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 Seoul (AFP) Aug 19, 2009 
South Korea Wednesday postponed the launch of its first space rocket just eight minutes before the scheduled blast-off, due to an unspecified technical fault. Mission controllers suspended the launch at 4.52 pm (0752 GMT) and began dumping fuel, the science ministry said. It was the seventh time since 2002 that the project, operated in partnership with Russia, has been delayed. The Korea ... read more 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 19, 2009The Russian government will heavily invest in the development of the country's aerospace industry, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. "The development of the aircraft industry and space exploration is certainly one of our priorities," Putin said at the opening of the MAKS-2009 air show in Zhukovsky, near Moscow. According to the government, financing of the aircraft ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
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Islamabad, Pakistan (XNA) Aug 19, 2009Dr Samar Mubarakmand, a renowned Pakistani nuclear scientist, said that Pakistan would launch its first space satellite in April 2011, local media reported Tuesday. Talking to a private TV channel on Tuesday, Dr Samar said the satellite, likely to be sent into earth orbit, would monitor mineral and agriculture programs and weather conditions. He said this project is funded by the ... more  
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2009Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it delivered a communications satellite built for Telesat, one of the world's leading fixed satellite services operators, to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to launch on September 18th aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS). "Nimiq 5 is the fifth completed high-power ... more  
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 19, 2009After nearly four years of joint research of Houston-based AmeriSciences and NASA / Johnson Space Center (JSC), a senior NASA medical officer has confirmed that two of the resulting nutritional supplement formulas were used and tested in space by the astronauts of mission STS-125 of May 11, 2009 and the mission STS-127 of July 15, 2009 and are now in use and testing aboard the International ... more |
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San Francisco (AFP) Aug 18, 2009Five Facebook users are suing the social network for doing what made it an online superstar -- letting members share aspects of their lives on the Web. A lawsuit filed Monday in a southern California court accuses Facebook of being a data-mining operation that does not deliver on promises to give users strict control of data uploaded to profile pages. Facebook has dismissed the lawsuit ... more  
Davis CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2009The first certified winner of the UC Davis "Western Cooling Challenge" is Coolerado Corp. of Denver. Recent federal tests showed that their five-ton commercial rooftop unit should be able to air-condition a typical big-box store with less than half the energy needed by conventional cooling units. "Coolerado's entry in the Western Cooling Challenge was the first to take our rigorous tests ... more 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 19, 2009Researchers have created the tiniest laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago, paving the way for a host of innovations, including superfast computers that use light instead of electrons to process information, advanced sensors and imaging. Because the new device, called a "spaser," is the first of its kind to emit visible light, it represents a critical component for possible future ... more |
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