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European Space Truck Jules Verne In Parking Orbit Paris (UPI) Mar 19, 2008 
The European Space Agency said the Jules Verne spacecraft reached its parking orbit Wednesday, about 1,200 miles ahead of the International Space Station.
The Jules Verne, an automated transfer vehicle, will be used to re-supply spacecraft. It will remain in its parking orbit until March 27, when it will be moved to a position where it will be ready to perform two rendezvous ... read more |
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Iridium Satellite Selects Three Finalists To Design And Develop Iridium NEXT
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Iridium Satellite is pleased to announce it has reached agreement with three companies to enter into the concept development phase in its design and development procurement process for "NEXT," the company's next-generation satellite constellation. Over the next five months, Lockheed Martin, Space Systems Loral and Thales Alenia Space will develop design concepts, review critical engineering ... more Korea's first astronaut hopes to make peace with North 
Star City, Russia (AFP) March 19, 2008South Korea's first astronaut voiced hope Wednesday that her mission would bring peace with the north of the divided peninsula and said she had a spicy Korean feast ready for the crew. "I will try and make peace between North and South Korea," Yi So-Yeon, 29, said at a press conference in Star City, a Soviet astronaut training centre in a snow-covered pine forest near Moscow, ahead of her ... more Microsoft, Intel research parallel computing with US universities 
San Francisco (AFP) March 18, 2008Microsoft and Intel said Tuesday they are teaming with US universities to unleash the mighty potential of multi-core computer chips. Microsoft and Intel will jointly spend 20 million dollars over five years to fund Universal Parallel Computing Research Centers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A recent trend is to increase ... more 8th Continent Project Starts Colorado's First Aerospace Incubator 
Golden CO (SPX) Mar 20, 2008The 8th Continent Project, the world's most comprehensive effort to integrate space technology and resources into the global economy, has received a $150,000 grant from the Colorado Economic Development Commission to start Colorado's first ever aerospace business incubator - helping the state maintain its national ranking as the second largest private aerospace employer. The 8th Continent ... more Sci-fi guru Clarke dies in Sri Lanka 
Colombo (AFP) March 19, 2008British-born science fiction guru Arthur C. Clarke died at a hospital in Sri Lanka on Wednesday after a brief illness, his aide Rohan de Silva told AFP. He was 90. President Mahinda Rajapakse mourned the death of Clarke and paid tribute to him as a "great visionary." His death was a loss to Sri Lanka, the author's adopted home since 1956, Rajapakse said. "The president was deeply saddened ... more |
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Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Global Positioning System (GPS) is a revolutionary tool, which provides unequalled accuracy and flexibility of positioning for navigation, surveying and Geographic information system (GIS) data capture. Growing use in automotive and consumer applications is propelling the market for mobile location technologies. Although standalone products are quite popular, the most common applications are ... more XM Announces New 2009 Maxima To Offer XM NavTraffic 
New York NY (SPX) Mar 20, 2008XM has announced that the new 2009 Maxima will offer XM NavTraffic as a standard, factory-installed feature when equipped with Nissan's Hard Drive Navigation system. XM is the exclusive satellite radio provider to Nissan, and every Nissan with the premium audio package is factory-equipped with XM Satellite Radio. XM NavTraffic, powered by NAVTEQ Traffic, is the nation's leading real- time ... more Ravenwood Golf Course Goes With ProLink For GPS Solutions 
Chandler AZ (SPX) Mar 20, 2008ProLink Solutions has announced that Ravenwood Golf Club (Victor, N.Y.) now features the ProLink Solutions ProStar GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity. Ravenwood consistently ranks among New York's top daily-fee facilities and has earned rave reviews from Golf Digest course critic ... more Reducing Carbon Emissions Could Help US Economy 
New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 20, 2008A national policy to cut carbon emissions by as much as 40 percent over the next 20 years could still result in increased economic growth, according to an interactive website that reviews 25 of the leading economic models used to predict the economic impacts of reducing emissions. "As Congress prepares to debate new legislation to address the threat of climate change, opponents claim that ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Mar 19, 2008SPACEHAB has announced the successful completion of development and testing activities for its new AirWard Container Systems. Planned for unveiling at the Dallas Aviation Industry Expo in Dallas, Texas, March 18-20, 2008, AirWard Containers are the first product to go to market from the Company's new SPACETECH, Inc. subsidiary. SPACETECH is a technology transfer, product development, and ... more SES ASTRA Satellite Leads European Digitalisation 
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Mar 19, 2008SES ASTRA has announced that according to its most recent annual reach study 83 per cent of the satellite TV households in Europe and North Africa are digitalized. This is more than four times more than in cable where in average 20 per cent of all households are digital. With a share of 58 per cent of all1 digital households satellite represents the most popular digital reception mode. The ... more RFID Technology Keeps Track Of School Bus Riders 
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 19, 2008Seattle-based Zonar Systems said it is providing RFID technology to the school bus industry to answer the iconic 1969-television question, "It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?" The company's patented ZPass system identifies when and where a student enters or exits the school bus to enhance their safety and security. According to Zonar's SVP of Marketing, Bill Brinton, "Safety ... more First Korean astronaut 'honoured' about space mission 
Star City, Russia (AFP) March 18, 2008The 29-year-old woman set to become South Korea's first astronaut said on Tuesday she was "honoured" to have been chosen, as she took final tests at Russia's astronaut training centre. "I am honoured. I will try to do my best. Not just for (myself) but as the first Korean astronaut," said Yi So-Yeon, a biosystems engineering student, before climbing into a model Soyuz capsule for tests. ... more
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