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The sixth Ariane 5 for launch in 2009 is delivered to Arianespace The next Ariane 5 mission has moved into its final preparation phase as the vehicle for this sixth flight of 2009 is delivered to Arianespace, keeping the company on track for its busiest year of launch activity ever with the commercial heavy-lift workhorse. Following its rollout from the Spaceport's Launcher Integration ... read more 
San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 13, 2009DigitalGlobe's recently launched WorldView-2 satellite provides an unprecedented level of detail and geospatial accuracy for imaging and mapping the Earth's surface. Operating at an altitude of 770 kilometers, WorldView-2 features an advanced onboard imaging system with better than 0.5-meter panoramic resolution and 1.8-meter multispectral resolution and is capable of collecting images of up to ... 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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Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 13, 2009Even in ancient times, people observed the planets that orbit our Sun. (See also the astronomy question from week 1: Why are there seven days in a week?) Nowadays we know that there are many trillions of other stars in the Universe, in addition to the Sun. It seems likely that planets orbit many of these stars too. The evidence that extrasolar planets (exoplanets for short) exist was ... more 
Minnetonka MN (SPX) Oct 13, 2009Digi International has introduced the Digi m10 JumpStart Kit, the industry's first cost-effective development kit that provides all of the tools necessary, including ORBCOMM trial satellite service, to allow customers to quickly and easily build satellite-enabled products. Ideal for transportation, asset tracking and other applications where cellular coverage is inconsistent but access to ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 12, 2009The High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on board the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter imaged Daedalia Planum, a sparsely cratered, untextured plain on the Red Planet, featuring solidified lava flows of varying ages. Daedalia Planum lies to the southeast of Arsia Mons, one of the largest ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Oct 11, 2009Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte returned to Earth on Sunday, wearing his trademark red clown nose, when a Soyuz capsule carrying him and two astronauts landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan. "Everything took place normally and on time," said Vitaly Lopota, head of Energia, the Russian state-owned company which designs the Soyuz capsule, in televised remarks. "The crew is ... more 
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 12, 2009Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt and Canadian spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte have returned to Earth, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft. Landing occurred at 12:32 a.m. EDT, 10:32 a.m. Kazakhstan time. Padalka and Barratt stayed aboard the orbiting laboratory for 197 days. The duo arrived at the station ... more  
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Oct 12, 2009A robot designed by UBC students will be shoveling moon dust at an international robotics competition next week, vying for a $500,000 prize and the opportunity to contribute to NASA's future space exploration projects. The UBC team has created a robotic machine that can excavate simulated lunar soil (regolith). Excavating regolith will be an important part of any construction project or ... more |
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