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| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | Global Extinction: Gradual Doom Is Just As Bad As Abrupt |
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| Cincinnati OH (SPX) Feb 08, 2012 A painstakingly detailed investigation shows that mass extinctions need not be sudden events. The deadliest mass extinction of all took a long time to kill 90 percent of Earth's marine life, and it killed in stages, ... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | Iran to launch new generation of satellites |
| Tehran (IANS) Feb 08, 2012 Iran is planning to send a new generation of satellites into orbit to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic republic's establishment, Defence Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi has said. On Friday, Iran annou... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | Mars radar finds possible ocean sediments |
| Paris, France (ESA) Feb 08, 2012 The MARSIS radar instrument on board ESA's Mars Express orbiter has discovered a subsurface blanket of low density material around the north polar cap, supporting theories that the northern lowlands of Mars were on... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | Devas deal cancelled for national security |
| Chennai (IANS) Feb 08, 2012 The central government cancelled the Antrix Corporation-Devas Multimedia deal for reasons of national security and not for purported loss of revenue in sale of spectrum, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office ... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | IAI and Boeing drive to active Arrow-3 |
| Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Feb 6, 2012 Israel Aerospace Industries and the Boeing Co. are driving to complete development of Israel's Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile interceptor amid the Persian Gulf confrontation between Iran and the West. If that s... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | Ex-ISRO chief slams Antrix-Devas probe |
| Bangalore, India (IANS) Feb 08, 2012 Former Indian space agency chief G. Madhavan Nair Sunday slammed the twin probe reports on the multi-billion dollar Antrix-Devas spectrum deal, saying they were "one-sided and without all facts". "Though I am y... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | Mars Express radar gives strong evidence for former Mars ocean |
| Paris, France (ESA) Feb 08, 2012 ESA's Mars Express has returned strong evidence for an ocean once covering part of Mars. Using radar, it has detected sediments reminiscent of an ocean floor within the boundaries of previously identified, ancient ... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | NBN Co selects Space Systems Loral for communications satellites |
| Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 08, 2012 The delivery of high-speed internet to some of the most remote communities in Australia has taken a leap forward following NBN Co's selection of Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a leading manufacturer of commercia... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | Land-cover changes do not impact glacier loss |
| Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Feb 07, 2012 The composition of land surface - such as vegetation type and land use - regulates the interaction of radiation, sensible heat and humidity between the land surface and the atmosphere and, thus, influences groun... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | Raytheon Awarded Contract for Missile Defense System |
| Dulles VA (SPX) Feb 07, 2012 Raytheon has been awarded a $38.1 million contract to provide engineering support to the Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program for the Missile Defense Agency. Under the subcontract w... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | Satellite Industry Growth To Continue Despite Challenging Environment |
| Paris, France (SPX) Feb 08, 2012 Euroconsult has announced that it expects prospects for the satellite industry to remain favorable over the decade in a variety of areas. The next ten years should see continued growth for commercial markets, while... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | High Planetary Tilt Lowers Odds for Life? |
| Moffet Field CA (NASA) Feb 08, 2012 If you think summer is too hot or winter unbearably cold, take solace that in the distant past seasons on our planet might have been much harsher. However, the advent of milder seasons did more than offer comfor... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | Mobile Launcher Tests Confirm Designs |
| Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 08, 2012 The 355-foot-tall Mobile Launcher, or ML, behaved as expected during its move to Launch Pad 39B in November 2011, an analysis of multiple sensors showed. The top of the tower swayed less than an inch each way. ... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | SES-4 Satellite Launch Re-Scheduled For February 14-15 |
| Luxembourg (SPX) Feb 08, 2012 SES S.A. announces that ILS has re-scheduled the SES-4 satellite launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on board an ILS Proton Breeze M rocket for 1:36 am local time on February 15th, 2012 (February 14th, 2012 at 20:36 p... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 5:48pm | ULA Completes Critical Milestones Toward Certifying Atlas V for Human Spaceflight |
| Centennial CO (SPX) Feb 08, 2012 United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced the completion of two key milestones leading toward the certification of the Atlas V launch vehicle for human spaceflight. ULA has successfully completed the third and... more | |
| Feb 8 2012 12:01pm | SES' broadband service ASTRA2Connect and Nordnet expand their offerings |
| Luxembourg (SPX) Feb 08, 2012 SES and NordNet, the French internet service provider and a subsidiary of France-Telecom-Orange, has announced that they have expanded their service offering of SES' successful satellite broadband service ASTRA2Connec... more | |
| Feb 7 2012 9:29pm | Project NEOShield: Asteroid defence systems |
| Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 07, 2012 It is not entirely clear when exactly the last major asteroid impact on Earth occurred. But there are plenty of examples of impact craters, such as the Nordlinger Ries in Bavaria. That there will be other collisi... more | |
| Feb 7 2012 9:29pm | Heavy Ions Killed Mars Probe |
| Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 07, 2012 Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt was lost because space radiation disrupted its computer system, a commission investigating the incident said on Friday. The investigation found no faults with the spacecraft... more | |
| Feb 7 2012 9:29pm | Surface of Mars an unlikely place for life after 600 million year drought |
| London, UK (SPX) Feb 07, 2012 Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking task of analysing ind... more | |
| Feb 7 2012 9:29pm | Mission to Land on a Comet |
| Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 07, 2012 Europe's Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet- and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenkoand land a probe on it, two firsts. Rosetta's goal is t... more |


