Russia plans two space laboratories by 2016
August 31st, 2012 - 2:43 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti)Russia is planning to launch two space laboratories within the next four years, according to a space company.An x-ray observatory, Spektr-RG, will be launched in 2013, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Why Russia is losing out in the Indian defence market (Comment)
June 14th, 2012 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Anatoly Isaikin, head of Rosoboronexport, Russia's state arms exporter, was once again forced to address the string of setbacks plaguing Russian arms manufacturers in India over the past 12 months. ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
EIAST signs contract for DubaiSat-2 with Russia’s ISCK
February 16th, 2011 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Feb 16 (IANS/WAM) The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) has signed a contract with the Moscow-based international space company Kosmotras (ISCK) for the launch of the United Arab ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Artificial intelligence could run spacecraft in future
February 13th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 13 (IANS) Scientists are designing spacecraft that can act by themselves and reason like human beings.
It is a concept that had fatal consequences for astronauts in "2001: A ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Elon Musk Asserts That He Is Broke
June 23rd, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 23, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Elon Musk is the illustrious entrepreneur and originator of Tesla Motors. Tesla Motors is the electric automobile company that intends to execute a $178 ... Read more...
Posted in Business, Technology Industry News |
Launch of CryoSat-2 ice satellite successful
April 9th, 2010 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 9 (ANI): CryoSat-2 ice satellite, Europe's first mission aimed at studying the Earth's ice, has been successfully launched from Kazakhstan.From its polar orbit, CryoSat-2 will send back data leading to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nanosatellite set to rid space of dangerous junk
March 30th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 30 (IANS) A tiny three-kg satellite or "nanosatellite" will rid the space of dangerous clouds of junk hurtling around in the earth's lower orbit.
More than 5,500 tonnes of junk ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Global arms majors descend on Indian defence exhibition (Curtain raiser)
February 14th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Eyeing a share of the $31 billion India is expected to spend on arms imports over the next decade, a clutch of global arms majors have descended ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Defence exhibition in Delhi from Feb 15
February 12th, 2010 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) About 650 firms from 23 countries will participate in the 6th edition of a biennial defence exhibition to be held here from Feb 15 with Israel being ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Lasers to beam solar energy collected in space to Earth
January 24th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 24 (ANI): Space engineers plan to put satellites into orbit that can collect large amounts of energy from the sun and convert it into a infrared laser beam transmitted back ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists design “gravity tractor” to save earth from asteroids
August 30th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 30 (ANI): British space scientists have designed a special spacecraft that can save the earth from a catastrophic asteroid collision.The 10 tonne spacecraft named "gravity tractor" would be deployed ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Launch of UAE satellite postponed
July 25th, 2009 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, July 25 (IANS) The launch of the United Arab Emirates' first remote sensing satellite DubaiSat-1, scheduled Saturday, has been postponed to July 29, WAM news agency reported.
The Emirates Institution for Advanced ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Bosnia air crash kills four EU peacekeepers
June 20th, 2008 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Sarajevo, June 20 (DPA) A Spanish helicopter on a European Union (EU) peacekeeping flight crashed in the hills of central Bosnia, killing all four soldiers aboard, military officials said. The dead were ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |