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 Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 27, 2009 
NASA on Thursday delayed the debut test of the first stage motor of the Ares 1 rocket, the launch vehicle for the space shuttle's successor, Orion, the space agency said. The static test, which was supposed to have been conducted at NASA's Promontory test center in Utah, was postponed indefinitely following a problem in an auxiliary motor that supplied hydraulic pressure, a NASA official sai ... read more 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 27, 2009When Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte flies as the latest tourist to the International Space Station (ISS) next month, he promises to bring a comic touch to the mission. Already his screen saver pictures his mission colleagues - US astronaut Jeffrey Williams and cosmonaut Maksim Surayev - in space suits and red clown noses, and he says he will bring six more clown snouts to those now ... 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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Seoul (AFP) Aug 26, 2009A satellite launched by South Korea's first space rocket fell to earth and burnt up after missing its designated orbit, officials said Wednesday. The science and technology ministry said the problem was caused by one of the two fairings which covered the satellite at the rocket's tip. Because one of them did not fall away from the rocket after opening, the rocket could not achieve en ... more 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 28, 2009Russia and the U.S. have yet to decide on where to place a joint control point to observe rocket launches by foreign countries, Russia's chief of staff said on Wednesday. During his visit to Moscow in July, U.S. President Barack Obama discussed with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issues relating to the development of anti-rocket systems, and began talks on creating a joint "Center for I ... more  
Vienna VA (SPX) Aug 28, 2009Continuing to lead the in-motion, low-profile satellite antenna market, RaySat Antenna Systems has developed the StealthRay 5000 antenna to meet the demanding and diverse needs of SatCom on-the-move customers. RaySat Antenna Systems' StealthRay line of antennas supports 2-way, in-motion satellite communication and is intended for installation on a variety of vehicle types in the military, ... more |
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Cambridge, UK (SPX) Aug 28, 2009CSR has launched its breakthrough SiRFstarIV location-aware architecture with exclusive SiRFaware self-assisted, micro-power GPS technology that enables consumer devices to always be location aware - without draining batteries and without requiring network aiding. CSR has also introduced its first SiRFstarIV-based product, the GSD4t receiver, which offers a superior solution for enabling m ... more  
Warsaw, Poland (UPI) Aug 27, 2009 Washington may relocate the controversial missile defense system planned for Eastern Europe to the Balkans, Turkey or Israel, a Polish newspaper reports. The U.S. plan included 10 long-range interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic. That plan will almost certainly be scrapped, Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza reports. Washington is now looking for alternative ... more  
Denver CO (SPX) Aug 28, 2009Warfighters will receive critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities sooner, now that the airborne test bed developed by Lockheed Martin has received its Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration. This Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML) will be used to tailor advanced sensor combinations to resolve specific ... more |
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