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Australia Dynamic Land Cover Mapping from Space

PR - Geoscience Australia currently uses Earth observation satellites to capture environmetal information over the entire Australian continent. The satellites used, including Landsat, the Advanced Land Observing System, and Resourcesat-1, are operated by the United States, Japan and India respectively.

Applanix Releases Full Land-Based Mobile Mapping Support, New Functionality in POSPac MMS 5.2

Richmond Hill, Ontario - December 17, 2008 - Applanix today launched POSPac™ MMS (Mobile Mapping Suite) 5.2, the latest release of its industry leading Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-Aided Inertial post-processing software for mobile mapping and surveying applications. New functionality includes full land-based mobile mapping support, making POSPac MMS 5.2 fully capable of processing mobile mapping data obtained from air, sea, and land platforms. POSPac MMS 5.2 now offers customers lowered costs, less complexity, and improved results in the execution of all mobile mapping mission types.

New Space Elevator Consortium

A coalition of leaders working on the concept of a space elevator has joined forces to form the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC). The new independent group is designed to promote standards and foster research relating to the construction of an Elevator to Space at the global level. Founding members of ISEC include the Spaceward Foundation, the Space Elevator Reference, the Space Elevator Blog, EuroSpaceward and the Japan Space Elevator Association. Heading the new organization is Ted Semon of the Space Elevator Blog, who will serve as president. Michael Laine, president of the space elevator company Liftport is excited about the consortium. "I think it’s a great thing," he said. "This has been in the works for months, and the need to bring the different organizations under one roof has been long overdue.

Russia to make 39 space launches next year: Space Agency

Russian Space Agency Roskosmos will make 39 space launches in 2009 from the Baikonur and Plesetsk space centres, the agency press service said today. Roskosmos said the launches would be made as part of the Federal Space Programme, the Glonass federal programme, an international cooperation programme, and a number of commercial projects. Four Soyuz manned spaceships and five Progress freighters would be launched from Baikonur (Kazakhstan) to the International Space Station (ISS). As of next year, the ISS crew is to be increased from three to six. A Proton rocket would put into orbit two Express communication satellites, two Glonass satellites, 17 communication satellites, two weather and ocean monitoring satellites, one emergency situations monitoring satellite, and six astrophysical satellites to study planets within the solar system.

Incredible Hubble Space Telescope Images Appear in 2009 Space Calendar

Free Shipping and Discounts Available for "Year In Space" 2009 Desk Calendar Thirty-two million light-years away, the gently curving arms of spiral galaxy NGC 628 harbor the glowing embers of newborn stars. A globular cluster some eight thousand light-years away from Earth contains stars that were born early in the Universe's 14-billion year history. Thousands of sparkling young stars nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603 illuminate its colorful gas clouds. These incredible Hubble images are just some of the 53 full-color space images selected to appear in the "The Year In Space" 2009 desk calendar. http://www.YearInSpace.com. Published in cooperation with The Planetary Society, "The Year In Space" is a 144-page desk calendar featuring 53 weekly color space images carefully selected from NASA's archives, world-famous observatories, pla

Return of the space station

SOME 350km above your head in outer space, nations are pulling together to build an outpost in space that can be used by all to carry out experiments away from the pull of the Earth’s gravity. Each time the Space Shuttle launches, it takes another section to the International Space Station (ISS), which is then bolted on making it grow and grow. Work started on the ISS in 1998 when the first section was sent into space and since then 22 more Space Shuttle flights have added various sections making the ISS now bigger than a football field. It is so big that it can easily be seen from Earth; in fact it is the brightest object in the night sky after the moon. However, as the ISS has no external lights of its own, we can only see it for about an hour after sunset or about an hour before sunrise when it is dark on Earth but the Sun is still s

ESA Global Land Cover Map Available Online

PR - ESA’s global land cover map, which is ten times sharper than any previous global satellite map, is now available to the public online from the GlobCover website. It is the highest resolution land cover map that has been completely validated ever released.

Can You Put a Price on Space History? For NASA's Space Shuttle, It's About $42 Million

Need that perfect gift for the space buff in your life? Got 129 million cu ft of spare hangar space? Then has NASA got a deal for you: Once the space shuttle fleet retires, probably by 2010, the shuttles will be ready for purchase. But even for the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, the shuttles come at a hefty price—about $42 million each.

ISRO To Redesign Soyuz For Its Manned Space Mission

ISRO To Redesign Soyuz For Its Manned Space Mission The Russian space capsule Soyuz would be redesigned by India with the aim to send its astronauts on the country's first manned space mission. This comes after India saw success in its unmanned moon mission. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair said, “We will be redesigning the Soyuz space capsule of the Russian agency for our mission.”

