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Milt Thompson's Wild RideEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2009 Ominous black smoke rose over California's high desert on a crisp, cold December morning in 1962, and there was no sign of a parachute. Della Mae Bowling, the pilot's office secretary at NASA's Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, was crying as fire trucks raced across the vast expanse of Rogers Dry Lake toward the crash scene. But Bowling and others were to learn that what ... read more |
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Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 23, 2009January to April 2009: In January, the new DLR HALO (High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft) research aircraft landed for the first time at its home airport in Oberpfaffenhofen. The Gulfstream G550 was converted into one of the most modern aircraft for climate and atmospheric research and can fly higher and further than any previous research aircraft. In February: Congratulations ... more 
Algiers, Algeria (SPX) Dec 22, 2009The use of space-based technologies can help achieve sustainable development in Africa, a capacity recently bolstered in that continent by creation of two regional space partnerships. The third African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology for Sustainable Development was held on December 7-9 in Algiers. The conference was hosted by the Algerian Space Agency with the ... more  
San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2009Northrop Grumman has successfully completed maritime sensor demonstrations using a company-owned MQ-8B Fire Scout tactical Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS). Fire Scout was equipped with the Telephonics' radar and FLIR Electro Optical Infrared system, and highlighted the versatility of the unmanned helicopter's modular payload architecture and its flexibility in integrating off-the ... more |
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Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 23, 2009Sandia National Laboratories will use $4.2 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modify and enhance its existing Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory (BATLab), with the goal of developing low-cost batteries for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Sandia's BATLab is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of battery testing to ensure they meet real ... more  
Washington (AFP) Dec 22, 2009Copyright piracy in China remains at "unacceptably high levels," causing "serious harm" to American businesses, the top US trade official said in an annual report to Congress Tuesday. US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in the mandatory report on China's compliance with its World Trade Organization accession obligations that Beijing was not taking adequate steps to enforce intellectual ... more 
Lusaka (AFP) Dec 22, 2009Zambia's northern Lunashya Copper Mines will resume production, projected at 20,000 tonnes a year, after shutting down a year ago, the China Nonferrous Metals Company said Tuesday. "We are projecting to producing 20,000 tonnes of finished copper per annum but our target is 40,000 tonnes per annum" within five years, the company's chief executive Luo Xingeng said. Lunashya stopped ... more |
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