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NASA Airborne Radar To Study Quake Faults In HaitiPasadena CA (SPX) Jan 28, 2010 In response to the disaster in Haiti on Jan. 12, NASA has added a series of science overflights of earthquake faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola to a previously scheduled three-week airborne radar campaign to Central America. NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar, or UAVSAR, left NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., on Jan. 25 aboard a modified NASA Gulfstream III aircraft. During its trek to Central America, which ... read more |
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Dying news media may seek salvation in Apple tabletSan Francisco (AFP) Jan 26, 2010 Struggling US newspapers and magazines may seek Internet Age resurrection in a so-called "Jesus tablet" - a computer expected to grab the spotlight Wednesday at a much anticipated Apple event here. A notebook-sized version of an iPod Touch that Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is expected to show the world could try to do for newspapers what iTunes did for music and what the App Store did for mini-programs for smartphones. "It will be notable," said Jim Gaines, a former corporate editor at Time ... read more |
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Moscow (UPI) Jan 27, 2009 The design for a new booster rocket for the next generation of Russian manned spacecraft should be completed in August, an official said Tuesday. The Progress design bureau in Samara, Space Corp. Energia and the Makeyev missile design facility are collaborating on the Rus-M booster rocket, RIA Novosti reported. The new manned spacecraft is scheduled for launch in 2017. "The work ... more  
Rome (AFP) Jan 27, 2010US satellite communications firm Globalstar said Wednesday it will launch six satellites manufactured by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between France's Thales and Italy's Finmeccanica, in July or August. Globalstar chief Tony Navarra said the launch was delayed by six months because of "a number of challenges to solve" such as delays in financing and damage to Alenia facilities from a ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 27, 2010Over the past few decades NASA and other organizations have attempted to design satellites that would be capable of carrying out multiple missions. The fundamental idea is to create a single spacecraft design that could be duplicated over and over in order to reduce unit costs while satisfying several space missions and applications. To date, the results have been disappointing. The spacec ... more |
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Pentagon To Provide Shadow UAVs To PakistanIslamabad, Pakistan (SPX) Jan 28, 2010 The United States plans to provide Pakistan RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aerial vehicles to support their fight on extremists, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates confirmed during a roundtable session with Pakistani reporters. The United States has been working with the Pakistani military for more than a year to enhance its own ISR capabilities, Gates said. "We share a lot of information that we acquire on the Afghan side of the border and from our satellites, but we also are trying to help the Pakistanis b ... read more |
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