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The MIRAS instrument on ESA's SMOS satellite, launched earlier this month, has been switched on and is operating normally. MIRAS will map soil moisture and ocean salinity to improve our understanding of the role these two key variables play in regulating Earth's water cycle. "Following the switch-on, MIRAS is working beautifully well with all key subsystems, including all of the receivers ... read more 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 20, 2009The maiden launch of Russia's new Angara carrier rocket could be postponed for at least one year due to shortage of funds from the Defense Ministry, the top Russian space official said Wednesday. The Angara rocket, currently under development by the Khrunichev center, is designed to put heavy payloads into orbit. The launch facilities were expected to be finished by 2010, and the first ... 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 DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2009How can human spaceflight become routine, economical, practical and safe? How can a home and workplace be created in the extreme environment of space? What does the future hold for humans in space? Will people be able to travel to far-away worlds beyond the moon? Do the benefits of human spaceflight outweigh the risks and expense? "Moving Beyond Earth," a new exhibition at the National Air ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) Nov 20, 2009To accelerate growth in the Mexican market, Iridium Communications has announced it has signed three additional distribution partners in Mexico. These three new partners supplement the distribution channel for the new "Iridium Mexico" subsidiary (or Iridium Comunicaciones de Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V.) that the company announced on October 21, 2009. Iridium Mexico is a joint venture between ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2009US space agency NASA has signed an agreement with ISRO to use data from Indian satellite Oceansat-2, for various American agencies for research activities, including weather forecasting. Launched on September 23, 2009 using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota, Oceansat-2; is designed to provide service continuity for operational users of the Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) ... more |
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Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 20, 2009New MIT research points the way to a technology that might make it possible to harvest much of the wasted heat produced by everything from computer processor chips to car engines to electric powerplants, and turn it into usable electricity. More than half of the energy consumed worldwide is wasted, most of it in the form of excess heat. This new technology would allow conversion of waste ... more  
Mountain View, California (AFP) Nov 19, 2009Google on Thursday provided a peek beneath the hood of its new Chrome operating system, making the software public and promising it will run netbooks by the end of next year. Google-crafted Chrome OS will be tailored exclusively for applications hosted as services in the Internet "cloud" and debut on low-cost bare-bones netbooks that have been a booming segment of the laptop computer market. ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Nov 19, 2009The fight against road deaths, an "epidemic" that costs the lives of 1.3 million people every year, should become a top global priority, experts and ministers said Thursday. Speakers at an international ministerial summit in Moscow condemned the "preventable" toll from road deaths worldwide, which they said would increase dramatically unless there is the political will for change. ... more |
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