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a timely reality check |
 Houston, Texas (AFP) May 18, 2009 
NASA astronauts tuned up the Hubble Space Telescope for the final time Monday, equipping the aging stargazer with new batteries, a precision pointing device and solar shielding during a sentimental work session. John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel spent six hours refurbishing the 13.2 meter (43.5 foot) long telescope, hoisted into the cargo bay of the shuttle Atlantis last week for an ambitious ... read more
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2009Space is not a hospitable place, and when scientists and engineers design and build new components for the Hubble Space Telescope, that fact is always clearly in mind. Hubble must endure harsh temperature swings of 215 F, micro-meteor impacts and exposure to solar radiation. On top of that, before a spacecraft like Hubble can operate in orbit, it has to survive the trip to get there. ... more
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2009The Hubble Space Telescope has logged millions of miles and taken thousands of pictures since its launch in 1990, thanks in part to the around-the-clock efforts of a small group of dedicated engineers and technicians at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "Hubble is a truly amazing telescope, but as sophisticated as it is, it can't function completely on its own," says Hub ... more  
Berkeley CA (SPX) May 19, 2009Members of the international Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory), a collaboration among the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a consortium of French laboratories, and Yale University, have found a new technique that establishes the intrinsic brightness of Type Ia supernovae more accurately than ever before. These exploding stars are the best standard candl ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 18, 2009Entrepreneurs can smell an opportunity to make money. Some have a sixth sense and others have to work at it. But, all have something in common; they want to turn an idea into a profit. Many potential opportunities are connected to a negative event. Such events often create an imperative to correct a situation. Today, we are on the threshold of an event that may prove to be devastating to ... more  
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 18, 2009The USA could lose a new "race to the Moon" with China, according to a space analyst. Dr Morris Jones, an Australian writer and space analyst, claims that America is losing its strategic lead in spaceflight. He claims that a rapidly advancing Chinese space program will soon have the capability to send Chinese astronauts to the Moon. In his latest book, "The New Moon Race" ... more |
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Houston, Texas (AFP) May 15, 2009Astronauts Mike Massimino and Mike Good floated from the airlock of the shuttle Atlantis on Friday for a second spacewalk as part of an ambitious overhaul of the Hubble Space Telescope. Their six- to seven-hour spacewalk got under way at 8:49 am (1249 GMT). Massimino, a 46-year-old mechanical engineer, took part in a 2002 overhaul mission to Hubble. Good, a 46-year-old US Air Force ... more 
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 16, 2009Two US astronauts safely completed their mission's third grueling space walk Saturday after reviving a crippled camera on the Hubble telescope and equipping the orbiting observatory with a new key instrument. NASA astronauts John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel wrapped up their six-hour, 36-minute stint in the void outside space shuttle Atlantis during which they worked on 19-year-old Hubble in a ... more
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 14, 2009Spacewalking astronauts upgraded the Hubble telescope for the first time in seven years on Thursday, equipping the 19-year-old stargazer with a powerful new camera and science computer. The outing by John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel, members of the seven-strong space shuttle Atlantis crew, marked the first of five daily spacewalks by the astronauts. The refurbishments are intended to exte ... more |
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NATO intercepts second Iran missile in Turkish airspaceAnkara (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 NATO said it shot down a second ballistic missile fired from Iran in Turkish airspace on Monday, prompting a stern warning from Turkey to Tehran not to take 'provocative steps'. ... more 
Italy to send air-defence aid to Gulf countries; France allowing US aircraft on some Mideast basesRome (AFP) Mar 5, 2026 Italy will send air-defence assistance to Gulf countries hit by Iranian strikes launched in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Thursday. ... more
  
Japan eyes remote Pacific island for nuclear wasteTokyo (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Japan is looking into using a remote deserted Pacific island nearly 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) from Tokyo as a site for burying nuclear waste, officials said. ... more 
US opposes UN nuclear watchdog resolution on Ukraine power grid strikesVienna (AFP) Mar 5, 2026 The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body passed a resolution on Thursday - overcoming US opposition - expressing concern over 'repeated and intensified attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure' posing a 'threat to nuclear safety', according to diplomatic sources. ... more 
Microbes join forces to quickly clean up uranium pollutionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 Chinese scientists have discovered a quick and effective way to remove toxic uranium from water using helpful bacteria that work together. These bacteria can change uranium from a dangerous form tha ... more
  
Residents warned 'crocs everywhere' after north Australia floodsSydney (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Police in Australia's Northern Territory warned of 'crocs everywhere' on Sunday and said they had moved more than a thousand people across the state into shelter after massive floods. ... more 
Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rocketsJerusalem (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert? ... more 
Children must not be 'collateral damage' in Mideast war: UN expertsGeneva (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child insisted Wednesday that children must be protected during the war in the Middle East, highlighting an alleged air strike on an Iranian school. ... more |
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