Space Daily articles from January 2009

Space Daily archives from January 2009

ACCCE Launches Advertising In Support Of Obama's Commitment To Clean Coal.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Alexandria VA (SPX) Jan 01, 2009 The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) has launched a new phase in its ongoing advertising campaign by supporting President-Elect Barack Obama's call to invest in...

Biologists Unravel Mechanism Structure Of Powerful Virus Molecular Motor.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Emil Venere West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 02, 2009 Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly, an essential step in...

Catch The Wave.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Jan 01, 2009 MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean waves than existing systems, and use it to...

CSU Earns High Marks For Energy Demand Program.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Long Beach CA (SPX) Jan 05, 2009 The California State University (CSU) has been recognized by the state's Flex Your Power campaign for reducing power use by up to 3 megawatts (MW) during critical demand through the...

Developing A Better Flight Plan For Weather Forecasting.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Rachel Kremen and Elizabeth A. Thomson Boston MA (SPX) Jan 01, 2009 At MIT, planning for bad weather involves far more than remembering an umbrella. Researchers in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics are trying to improve...

Does Global Warming Lead To A Change In Upper Atmospheric Transport.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Jan 02, 2009 Most atmospheric models predict that the rate of transport of air from the troposphere to the above lying stratosphere should be increasing due to climate change. Surprisingly,...

Elbit Systems And IAI To Supply Turkey Combined Airborne Imagery Intelligence Systems.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Haifa, Israel (SPX) Jan 01, 2009 Elbit Systems Ltd. and Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd (IAI) announced today that their respective subsidiaries, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. (Elbit Systems Electro-Optics)...

GD Completes Flight Demo Of Air-Dropped Guided Mortar.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Bothell WA (SPX) Jan 05, 2009 General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has announced that it has successfully demonstrated the ability to maneuver and guide 81mm air-dropped mortars to a stationary ground target...

Global Warming Aided By Drought, Deforestation Link.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Irvine CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2009 In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, a link between drought and deforestation is fueling global warming, finds an international study that includes a UC Irvine scientist. The study,...

Hubble Telescope To Get One More During International Year Of Astronomy.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 02, 2009 From troubled beginnings nearly 18 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy and its stunning images have stirred the imaginations of people around the globe. ...

Javelin Joint Venture Awarded Contract For Command Launch Unit Upgrade.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 01, 2009 The Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture received a $29.9 million U.S. Marine Corps contract to upgrade 404 Block 0 command launch units to Block I. The upgrade will extend the...

NASA Instrument On Chandrayaan Finds Minerals On Moon.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Bangalore, India (SPX) Jan 05, 2009, 2009 The moon mineralogy mapper (M3), a scientific instrument of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) onboard India's first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1, found...

NLOS-LS Completes Third Test Flight Of Precision Attack Missile.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers White Sands NM (SPX) Jan 01, 2009 NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, completed the third guided test flight of the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System's...

Ocean Observations Reap Climate Science Rewards.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 02, 2009 Long-term observations of the oceans around Australia are providing the nation's climate scientists with significant benchmarks for seasonal forecasts and monitoring future...

Quiet Bison Sire More Calves Than Louder Rivals.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Davis CA (SPX) Jan 05, 2009 During bison mating season, the quietest bulls score the most mates and sire the most offspring while studs with the loudest bellows see the least action, according to a surprising new...

Researcher Hopes To Put Fuel Cells On The Fast Track.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Joshua Rodriguez for Global Climate Change Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 02, 2009 The slow evolution of clean-energy solutions is about to kick into high gear, if Sossina M. Haile has anything to say about it. As a fuel cell researcher at...

Russia Tests Phone Home To Santa Network.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Korolev, Russia (SPX) Jan 05, 2009 Taking part in it were the heads of the Russian Federal Space Agency, State Commission and Technical Management for flight tests of manned space complexes, representatives of the...

Six North American Sites Hold 12 900 Year-Old Nanodiamond-Rich Soil.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Eugene OR (SPX) Jan 02, 2009, 2009 Abundant tiny particles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong evidence for Earth's impact with a rare swarm of...

Space Systems Loral To Provide Communications Satellite To Intelsat.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jan 05, 2009 Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications and the world's leading provider of commercial satellites, has announced that it has finalized a previously...

Weight-Optimized F-35 Test Fleet Adds Conventional Takeoff And Landing Variant.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Fort Worth TX (SPX) Jan 02, 2009 Lockheed Martin rolled out the first weight-optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II fighter on Dec. 19. The new F-35A, called AF-1, joins...

