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Chandrayaan-1 Enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory Bangalore, India (PTI) Nov 05, 2008 
India's first unmanned moon spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1 has entered the lunar transfer trajectory and is heading to an apogee of 3,80,000 KM as ISRO scientists today carried the fifth and final orbit-raising manoeuvre. "Chandrayaan-1 has entered the lunar transfer trajectory and is heading to an apogee of 3,80,000 KM, expected to happen on Saturday evening, the time at which the lunar orbit ... read moreMission to Mars: Key health hurdle can be overcome, say scientists 
Paris (AFP) Nov 4, 2008Scientists believe they have found a way of protecting astronauts from a dangerous source of space radiation, thus lifting a major doubt clouding the dream to send humans to Mars. Their breakthrough takes forward ideas born in the golden age of science fiction, including a proton shield used in the TV show "Star Trek," says one of the researchers. Space weather is one of the greatest cha ... 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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India's moon mission enters lunar space
Bangalore, India (AFP) Nov 4, 2008India's first unmanned moon mission entered lunar space early Tuesday as part of its final journey this week into the moon's orbit, a top space official said. The Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was launched with an Indian-built rocket on October 22 from the country's southeastern coast. "The operation to put Chandrayaan into lunar space went off very well," S. Satish, director of the Indian Sp ... more Germany's CESAR Crowned King Of Rovers In ESA's Robotics Challenge 
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 05, 2008A robot rover designed by a Bremen university team has won an ESA contest to retrieve soil samples from a lunar-style terrestrial crater. Eight student teams fielded rovers during the event, their progress monitored by an advanced 3-D viewer already flight-tested in space and planned for eventual deployment on the Moon. Craters surrounding the Moon's poles are a top 21st Century science ta ... more First Rocket Parts Of NASA's New Launch System Arrive In Florida 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 05, 2008The first major flight hardware of the Ares I-X rocket has arrived in Florida to begin preparation for the inaugural test flight of the agency's next-generation launch system. The test flight is targeted for July 12, 2009. The Ares I-X upper stage simulator traveled to Port Canaveral aboard the Delta Mariner, a ship that also transports the Delta IV rocket for United Launch Alliance. ... more New Spaceship Force Field Makes Mars Trip Possible 
London, UK (SPX) Nov 05, 2008According to the international space agencies, "Space Weather" is the single greatest obstacle to deep space travel. Radiation from the sun and cosmic rays pose a deadly threat to astronauts in space. New research, out today, Tuesday, November 4, published in IOP Publishing's Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, shows how knowledge gained from the pursuit of nuclear fusion research may r ... 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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Outside View: Russia boosts nuclear punch
Moscow (UPI) Nov 4, 2008 The introduction of the RS-24 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in 2009 will be the most important phase in the renewal of the Russian Strategic Missile Force after the adoption of the Topol-M. For the first time in post-Soviet Russia, a new ground-based multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicle -- MIRV -- equipped missile system will be adopted by Russia's military. ... more NKorean base could handle longer-range missile: SKorean minister 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 4, 2008A new launch site being built on North Korea's west coast could handle a missile larger than the communist state has previously fired, South Korea's defence chief said Tuesday. Defence Minister Lee Sang-Hee told parliament the site at Dongchang-ri, 120 kilometres (75 miles) northwest of Pyongyang, was 80 percent completed. He estimated that it would be capable of launching a bigger ... more More rain as Vietnam flood toll rises to 74 
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 4, 2008More rain lashed Vietnam's flood-hit capital Hanoi and the north-central countryside on Tuesday as the official death toll climbed to 74 after more than a week of heavy downpours. Thousands of people, including children and the elderly, remained trapped in their water-logged homes in Hanoi, where 20 people have died since last Friday in what officials now call the capital's worst floods in ... 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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