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 Washington (AFP) Oct 27, 2009 
The US space agency began the countdown Tuesday for the test launch of a rocket designed to replace the aging space shuttle fleet and one day take astronauts to the Moon and Mars. Barring bad weather, a four-hour window will begin at 8:00 am (1200 GMT) for the launch of the Ares I-X rocket from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, a key test for the future of US space exploration amid deep uncert ... read more 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 27, 2009From 21 to 23 October 2009, experts from all over the world met on the campus of the United Nations in Bonn for the 3rd International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop - with the topic 'From Concepts to Application'. This international workshop on the use of space technologies for disaster management is organised by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the ... more
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Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 27, 2009Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a $6.5 million grant to develop improved components that will boost the efficiency of electric propulsion systems that are used to control the positions of satellites and planetary probes. Focusing on improved cathodes for devices known as Hall effect thrusters, the research would reduce propellant consumption in commercial ... more  
Adelphi MD (SPX) Oct 27, 2009Space science research institutions have traditionally been populated by a strong male workforce, but this structure is rapidly changing. Today's workforce is much more diverse with individuals from various cultures and backgrounds, a higher percentage of women, and in many cases, up to six generations in the same workplace. Both management and employees are in need of tools to help them ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Oct 27, 2009One small step for mankind is now a leap for averting natural and man-made disasters on earth. New Tel Aviv University technology combines sophisticated sensors in orbit with sensors on the ground and in the air to create a "Hyperspectral Remote Sensor" (HRS). It can give advance warnings about water contamination after a forest fire, alert authorities of a pollution spill long before a ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2009A NASA App for the iPhone and iPod touch is available free of charge at the App Store from Apple. The NASA application will deliver a wealth of information, videos, images and news updates about NASA missions to people's fingertips. "Making NASA more accessible to the public is a high priority for the agency," said Gale Allen, director of Strategic Integration and Management for NASA's ... more  
Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2009Lockheed Martin's new multi-functional AGM-114R HELLFIRE II missile scored a direct hit during its first proof-of-principle (POP) flight test recently at Eglin Air Force Base, FL. The HELLFIRE II design, now entering the qualification phase, features a new multi-purpose warhead that enables a single missile to cover all of the target sets of the current laser-guided HELLFIRE II variants. ... more  
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Oct 27, 2009Raytheon received a $3 million award from the U.S. Air Force Space Command to develop an enterprise sensing prototype architecture for space situational awareness (ESP-SSA). ESP-SSA will prototype an open, service-oriented architecture to integrate Space Command space surveillance sensors with Missile Defense Agency (MDA) sensors into a single sensor enterprise. This integrated ... more |
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