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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 09, 2009 
On September 6, 2009, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured this simulated natural color image of the Station fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles. The fire started on August 26 in La Canada/Flintridge near NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena (seen at the bottom of the image) ... read more 
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 09, 2009ARSAT has selected Astrium to supply the Arsat-1 satellite with a variety of key technologies: the Satellite Processing Unit (SPU), the central cylinder as well as the propulsion subsystem. Arsat-1, the first in a series of satellites, is scheduled to be launched in 2012 and will provide coverage for Latin America. The SPU (Satellite Processing Unit) is the satellite platform's on-board ... 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 (AFP) Sept 8, 2009The star of the "Toy Story" movies, Buzz Lightyear, will get a hero's welcome this week when he returns to Earth after spending more than a year on the International Space Station. The 12-inch (30-centimeter) tall figurine who launched into space in May 2008 was on board the US space shuttle Discovery when it undocked from the ISS earlier Tuesday, the first manoeuver before the crew begins ... more  
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2009Microsoft, the French government, privacy advocates and other groups filed last-minute objections on Tuesday to Google's ambitious plan to scan and sell millions of books online. Batman and Superman publisher DC Comics, the National Writers Union and the National Coalition of Authors also added their voices to the growing tide of opposition to Google's book-scanning project. Coming out ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 09, 2009A company from one of ESA's Business Incubation Centres has used space technology to develop a scanner to spot weaknesses in dike structures. It is being used to inspect dikes and dams on the Danube river and in the Netherlands. Dutch start-up company Miramap's instrument can 'look' into the ground and measure the amount of water in the soil. This is important in checking the stability of ... more |
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London (AFP) Sept 8, 2009The world's largest defence fair opened here on Tuesday, with a Chinese delegation among those surveying the wares on offer despite a European Union arms embargo against Beijing. More than 40 countries are represented at the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition, with about 1,300 exhibitors selling everything from machine guns, bullets and tanks to medical equipment and ... more  
Geneva (AFP) Sept 8, 2009The head of the UN's trade and development think tank on Tuesday cautioned against a new financial bubble as massive liquidity was pumped into the economic system to counter the global crisis. "The bubble is something we have to think about," said the Director General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, Supachai Panitchpakdi, adding that there was a "need to prevent another bubble ... more  
Berlin (UPI) Sep 8, 2009 Germany's popular cash-for-clunkers program was ending as experts were unsure whether it has really helped revive the economy and green the country's car industry. Around 2 million Germans have applied for the $3,600 rebate for turning in their old cars for new ones since the government launched the $7 billion program in January. At the time, it was the world's first, but it has ... more |
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