Wind, Water And Sun Beat Biofuels, Nuclear And Coal.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Stanford CA (SPX) Jan 05, 2009 The best ways to improve energy security, mitigate global warming and reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution are blowing in the wind and rippling in the water, not growing...

A Change Of Seasons On Mars.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2009 Summer turned to autumn for the Phoenix Mars Lander on December 26, 2008. This image, taken on December 21 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's...

Aquaculture Developments See Continuing Steady Growth.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Los Angeles (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 Aquaculture production of seafood will probably remain the most rapidly increasing food production system worldwide through 2025, according to an assessment published in the January 2009...

Ariancespace Celebrates Year Of Successes.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Evry, France (SPX) Jan 08, 2009 Arianespace confirmed its position as the world's leading launch Service and Solutions company in 2008, and is actively gearing up for 2009 with its expanded family of launchers. ...

Camelina-Based Aviation Fuel Cleared For Takeoff.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Bozeman MT (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 Sustainable Oils will participate in an historic flight by Japan Airlines (JAL) planned for January 30, 2009. The demonstration flight will make JAL the first Asian carrier to fly on fuel...

Cassiopeia A Comes Alive Across Time And Space.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 08, 2009 Two new efforts have taken a famous supernova remnant from the static to the dynamic. A new movie of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows changes in time never seen before...

Chandrayaan Dominates Day Two At Indian Science Congress.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Shillong, India (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 Hundreds of children in Shillong watched with great enthusiasm and expectations as a film took them on a journey to the making of Chandrayaan-I here at the ongoing 96th Indian...

Corals Stage Dramatic Comeback Four Years After Tsunami.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 A team of scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has reported a rapid recovery of coral reefs in areas of Indonesia, following the tsunami that devastated...

Cracking A Tough Nut For The Semiconductor Industry.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method to measure the toughness-the resistance to fracture-of the thin insulating films that...

Dead Stars Tell Story Of Planet Birth.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2009, 2009 Astronomers have turned to an unexpected place to study the evolution of planets - dead stars. Observations made with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveal six dead "white dwarf"...

Enhancing Solar Cells With Nanoparticles.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. A paper in a special energy issue of...

Examining A Slice Of The Arctic.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Henry Bortman Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 If aliens from another planet sent a probe to Earth in search of life, their most promising target would be the tropics, where the greatest density and diversity of life are found....

Fermi Telescope Unveils A Dozen New Pulsars.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 08, 2009 NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars and has detected gamma-ray pulses from 18 others. The finds are transforming our understanding of how...

First Seed Sales Of Dedicated Energy Crops Begin.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Thousand Oaks CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 Ceres has announced that it has begun booking switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum seed under its Blade Energy Crops label. The highly anticipated launch marks the first seed sales...

Flipping The Switch On Cheaper LED Room Lighting.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Gainesville FL (SPX) Jan 08, 2009, 2009 For those who love "green" compact fluorescent bulbs but hate their cold light, here's some good news: Researchers are closer to flipping the switch on cheaper, richer LED-type...

Grazing Animals Help Spread Plant Disease.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Corvallis, OR (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 Researchers have discovered that grazing animals such as deer and rabbits are actually helping to spread plant disease - quadrupling its prevalence in some cases - and encouraging an...

GreenShift To Build Twelve Corn Oil Extraction Facilities.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Adrian MI (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 GreenShift has announced that it has executed agreements to receive a $38 million investment to produce 20 million gallons per year of biodiesel from corn oil extracted from ethanol...

Honeybees Also Serve As Plant Bodyguards.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 Honeybees are important to plants for reasons that go beyond pollination, according to a new study published in the December 23rd issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press...

How Neanderthal Got Whacked By Modern Humans.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 In a recently conducted study, a multidisciplinary French-American research team with expertise in archaeology, past climates, and ecology reported that Neanderthal extinction was...

Hubble Telescope To Get One More During International Year Of Astronomy.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 From troubled beginnings nearly 18 years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy and its stunning images have stirred the imaginations of people around the globe. ...

India Touts Plans To Hoist Tricolour On Moon By 2020.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Shillong, India (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 India is planning to hoist the tricolour on the moon by 2020, a space agency official said here Sunday, adding that the country's first manned flight into space was also on cards by...

Kogod Students Pioneer Branding Potential Of International Space Station.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Mike Unger Washington DC (SPX) Jan 08, 2009 A Kogod consulting practicum spent the fall investigating whether the U.S. portion of the International Space Station (ISS), set for completion in 2010, might provide branding...

N-Viro International Biofuel Project Receives Initial Approval.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Toledo OH (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 N-Viro International has announced that the Michigan State University Board of Trustees has authorized MSU to proceed with the planning and design of a biofuel processing facility adjacent...

