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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 14, 2009 
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain signed a memorandum of understanding Friday for cooperation in the field of space transportation. The agreement was signed at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "From shuttle Spacelab missions to the International Space Station, ESA has a long history of participating with NASA in human ... read more 
Redlands CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2009The French Service de l'Information Aeronautique (SIA), headquartered in the Bordeaux-Merignac Airport in the town of Merignac, France, has awarded a contract for an aeronautical information management (AIM) system based on ESRI's geographic information system (GIS) software. The contract was awarded to ESRI France, and French aeronautical technology companies Thales and CGx AERO in SYS ... 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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Beijing, China (XNA) Sep 14, 2009Indonesian communication satellite Palapa D entered its geosynchronous orbit on September 9, despite an ignition failure on the rocket that carried the satellite more than a week ago, the satellite's manufacturer said Saturday. The satellite had conducted a number of orbit maneuvers in order to get into the geosynchronous orbit, and was in normal state, the company said. Reynald ... more 
Hanoi, Vietnam (UPI) Sep 11, 2009 Vietnam has confirmed it will launch its second telecommunications satellite at a cost of $350 million in 2012, the newspaper Vietnam Investment Review has reported. The state-owned Vietnam Post and Telecommunications agency is to invest the money in Vinasat-2. VPNT said it remains undecided on whether to embark on a domestic launch or outsource the process as it did for the country's ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2009Japan on Friday launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the HTV transportation vehicle atop an H-2B rocket, which is also on its first flight, as scheduled just after 2:00 am (1700 GMT Thursday) ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2009President Barack Obama wants Congress to act this year on what is billed as the most sweeping financial regulatory reform since the 1930s, despite a crush of other business, a senior aide said Friday. Lawrence Summers, chairman of Obama's National Economic Council, also said that despite hopes for a return to economic growth in the third quarter this year, US unemployment would remain ... more  
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Sep 14, 2009Unwanted blooms of Cladophora algae throughout the Baltic and in other parts of the world are not entirely without a positive side. A group of researchers at the �ngstrom Laboratory at Uppsala University have discovered that the distinctive cellulose nanostructure of these algae can serve as an effective coating substrate for use in environmentally friendly batteries. The findings have ... more 
Hamburg, Germany (UPI) Sep 11, 2009 How about a power station in your basement? In a bid to create a decentralized electricity grid, German carmaker Volkswagen is launching thousands of mini power plants that could be installed in the basements of any residential home. Together with clean energy provider Lichtblick, Volkswagen plans to install up to 100,000 small power plants -- able to generate heat and ... more |
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