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China astronauts enter space module for first timeBeijing (AFP) June 18, 2012 Three Chinese astronauts on Monday entered an orbiting module for the first time, a key step towards the nation's first space station, in a move broadcast live on China's state television network. The astronauts - two men and China's first woman to go to space - went into the Tiangong-1 module after it came together with the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, which took off Saturday. They entered the capsule a little under three hours after it joined together with their spacecraft in the third automatic d ... read more |
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  Google launches cultural map of Brazil's Amazon tribe Google on Saturday unveiled a cultural map of Brazil' Surui indigenous people, a digital tool that will help the Amazonian tribe share their vast knowledge of the forest and fight illegal logging. ... more | .. |
  'Spectrum crunch' may slow US mobile revolution The United States is bracing for a data crunch from the surging use of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices as the explosion of Internet-ready devices eats up the radio spectrum allocated for mobile broadband. ... more | .. |
  GPS being used as weather forecast tool Australian scientists say the global positioning system can make weather forecasting more accurate by providing a new type of temperature observation. ... more | .. |
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 Indra Incorporates Rapideye Satellite Capacity Into Its Earth Observation Service Indra has signed an agreement making it the only company in Spain to market images from RapidEye's constellation of five satellites. This will strengthen the Earth observation service it provides fo ... more | .. |
 Delving inside Earth from space ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers is running experiments on the International Space Station that are shedding light on conditions deep inside Earth. Orbiting some 400 km above us, Geoflow is offering insi ... more | .. |
 Satellite Sees Smoke from Siberian Fires Reach the U.S. Coast Fires burning in Siberia recently sent smoke across the Pacific Ocean and into the U.S. and Canada. Images of data taken by the nation's newest Earth-observing satellite tracked aerosols from the fi ... more | .. |
 NASA's Ocean Salinity Pathfinder Celebrates its First Year in Orbit It's been a busy first year in space for Aquarius, NASA's pioneering instrument to measure ocean surface salinity from orbit. Designed to advance our understanding of what changes in the saltiness o ... more |
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 Syria's jihadists have edge, control oil Commentary: Israel: Crises 360 degrees Tunisia teeters as it grapples with jihadists Unspent billions of Chilean defense fund remain a mystery N. Korea 'special envoy' in China meeting Iran expanding nuclear activities: IAEA | .. |
  US Marines fire Excalibur from record range in Afghanistan The U.S. Marine Corps successfully fired two Raytheon Excalibur 155mm precision-guided artillery projectiles from a range of 36 kilometers (22.3 statute miles) in theater. These shots mark the longe ... more | .. |
 Apple fends off Android challenge with maps, Siri Apple said Monday it was revving up the software running its coveted gadgets, training its sights on the China market - and tossing Google Maps aside in the process. ... more | .. |
  Israel encrypts UAVs as cyberwar widens Israel's military is expected shortly to take delivery of an advanced model of the Skylark 1 unmanned aerial vehicle that will be equipped with electronic jammers that will block efforts to intercept surveillance data. ... more | .. |
 UH research team uses airborne LiDAR to unveil Honduran archaeological ruins A field team from the University of Houston and the National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) has mapped a remote region of Honduras that may contain the l ... more |
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  Teaching tree-thinking through touch A pair of new studies by computer scientists, biologists, and cognitive psychologists at Harvard, Northwestern, Wellesley, and Tufts suggest that collaborative touch-screen games have value beyond j ... more | .. |
  South Korean paper hit by major cyber attack A conservative South Korean newspaper said Monday it had been the victim of a major cyber attack, less than a week after North Korea threatened the paper and other Seoul media over their reports. ... more | .. |
Apple unveils maps program, challenging Google Apple unveiled its own mapping program Monday, challenging Google for the popular software application and opening up a new front in the war with the maker of the Android operating system. ... more | .. |
  Obama backs Philippines on sea freedom The United States and the Philippines on Friday called for freedom of navigation in the tense South China Sea as the White House offered a robust show of support for President Benigno Aquino. ... more |
