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Fifth Space Tourist Soars Toward Space Station Holiday In Space
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Apr 08, 2007A Soyuz TMA-10 space capsule bearing billionaire Microsoft pioneer Charles Simonyi soared toward the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, making him the world's fifth space tourist. Kazakhstan's black sky lit up with orange and yellow flames as the rocket took off on schedule late Saturday, carrying Simonyi toward the ISS along with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Fyodor Yurchikh ... more Deep Pockets On Earth Goes Along Way In Deep Space 
Cameron Park CA (SPX) Apr 09, 2007Regardless of the exact order in which we choose to launch the future big Flagship-class Solar System missions, their high cost will be a major problem. NASA, at first, tentatively divided them into "Small Flagships" (costing about $750 million to $1.5 billion) and "Large Flagships" (costing from $1.5 billion up to perhaps $3 billion). The proposed Europa Titan and venus Explorers that I'v ... more Global Warming Hits Mars Too 
Paris (AFP) Apr 06, 2007Global warming could be heating Mars four times faster than Earth due to a mutually reinforcing interplay of wind-swept dust and changes in reflected heat from the Sun, according a study released Wednesday. Scientists have long observed a correlation on Mars between its fluctuating temperatures -- which range from -87 C to - 5 C (-125 F to 23 F) depending on the season and the location -- ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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THAAD Goes Another ABM Test
Kauai HI (SPX) Apr 09, 2007The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin conducted another successful flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system, intercepting a unitary target in THAAD's second flight test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, HI. This hit-to-kill intercept demonstrated THAAD's precision against in-bound threats and its ability to provide increased ... more Lockheed Martin Team Completes GPS 3 System Design Review On Schedule 
King Of Prussia PA (SPX) Apr 09, 2007Lockheed Martin has completed on-schedule a system design review of the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System Space Segment program, known as GPS Block III. More than 100 representatives from the Defense Department, including members of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Command and Strategic Command, as well as the Department of Transportation ... more Senior Leaders Testify About Air Force Space Program 
Washington (AFNS) Apr 09, 2007Three senior leaders provided testimony on national security space activities before the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee March 23. The Honorable Dr. Ronald M. Sega, under secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Donald Kerr, director of the National Reconnaissance Office, and Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, commander of Air Force Space Command, appeared before members of Congress to discuss ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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Slowly But Surely Burned Forest Lands Regenerate Naturally
Corvallis OR (SPX) Apr 09, 2007A new study of forest lands that burned in the 1990s in northern California and southwestern Oregon has concluded there is a "fair to excellent" chance that an adequate level of conifers will regenerate naturally, in sites that had no manual planting or other forest management. The research, to be published Wednesday in the Journal of Forestry by scientists from Oregon State University, ex ... more Boost In Rice Production To Avoid Food Shortages In Indonesia 
Jakarta, Indonesia (SPX) Apr 09, 2007Efforts by Indonesia to avoid food shortages by increasing its rice production have received an important boost with the signing of a new agreement to help the nation's millions of poor rice farmers with new technologies. Senior officials and scientists of the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD), and other agencies of the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture, ... more Cable Laid For New Deep-Sea Observatory 
Moss Landing CA (SPX) Apr 09, 2007On April 1, 2007 researchers completed an important step in constructing the first deep-sea cabled observatory in the continental United States. In a multi-institution effort managed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and funded by the National Science Foundation, 52 kilometers (32 miles) of cable were laid along the seafloor of Monterey Bay. This undersea cable will provide ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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