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STS-126 Focuses On ISS Crew Expansion Preparations Cape Canveral FL (SPX) Nov 04, 2008 
For years, STS-126 has been planned as the mission that will give the International Space Station the ability to support twice the crew currently living there. But since the most recent inspection of the station's solar alpha rotary joint, it's also become the mission that will ensure the station can generate the power those extra crew members will require. All together - and with a few ... read moreRussia To Aid India On Second Mission To Moon 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Nov 04, 2008With Chandrayaan-1 well on its way to moon without any glitch, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has now initiated a dialogue with its Russian counterpart of work-sharing of Chandrayaan-2 which features a lander and a rover. "Conceptual studies are in place. Overall configuration is finalised but the scientific experiments are yet to be finalised. It may take six months ... more |
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 Global glacier melt is accelerating, scientists say 
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Microspace Contracts Additional NSS-7 Satellite Capacity
The Hague, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 04, 2008SES NEW SKIES announces that Microspace has contracted an additional 5.5 Mbps of capacity on the NSS-7 satellite at the orbital location of 338 degrees East. Microspace signed a five year agreement to provide uplink and bandwidth on NSS-7 from the Washington Mediaport to Europe for "Next Generation Retail Digital Signage Applications." Digital signage is a 1billion USD industry ... more Intelsat Retires The Oldest Commercial CommSat 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Nov 04, 2008After 32 years of serving ships at sea and scientists at the South Pole, an aging communications satellite owned by Intelsat has been retired. The Marisat-F2 satellite, manufactured by Hughes Aircraft Inc. and launched in 1976, had only a five-year design life, yet until the end, the communications payload continued operating within its original specifications, Intelsat engineers said. ... more Economic Impact Of Arms Race In Space 
Superior CO (SPX) Nov 04, 2008The present U.S. policy of space dominance could transform outer space into a military battleground points out a just-issued report from Economists for Peace and Security. The report, Space, Security and the Economy, focuses on the Bush administration's outer space policy that asserts the right to deny any nation access to space if its actions are "perceived" to be hostile. This policy ... more Student Experiments On Board REXUS 4 Launched 
Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Nov 04, 2008The technicians and engineers of the German Aerospace Center announce the successful launch of the REXUS 4 sounding rocket (Rocket-borne EXperiments for University Students). After a three-hour countdown, the two-stage rocket lifted off at 14:30 on Wednesday 22 October 2008 from the Swedish launch site in Esrange near Kiruna. The REXUS programme is an annual sounding rocket programme for ... more |
  
Machine Learning Enhances Solar Power Forecast AccuracySydney, 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 recyclableBerlin, 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 pushShanghai (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
  
France sets new plasma record in hunt for nuclear fusionParis (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 ExcellenceLos 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 innovationBerlin, 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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NASA: Endeavour to launch Nov. 14
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Nov 3, 2008 The U.S. space agency has set Nov. 14 as the launch date for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission to the International Space Station. NASA managers who reviewed Endeavour's readiness for flight set the launch of Cmdr. Chris Ferguson and his six crewmates for 7:55 p.m. EST from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The primary focus of ... more Hubble servicing mission is delayed 
Washington (UPI) Nov 3, 2008 The U.S. Space Agency says it will not meet a February 2009 launch date for the fifth and final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA engineers said the decision came after an assessment 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 Septe ... 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 |
  
Canada willing to join US 'Iron Dome' missile shield: ministerOttawa (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 shieldMoscow (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 MissileLos 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
  
India PM Modi ends foreign tour with nuclear deals in pipelineNew 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 SwitzerlandAlmaty, 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 agreementsLondon, 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
  
Israel defence minister announces agency for 'voluntary departure' of GazansJerusalem (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 plantWashington 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 debrisFukushima, 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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