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 Why we need to put the fish back into fisheries Heat-related deaths in Manhattan projected to rise Climate change may have little impact on tropical lizards LLNL scientist finds topography of Eastern Seaboard muddles ancient sea level changes Parasitic wasps use calcium pump to block fruit fly immunity Storm shelters few in 'Tornado Alley' | .. |
 Taking action for GMES Representatives from the areas of economy, health, energy, agriculture, climate change, disaster management and key decision makers gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week to show their support f ... more | .. |
Revamped Google maps goes offline for mobile Google unveiled a revamped maps program Wednesday that allows mobile users to use the service without an Internet connection as the Internet giant geared up for a possible competing service. ... more | .. |
 Boeing, Raytheon and Harris to Pursue GPS Control Segment Sustainment Contract Boeing, Raytheon and Harris Corporation will work together to pursue future development and sustainment work on the Air Force GPS Control Segment Sustainment (GCSS) contract. The control segment is ... more | .. |
S. Korea military accuses North of stealing secrets South Korea's military security chief accused North Korea Thursday of training elite hackers to steal military secrets and stir up public disorder. ... more |
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 USAF Awards Lockheed Martin GPS III Flight Operations Contract The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $68 million contract to provide mission readiness, launch, early orbit checkout and on-orbit operations engineering support for the first two GPS III ... more | .. |
  James Cook and the Transit of Venus Every ~120 years a dark spot glides across the Sun. Small, inky-black, almost perfectly circular, it's no ordinary sunspot. Not everyone can see it, but some who do get the strangest feeling, of sta ... more | .. |
  What role will Russia play in the space century? As technology develops and private companies expand into intergalactic travel, vacationing and working in space seems to be less and less far-fetched. Elena Shipilova of Russia Beyond the Headlines ... more | .. |
 CryoSat goes to sea CryoSat was launched in 2010 to measure sea-ice thickness in the Arctic, but data from the Earth-observing satellite have also been exploited for other studies. High-resolution mapping of the topogr ... more |
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 Israeli gas finds secure its self sufficiency EU leaders face up to shale challenge Chinese PM pledges stronger partnership with Pakistan Computational tool translates complex data into simplified 2-dimensional images Robots learn to take a proper handoff by following digitized human examples Frigid Heat: How Ice can Menace a Hot Engine | .. |
  Iran's Fajr 1 Delayed...... Again Fajr 1 was originally mentioned by Iran as "ready to launch" early in August 2010 when an Iranian government minister said the lift off was scheduled for the period Aug 24-30. Then, on Aug 16, came ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Completes Navigation Payload Milestone For GPS III Prototype Lockheed Martin is helping develop the next generation Global Positioning System III satellites has completed a major integration and test event on the program's satellite pathfinder, known as the G ... more | .. |
 S Korea to develop geostationary satellite for environmental monitoring South Korea has fully embarked on the development of a geostationary environmental satellite with the goal of launching it in 2018, the government said Monday. The Ministry of Environment said ... more | .. |
 LiDAR Technology Reveals Faults Near Lake Tahoe Results of a new U.S. Geological Survey study conclude that faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., referred to as the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone, pose a substantial increase in the seismic hazard a ... more |
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TomTom eyes expanding S. American market In-vehicle location and navigation expert TomTom has spotted a major business opportunity in Latin America where it is teaming with Digibase to expand operations from consumer, corporate sector to government and security services. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Alarm bells in the U.S. Gen. David Richards, the British chief of staff, in the understatement of the week, says the strategic landscape is "worrying" and the outlook "bleak." ... more | .. |
 Satellite maps ocean floor A European satellite launched in 2010 to measure sea-ice thickness in the arctic is also yielding high-resolution mapping of the ocean floor, scientists say. ... more | .. |
 DeLorme inReach Two-Way Satellite Communicator Now Connects With iPhone, iPad and iPod touch DeLorme has announced that its award-winning inReach is now compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This innovation makes it possible for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to access an array of two-w ... more |
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