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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2009 
At the most recent NASA Astrobiology Science Conference, a panel of scientists discussed different types of planets where we might find alien life. In the fifth segment of this series, the panelists address questions from the audience about the search for life on Mars and elsewhere. Tori Hoehler: I think the question of manned exploration crystallizes around Mars. That's the one ... read more 
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 29, 2009The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded DCNS, Thales and ECA a major study contract that is expected to lead, around 2011, to a demonstrator of a new mine countermeasures solution dubbed Espadon. Today, mine countermeasures (MCM) is typically performed by dedicated vessels known as minehunters. MCM operations expose minehunter crews to considerable danger due to the simple ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
US telecom company fined for bribing Chinese officials Apple blocking Dalai Lama iPhone applications: report Detroit flight plot may prove boon for security firms AT&T wants out of landline business Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit Nuance buys British voice-to-text company SpinVox Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee Google plans Android event in January Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case 
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Washington (AFP) July 27, 2009Two astronauts returned from open space Monday after installing cameras on the International Space Station's new Japanese laboratory during the final spacewalk of the space shuttle Endeavour mission. Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn floated out of the ISS for four hours and 54 minutes, returning to the decompression chamber at 1627 GMT, after completing several maintenance and research tasks ... more  
Swindon, UK (SPX) Jul 27, 2009Leading industrialists and academics from across the world have witnessed the launch of the European Space Agency (ESA)'s first ever UK base at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus (HSIC). As part of a two day event, ESA saw for themselves the world-leading research and technology facilities already at the campus and at its sister Science and Innovation Campus in Daresbury. ... more  
Bangalore, India (SPX) Jul 27, 2009The intense radiation from the sun that roasted India's first unmanned lunar satellite's key orientation instrument - the star sensor - has raised concerns over the safety of Indian astronauts on the country's first manned space flight, planned around 2015. A scientist from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) pointed out that radiation can kill astronauts if the emissions from ... more |
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Paris (AFP) July 20, 2009The European Space Agency (ESA), on the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing, said Monday any return to the moon had to be more than a flag-planting mission and multinational cooperation was key. ESA Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain said that in 1969, Apollo 11's exploit was seen in terms of superpower rivalry, but today perceptions had changed. "I think the most important ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2009This scene combines seven frames taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during the 1,891st Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (April 28, 2009). It covers a vista from south-southeast on the left to northeast on the right. This view is from the position Spirit reached with a drive that moved the rover only about 14 centimeters (5.5 inches) ... more 
Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Jul 21, 2009The space shuttle Endeavour has docked to the International Space Station (ISS) at 1:47 p.m. EDT, as they floated in tandem about 400 km above Earth. About two hours later at 3:48 p.m. EDT, the hatch between the two spacecrafts was opened and the first six permanent ISS residents welcomed aboard the crew of mission STS-127. Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk, who launched to the Station on ... more |
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