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 Tirupati, India (SPX) Oct 09, 2009 
ISRO plans to launch another important micro satellite 'YOUTHSAT' next year with participation of youth from universities in India and abroad, ISRO Chairman, G Madhavan Nair said. Speaking at the 13th convocation of Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (women's university), he said ISRO was pursuing efforts to inculcate interest in space-related activities among the youth and provide ... read more 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 09, 2009NASA and industry engineers conducted a design limit load test of the Ares I rocket's main parachute Oct. 8 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz. The Ares I is the first rocket in NASA's Constellation Program which will launch explorers on journeys to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond. Engineers from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville ... more
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Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2009The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin, is undergoing final preparation for a launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on October 18, 2009. "After several years of building, integrating, upgrading and testing DMSP F-18, our third Block 5D-3 spacecraft, we're eagerly anticipating ... more 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 09, 2009With a loud roar and a bright flash, engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., successfully completed the first round of development testing for the ullage settling motor - a critical element of the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is the first rocket under development for NASA's Constellation Program, a program tasked with the development of vehicles necessary to ... more  
Washington (AFP) Oct 7, 2009The Pentagon said on Wednesday a giant "bunker buster" bomb will be ready within months, adding a powerful weapon to the US arsenal amid tensions over Iran's nuclear program. The 30,000-pound massive ordnance penetrator (MOP) is designed to knock out fortified sites buried deep underground, like those used by Iran and North Korea to protect its nuclear work. "It is under development ... more |
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Manila (AFP) Oct 8, 2009At least 400,000 squatters blocking key drainage channels of a giant lake on the edge of the Philippine capital need to be uprooted to fix Manila's flooding crisis, a government official said Thursday. The squatters are among one million people living on the shoreline of Laguna de Bay, which will stay flooded for up to five months unless drastic action is taken, Laguna Lake Development ... more  
Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2009Sales of electronic book readers are booming, companies are jostling for a share of the fledgling market and Amazon's going global with the Kindle. So why is all the buzz about Apple? Because the California company behind the Macintosh computer, iPhone and iPod is rumored to be coming out with a portable tablet computer early next year that may double as an e-reader. ... more 
Adelaide, Australia (UPI) Oct 8, 2009 An Australian-led team of international scientists says it's found the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans catalyses toxic gold compounds into metallic form. Researchers previously reported the presence of bacteria on gold surfaces, but it was never determined what purpose they served. In the new study, led by University of Adelaide research fellow Frank Reith, scientists have ... more |
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