Chinese military hackers target space industry: study
Washington (AFP) June 10, 2014 -
A Chinese military unit has run a hacking campaign that includes sending bogus email in a bid to intercept Western satellite communications and aerospace secrets, a US security firm said.
The report by the California-based firm Crowdstrike points to broader hacking by China weeks after the United States for the first time filed charges against Chinese military officers over alleged cyber-esp ...
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Iran will 'do its best' to secure nuclear deal: Rouhani
Geneva (AFP) June 10, 2014 -
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday his country would "do its best" to secure a nuclear deal as crunch talks between Tehran and Washington on the long-running dispute dragged out.
Senior negotiators from both camps met behind closed doors for a second day of talks at Geneva's upscale Hotel President Wilson, which was sealed off to the media.
Iran's chief negotiator, Abbas Araqc ...
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Russia to launch biosatellite with mice on Board in 2019
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 11, 2014 -
The Russian biosatellite Bion-M2 with mice on board will be boosted into orbit in 2019, where it will operate for 60 days, the head of the Bion project Vladimir Sychev said.
"The height of the previous flight of the Bion-M1 biosatellite was mere 545 kilometers. Our new device will fly twice as high. This will provide unique data concerning the impact of the solar radiation has on biologica ...
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Bolivia receives China's bidding to build satellite
La Paz, Bolivia (XNA) Jun 10, 2014 -
The Bolivian Space Agency (ABE) said Thursday that it has received a bidding from China to build an exploration satellite for the country, which would be Bolivia's second satellite.
Bolivia's first communications satellite, made by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), was launched on Dec. 21 last year.
ABE Director Ivan Zambrana told reporters that six transnati ...
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Why We Need Rocket Engines
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 11, 2014 -
For the past several months, the topic of rocket engines has been prominent in the space media. Most recently, Russia has threatened to stop selling its rocket engines to the U.S. for use on the Atlas V launch vehicle.
This is in response to sanctions placed on Russian due to its activities in eastern Ukraine. For those of you who are not "rocket scientists" a brief primer is presented her ...
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Mercury Passes in Front of the Sun, as Seen From Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 11, 2014 -
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has imaged the planet Mercury passing in front of the sun, visible as a faint darkening that moves across the face of the sun. This is the first transit of the sun by a planet observed from any planet other than Earth, and also the first imaging of Mercury from Mars.
Mercury fills only about one-sixth of one pixel as seen from such great distance, so the darkeni ...
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International experiment to change global weather forecasts: New Zealand scientists
Wellington, NZ (XNA) Jun 10, 2014 -
Scientists from five countries on Friday began one of the biggest ever scientific experiments in New Zealand, with the aim of significantly improving global weather forecasts.
About 200 scientists from organizations in New Zealand, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia will take part in the six-week experiment to measure gravity waves up to 100 km above the earth's s ...
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