Space Daily articles from January 2007

Space Daily archives from January 2007

A Blast Over Antarctica As Telescope Soars.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers LONGUEUIL, Jan. 1 (SPX) -- A fascinating experiment is being conducted this week over Antarctica by Canada and its partners, the U.S., the U.K. and Mexico. Attached to a huge helium balloon, 2,000-kilogram BLAST...

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Outperforms Diesel Counterpart.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Damian Housman ROBINS AFB, Ga., Jan. 2 (SPX) -- Air Force Materiel Command officials here are tied to a project that could provide warfighters at remote bases with a cleaner, quieter way to power runway lights and other...

Initial Tests Completed On Stryker NBCRV.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers DUGWAY PROVING GROUNDS, UT, Jan. 2 (SPX) -- Initial operating tests were completed on the Stryker Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle at Dugway Proving Grounds in late 2006. The Stryker NBCRV will...

Micro Satellite Launches Into Space.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., Jan. 1 (SPX) -- The Tactical satellite spacecraft has commenced operations on a planned six to 12-month experimental mission after a successful launch onboard a Minotaur I rocket from the National...

NASA Mars Team Teaches Old Rovers New Tricks to Kick Off Year Four.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 29, 2006 (SPX) -- NASA's twin Mars rovers, nearing the third anniversary of their landings, are getting smarter as they get older. The unexpected longevity of Spirit and Opportunity is giving...

New Evaluation Brigade To Test Emerging Warfighter Technologies.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Donna Miles FORT BLISS, Texas, Jan. 2 (SPX) -- A new brigade here will test some of the most revolutionary concepts and systems being developed for future warfighters, report how they operate under field conditions, and ultimately...

New Targets May Hit Bulls-Eye For Chip Makers.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (SPX) -- The bull's-eye solution to the semiconductor industry's hunt for more exact means to measure the relative positions of ever-tinier devices squeezed by the millions onto silicon chips might...

Satellite Project Gives Speed Students Experience In Space Engineering.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Kevin Hyde LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 1 (SPX) -- University of Louisville students at the Speed School of Engineering are taking part in a unique effort to train students in the dynamics of spacecraft design, construction, testing and...

Space Command Civilian Volunteers To Deploy Down Range.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Trisha Schmalz PETERSON AFB, Colo., Jan. 1 (SPX) -- In January, a civilian from Air Force Space Command will be going down range in support of the war on terrorism. The volunteer, assigned the Logistics and Warfighting Integration...

SSN Rickover Deactivates From Service.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers NORFOLK, VA, Jan. 2 (SPX) -- After 22 years of service, USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 709) was inactivated in a ceremony Dec. 14 at Norfolk Naval Station Pier 3. The widow of Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, retired Cmdr....

The Mathematics Of Cloaking.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 1 (SPX) -- The theorists who first created the mathematics that describe the behavior of the recently announced "invisibility cloak" have revealed a new analysis that may extend the current...

True Fakes As Scientists Make Simulated Lunar Soil.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Dave Dooling for NASA Science News HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 1 (SPX) -- Life is tough for a humble grain of dirt on the surface of the Moon. It's peppered with cosmic rays, exposed to solar flares, and battered by...

ViaSat Receives Largest Order To-Date For MD-1366 EBEM Military Satellite Modems.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 1 (SPX) -- ViaSat Inc. has received a $4.6 million order from the Defense Communication and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS) for MD-1366 Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modems (EBEM). The modem...

What Really Caused The Largest Mass Extinction In Earth History.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES, CA, Jan. 1 (SPX) -- The Permian-Triassic extinction, as it is called, is not the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. Nor does the cause appear to have been a meteorite strike, as in that famous event. The...

Who Speaks For The Terrans.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BONN, Germany, Jan. 1 (SPX) -- In thinking about contact with alien civilizations, we have to consider a host of questions. The biggest is whether the outcome of contact will be beneficial or harmful. Will contact...

Acoustic Noise Contains Valuable Information.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers DELFT, Holland, Jan. 3 (SPX) -- The proper processing of acoustic noise can provide a wealth of information. Geophysicists have used seismic background noise measurements to reconstruct the crustal structure under...

