Agência Brasil Star City (Russia) – The three astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) who will return to planet earth this weekend, the Brazilian Marcos Pontes, the Russian Valery Tokarev and the American Willian McArtur, will make the final leg of their journey in a round capsule weighing 2.9 tons containing four square meters of
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The armies of the two countries presented last week, in Brazil, the prototype of a military vehicle to be used by the Brazilian and Argentinean military forces. This is the result of a scientific and technological agreement signed between the two governments in the 1980s.
The minister of Local Administration and Environment of Syria, Helal Alatrash, was impressed with the work executed in São Paulo in basic sanitation and control of environmental pollution. He arrived in Brazil last week. Alatrash visited institutions in the area and participated in a biodiversity conference in Curitiba.
Marcos César Pontes is participating in The Centenary Mission, a name given in homage to another historic flight by the Brazilian Santos Dummont in aircraft 14-Bis, in 1906. The Soyuz spacecraft should be launched from Baikonur base, in Kazakhstan, today, headed for the International Space Station.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Vehicle maker Agrale has sold its first biodiesel powered vehicle in Brazil, the Agrale 4.100.4 Biodiesel, in its 4.000 line. The vehicle was purchased by farmer Aristides Antônio Cavagnolli, in the city of Coronel Pilar, in the region of the Valley of the Wineries, in the southern Brazilian state
Company Flytex, from the interior of the state of São Paulo, which is specialized in uniforms for professionals like aeronauts and policemen, made the uniform that will be used by Brazilian astronaut Marcos César Pontes at the International Space Station.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) is going to present technology it develops at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Assembly of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Assembly of Governors of the Inter-American Investment Corporation. The meetings will take
Agência Brasil Brasília – The US$ 100 laptop that is a brainchild of the Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT) may be in Brazilian schools in 2007, says presidential aide, Cezar Alvarez, who is coordinating a work group that is studying the possibility of Brazil enrolling in the MIT project: "A Laptop For Every Child." In
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology reports that it is issuing 45 contracts for research and innovation project financing worth US$ 367 million from the Scientific and Technological Development Fund (FNDCT). The contracts are aimed at four areas: 1) consolidation, expansion and integration of the National Science, Technology and Innovation
This is the forecast of the executive director of the Brazilian Chamber of Electronic Trade, Cid Torquato. He bets on an increase in the offer of digital services and in the number of users. The sector had revenues of R$ 12 billion (US$ 5.6 billion, at current exchange rates) in the country in 2005.