Nanoparticles Used To Make 3-D DNA Nanotubes.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Tuscon AZ (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 Arizona State University researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. Their medium is the double-helical DNA molecule, a...

NASA Seeks Concept Proposals For Ares V Heavy Lift Rocket.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jan 08, 2009 NASA has issued a request for proposal for the Ares V rocket that will perform heavy lift and cargo functions as part of the next generation of spacecraft that will return humans to...

New Study Examines Effects Of South Carolina Chlorine Gas Disaster.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers washington DC (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 The study indicates how chlorine gas release could affect major metropolitan areas; the Department of Homeland Security identifies chlorine attack as top-15 scenario A new study...

New Use For Human Hair.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Verona MS (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 Agricultural crop production relies on composted waste materials and byproducts, such as animal manure, municipal solid waste composts, and sewage sludge, as a necessary nutrient source....

New Visualization Techniques Yield Star Formation Insights.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 New computer visualization technology developed by the Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing has helped astrophysicists understand that gravity plays a larger role than previously...

Organic Plant Waste Proves Effective Weed Control For Citrus Trees.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Giza, Egypt (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 Interest in organic crop production is increasing around the world. Organics are healthy for consumers while adding environmental benefits and decreasing the amount of synthetic...

Physicist Offers Foundation For Uprooting A Hallowed Principle Of Physics.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Bloomington IN (SPX) Jan 08, 2009, 2009 Physicists at Indiana University have developed a promising new way to identify a possible abnormality in a fundamental building block of Einstein's theory of relativity known...

Princeton Researchers Discover New Type Of Laser.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Princeton NJ (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 "This discovery provides a new insight into the physics of lasers," said Claire Gmachl, who led the study. Gmachl, an electrical engineer, is the director of the Mid-Infrared...

Protea Plants Help Unlock Secrets Of Species Hotspots.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers London UK (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 New species of flowering plants called proteas are exploding onto the scene three times faster in parts of Australia and South Africa than anywhere else in the world, creating exceptional...

Solving The Mysteries Of Metallic Glass.
January 7, 2009... Byline: David Chandler for MIT News, 2009 Boston MA (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 Researchers at MIT have made significant progress in understanding a class of materials that has resisted analysis for decades. Their findings could lead to the...

Space Systems Loral To Provide Communications Satellite To Intelsat.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications and the world's leading provider of commercial satellites, has announced that it has finalized a previously...

Spirit Clocks Up Five Years Exploring Mars.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2009, 2009 NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity may still have big achievements ahead as they approach the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars. Of the hundreds of...

Study Reveals Hazards Of Severe Space Weather.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jan 08, 2009 A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth. The National Academy of...

Time For A New National Security Space Paradigm.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Launchspace Staff Writers Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 The latest US congressionally mandated study, the Independent Assessment Panel (July 2008) led by Tom Young, concluded that the organizational separation of military and...

U-Pick Pumpkin Farms Recycle Urban Leaves.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers New Brunswick, Canada (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 Americans love pumpkins. The growing popularity of rural fall festivals, grade school farm tours, and "u-pick" pumpkin farms has resulted in an increase in consumer demand for...

US Oil Use Remains Flat Due To Expanded Biofuels Industry.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 The U.S. Energy Administration (EIA) recently released its Annual Energy Outlook 2009 (AEO), projecting U.S. energy consumption and production through 2030. Due to the use of biofuels,...

Vidalia Farmers Develop Alternative To Hand-Transplanting Onions.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Statesboro GA (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 Growers in southeastern Georgia have the perfect combination of climate and soil to produce some of the world's best onions: the famous Vidalia sweet onions. Prized for their mild...

When Life On Earth Became So Big.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jan 07, 2009 In 3.5 billion years, life on earth went from single microscopic cells to giant sequoias and blue whales. Scientists have now documented quantitatively that the increase in maximum...

Zeroing In On The Hubble Constant.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2009 In the early part of the 20th Century, Carnegie astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding. The rate of expansion is known as the Hubble constant. Its precise...

Acorn Signs Constellation NewEnergy.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Acorn, the preeminent resource for cost and profitability management solutions, has been selected by Constellation NewEnergy to enhance its customer profitability analysis. Constellation...

Boeing Ends 2008 With 662 Commercial Airplane Orders.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 In 2008 Boeing recorded 662 net commercial airplane orders, bringing its backlog of unfilled commercial orders to more than 3,700 airplanes. The Next-Generation 737 remained the...