Afghanistan Opium Cultivation Monitored By International DMC Constellation Of Small Satellites.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers GUILDFORD, England, Jan. 3 (SPX) -- After extensive trials in 2005, DMC International Imaging (DMCii) won a contract from the UK Government to supply high-resolution satellite coverage of the whole of Afghanistan to...

ATK Receives New Contract For HELLFIRE Rocket Motors And Warheads.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3 (SPX) -- ATK has received two contracts valued at nearly 14 million to manufacture rocket otors and warheads for the precision-strike HELLFIRE II missile. Both ontracts were issued by Lockheed...

Ball Aerospace Wins Worldview 2 Contract.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 3 (SPX) -- Ball Aerospace and Technologies has been selected by DigitalGlobe, provider of the world's highest resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, to build...

Cassini Sends End-Of-Year Greetings From Across The Solar System.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 3 (SPX) -- In celebration of the holiday season and the close of another remarkable year at the Saturnian frontier, the Imaging Team for NASA's Cassini mission is presenting a smorgasbord of...

From Shampoo Aroma To Ice Cream Texture.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Tony Fitzpatrick ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3 (SPX) -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are putting a different kind of "foursome" together in hopes of someday developing smart materials called biomimetics that mimic nature....

ITT Provides Air Force Better Way To Get Imagery To Distant Forces.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jan. 3 (SPX) -- ITT has announced that as part of an Air Force-sponsored program, ITT has developed and delivered an advanced imagery management and dissemination solution for the Air Force that...

Molecular Anatomy Of Influenza Virus Detailed.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 3 (SPX) -- Scientists at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues at the...

Portrait Of A Dramatic Stellar Crib.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Jan. 4 (SPX) -- A new, stunning image of the cosmic spider, the Tarantula Nebula and its surroundings, finally pays tribute to this amazing, vast and intricately sculpted web of stars and gas. The newly...

Researchers Identify A Heartbeat In Earth Climate.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers EDMONTON, Jan. 3 (SPX) -- A few years ago, an international team of researchers went to the middle of the Pacific Ocean and drilled down five kilometers below sea level in an effort to uncover secrets about the...

Services Of Insat-4A Disrupted For Over 30 Minutes.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CHENNAI, India, Jan. 3 (SPX) -- The services of the INSAT-4A satellite were disrupted for over 30 minutes at 4 pm this afternoon (January 2, 2007) due to solar disturbances. A press release from the Indian Space...

Sirius Exceeds Six Million Subscribers And Achieves First Cash Flow Positive Quarter.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (SPX) -- Sirius Satellite Radio has reported that it ended 2006 with approximately 6,024,000 subscribers, an 82% increase over the company's 2005 ending subscriber base of 3,316,560. Sirius added a...

The Dark Side Of Nature Makes For Almost A Perfect Crime.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Jan. 3 (SPX) -- Nature has again thrown astronomers for a loop. Just when they thought they understood how gamma-ray bursts formed, they have uncovered what appears to be evidence for a new kind of cosmic...

Three Makes For A Crowd This New Year In Space.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Jan. 4 (SPX) -- Unpacking items delivered by Discovery took up part of each day during the week. Crew members entered the new supplies and equipment in the Inventory Management System, a computerized,...

Tidal Motion Influences Antarctic Ice Sheet.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, UK, Jan. 3 (SPX) -- New research into the way the Antarctic ice sheet adds ice to the ocean reveals that tidal motion influences the flow of the one of the biggest ice streams draining the West Antarctic Ice...

Western Wildfires Linked To Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 3 (SPX) -- Western U.S. wildfires are likely to increase in the coming decades, according to a new tree-ring study led by the University of Comahue in Argentina and involving the University of...

When The Ocean Breathed Deep.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (SPX) -- Geologists have uncovered evidence in the oil fields of Oman that explains how Earth could suddenly have changed 540 million years ago to favor the evolution of the single-celled life...

Avian Flu Unlikely To Spread Through Water Systems.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers ITHACA, N.Y., Jan. 5 (SPX) -- A close relative of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) can be eliminated by waste and drinking water treatments, including chlorination, ultraviolet (UV) radiation and...

Boeing Passes GPS III Milestone and Receives Follow-on Funding.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, Jan. 5 (SPX) -- Boeing has successfully completed a critical U.S. Air Force review of its Global Positioning System (GPS) Space Segment III program and has been awarded a $50 million contract for additional...

