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CASIS Issues Request for Proposals: Remote Sensing From the ISS
Oct 22, 2013 (SPX)
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization managing research aboard the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. Natio...
Nation puts geospatial data system on the map
Oct 22, 2013 (XNA)
China has established a national emergency geospatial data system to provide first-responders with detailed maps within two hours after a disaster, a senior off...
Satellites proposed as way to bring early detection of wildfires
Oct 22, 2013 (UPI)
As firefighters recover from a record wildfire season in the U.S. West, scientists say it's time to give them a 21st century tool: a fire-spotting satellite. Re...
Indra Leads The European G-Sextant Earth Observation Project
Oct 21, 2013 (SPX)
The European Commission, through the Research Executive Agency (REA), has entrusted Indra with the G-SEXTANT R and D project aimed at developing different produ...
Astrium unveils first WorldDEM sample data
Oct 21, 2013 (SPX)
Astrium, world's second-ranking space company, has released the first WorldDEM sample data sets for evaluation purposes, enabling potential customers to begin t...
How Earth's rotation affects vortices in nature
Oct 18, 2013 (SPX)
What do smoke rings, tornadoes and the Great Red Spot of Jupiter have in common? They are all examples of vortices, regions within a fluid (liquid, gas or plasm...
New evidence on lightning strikes
Oct 18, 2013 (SPX)
Lightning strikes causing rocks to explode have for the first time been shown to play a huge role in shaping mountain landscapes in southern Africa, debunking p...
Tiny drones create new, highly detailed mapping of Matterhorn
Oct 17, 2013 (UPI)
The Swiss Alps' iconic Matterhorn has been has been mapped in detail never possible before by a fleet of autonomous, fixed-wing drones, researchers say. The Mat...
Astrium Enhances TerraSAR-X Resolution and Coverage Capabilities
Oct 16, 2013 (SPX)
Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company, has launched two new TerraSAR-X imaging modes. The enhanced imaging capabilities facilitate the delivery of ...
Iron in the Earth's core weakens before melting
Oct 15, 2013 (SPX)
The iron in the Earth's inner core weakens dramatically before it melts, explaining the unusual properties that exist in the moon-sized solid centre of our plan...
DroneMetrex Accomplishes Another Mapping Project Using Its Unique Topodrone-100
Oct 04, 2013 (SPX)
Adelaide-based DroneMetrex has successfully performed another project using its premier mapping system TopoDrone-100. This time the Client was one of the key pl...
Flood maps from satellite data can help emergency response
Oct 01, 2013 (UPI)
The European Space Agency says satellite data have helped create flood maps that are available quickly via the Internet for help in responding to disasters. Kno...
Australia's new prototype vehicle to improve Earth observation satellites' accuracy
Sep 30, 2013 (XNA)
Australian scientists developed a prototype autonomous vehicle, "Outback Rover," to help scientists to improve the accuracy of Earth observation satellites that...
Japan takes issue with Google maps over islands: reports
Sep 29, 2013 (AFP)
Japan has asked local authorities and state-run universities not to post Google maps on their websites because some of them use non-Japanese names for disputed ...
UCLA scientists explain the formation of unusual ring of radiation in space
Sep 27, 2013 (SPX)
Since the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts in 1958, space scientists have believed these belts encircling the Earth consist of two doughnut-shaped rin...
Ultra-fast Electrons Explain Third Radiation Ring Around Earth
Sep 26, 2013 (SPX)
In the already complicated science of what creates - and causes constant change in - two giant doughnuts of radiation surrounding Earth, researchers have added ...
Preparing to launch Swarm
Sep 23, 2013 (ESA)
With the launch of ESA's Swarm trio set for 14 November, the first satellite has arrived safely at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. This new mission will unra...
NASA Launches Study of New Global Land Imaging System
Sep 20, 2013 (SPX)
NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will kick off a quest for an innovative and affordable space-based system to extend the Landsat satellite data record...
ESA's GOCE mission to end this year
Sep 20, 2013 (ESA)
After more than four years mapping Earth's gravity with unrivalled precision, GOCE's mission is nearing its end and the satellite will soon reenter our atmosphe...
New insights solve 300-year-old problem: The dynamics of the Earth's core
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at the University of Leeds have solved a 300-year-old riddle about which direction the centre of the earth spins. The Earth's inner core, made up of ...
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