Boeing Increases Capability Of On-Orbit US Navy Satellite.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers El Segundo CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Boeing has reconfigured an on-orbit U.S. Navy satellite, adding 30 percent more communications capability. The satellite, the 11th in the Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) series...

Boeing-Insitu ScanEagle Completes 1500 Shipboard Sorties With US Navy.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS), a joint effort of Boeing and Insitu Inc., this week completed its 1,500th shipboard sortie in service with the U.S. Navy. ScanEagle has...

Boeing Receives JDAM And SDB Production Contracts.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Boeing has received two contracts totaling $217.1 million from the U.S. Department of Defense for continued production of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits and Small...

Boeing Unites UK Rotorcraft Support Business.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers London UK (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Boeing Defence UK has established a new operation to focus on Boeing's rotorcraft support business in the United Kingdom. The new organization, Boeing UK Rotorcraft Support, is part of the...

California Cuts Out The Waste At Landfills.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Sacramento CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 This week, California Integrated Waste Management Board announced the state has reached an unprecedented 58 percent waste diversion rate - diverting 54 million tons of trash for reuse...

Carmanah Solar-powered Roadway Flasher Features ENCOM Wireless Control Technology.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Victoria, Canada (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Carmanah Technologies Corporation has introduced a wireless solar-powered flashing beacon suitable for a range of ITS (intelligent traffic systems) roadway applications. The R838...

CU-Boulder Selected For Two Lunar Research Grants.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded two grants totaling $11 million today from NASA's Lunar Science Institute to probe the cosmos from observatories on the moon and to...

Decline Of Carbon Dioxide-Gobbling Plankton Coincided With Ancient Global Cooling.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Hugh Powell Cornell NY (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 The evolutionary history of diatoms - abundant oceanic plankton that remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air each year - needs to be rewritten, according to a new Cornell...

DMCii and DynAgra Help Farmers Control Costs And Boost Yields.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Guildford UK (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Canadian precision agriculture supplier and consultancy DynAgra has completed its first precision agriculture campaign using DMCii satellite imagery to provide sophisticated agronomic...

ESRI Announces Grant Program For CCIM Institute Members.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Redlands CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 CCIM designee and candidate members are eligible to receive GIS software, data, and training from ESRI. The grant program provides the resources to allow CCIM members to employ spatial...

Eurus Energy America Announces New Solar Initiative And Solar Development Team.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Eurus Energy America Corporation is pleased to announce its new Solar Initiative and Solar Development Team. Eurus will focus on the development of large-scale photovoltaic projects...

Hot Bird 10 Delivered For Multi-Payload Ariane 5 February Liftoff.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 The Hot Bird 10 satellite for Arianespace's initial Ariane 5 mission of 2009 was delivered to French Guiana today (January 8), arriving aboard a chartered cargo jetliner that...

Lockheed Martin Team Wins Role In DoD Biometrics Contract Vehicle.(Company overview)
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Rockville, MD (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 The U.S. Department of Defense Biometrics Task Force (BTF) has named Lockheed Martin an industry leader capable of being awarded task orders under the Biometrics Operations and Support...

NASA At The Crossroads Yet Again.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Jon Pedicino Redwoods CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 With the message of change resonating throughout all corners of the government, NASA, too, finds itself with the unprecedented opportunity to reinvent itself for the 21st century and...

NASA Balloon Mission Tunes In To A Cosmic Radio Mystery.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Listening to the early universe just got harder. A team led by Alan Kogut of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has announced the discovery of cosmic radio noise that...

NASA Funds Lunar Dust Detector For 2012 Mission.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded a $6 million grant from NASA to build a high-tech lunar dust detector for a 2011 mission to orbit the moon and conduct science...

Northrop Grumman Downgrades Space Division In Corporate Shakeup.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced several structural actions to strengthen alignment with its customers, improve the company's program performance and growth potential, and...

Perpetual Energy Systems Activates Largest Solar Energy Installation At US Winery.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Napa, CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Perpetual Energy Systems (PES), comprehensive financier and developer of solar powered renewable energy systems, and Foster's Wine Estates Americas (Foster's), a subsidiary of Foster's...

Raytheon Team Completes Final Major Milestones On Next-Generation GPS Control Segment.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Aurora CO (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Raytheon has completed two significant milestones for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation Global Positioning System Control Segment, or GPS OCX, establishing a solid foundation and...

Scientists Publish Evidence Of Asteroids With Earth-Like Crust.
January 11, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers College Park, MD (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 Two rare meteorites found in Antarctica two years ago are from a previously unknown, ancient asteroid with an outer layer or crust similar in composition to the crust of Earth's...