Boeing Provides ScanEagle UAV to Australian Army.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 5 (SPX) -- Boeing Australia Limited announced it has been awarded a contract to provide reconnaissance and surveillance services to the Australian Army using the ScanEagle autonomous unmanned...

ExxonMobil Disinformation Campaign On Global Warming Science.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (SPX) -- A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists offers the most comprehensive documentation to date of how ExxonMobil has adopted the tobacco industry's disinformation tactics, as well...

From Dairy Waste To Electric Power.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers SACKETS HARBOR, N.Y., Jan. 5 (SPX) -- Cow manure, waste silage, cheese whey are waste products to some, but viable energy sources to enterprising Clarkson University researchers who are helping area farmers meet their...

Greetings From The Bottom Of The World.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers ANTARCTICA, Jan. 5 (SPX) -- In May 2003, astronaut Don Pettit returned home from his five-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Living in isolated conditions in an extreme environment, he spent much of...

ISRO Ready For Launch Of Multi-Mission PSLV.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BANGALORE, India, Jan. 4 (SPX) -- The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C7) will carry into space India's Cartosat-2, a 680-kg mapping satellite, and the Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE, 550 kg), Indonesia's...

Lunar Geminids.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Dr. Tony Phillips for Science at NASA HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 5 (SPX) -- Another meteor shower, another bunch of lunar impacts..."On Dec. 14, 2006, we observed at least five Geminid meteors hitting the Moon," reports Bill Cooke of...

NASA Completes Review Milestone For Ares I Vehicle.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 5 (SPX) -- NASA has completed the Ares I crew launch vehicle system requirements review -- the first such milestone for a U.S. human-rated launch vehicle system in more than 30 years. This...

New Laboratory Will Focus Research On 'Scintillating' Materials.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 5 (SPX) -- Using materials that flash when struck by certain types of radiation, sensors developed in a new laboratory at The University of Alabama in Huntsville might help doctors treat cancer,...

Northrop Grumman Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload Takes To Air On First U-2 Flight.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PALMDALE, Calif., Jan. 4 (SPX) -- ASIP delivers enhanced signals intelligence capabilities to the warfighter. It detects, identifies and locates radar and other types of electronic and modern communication signals. A...

Opportunity Continues Survey From Rim Of Victoria Crater.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 4 (SPX) -- Opportunity remains healthy after completing a drive to a cobble nicknamed "Santa Catarina" on the way to the "Bay of Toil" at "Victoria Crater." During the holiday break on Earth,...

Ramifications Of Widespread Use Of Tamiflu.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers OXFORD, England, Jan. 5 (SPX) -- Widespread use of the antiviral Tamiflu to fight pandemic avian flu in humans could actually lead to the development of what public health officials hope to avoid--drug-resistant...

Raytheon Awarded Subcontract for Sea-Based X-Band Radar Sustainment Support.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers TEWKSBURY, Mass., Jan. 5 (SPX) -- Raytheon Company has been awarded a $32.7 million subcontract to provide sustainment support for the X- Band Radar (XBR) portion of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX). The award was...

Recon Optical Awarded Contract For Stabilized Remotely Operated Weapon Systems.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BARRINGTON, Ill., Jan. 5 (SPX) -- Recon Optical has received a $5.5M production contract from Electro Optic Systems, Limited (EOS) of Australia to supply 44 of its RAVENTM R-400 Stabilized Remotely Controlled Weapon...

Russian Defense Ministry Lifts GLONASS Restrictions.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Jan. 5 (SPX) -- The Russian Ministry of Defense has lifted all restrictions on obtaining and using the geospatial information provided by the global satellite navigation system GLONASS Itar-Tass reported...

Telesat To Expand Fleet With New Digital TV Satellite From Loral.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers OTTAWA, Jan. 5 (SPX) -- Telesat has announced plans to build and launch Nimiq 5, the latest in the Ottawa-based company's line of satellites carrying digital television to Canadian viewers. Telesat has selected Space...

The Dawn Of A New Year Calls For A Certain Escape.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Marc Rayman PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 5 (SPX) -- The Dawn spacecraft has made its new year's resolution: to leave Earth behind in 2007 and embark upon its celestial voyage of adventure and discovery. (Actually, it was either that or...

