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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 24, 2009 
United Launch Alliance deployed its fourth commercial mission of 2009 as an Atlas V rocket successfully launched the Intelsat 14 (IS-14) commercial telecommunications satellite at 1:55 a.m. EST. Blasting off from Space Launch Complex-41 here, the launch was provided on behalf of Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, which procured the Atlas V for this mission. Previous ULA commercial ... read more
Moscow (AFP) Nov 23, 2009The launch of a European telecommunications satellite from Kazakhstan was postponed on Monday after Kazakh authorities raised objections, Russian news agencies reported. "The launch of the European space device has been postponed indefinitely by the Kazakh side, even though all documents are in order," an official from Russian space agency Roskosmos told Ria Novosti and Interfax. ... 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 24, 2009The Commercial Spaceflight Federation is pleased to announce the creation and initial membership of the Spaceports Council, composed of spaceports worldwide who seek to cooperate on issues of common interest such as airspace access, legal and regulatory frameworks, infrastructure, international policy migration, liability, and voluntary common operating standards. The Spaceports Council ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 24, 2009The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the German Aerospace Center intend to carry out health research together. On 23 November 2009, both partners signed a cooperation agreement to conduct bio-medical studies at Neumayer-Station III in Antarctica. In two projects, scientists will monitor the health of the station crew and study the physical and psychological effect ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 24, 2009Well-known spaceship designer and one of the Soviet Union's first cosmonauts, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at 83 in Moscow, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Sunday. "We report with regret that Konstantin Feoktistov, a famous Soviet cosmonaut, died in Moscow on Saturday. Information on the funeral service, place and time of the burial will be available later," a Roscosmos ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 23, 2009A Chinese dissident who campaigned for the parents of children killed in last year's Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Monday to three years in jail on a state secrets charge, his wife said. Huang Qi, 46, who had investigated accusations that shoddy school construction contributed to the quake's heavy toll, was found guilty by a court in the city of Chengdu of possessing state secrets, his ... more  
London (AFP) Nov 23, 2009Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said Monday. The plan sets a scene for a battle between search engines for access to websites, and puts pressure on search juggernaut Google to start paying for content, the Financial Times said. "This is all about ... more 
Yiwu, China (AFP) Nov 23, 2009Smoke from hookah pipes and the aroma of lamb skewers on the grill mix in the chilly autumn air as men talk loudly in Arabic over pulsating music beneath the neon glow of restaurant signs. The scene could be unfolding in any number of cities in the Middle East -- but this is eastern China. Yiwu, a city of two million people 300 kilometres (190 miles) south of Shanghai, has become a cross ... more |
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