-week break to fix transmission problems. NASA also announced the next shuttle launch for November 14, when an Endeavour mission will deliver more equipment to the ISS ... read moreSatellite Capacity Shortages Confirmed In Middle East And North Africa 
Toulouse, France (SPX) Nov 03, 2008Euroconsult and The London Satellite Exchange have announce that fill rates remain extremely high, providing a degree of protection from the economic downturn, in particular in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) where capacity shortages are currently readily apparent. In a joint report the companies have outlined and analyzed the results of a campaign to measure Ku-band satellite tran ... more |
First US 'refugee scientists' to arrive in France in weeks: university
US says China satellite company aiding attacks by Yemen's Huthis US halts Equinor's huge New York offshore wind project Where are all the aliens?: Fermi's Paradox explained Vietnam ups wind, solar targets as energy demand soars US halts Equinor's wind farm construction off New York Strongest 'hints' yet of life detected on distant planet Germany sees 'worrying' record dry spell in early 2025 Australian PM vows not to bow to Trump on national interest US firm pushes for deep-sea mining off Pacific island 
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Technical Issues, More Tests Delay Tactical Satellite-3's Liftoff
Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 03, 2008The timeless saying every gray cloud has a silver lining aptly fits the Tactical Satellite-3 program during the past 60 days. Initially scheduled to launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Va., in October, TacSat-3's liftoff is now scheduled for January 2009 after the project team discovered, and then fixed, problems with the spacecraft's Star Tracker apparatus. ... more The Historic Beginnings Of The Space Arms Race 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008On November 1, 1963, the Polyot-1 spacecraft, the first satellite capable of maneuvering in orbit, was launched from the Tyura-Tam firing range, now called the Baikonur Space Center, in Kazakhstan. Polyot-1, which was also capable of changing its altitude and orbital inclination, was, in fact, a prototype anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) system called Istrebitel Sputnikov (interceptor of satellites) ... more Two US astronauts to cast votes from space 
Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2008Two US astronauts who are soaring in orbit hundreds of kilometers from Earth will be able to vote in the US election on November 4, the US space agency NASA said. Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff, who are working aboard the International Space Station, are to vote by secure electronic ballot uplinked by Johnson Space Center in Houston, according to NASA. ... more Russia Starts Preparations To Launch US Telecoms Satellite 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008Russian space technicians have started preparations for the launch of a Zenit carrier rocket with a U.S. Telstar telecom satellite on board, Russia's space agency said on Friday. A Zenith-3SLB carrier rocket equipped with a DM-SLB booster is scheduled to lift off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at the end of December. "A preliminary assessment of the launch facilities at ... more |
  
Government urged to address disparity in access to green techLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 A new report from the University of Sheffield, produced in collaboration with the universities of Nottingham and Macedonia, calls on the UK government to expand its approach to promoting low-carbon ... more  
New system offers early warning of dust storms to protect solar power outputSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 A new predictive platform called iDust is poised to transform dust storm forecasting and improve solar energy output in dust-prone regions. Developed by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Science ... more 
Solar park boom threatens Spain's centuries-old olive treesLopera, Spain (AFP) April 14, 2025 At his farm in southern Spain, Francisco Campos looked worriedly at a green sea of centuries-old olive trees that he fears will face the axe to make way for a proposed solar park. ... more
  
A new path to self-powered infrastructure with thermoelectric cementSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 A team led by Professor Zhou Yang at Southeast University has developed a groundbreaking cement-based material that could revolutionize energy systems in smart infrastructure. Inspired by the intern ... more 
Sophisticated fire use revealed in Ice Age hearths from UkraineBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 Whether to cook food, stay warm, craft tools, or provide light, fire was vital for Ice Age humans. Yet despite its presumed ubiquity, archaeological traces of fire from the coldest part of the last ... more 
Chinese EV battery giant CATL posts 33% surge in Q1 profitBeijing (AFP) April 15, 2025 The world's leading maker of electric vehicle batteries, Chinese firm CATL, posted a 32.9 percent jump in first quarter profit, even as demand for electric vehicles slows. ... more |
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Molten Magnetic Meteorites
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2008Meteorites that are among the oldest rocks ever found have provided new clues about the conditions that existed at the beginning of the solar system, solving a longstanding mystery and overturning some accepted ideas about the way planets form. The ancient meteorites, like disk drives salvaged from an ancient computer, still contain magnetic records about the very early history of planets, ... more Aspiring lunar entrepreneurs contract for help from NASA 
San Francisco (AFP) Oct 30, 2008In a cosmic case of role reversal, aspiring lunar entrepreneurs based on the Isle of Man have hired NASA to build them a robotic rover to send to the moon. While it has historically been the US space exploration agency dishing out work to private contractors, Odyssey Moon said Thursday that it has contracted NASA as part of its mission to turn lunar travel into a money-making business. ... more India's Lunar Probe Sends Its First Pictures From Space 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008India has received the first space photographs from its unmanned spacecraft on a mission to the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organization said on Saturday. Chandrayaan-1 was launched into space by the Indian-built PSLV-C11 rocket on October 22, and is set to enter the Moon's orbit on November 8. Chandrayaan means "Moon Craft" in ancient Sanskrit. On-board cameras took pictures of ... more |
  
Zelensky tells NATO chief Ukraine has 'acute' need of air defencesOdesa, Ukraine (AFP) April 15, 2025 President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday told NATO chief Mark Rutte that Ukraine urgently needed air defence systems after recent Russian missile strikes killed dozens of civilians. ... more 
Israeli military says missile fired from YemenJerusalem (AFP) April 13, 2025 The Israeli military said a missile was launched from Yemen on Sunday and was likely intercepted, shortly before Yemen's Huthi rebels claimed responsibility for the attack. ... more 
Ukraine needs 10 more Patriot air defence systems: ZelenskyKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 11, 2025 President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that Ukraine needs more air defence systems to protect civilians, speaking from the site of a recent Russian missile attack that killed several children. ... more
  
Using AI to monitor inaccessible locations of nuclear energy systemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 Artificial intelligence is opening new frontiers in nuclear safety, enabling real-time monitoring of areas traditionally too hazardous or inaccessible for conventional sensor systems. Researchers at ... more 
Czech nuclear plants to get uranium from KazakhstanPrague (AFP) April 15, 2025 The Czech Republic has signed a deal to buy uranium from Kazakhstan as it seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian fuel supplies for its nuclear power plants, state-owned utility CEZ said Tuesday. ... more 
GE Hitachi moves forward with UK SMR bidParis, France (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has officially submitted its final proposal in Great British Nuclear's (GBN) competitive process for selecting small modular reactor ( ... more
  
Ukraine's psychiatric care on the brink in face of mass traumaPoltava, Ukraine (AFP) April 14, 2025 When Russian drones and missiles pierce the skies above Ukraine at night and air defence begins to thunder, Olga Klimova plunges into a deep sleep - far from her stay in a crowded psychiatric ward. ... more 
Myanmar quake victims mark new year camped in ruinsMandalay, Myanmar (AFP) April 13, 2025 Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the tremor. ... more
UN denounces army attacks in Myanmar despite post-quake truceGeneva (AFP) April 11, 2025 The United Nations rights office decried Friday attacks by Myanmar's military despite a ceasefire declared following last month's devastating earthquake, which killed more than 3,600 people. ... more |
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