Centennial, Colo., (Feb. 22, 2013) – NASA’s Launch Services Program announced today that it selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) proven Delta II launch vehicle to launch the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission Continue reading
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Freedom to send sofa-making offshore
Furniture retailer Freedom is shutting down its factory in western Sydney as sofa production is shifted overseas. The company announced on Friday that it had decided to move its upholstery supply to offshore vendors and stop manufacturing products at its Kings Park facility from April. “This decision is not a reflection on the production, processes, quality or staff at the Sydney operation – it is due to a change in the upholstery supply strategy which Freedom has chosen to take,” Freedom said in a statement on Friday Continue reading
Freedom as a number
Freedom as a number Jonathan Power (POWERS WORLD) / 7 February 2013 THE COLD War ended and the good times began the big powers stopped using their veto in the UN Security Council, the number of wars fell dramatically, human rights improved all over the world including in Russia and the number of democracies increased substantially. Where have all the flowers gone? The veto has returned Continue reading
Freedom Treatment Center Celebrates 10 Years of Addiction Treatment Services
Freedom Treatment Center is a drug and alcohol addiction facility with a long history of success serving the Southern Michigan community and its surrounding areas. The center celebrated that success with an open house honoring its 10 years of helping people overcome addiction and thrive in a new life of recovery. Albion, MI (PRWEB) February 07, 2013 Anyone who seeks an active recovery from alcohol or drug addiction is a success on the most basic level, said Freedom Treatment Center Executive Director John Walser, but we were honored to also share some of the more stunning stories of people who had no hope when they first walked through our doors and now have everything to live for Continue reading
NASA Officially Joins ESA's 'Dark Universe' Mission
NASA has joined the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Euclid mission, a space telescope designed to investigate the cosmological mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. Continue reading
NASA Joins European Dark Energy Mission
NASA has officially joined the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission, a space telescope that will launch in 2020 to study the mysterious dark matter and dark energy pervading the universe. NASA will contribute 16 infrared detectors and four spares for one of the Euclid telescope’s two planned science instruments, agency officials announced today (Jan Continue reading
Our freedom was not a gift: President
Tamluk (West Bengal) Jan 18 (IANS) Stating that India’s freedom was not a gift given under international pressure but one achieved through years of struggle, President Pranab Mukherjee Friday saluted the freedom fighters from Midnapore district. Mukherjee unveiled statues of Ajoy Mukherjee, Satish Chandra Samanta and Sushil Kumar Dhara who played crucial roles in India’s freedom movement and were instrumental in forming the Tamralipta National Government – a parallel government during the Quit India Movement – here. The area now falls within East Midnapore district. Continue reading
Ball Aerospace Realigns Civil and Operational Space Business Units
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Man versus machine plays out in cyberspace
Stephen Spielberg’s upcoming film “Artificial Intelligence” is set to renew a long-running, centuries old, debate about mechanical brains and whether they may ever become superior to the human mind. Critics say that machines will never actually think in the human sense, only process bewildering amounts of data though. Continue reading
State Street Appointed Custodian for Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce Pension Plan
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– State Street Corporation (STT) today announced that it has been appointed by the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce Pension Plan to provide custody services to its USD$270 million plan. Global financial events that have occurred in the past several years have highlighted the importance of having financial partners with strong controls and a solid risk rating, said William Fleury, general manager and chief operating officer, Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce Pension Plan. The Chamber Plan is delighted to partner with State Street whose leading technology, expertise in custody, and local and global footprint were also strong factors in their selection. Continue reading
roblat test – Video
roblat test Roblat Precision is an aerospace manufacturing factory located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. CARBIDE.TV thinks they are a great example of a strong contributor with a long history of sucess to aerospace machining in a pleasing family atmosphere of precision.From:CDNMachineShopsViews:0 0ratingsTime:00:25More inPeople Blogs Continue reading
ATL launches Eco-Smart Seal
KINGSTON, Jamaica Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) announced this week the launch of its Eco-Smart certification. The programme is designed to earmark energy-efficient electronics in the companys product line-up. Continue reading
Nobel Prize for medicine awarded to Gurdon, Yamanaka for stem cell discoveries
British scientist John Gurdon and Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for experiments separated by almost 50 years that provide deep insight into how animals develop and offer hope for a new era of personalized medicine. Their findings have revolutionized our understanding of how cells and organisms develop, the Nobel committee said in the prize announcement. In 1962, Gurdon wowed the world of biology by cloning a frog via a clever technique. Continue reading
Space shuttle Endeavour stops in El Paso next week
Space shuttle Endeavour will make a refueling stop in El Paso next week on its way to its final destination in California. (Times file photo) The space shuttle Endeavour, riding on a carrier aircraft, will make a refueling stop in El Paso before flying low over the White Sands area and Las Cruces next week during the historic final shuttle ferry flight across the country, NASA officials said Continue reading
MMAFighting: Rousey-Cyborg biggest fight ever?
By Shaun Al-Shatti – Staff Writer Follow , and Like MMA Fighting on Facebook. Sep 10, 2012 – Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey isn’t ready to give up on Cris Cyborg just yet. Despite Cyborg’s insistence that her body is unable to cut enough weight to reach the 135-pound limit, Rousey continued throw public jabs at the suspended former featherweight champ on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour, criticizing her for flip-flopping on the weight issue and deriding her career as nothing more than a product of cheating and steroid abuse. Continue reading
ISS: 'benefits are tremendous'
31 August 2012 Last updated at 11:11 ET This week, two astronauts worked outside the International Space Station hundreds of kilometres above the Earth in the second of two space walks in as many weeks. After years of construction work, the space station is formally complete, and with the station running well, space walks are becoming less common. Meanwhile, the death of the astronaut Neil Armstrong and the presence of the rover Curiosity on the Martian surface, has led to renewed questions about the goals and visions of the orbiting space platform Continue reading
NASA picks space taxi manufacturers
By Seth Borenstein NASA picked three aerospace companies Friday to build small rocketships to take astronauts to the International Space Station. This is the third phase of NASA’s efforts to get private space companies to take over the job of the now-retired space shuttle. Continue reading
NASA to develop space taxis
August 3, 2012 3:29 PM ET By SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON (AP) – NASA picked three aerospace companies Friday to build small rocketships to take astronauts to the International Space Station. This is the third phase of NASA’s efforts to get private space companies to take over the job of the now-retired space shuttle. Continue reading
NASA picks 3 private firms to develop space taxis
WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA picked three aerospace companies Friday to build small rocketships to take astronauts to the International Space Station. This is the third phase of NASA’s efforts to get private space companies to take over the job of the now-retired space shuttle. Continue reading
SAIC Receives NASA 2011 Marshall Space Flight Center Contractor Excellence Award
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (SAI) announced today it was awarded a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2011 Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Contractor Excellence Award (CEA) at the annual Center Director’s Breakfast on May 17 in the Davidson Center for Space Exploration at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. Continue reading