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 Guildford, UK (SPX) Aug 12, 2009 
Just over one week after the launch of the UK-DMC2 satellite on 29th July, the first full resolution commercial grade image has been acquired and processed. This first image shows the states of Texas and Oklahoma, USA. The DMC satellites are specifically designed to image very large areas with rapid response and at regular intervals, as shown in this first multi-state image. The new ... read more 
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 12, 2009Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), working with The National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center, is leading a program that will provide spaceflight physiology training for prospective scientist-astronauts wishing to fly on upcoming suborbital space missions. The SwRI-NASTAR Suborbital Space Scientist course, which is similar to training courses used by the space tourism ... 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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Cologne-Porz, Germany (SPX) Aug 12, 2009On 20 September 2009, the German Aerospace Center will hold the 'Aviation and Spaceflight Day' for the sixth time. On that day, DLR and its partners at Cologne-Porz will showcase their research in the areas of aviation and spaceflight, energy and transport. Visitors young and old will be able to encounter and experience advanced technology first hand. The patron of the event is ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 12, 2009The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009. The ANDE-2 satellite suite consists of two nearly perfectly spherical micro-satellites with instrumentation to perform two interrelated mission objectives. The first objective is to monitor the total atmospheric density ... more  
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Aug 12, 2009Build-up of the payload "stack" for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission is now underway at the Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations continue for the August 21 liftoff with a pair of U.S.-built telecommunications satellites to be operated by two Asian-Pacific customers. The spacecraft integration activity began yesterday (August 10) with JCSAT-12's installation atop the Ariane 5 ... more |
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Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Aug 12, 2009The fifth EDGE Innovation Center, which will speed the delivery of critical technologies and innovative capabilities to warfighters and first responders, has opened in Leavenworth, Kansas. The Leavenworth EDGE Innovation Center, sponsored by General Dynamics C4 Systems, will leverage its close proximity to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and its subordinate commands at Fort Leavenworth ... more  
Chishan, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 11, 2009When rescuers reached the village of Hsiaolin, they found half of it buried under an avalanche of mud and water so deep that not even the roofs of buildings could be seen. Around half of the 200 homes in the remote mountain village in southern Taiwan were smothered by the mudslide triggered by Typhoon Morakot, leaving an estimated 100 people missing, feared buried alive. "I could hardly ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Aug 11, 2009 Duke Energy, America's third-largest electric utility, and China Huaneng Group, China's largest electricity producer, will explore renewable and other clean-energy technologies as part of a memorandum of understanding signed Monday in Beijing. Under the agreement, the two companies will exchange information and explore potential long-term cooperative initiatives to reduce coal plant ... more |
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