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Satellites Take Sustainability To New Heights Paris, France (ESA) Mar 26, 2008 
Shell Canada has incorporated Earth Observation data into its Sustainable Development Report, demonstrating the potential of satellites to provide a global and cost-effective way to measure objectively the sustainability of business activities. Companies that aim to create wealth while also contributing to the long-term quality of life and respect for the environment regularly issue environment ... read more |
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NASA discusses space exploration benefits
St. Louis (UPI) Mar 25, 2008 A U.S. space agency deputy administrator and Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder discussed how space exploration can benefit that state's economy. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Deputy Administrator Shana Dale and Kinder discussed the issues Tuesday during a NASA "Future Forum" in St. Louis. The event is part of a year-long nationwide series of forums marking NASA's 50th anniversary ... more India Seeks Russia's Help In Space Pilot Training 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2008India is considering sending one of its citizens into space on board a Russian spacecraft to acquire the skills necessary for future manned space missions, an Indian space source told RIA Novosti. "India would like to have one of its astronauts trained in Russia and send him into space on board the Soyuz spacecraft," said a senior researcher from the Indian Space Research Organization. ... more Endeavour Crew Prepares For Landing 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 26, 2008The crew of space shuttle Endeavour is spending today getting ready for its journey home and the end of the STS-123 mission. Among the preparations is a test of the thrusters that will be used to position the orbiter for re-entry and the control surfaces for its flight through the atmosphere. After this testing is complete, the crew members will speak to members of the media on Earth. ... more In Japan, robot babysitter always ready to play 
Fukuoka, Japan (AFP) March 25, 2008Japanese parents who can't find a good babysitter now have an alternative that never gets tired -- a friendly robot at the local department store. Major Japanese retailer Aeon Co. said Tuesday it has introduced a 1.4-metre (four-foot-seven) yellow-and-white robot at a store in the southern city of Fukuoka in charge of entertaining the children. If parents want to leave their children with ... more Russian Rockot Launch Vehicle To Orbit European GOCE Satellite 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2008A Russian Rockot launch vehicle is due this year to deliver into orbit Europe's first GOCE satellite which will measure the Earth's gravitational field, the Khrunichev space center said Friday. "The European Space Agency [ESA] will present Europe's first GOCE [Gravity field and steady state Ocean Circulation Explorer mission] satellite at the ESTEC [European Space Research and Technology Center ... more |
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Washington (AFP) March 24, 2008The US space shuttle Endeavour began its trek home to Earth Monday after a record five successful spacewalks and 12 days at the International Space Station where astronauts installed Japan's maiden ISS laboratory. With the installation Japan gained a foothold on the orbital outpost alongside the United States, Russia and Europe, whose laboratory Columbus was delivered to the station in Febru ... more Searching For Earth 
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008In the past decade, astronomers have found more than 250 planets orbiting distant stars. Most of these have been giant planets, the size of Saturn or Jupiter, or larger. A few have been Neptune-size. No-one, however, has yet found the holy grail of extrasolar planets: an Earth-size planet with an Earth-like orbit around a sun-like star. That's about to change. NASA's Kepler mission, select ... more Boomerang works in space: Japanese astronaut 
Tokyo (AFP) March 21, 2008In an unprecedented experiment, a Japanese astronaut has thrown a boomerang in space and confirmed it flies back much like on Earth. Astronaut Takao Doi "threw a boomerang and saw it come back" during his free time on March 18 at the International Space Station, a spokeswoman at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said on Friday. Doi threw the boomerang after a request from compatriot ... more Spacewalkers test new shuttle repair techniques 
Washington (AFP) March 21, 2008Two astronauts returned from the void Friday after a spacewalk to test new repair techniques for the space shuttle's heat shield, crucial for a new mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman, who arrived at the International Space Station aboard the shuttle Endeavour last week, spent six hours and 24 minutes outside the ISS working on ... more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Mar 22, 2008Jules Verne ATV is lining up for Europe's first-ever automated docking in space. Following two demonstrations, the final 'putt' must be more accurate and gentle than on any rolling golf green. Now that the vessel is 'on the green' - in a parking orbit 2000 m ahead of the ISS - ATV mission controllers must pace the spacecraft through two pending and crucial demonstration dockings, moving ... more Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan Crust 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2008NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings made using radar measurements of Titan's rotation will appear in the March 21 issue of the journal Science. "With its organic dunes, lakes, channels and mountains, Titan has one of the most varied, active and Earth-like surfaces in ... more Mars Salt Deposits Point To New Place In Hunt For Ancient Traces Of Life 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Scientists using a Mars-orbiting camera designed and operated at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility have discovered the first evidence for deposits of chloride minerals - salts - in numerous places on Mars. These deposits, say the scientists, show where water was once abundant and may also provide evidence for the existence of former Martian life. ... more Salt Deposits May Have Evidence Of Life On Mars 
Washington (AFP) March 20, 2008US scientists have discovered salt deposits on the surface of Mars, indicating that water was once plenty and pointing sites that could provide evidence of past life, a study said Thursday. The deposits were discovered by a team of scientists led by Mikki Osterloo at the University of Hawaii using thermal images from the orbiting Mars Odyssey spacecraft, according to research in the March 21 ... more
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