|
 
ESA Council Appoints DirectorsParis, France (ESA) Mar 23, 2011 The Council of the European Space Agency has appointed a team of Directors who will assist the Director General in the reorganised structure that takes effect on 1 April 2011. The motive for changing the structure of the organisation is to make ESA even more competitive and efficient to increase its added value for Member States and third parties. The timing is associated with the start of the third mandate of the Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain. The Director General wanted the Counci ... read more |
. |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| .. |
 NASA Ushers In New Space Exploration Era At Wallops Flight Facility NASA ushered in a new era of space exploration at its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Tuesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony opening the new Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF). The H ... more | .. |
  Spacebound Bacteria Inspire Earthbound Remedies Recent research aboard the space shuttle is giving scientists a better understanding of how infectious disease occurs in space and could someday improve astronaut health and provide novel treatments ... more | .. |
  Fewer Towers For CSIRO Rural Broadband Wireless In what could prove to be a major breakthrough for people living in rural and regional Australia, CSIRO is developing wireless broadband technology that could operate using barely a quarter the numb ... more | .. |
 |
|
| .. |
 Space Systems/Loral Selected To Provide Broadcast Satellite For Australia And New Zealand Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture a spacecraft for Australian telecommunications service provider, SingTel Optus. The satellite, Optus ... more | .. |
  LockMart Makes Strides In Human Space Exploration Forging a new path forward to ensure safe, affordable and sustainable human exploration beyond low Earth orbit, Lockheed Martin has unveiled the first Orion spacecraft and a spacious state-of-the-ar ... more | .. |
 Orbital Sciences And Segovia Join Satellite Industry Association The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) announced that two new companies have joined the organization: Orbital Sciences Corporation and Segovia, Inc. "SIA is delighted to welcome both Orbital ... more | .. |
  Globalstar Takes Delivery Of Six New Satellites In Preparation For May Launch Globalstar has taken delivery of six new second-generation satellites at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Technicians from launch services provider Arianespace and satellite manufacturer Thale ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| . | . |
  
How drones are altering contemporary warfare
Light powered micromotors achieve flight in open air
Europe Strives to Counter Russian and Chinese Satellite Menace | .. |
  GPS Mundi Releases Points Of Interest Files For Ten More Major Cities We have all been there: We spend an hour navigating through an unfamiliar city looking for a place, only to find that the information in our trusty GPS is outdated or just plain wrong because it was ... more | .. |
  Commercial Rocket Engine Testing Continues At NASA Center NASA's Stennis Space Center is moving ahead in supporting Orbital Sciences Corporation testing of Aerojet's AJ26 engines for commercial cargo flights to the International Space Station. Orbita ... more | .. |
 Under Pressure? Turn To Space Tech When engineers come up with a super-strong new material for building shipping containers, trucking trailers and aircraft parts, it is a major challenge to simulate its strength and reliability accur ... more | .. |
 From Outer Sol To The Inner Rock Human Space Is Growing It's easy for a space enthusiast to feel depressed right now. The end of the Shuttle program is nigh. NASA seems neglected and directionless. Budgetary issues threaten spaceflight globally. Bu ... more |
| .. |
  Russian Investigators Probe Roscosmos Workers For Glonass Loss The Russian Investigative Committee said on Tuesday it is probing workers at Russia's Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, for negligence that may have caused the loss of three Glonass-M satellites in D ... more | .. |
  Iran Sends Rocket, Capsule Into Space Iran on Thursday signalled a broadening of its space ambitions by announcing the launch of a new rocket and a test capsule designed to house a monkey, amid Western concerns over its scientific advan ... more | .. |
  EU e-waste recycling goals criticized Green groups in Europe say the European Union's new goals for dealing with the bloc's growing mountain of electronic waste are timid. ... more | .. |
 European space missions in jeopardy European space scientists say they're rethinking potential space missions after learning NASA won't be contributing significant funding to any of their efforts. ... more |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
How fishes of the deep sea have evolved into different shapes
Carbon-rich waters are becoming even more acidic as atmospheric CO2 levels rise
Halter Virtual Fencing revolutionizes cattle management across US | .. |
  IAI, Elbit to collaborate on jet trainer Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems, old rivals which often bid against each other on foreign contracts, are to collaborate on procuring and maintaining a new jet trainer for the Israeli air force. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan missile test flops again Taiwan's air force said Wednesday that two out of four missiles missed their targets during a drill earlier this week, two months after a similar failure left military leaders red-faced. ... more | .. |
  Official Outlines Global Missile Defense Strategy U.S. efforts to build effective missile defenses are more important than ever for defending the nation and its deployed forces and for cooperating with allies and partners, a senior defense policy o ... more | .. |
 Heavy Body Armor Result Of Over-Engineering The armor plates used in the plate carriers and IOTV Soldiers wear in combat are safe - maybe too safe. The ceramic enhanced small arms protective inserts worn in the improved outer tactical vests a ... more |
| .. |
 US Welcomes Mutually Reinforcing Missile Defense Cooperation With Russia The United States sees Russia as a full-fledged participant in the European missile defense system, Ellen Tauscher, the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affa ... more | .. |
 MEADS System Integration Begins At Italian Test Site A Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) launcher and BMC4I Tactical Operations Center (TOC) have entered system test and integration at Pratica di Mare (PdM) Air Force Base in Italy. This miles ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Support Enables High-Tempo F-22 Deployments Worldwide The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is logging a deployment-intensive pace in early 2011 following a busy 2010, and the company continues to provide key support to the fleet as the Raptor projects power ... more | .. |
  Raytheon BBN Technologies To Protect Internet Comms For Military Abroad Raytheon BBN Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon, has been awarded $1.9 million in defense research funding to develop safeguards for military Internet communications abroad. T ... more |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
MIT physicists observe key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene
New lightweight polymer film can prevent corrosion | .. |
  Dassault, BAE press ahead with drone plan France's Dassault Aviation has teamed with BAE Systems to collaborate exclusively on a plan to build self-piloting drones for use by both France and Britain. ... more | .. |
 Israel arms tanks with new defense system Amid the political turbulence in the Arab world, which always makes Israel twitchy, its military is equipping its Merkava tanks with a new miniature defense system to protect them against Russian missiles Hezbollah used to great effect in the 2006 war. ... more | .. |
 Russia to double missile production from 2013: Putin Russia plans to double the production of strategic and tactical missile systems from 2013, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said, Russian news agencies reported. ... more | .. |
 New Imaging Technique Provides Rapid, High-Definition Chemistry With intensity a million times brighter than sunlight, a new synchrotron-based imaging technique offers high-resolution pictures of the molecular composition of tissues with unprecedented speed and ... more |
| .. |
  Battle to cool Japan plant as food jitters grow Engineers racing to cool a stricken nuclear plant in Japan partially restored power to a control room on Tuesday, as radioactivity in more foodstuffs fuelled anxiety over product safety. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima: Japan faces a lasting nuclear headache The Fukushima nuclear crisis will leave Japan with a cleanup problem that will last for years or even decades and carry an astronomical cost, experts said. ... more | .. |
 Baby steps for small business after Japan tsunami It's hard to see how business can thrive in the post-tsunami devastation in Japan, but consumer demand is running high - and Sayuri Miyakawa is determined to supply it. ... more | .. |
 Smoke, steam rise from Japan nuclear plant: Kyodo Smoke and steam again rose from damaged reactors on Tuesday at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, where workers have battled to avert a large-scale disaster, Kyodo News reported. ... more |
| Previous Issues | Mar 21 | Mar 18 | Mar 17 | Mar 16 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2011 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
