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ISRO Saw String Of Successes In 2007 New Delhi, India (PTI) Jan 03, 2008 
In the year gone by, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved self-reliance in launch vehicle technology with the successful ground testing of the Cryogenic Upper Stage, a key component in putting heavier payloads in orbit. Capping a string of successes in 2007 in space research, India is poised to take a giant leap forward in the new year with the launch of its maiden moon mission Ch ... read more
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ISRO To Launch Carto-2A Satellite In January 2008
Hyderabad, India (PTI) Dec 28, 2007ISRO will launch Carto-2A satellite which has Cartography applications including remote sensing, ground water development etc and a resolution of one meter, by end of January 2008 or first week of February, according to RK Rajangam, deputy director, ISRO. Talking to PTI on the sidelines of the launch of India's first students chapter of Astronautical Society of India, he said any object wanting ... more India And Russia Begin Talks On Chandrayaan-II 
New Delhi (PTI) Dec 19, 2007India has begun technical discussions with Russia on the joint moon mission Chandrayaan-II which is expected to be launched in 2011-12. Scientists are planning to land a rover on the moon for carrying out chemical analysis of the lunar surface and explore other resources on the earth's natural satellite. "In situ chemical analysis and resource exploration is the main objective of Chandrayaan-II, ... more Unique Porous Copper Structure Enables New Generation Of Military Micro-Detonators 
Athens GA (SPX) Dec 19, 2007Tiny copper structures with pores at both the nanometer and micron size scales could play a key role in the next generation of detonators used to improve the reliability, reduce the size and lower the cost of certain military munitions. Developed by a team of scientists from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and the Indian Head Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, the hig ... more ISRO Refutes INSAT-4CR Disappearance Story 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 17, 2007The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday refuted reports alleging that its INSAT-4CR satellite had "disappeared" for a while in space and later "brought back," reducing its ten-year life span by half. It's totally false and baseless. We totally deny it," ISRO spokesperson S Satish said here. Satish said the satellite, launched on September 2 this year, had been put in the ... more Research Finds Rodents Thrive Near Highways 
Terre Haute IN (SPX) Dec 17, 2007There is something out there, and what an Indiana State University professor and his students are finding is surprising them. Dale Sparks, associate professor and research scientist in the department of ecology and organismal biology, and a team of students are evaluating the quality of Interstate 70 as a small mammal habitat from the Indiana state line to Marshall, Ill., with the permission of ... more |
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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 11, 2007As the United Nations climate negotiations proceed in Bali, Indonesia, researchers have taken a first step toward quantifying the "socioclimatic" exposure of different countries to future climate change. The research team from Purdue University and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, found that China, India and the United States - major greenhous ... more FLIR Systems To Boost US Airport Security 
Portland OR (SPX) Dec 07, 2007FLIR Systems announced that it has received multiple awards totaling $2 million during 2007 to supply thermal security cameras to airports around the U.S. FLIR's thermal and multi-sensor security cameras were selected for installation at major airports throughout the country, including Dallas-Ft. Worth, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and the New York area's four major airports -- Kennedy, LaGuardia, ... more Did Early Southwestern Indians Ferment Corn And Make Beer 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 06, 2007The belief among some archeologists that Europeans introduced alcohol to the Indians of the American Southwest may be faulty. Ancient and modern pot sherds collected by New Mexico state archeologist Glenna Dean, in conjunction with analyses by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Ted Borek, open the possibility that food or beverages made from fermenting corn were consumed by native inhabitan ... more Israeli Spy Satellite Launch By ISRO Runs Into Technical Difficulties 
New Delhi (PTI) Dec 04, 2007The launch of Israel's spy satellite by the Indian Space Resource Organisation (ISRO) is facing "technical difficulties" and will be rescheduled for launch once these are overcome, agency officials have reporterd. "We are facing some technical difficulties. Once we overcome these, the launch will be scheduled," ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said. TechSAR, Israel's first synthetic aperture ... more |
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Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Nov 20, 2007In order to extend alert times and avoid false alarms, a new seafloor pressure recording system has been designed to detect tsunamis shortly after their development in the open ocean. The project is directed by scientists of the working group 'Marine Observation Systems' at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, part of the Helmholtz Association. Successful testing of the re ... more Indigenous Cryogenic Stage Successfully Qualified 
Mahendragiri, India (SPX) Nov 19, 2007ISRO has achieved a significant milestone through the successful test of indigenously developed Cryogenic Stage, to be employed as the upper stage of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). The test was conducted for its full flight duration of 720 seconds today (November 15, 2007) at Liquid Propulsion test facility at Mahendragiri, in Tamil Nadu. With this test, the indigenous C ... more Will Russia Create The World's Second Largest Surface Navy 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 19, 2007The year 2007 can safely be described as Russia's year of combat aviation. Both in July at Le Bourget in France and in August at Zhukovsky outside Moscow, thousands of spectators held their breath as they watched stunts performed by MiG and Su planes equipped with vectored-thrust engines. It was a sight to be proud of. The planes featured were all land-based, although it is aircraft carrier avia ... more Rosetta: OSIRIS' View Of Earth By Night 
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 16, 2007This striking composite of Earth by night shows the illuminated crescent over Antarctica and cities of the northern hemisphere. The images were acquired with the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera (WAC) during Rosetta's second Earth swing-by on 13 November. This image showing islands of light created by human habitation was taken with the OSIRIS WAC at 19:45 CET, about 2 hours before the closest approach ... more
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