Sonim Technologies and Land Rover Unveil Exclusive Rugged Mobile Phones Partnership

SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonim Technologies announced today that it will embark on a partnership with Land Rover, which will include the launch of co-branded mobile phone products as well as an eco-friendly packaging. Land Rover, recognizing adventurers' desire for a full roster of mobile and durable products, engaged Sonim to become its licensing partner for a line of rugged cell phones that are designed to compliment the lifestyle of the outdoor adventurer. Two co-branded phones will enter the market by mid-2009 - Land Rover S1 by Sonim and Land Rover S2 G4 by Sonim. A third phone line will enter the market later in the year. Sonim and Land Rover will co-market the phones to top operators, mobile retailers and consumers in a staggering 40 countries.

Obama Transition Team Examining Space Solar Power

DynaSoar writes "President-elect Obama's transition team has published for public comment a white paper entitled Space Solar Power (SSP) — A Solution for Energy Independence & Climate Change. The paper was prepared and submitted by the Space Frontier Foundation and other citizen space advocates, and calls for the new Administration to make development of Space Solar Power a national priority. The SSP white paper was among the first ten released by the Obama transition team. It is the first and only space-related white paper released by the team to date. With 145 comments thus far, it is already among the top five most-discussed of the 20-some white papers on Change.gov."

Carefully Timed Jerks Could Power Space Elevator

Hugh Pickens writes "BBC has an interesting article on the long-standing issue of how to power the 'climber' that would ascend a space elevator into space. Previous ideas have included delivering microwave or laser power to the climber beamed from the Earth's surface, but now European Space Agency ground station engineer Age-Raymond Riise has demonstrated a device that could provide a "lift into space" for cheaper space missions along a 100,000-km long tether anchored to the Earth. Riise demonstrated sending power mechanically by providing carefully timed jerks of the cable at its base with a broomstick to represent the cable held in tension, an electric sander to provide a rhythmic vibration to the bottom of the stick, and three brushes representing the climber with their bristles pointing downwards allowing the climber assembly to slide

Russia to make 39 space launches next year: Space Agency

Moscow, Dec 18: Russian Space Agency Roskosmos will make 39 space launches in 2009 from the Baikonur and Plesetsk space centres, the agency press service said today.

The critical role of advanced technology investments in preventing spaceflight program cost overruns

The U.S. space program finds itself at a crossroads in many ways: the future of the Vision for Space Exploration, the balance of Earth and space science, International Space Station utilization, and the human space flight “gap”—all are to be decided, and soon. The question of what we may accomplish in space for decades to come will depend in large measure on the choices made during the coming months.

Space station crew conduct spacewalk

space-station-crew-conduct-spacewalk Space station crew conduct spacewalkUS and Russian crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) began a space walk late Monday to collect science experiments attached to the outside of their orbiting home. Both the crewmen installed a probe Tuesday aimed at tracking down problems.

U.S. firm advertizes private space walk at $45-55 mln

Space Adventures, a U.S.-based company that organizes private space flights under an arrangement with Russia's space agency, has published a price list for "space services" on its website.

Space shuttle Endeavour lands safely in California

NASA handout shows the space shuttle Endeavour prior to docking with the International Space Station on November 16. Bad weather has forced NASA to abandon a first attempt to land the Endeavour back on Earth, the US space agency said.

NASA space shuttle detours to California.

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will detour to a back up landing site at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented the planned landing at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Endeavour, which has been carrying out repairs to the international space station, had been due to land in Florida on Sunday afternoon.

Top 10 Things Launched Into Space in 2008

Space is getting crowded. The last 12 months have seen everything from a high profile space tourist, a powerful new space telescope, and everyone's favorite cuddly-looking microbes launched into space. Here are this year's tops.Ibex

Photos: Space station marks a decade aloft

Way back when, the Space Age was essentially a series of sprints in a feverish competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The first satellite in orbit. The first man in space. The first landing on the moon. But starting more than a decade ago, the space race gave way to cooperation between the onetime Cold War foes, along with partners from other nations, in what has become an endurance event: the construction, maintenance, occupation, and operation of the International Space Station.

Photos: The space station marks a decade aloft

Way back when, the Space Age was essentially a series of sprints in a feverish competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The first satellite in orbit. The first man in space. The first landing on the moon. But starting more than a decade ago, the space race gave way to cooperation between the onetime Cold War foes, along with partners from other nations, in what has become an endurance event: the construction, maintenance, occupation, and operation of the International Space Station.

NASA awards space freight contracts to commercial companies

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Tuesday it awarded contracts to two closely-held commercial space companies to provide resupply services to the International Space Station. The first-ever NASA commercial space freight contracts were awarded to Orbital Sciences Corp.

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