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space applications today |
 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2009 
NASA has announced that it has signed an agreement with the California Space Authority, Inc., (CSA) to collaborate on participatory science and public outreach using a simulated lunar surface environment. Under the terms of a Space Act Agreement, CSA will establish an office at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., in NASA Research Park. This fall, NASA Ames and CSA, along ... read more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2009"June is busting out all over," as the song says, and with it, U.S. residents along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts begin to gaze warily toward the ocean, aware that the hurricane season is revving up. In the decade since NASA's QuikScat satellite and its SeaWinds scatterometer launched in June 1999, the satellite has measured the wind speed and wind direction of these powerful storms ... more
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Kirtland AFB NM (AFNS) Jun 25, 2009The Tactical Satellite-3 has exceeded expectations and is performing well a month after being launched, according to the program manager of the experimental spacecraft. Launched May 19, TacSat-3 is managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate officials here. The TacSat-3 features an onboard processor, which will provide real-time data, within 10 minutes ... more 
Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 25, 2009Infoterra has completed an oil slick mapping and interpretation project of offshore Seychelles in collaboration with Seychelles Petroleum Company (Seypec). This is the largest slick mapping project ever undertaken of offshore Seychelles - with the acquisition of over 150 radar satellite scenes across the 500,000 km2 area - the project was undertaken during April and May to take advantage ... more  
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jun 26, 2009Lockheed Martin installed the latest evolution of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System - which includes a new ballistic missile defense signal processor, Aegis BSP - on the cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70). Over the next year, USS Lake Erie will complete a series of tests, leading up to full certification of the system upgrade by the U.S. Navy in early 2011. The Aegis BMD 4.0.1 ... more  
Paris (UPI) Jun 25, 2009 The European Aeronautics Defense & Space Co., the European military giant, is eager to boost its standing in the lucrative market for drones with a joint European model. Officially called unmanned aerial vehicles, the drones have seen an increasing use in dangerous conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because of low operating costs and a reduced risk for personnel, who can be stationed ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) June 25, 2009The European Commission announced Wednesday that it would provide financing up to 50 million euros (70 million dollars) to help China build a coal-fired power plant equipped with new technology to give it near-zero emissions. Europe deems the carbon capture and storage technology, which is in its infancy, to be a key factor in fighting climate change, and a demonstration plant would be ... more 
Hong Kong (AFP) June 25, 2009Hong Kong exports plunged 14.5 percent year-on-year in May, but the rate of decline eased from April, showing some signs of recovery, government figures showed Thursday. The total value of exports fell to 204.4 billion Hong Kong dollars (26.2 billion US), the Census and Statistics Department said in a statement. Hong Kong's exports had plunged 18.2 percent year-on-year in April. ... more 
Miami (AFP) June 24, 2009A trial for an American astronaut who drove halfway across the United States to confront a romantic rival in a NASA love triangle has been set for December 7, a Florida court said Wednesday. Lisa Nowak, a 44-year-old mother of three, was arrested and charged with kidnapping and battery for allegedly attacking Colleen Shipman with pepper spray at the Orlando International Airport in Florida ... more  
London, UK (SPX) Jun 25, 2009GIOVE-A, the first test satellite for Europe's Galileo navigation system, is to remain in service for a further 12 months. The satellite, already in orbit for 41 months - 14 months beyond its original mission design life - will continue to provide critical data to all of the ground users experimenting with Galileo navigation signals. The European Space Agency (ESA) recently approved ... more |
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