US Researchers Study Space Weather.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BEIJING, Jan. 5 (SPX) -- Johnathan Makela doesn't have his head in the clouds, but one could say he's "spaced out" when it comes to weather. Makela, a University of Illinois electrical- and computer-engineering...

X-ray Evidence Supports Possible New Class Of Supernova.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 5 (SPX) -- Evidence for a significant new class of supernova has been found with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton. These results strengthen the case...

13 Million Satellite Radio Consumers Cannot Be Wrong.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 (SPX) -- Delphi has just sold its 13- millionth satellite radio receiver, setting a new milestone, Delphi officials said here today at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show. Delphi...

Annual Plants May Cope With Global Warming Better Than Long-Living Species.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 9 (SPX) -- Countering Charles Darwin's view that evolution occurs gradually, UC Irvine scientists have discovered that plants with short life cycles can evolutionally adapt in just a few years to...

Arianespace To Launch ProtoStar I.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Jan. 9 (SPX) -- Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall has announced during his annual January press conference that Arianespace will launch the ProtoStar I satellite for ProtoStar. This is the 280th launch contract...

Boeing Completes Critical Design Review For Space Based Space Surveillance.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, Jan. 9 (SPX) -- The Boeing team that is building the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system has successfully passed the System Critical Design Review (CDR) as the U.S. Air Force authorized the program...

Cancer-Killing Invention Also Harvests Stem Cells.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Lois H. Gresh ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 8 (SPX) -- Associate Professor Michael King of the University of Rochester Biomedical Engineering Department has invented a device that filters the blood for cancer and stem cells. When he...

Chemistry of Volcanic Fallout Reveals Secrets of Past Eruptions.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Sherry Seethaler SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8 (SPX) -- A team of American and French scientists has developed a method to determine the influence of past volcanic eruptions on climate and the chemistry of the upper atmosphere, and...

Clear Strong Guidelines Needed For Marine Aquaculture.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BELL HOUSE, Miss., Jan. 9 (SPX) -- Congress should enact legislation to ensure that strong environmental standards are in place to regulate the siting and conduct of offshore marine aquaculture, according to an...

First 3D Map Of The Universe's Dark Matter Scaffolding.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Jan. 8 (SPX) -- By analysing the COSMOS survey - the largest ever survey undertaken with Hubble - an international team of scientists has assembled a three-dimensional map that offers a first look at the...

First Deployment Of Minuteman III Carrying MK21 Reentry Vehicle.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CLEARFIELD, Utah, Jan. 9 (SPX) -- The U.S. Air Force, and its industry partner Northrop Grumman, marked the initial deployment of the first Minuteman III carrying the MK21 reentry vehicle during a ceremony at the end...

First Payload Active Checkout Of Rosetta Completed.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Jan. 8 (SPX) -- The reporting period covers two weeks of active cruise for Rosetta, including the last Active Checkout week and a thermal characterisation. The first payload Active Checkout campaign, which...

Gas Giants Jump Into Planet Formation Early.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers TUCSON, Jan. 9 (SPX) -- Gas-giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn form soon after their stars do, according to new research. Observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show that gas giants either form within the...

Globecomm Systems To Supply Multi-Band Auto-Explorer Portable Satellite Terminals.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Jan. 8 (SPX) -- Globecomm Systems has been awarded contracts for multi-band Auto-Explorer portable satellite terminals from a repeat customer in the United States government marketplace valued at $3.4...

Homing Nanoparticles Pack Multiple Assault On Tumors.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 9 (SPX) -- A collaborative team led by Erkki Ruoslahti, M.D., Ph.D., of the Burnham Institute for Medical Research at UC Santa Barbara (Burnham) has developed nanoparticles that seek out tumors...

Hughes Telematics Announces Chrysler Group As First Automotive Manufacturer Partner.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers ATLANTA, Jan. 8 (SPX) -- Hughes Telematics has announced that the Chrysler Group will be the first automaker to integrate its leading telematics solution as the standard in future vehicles. Hughes Telematics recently...

Hybrid Structures Combine Strengths Of Carbon Nanotubes And Nanowires.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers TROY, N.Y., Jan. 9 (SPX) -- A team of researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created hybrid structures that combine the best properties of carbon nanotubes and metal nanowires. The new structures, which...

