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AerospaceCLINTON: "MOSCOW HAS TO NEGOTIATE ABOUT SPACE SHIELD"
WASHINGTON, U.S. are showing iron hand towards Russia about the space shield: there will be no negotiate regarding other reductions of nuclear weapons until Moscow government will not accept talks about... more
AerospaceANTLANTIS CREW STEPS OUTSIDE THE SPACE
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, USA, American astronaut Ed Lu and the russian cosmonaut Juri Maletchenko stepped outside the space shuttle for a six-and-a-half spacewalk to climb up the International Space Station... more
AerospaceWEATHER AFFECTS SHUTTLE LAUNCH
USA, Bad weather raging on Space Shuttle Atlantis International Space Station could shut the planned launch. U.S. forecasters on wednesday put the odds of good launch weather at 60% to send shuttle into... more
AerospaceAMERICAN MILLIONAIRE PAYS TO BE LAUNCHED IN ORBIT WITH MIR SPACE STATION
MOSCOW, Dennis Tito, american millionaire aged 59 was authorized by medical staff of russian Space Agency to begin training that will take him aboard Mir space station. Tito is planning to walk next year... more
AerospaceMOSCOW PRAISES USA GIVING UP TO SPACE SHIELD
WASHINGTON, According to what reported to the russian press agency Interfax by the General Leonid Ivashov, head of Foreign Military Cooperation Department, United States giving up to set up the feared... more
AerospaceREPUBLIC OF CHINA LAUNCHES NEW SATELLITE IN ORBIT
PEKING, It is a satellite which will be used for scientific research. Chinese press agency Xinhua reported "Long March" 4-B was launched from the Space Center of Taiyuan. more
AerospaceNASA UNVEILED NEW SATELLITE TO HELP MONITOR ENVIRONMENT
WASHINGTON, The new satellite will be launched into orbit September 20. The NOAA will allow scientists to better chart environmental changes, study what triggers disasters such as tornadoes, and help searchers... more
AerospaceENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS SHORTAGE THREATENS SPACE SHUTTLE SAFETY
WASHINGTON, The report from the GAO, Governement Accounting Office, said "workforce reductions are jeopardizing NASA's abiility to safely support the shuttle's planned flight rate". NASA spokesman Dwayne... more
AerospaceKEO SATELLITE COULD REMAIN IN ORBIT FOR 50.000 YEARS
PARIS, KEO satellite, expected to launch next year, could be in orbit until 52001. Projected by french researchers, this satellite will be able to receive messages via electronic mail, recording them all... more
AerospaceRUSSIA LAUNCHES NEW MILITARY SATELLITE
MOSCOW, The new russian military satellite has been launched yesterday from the Baikonur launch pad in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. It is the second reported launch of a spy satellite in this... more
AerospaceNASA REVEALS HACKER ATTACK AFTER THREE YEARS
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, After almost three years american Nasa revealed that in September 1997 terrestrial computing systems of Atlantis mission have been overloaded by the illicit access of an hacker who... more
AerospaceBRITISH AEROSPACE COULD FIRE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
LONDON, Bae, British Aerospace and Defense, could sack hundreds of employees in England and Scotland. Yorkshire region could lose 1600 workers. The reason is that after merger with Marconi some productions... more
AerospaceSMALL SATELLITES TO MONITOR EARTH MORE CAREFULLY
BERLIN, BIRD is a new project for using small explorer satellites for earth surface scanning by advanced infrared sensors was introduced by german agency Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt. They... more
AerospaceEADS FIXES JULY 10 FOR STARTING SHARE OFFERING
BERLIN, The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company is starting up share offering on the german, french and spanish stock exchanges on july 10. EADS is number 3 in the world in aerospace business... more
AerospaceINDUSTRIAL OBSERVERS ARE WAITING
BERLIN, There's a relevant expectation in defense business trade to see if Lockheed Martin will keep on operating in EW (Early Warning) sector by means of Owego, New Jersey, Federal Systems Inc. its controlled.... more
AerospaceRADAR QUARREL IN USA
BERLINO, The quarrel is obviously a business one: two tycoons of electronics are facing, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman (including Westinghouse). The dispute regards the fosterage of a big supply of radar... more
AerospaceILA 2000 EXHIBITION NUMBERS
BERLIN, About 370 exhibitors of 38 countries are currently taking part to the exhibition which is taking place at Berlin Schoenefeld airport (two other airports are working in the city, Tempelhof and Tegel).In... more
AerospaceSAILING TO THE STARS ON SOLAR WIND
ALABAMA USA, According to NASA scientists within the decade a new and revolutionary propulsion system, an immense and super-lightweight sailing, will be at disposal. It will let the power of solar photons... more
AerospaceFROM SPACE AGAINST MOSQUITOS
ROME, Able to protect us from mosquitos won't be Star Trek spaceship but a new satellite placed a height of 830 km, which will control areas infested by mosquitos every 2 days. The project of biological... more
AerospaceNEW SATELLITE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ROME, Eeutelsat, European Organization for Telecommunications, came up with a new satellite that would have the purpose of filling the gap of request towards world market in many developing countries... more