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 Le Bourget, France (AFP) June 15, 2009 
The first launches by the veteran Russian rocket Soyuz and a new light rocket called Vega from Europe's space base will be postponed to 2010, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday. They had been scheduled to take place by the end of the year. A workhorse of space, Soyuz is being added to ESA's launch pad at Kourou, French Guiana, to provide the agency with operational flexibilit ... read more 
Le Bourget, France (AFP) June 15, 2009The European Space Agency (ESA) and launch company Arianespace on Monday said they had signed a contract for the launch of four testbed satellites in Europe's Galileo sat-nav system. The satellites will be launched in pairs by two Russian-made Soyuz launchers from ESA's space centre at Kourou, French Guiana, in the second half of 2010, they said. Financial details were not given. ... 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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Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 16, 2009NASA managers have scheduled the next launch attempt of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission for 5:40 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 17. The launch will take place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As a result, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, are set to lift off together aboard an Atlas V rocket on Thursday ... more  
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2009The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has announced an interactive new website to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing and President Kennedy's grand vision that made that achievement possible. WeChooseTheMoon.org will go live at 9:32 a.m. on July 16th, 2009 - exactly 40 years to the minute after the historic launch. The site, powered by AOL, will recreate ... more 
Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 16, 2009ILS International Launch Services has secured six firm launch orders and three mission assignments in the first half of 2009. ILS has also witnessed a significant trend where customers have moved from other launch providers to ILS Proton in order to meet their critical business requirements. "The six new orders we have received over the past six months are from repeat as well as new custom ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 16, 2009In early 2009, Friedrichshafen-based aerospace company Astrium completed construction of the German radar satellite TanDEM-X. This satellite was created in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center . The satellite, five metres in length and weighing 1.3 tons, has now been transported to Ottobrunn, a town near Munich. In special-purpose test facilities operated by Astrium and IABG, the ... 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 |
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San Jose CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2009Targeting an emerging class of location-centric devices for budget-conscious consumers, SiRF Technology Holdings has introduced the SiRFatlasIV multifunction location system processor, a versatile solution for creating high-volume, navigation and location-aware products. With its high performance location engine and twice the memory bandwidth of current entry-level systems, the SiRFatlasIV ... more 
Miami FL (SPX) Jun 16, 2009Isaac Daniel, whose Global Positioning System (GPS) sneakers gained worldwide attention in 2007, has announced the company's newest GPS shoe, dubbed 'Blue GPS.' The new version of the GPS shoe, being billed as a 'social networking shoe,' is expected to retail for about $150 when it hits stores in Latin America this fall. Called Blue GPS because of their Bluetooth capability, the new ... more 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2009Wi2Wi has announced the new enhanced W2SG0006, which is a complete systems solution based on the CSR/SiRF Technologies SiRFStar III LPx architecture designed specifically for embedded products such as personal navigation devices, mobile internet devices (MID), ultra-mobile (UMPC) and ruggedized PCs, automotive aftermarket GPS systems and other medical, industrial, and defense systems that ... more 
Los Gatos CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2009Next-generation emergency response vehicles in the UK will soon hit the road equipped with always-on network technologies capable of transmitting and receiving real-time video, voice and data feeds in a wide variety of formats. The Mobile Incident Response Vehicles, or MIRVs, were designed by Cardiff, Wales-based Excelerate Technology - the leading UK information, communications and ... more |
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