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 Bucharest, Romania (UPI) Nov 13, 2009 
Inclement weather postponed Friday's launch of the Helen Rocket -- Romania's first attempt to reach space, authorities said.
Officials from the Aeronautics and Cosmonautics Romanian Association were to try again Saturday to launch Helen over the Black Sea with the aid of Romanian Military Marine officials and a balloon, Romanian Hot News reported. The world's largest solar ... read more 
Austin TX (SPX) Nov 17, 2009For the fourth time this year, NASA's Shuttle fleet is carrying a series of experiments being conducted by Austin-based Astrogenetix, a commercial biotech company created to use microgravity to develop the foundation of new medicines. Payload on Space Shuttle Atlantis Flight STS-129 will consist of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) microbes in search of a target for a ... 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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El Segundo CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2009Medical and technical experts at Wyle are assisting two important NASA projects on the International Space Station. Their efforts will help astronauts cope with effects of long-duration spaceflight similar to what might be experienced in a future mission to Mars. "If successful, these studies will both improve astronaut health during space exploration missions and provide us with better in ... more  
Tbilisi (AFP) Nov 13, 2009The European Union plans to use satellites to monitor military activity in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgian regions that broke away with Russian backing, the head of an EU observer mission said Friday. The decision to use satellite imagery was made after Russia and the rebel regions refused to grant EU monitors access to their territory, said Hansjorg Haber, the head of the European ... more  
Ames, Iowa (UPI) Nov 16, 2009 U.S. scientists say they have created software that can convert flat medical scans into 3-D images that can be shifted, adjusted, zoomed and replayed at will. The researchers, Iowa State University Professor James Oliver and Associate Professor Eliot Winer, say their software can use data from computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scans to assist physicians in planning ... more |
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Singapore (AFP) Nov 12, 2009Asia-Pacific economies pledged Thursday to pursue a giant free-trade zone covering 2.6 billion people and called for easier access to green technology to combat climate change. Foreign and trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group said they would direct their officials to study ways to achieve the long-term vision for a "Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific", or ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) Nov 16, 2009US President Barack Obama had a chance on Monday to compare notes with Chinese officials on one of his administration's major investments that is doing better here than at home: General Motors. At the start of talks with Obama, Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng commented on GM's "fantastic performance" in China, the world's largest car market, and how that success was helping ... more 
Singapore (AFP) Nov 15, 2009US President Barack Obama came under fire Saturday from Asia-Pacific leaders for backsliding on free trade at a regional summit devoted to driving the world economy out of crisis. "President Obama is facing severe political constraints that run counter to free trade," Mexican President Felipe Calderon said, complaining about US foot-dragging on full implementation of the NAFTA pact for North ... more |
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