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Taiwan developing 'carrier killer' for navy: reportTaipei (AFP) April 12, 2010 Taiwan has unveiled the first images of a high-tech missile corvette specifically designed to counter the threat of China acquiring an aircraft carrier, officials and media said Monday. A computerised graphic of the 1,000-tonne "carrier killer," which has so far been kept secret from the public, has gone on display at Taipei's military museum, run by the defence ministry. The vessel will be capable of cruising at speeds of up to 55 kilometres (34 miles) an hour and boast technologies helping it ... read more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2010GPS navigational devices are as ubiquitous as cell phones, freely used by commercial and government users alike to determine location, time, and velocity. These tools, however, are only as good as the signals they receive. Now, NASA engineers have found a way to improve the reception of those signals. GPS, which stands for the Global Positioning System, is a satellite-based navigation syst ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 12, 2010Although some uncertainty remains, the most recent infrared data from VIRTIS (Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer) seem to confirm it. "We are pretty sure that Venus still has volcanic activity," say Jorn Helbert and Nils Muller from the DLR Institute of Planetary Research (Institut fur Planetenforschung) - members of the VIRTIS team. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus E ... more  
Washington (AFP) April 10, 2010The space shuttle Discovery's mission was extended by an extra 24 hours for routine heat shield inspections while it is docked with the International Space Station, NASA announced Saturday. Landing was now scheduled for Monday, April 19, at 1254 GMT (0854 local time) to cap what will be a 14-day mission. "Since Discovery's Ku-Band communications system is not functioning correctly, the s ... more |
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Lift off for Europe's climate satelliteMoscow (AFP) April 8, 2010 A satellite to study how climate change affects Earth's icecaps finally launched into space Thursday five years after a first attempt failed, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. The 700-kilo (1,540 pound) CryoSat-2 module lifted off at 15:57 GMT on a Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, separating from the launcher 17 minutes later. Its mission is to measure changes in the thickness of the vast ice sheets that overlie Antarctica and Greenland, as well as variations in ... read more |
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