In Record Wildfire Season, NOAA Satellites Aid US Fire Managers.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (SPX) -- The 2006 wildfire season in the United States set an all-time record with more than 9.8 million acres burned in more than 96,000 wildfires. NOAA satellites were key in detecting and...

Integral Systems Awarded Contract For Taiwan's NSPO Ground Segment.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers LANHAM, Md., Jan. 8 (SPX) -- Integral Systems has announced that it has been awarded a sole-source contract to upgrade Taiwan's NSPO's (National Space Organization's) existing mission operations system to...

Intelsat Announces Proposed Offering Of Senior Notes And Repayment Of Bridge Loan.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PEMBROKE, Bermuda, Jan. 9 (SPX) -- Intelsat has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Intelsat, intends to offer approximately $600 million of senior notes due 2015. The net proceeds from the offering will be...

Martian Weather Delays Travel Plans.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 9 (SPX) -- The dust storm season has apparently arrived at Gusev, causing delays in Spirit's fourth Earth year of exploring the Red Planet. Spirit spent most of the holiday season of 2006 and...

Metric Moon.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (SPX) -- If you think in pounds and miles instead of kilograms and kilometers, you're in the minority. Only the United States, Liberia, and Burma still primarily use English units -- the rest of the...

Mobile Navigation More Accessible Than Ever.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 (SPX) -- The next generation of portable, plug-and-play navigation is here with the launch of Cobra Electronics' NAV ONE 2100. The latest in Cobra's line of mobile navigation devices, the product...

NASA Extends Ares I Development Contract.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 9 (SPX) -- NASA has authorized a contract action having a value of $48 million with ATK Launch Systems of Brigham City, Utah, to continue design and development of the first stage for the Ares I...

NASA Selects Proposals For Future Mars Missions And Studies.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (SPX) -- On Monday, NASA selected for concept study development two proposals for future robotic missions to Mars. These missions would increase understanding of Mars' atmosphere, climate and...

New Consultation Into UK Civil Space Policy.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, Jan. 9 (SPX) -- A wide-ranging public consultation on the UK's new civil space strategy was launched today by Science and Innovation Minister Malcolm Wicks. Responses to the three-month consultation will help...

New Horizons In 2007.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Alan Stern BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 8 (SPX) -- What a memorable year for New Horizons! After a last few ground preparations and flight approvals, we launched at 1900 GMT on 19 January. I will never forget the sight of the giant,...

New Molecules Fastest Ever For Optical Technologies.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Wash., Jan. 8 (SPX) -- The internet could soon shift into overdrive thanks to a new generation of optical molecules developed and tested by a team of researchers from Washington State University, the...

New Research Could Lead To Invisible Electronics.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers EVANSTON, Ill., Jan. 8 (SPX) -- Imagine a car windshield that displays a map to your destination, military goggles with targets and instructions displayed right before a soldier's eyes or a billboard that doubles as a...

Northrop Grumman ICBM Propulsion System Rocket Engine Life Extension Program.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CLEARFIELD, Utah, Jan. 8 (SPX) -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract for 22 months to continue the full-rate production phase of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)...

Opportunity Studies Unusual Rocks On Rim Of Victoria Crater.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 9 (SPX) -- Opportunity continued scientific studies of a rock called "Santa Catarina" on the rim of "Victoria Crater." Scientists suspect that Santa Catarina may be a meteorite or a rock blasted...

ORBCOMM Nearly Doubles Billable Subscriber Communicators In 2006.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers FORT LEE, N.J., Jan. 8 (SPX) -- ORBCOMM reports that it ended 2006 with about 225,000 billable subscriber communicators on its data communications system, a 99% increase over the Company's subscriber communicator base...

Physicists Transmit Visible Light Through Miniature Cable.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., Jan. 9 (SPX) -- Physicists at Boston College have beamed visible light through a cable hundreds of times smaller than a human hair, an achievement they anticipate will lead to advances in solar...

Primordial Stone Soup.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Jan. 9 (SPX) -- Astrobiologists who try to track fossils back in time, hoping to find clues to the origin of life, often must end their pursuit at stromatolites. These fossilized structures are the earliest...