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Robot completes first underwater crossing of Atlantic OceanMadrid (AFP) Dec 9, 2009 Spain on Wednesday handed back to the United States a robot which last week completed the first underwater crossing of the Atlantic Ocean to help monitor climate change by tracking temperatures. The yellow glider, which resembles a rocket with wings on its sides, traveled the 7,400 kilometres (4,600 miles) between New Jersey on the US east coast and Galicia in Spain's northwestern coast in ... read more |
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Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2009 NASA says it is offering paid internships to engineering students who have ideas on how future explorers might live on the moon. The 2010 NASA Moon Work engineering design challenge seeks to motivate college students by giving them first-hand experience with the process of developing new technologies, the space agency said. To participate in the contest, students must submit ... more  
Palmdale CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2009The first Block 40 configuration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight on Nov. 16. Designated AF-18, the advanced capability aircraft flew for approximately two hours from Northrop Grumman's manufacturing facility in Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "AF-18, the eleventh of the ... more  
Washington (AFP) Dec 9, 2009The United States issued a new strategy Wednesday for dealing with a rising threat from biological weapons but stopped short of measures to give teeth to an existing international convention. Instead, the White House said it would step up protections against biological attacks by increasing vigilance and global access to information on disease outbreaks and strengthening norms of scientific ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2009As the world's top producer of energy-efficient light bulbs and a potentially massive market for them, China is seen as pivotal to greater worldwide acceptance of environmentally-friendly lighting. While also the largest producer of less-efficient incandescent bulbs, China is moving with the times as the classic light bulb, which produces more heat than light, is slowly being switched off. ... more  
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 09, 2009Boeing has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the third of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites. The signals indicate that the spacecraft is healthy and ready to begin orbital maneuvers and operational testing. WGS is the latest U.S. Department of Defense satellite communications system. A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket launched the WGS-3 satellite at 8:47 p.m. Eastern ... more  
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 09, 2009NASA's effort to deploy the first satellite mission to advance global precipitation observations from space moved closer to this goal when agency officials approved critical elements for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission on Dec. 2. NASA gave GPM the green light to proceed to the mission implementation phase in a review meeting chaired by NASA's Associate Administrator ... more |
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  Radio nodes may succeed RFID tags  US Air Force confirms 'Beast of Kandahar' drone  Russia wants more Israeli spy drones |
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