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UAE Space Agency Signs Agreement With Technology Innovation Institute to Execute the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt’s Lander Project
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Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ahead of a June touchdown
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Indian astronaut to travel soon to ISS as part of ISRO-NASA Mission
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2016

Record Pace of Ariane 5 Flights Planned for 2016

Arianespace plans 11 launches from French Guiana this year, including eight flights by the heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket with up to a dozen large telecommunications satellites and four spacecraft for Europe’s Galileo navigation system. Read More via...

Wednesday, January 13th, 2016

Future Grains

When global food prices spiked dramatically in late 2007 and into 2008, the costs of many basic dietary staples doubled or even tripled around the world, sparking protests and riots. Panicked governments stopped exporting food, aggravating the...

Wednesday, January 13th, 2016

China Plans More than 20 Space Launches in 2016

China has announced it has a busy launch manifest planned for 2016, with more than 20 missions scheduled to take to the skies this year. The country that conducted 19 successful launches in 2015 has also stated its intentions to...

Monday, January 11th, 2016

Space Innovation Congress

London, United Kingdom, January 11, 2016 — Space Innovation Congress is the UK’s new space industry conference and expo, on April 7-8 2016 at St Paul’s, Aldersgate in London. Read More via PR.com

Monday, January 11th, 2016

Saving India’s Vanishing Water Bodies

The recent floods in Chennai have been largely blamed on water body encroachments. The Madras High Court has ordered that no more encroachments of any kind be tolerated on water bodies. By constructing buildings on water bodies...

Monday, January 11th, 2016

GIS-Based Inventory of State Festivals Being Prepared

Kerala Tourism is preparing a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based inventory of 1,000 festivals across the State so as to market them to attract more tourists to the State. Read More via The Hindu

Thursday, January 7th, 2016

Hexagon Mining – Powerful Software Now More Affordable

TUCSON, ARIZONA, JANUARY 7, 2016 – Hexagon Mining is today introducing a campaign to appeal to the aggregates and industrial minerals sector of the mining industry. Flexible and affordable licenses are central to the campaign, which broadens...

Thursday, January 7th, 2016

Maptek Releases I-Site Studio 6 Point Cloud Modelling Tools

The latest I-Site point cloud processing tools from Maptek focus on the everyday needs of mine surveyors for fast, accurate volumes, conformance reporting, geotechnical analysis and CAD design. I-Site Studio software offers an expanding range of applications...

Thursday, January 7th, 2016

ISRO to Launch 5th Navigation Satellite on Jan. 20

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the fifth satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) on January 20. Read More via The Hindu

Thursday, January 7th, 2016

First Time, Plan to Map Every Doctor, Health Facility in the Country

For the first time, the government will map health facilities, doctors and specialists available in all districts of the country. The health geo-mapping project has already been completed in four districts chosen as a pilot. When the...