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space applications today |
 Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 20, 2009 
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Northrop Grumman phase 1 of the $37-million Terahertz (THz) Electronics contract. Work on the contract will support military and space satellites with the development of active receivers and transmitters operating at 670 gigahertz that ensure reliable, high-resolution images, and other applications. "This contract win shows ... read more 
Raleigh NC (SPX) May 20, 2009Alien creatures are the least of NASA's worries when it comes to moon travel. There are several potential threats to future missions - with space radiation at the top of the list. The surface of the moon is exposed to cosmic rays and solar flares - making radiation hard to stop with shielding. When these rays hit matter, they produce a dangerous spray of secondary particles which, when pen ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2009NASA has selected 21 technology demonstration projects to fly on reduced gravity aircraft flights during the week of Aug. 10 through its Facilitated Access to the Space Environment for Technology Development and Training program known as FAST. The FAST program is designed to enable new technologies to be incorporated into NASA's flight programs and other commercial space applications. ... more 
Reston VA (SPX) May 20, 2009TerreStar Networks, a majority owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation (Nasdaq: TSTR), and Space Systems/Loral, the leading provider of commercial satellites today, announced that TerreStar-1 has arrived on schedule in Kourou, French Guiana where it is scheduled to launch on June 24th aboard the Ariane 5 heavy lift launch vehicle. TerreStar-1 will be the largest commercial satellite ever ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2009James Webb garnered tremendous praise for his management acumen as NASA's administrator during the race to space and the moon. But along with setting a course for a clearly left-brained organization focused on engineering and inventing technology, Webb also gave NASA room for the right-brain to breathe a bit. In 1962, Webb sent a two-paragraph memo that suggested involving artists to help ... more 
Washington (AFP) May 19, 2009President Barack Obama on Tuesday met veteran shuttle astronaut Charles Bolden whom the White House hopes will agree to become NASA's first African-American chief. The President and Bolden met in the Roosevelt Room of the White House and chatted about their support for space exploration and ways to make NASA a stronger agency in future, an Obama administration official said. But the offi ... more |
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Global green energy push likely to continue despite Trump climate retreat: UNDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement should not slow the global momentum towards renewable energy investments that the deal created, the UN said Wednesday. ... more  
Solar power surpasses coal in EU for first timeParis (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 Solar overtook coal in the European Union's electricity production in 2024, with the share of renewables rising to almost half the bloc's power sector, according to a report released Thursday. ... more 
Lesotho's king pitches green energy to Davos elitesDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 Lesotho's King Letsie III has embarked on an ambitious mission in snowy Davos, where global powerbrokers have converged, to make a royal pitch: invest in his small African nation's green transition. ... more
  
Fresh, direct evidence for tiny drops of quark-gluon plasmaUpton NY (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 A new analysis of data from the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) reveals fresh evidence that collisions of even very small nuclei with large ones might create tiny spe ... more 
Chinese artificial sun achieves record-setting milestone towards fusion power generationSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), often referred to as China's "artificial sun," has achieved a significant scientific achievement by maintaining high-confinement plasma oper ... more 
How to recycle CO2 from flue gasesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 Extracting and reusing CO2 from flue gases is a challenging task, particularly because carbon dioxide typically constitutes only a small percentage of these gas mixtures. Achieving this under realis ... more |
Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) May 20, 2009Boeing and Danish systems integration and software development company Systematic have announced that they are jointly exploring opportunities in global ballistic missile defense, including potential collaboration on NATO projects. The two companies are also evaluating the application of Systematic's Battle Management/Command, Control and Communications capabilities as part of Boeing's Bal ... more  
Davao, Philippines (AFP) May 19, 2009The death toll from a landslide at a gold-rush site in the southern Philippines rose to 26 Tuesday, as rescuers struggled to look for 19 others still missing, police said. Rescuers have also saved 16 people who were buried under the rubble hours after the landslide in the town of Pantukan in Compostela Valley on Monday, a regional police chief said. Additional police rescue units were ... more 
Jakarta (AFP) May 20, 2009An Indonesian military transport jet crashed Wednesday in East Java killing at least 57 people, a military doctor and local media reported. The Hercules was reported to have ploughed into homes on the ground as it crashed and caught fire in Magetan. Local media said that at least 57 people were killed, including five on the ground. "There have been 70 people brought to the hospital, ... more |
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RTX's Raytheon secures $529 million contract to bolster Dutch Patriot air defense systemLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 20, 2025 Raytheon, a division of RTX (NYSE: RTX), has been awarded a $529 million direct commercial sales contract to provide the Netherlands with a Patriot air and missile defense system fire unit and assoc ... more 
Israel intercepts missiles fired from YemenJerusalem (AFP) Jan 18, 2025 The Israeli military said it intercepted two missiles fired from Yemen on Saturday, a day before a ceasefire is set to take effect in war-battered Gaza. ... more 
Northrop Grumman approved for NGI target vehicle productionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has secured approval to advance the production of the Modified Ballistic Re-Entry Vehicle-11 (MBRV-11), a critical component supporting the Missile Defense A ... more
  
SMRs and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in 2025: Adapting to New Energy DemandsLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2025 As 2025 unfolds, the nuclear energy sector finds itself at a crossroads, driven by a mix of exciting developments and critical challenges. Small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced nuclear technolo ... more 
US utilities collaborate to accelerate GE Vernova's BWRX-300 deploymentLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2025 GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), announced a partnership with a coalition of utility companies and supply chain partners aimed at ex ... more 
Raw materials from nuclear wasteBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Is permanent storage the only strategy for dealing with nuclear waste? According to Prof. Kristina Kvashnina of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), there is another option. With support ... more
  
Trump orders 1,500 extra troops to US-Mexico borderWashington (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 US President Donald Trump ordered 1,500 more military personnel to the border with Mexico as part of a flurry of steps to tackle immigration, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday. ... more 
How do we survive crises then and nowBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 When crises strike, how do humans adapt and endure? Whether facing food shortages, dwindling resources, or sudden environmental changes, the ability to survive often hinges on the choices individual ... more 
Indonesia rescuers search for survivors as landslide kills 19Pekalongan, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 Hundreds of rescuers were searching through thick mud and debris to find survivors Wednesday after a rain-triggered landslide in Indonesia killed at least 19 people and left seven missing. ... more |
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