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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 17, 2009 
In the early 1980s, scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., developed the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), an innovative combination of two satellite measurements that allowed them to analyze changes in the "greenness" of Earth as viewed from space. Much like measurements from weather satellites allow meteorologists to track and monitor hurricanes, ND ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2009A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday slammed a report by aerospace experts tasked to review NASA's human space flight program that proposed ditching plans to return to the Moon. "When it was announced that you were going to be leading an independent review of the human space flight program, I thought you were going to take a hard, cold, sobering look at the Constellation program," Democratic ... more
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Dover AFB DE (SPX) Sep 16, 2009A joint U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] flight crew flying a C-5M Super Galaxy strategic transport claimed 41 world aeronautical records in one flight on September 13. The flight from Dover AFB broke eight existing world marks and established standards in 33 other categories where there had been no previous record attempt. The records were set in the Class C-1.S, Jet ... more 
Owego NY (SPX) Sep 16, 2009Hawker Beechcraft and Lockheed Martin have teamed to compete for the opportunity to provide a low-cost, low-risk solution to address U.S. Air Force (USAF) needs for a Light Attack and Armed Reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft. The USAF is expected to launch an acquisition program in fiscal year 2010. HBC, based in Wichita, Kan., will be prime contractor, and Lockheed Martin Systems Integration ... more 
Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 16, 2009Lockheed Martin's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) demonstrated its advanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability during the recent joint forces Empire Challenge exercise. The enhancements respond to U.S. defense officials' call for improved ISR for convoy route reconnaissance and battlefield situational awareness. During the joint and coalition military ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 15, 2009Less than three percent of China's 151 million migrant workers were unemployed at the end of June, a government survey showed Tuesday, suggesting Beijing's stimulus package was helping create jobs. The number of unemployed migrant workers stood at 4.2 million at the end of June, the National Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said on their websites ... more  
Luxembourg (SPX) Sep 14, 2009SES S.A. has announced that it is expanding the reach of its satellite-based broadband service ASTRA2Connect to Africa through a signed agreement with Intersat Africa, the leading provider of satellite-based internet services on the continent. The service, which will start in January 2010, will be offered to households, small and medium enterprises as well as schools. With capacity coming ... more 
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Sep 14, 2009Space is not a fun place to get a stomach bug. To ensure drinking water is adequately disinfected, University of Utah chemists developed a two-minute water quality monitoring method that just started six months of tests aboard the International Space Station. "Now they bring water back on the space shuttle and analyze it on the ground. The problem is there is a big delay. You'd like to ... more |
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