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Oresme Crater Show Many Signs Of The Early Lunar Heavy Bombardment
Paris, France (ESA) May 22, 2007This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the Oresme crater on the Moon. AMIE obtained this picture on 30 August 2006 - only 4 days before SMART-1's final impact on the lunar surface. It was taken from a distance of 1 100 kilometres over the surface, with a ground resolution of 110 metres per pixel. Oresme is located on the Moon's farside ... more Mars Rover Spirit Unearths Surprise Evidence Of Wetter Past 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 22, 2007A patch of Martian soil analyzed by NASA's rover Spirit is so rich in silica that it may provide some of the strongest evidence yet that ancient Mars was much wetter than it is now. The processes that could have produced such a concentrated deposit of silica require the presence of water. Members of the rover science team heard from a colleague during a recent teleconference that the alpha ... more A Year Of In-Orbit Experience For Galileo Rubidium Clocks 
Paris, France (ESA) May 22, 2007Europe's first satellite-borne rubidium clocks have been in orbit for over a year. There is good news for the building of the Galileo system: the results obtained from GIOVE-A's first year of operations show performance that is largely in line with the specifications. GIOVE-A, the first Galileo in-orbit validation element, was launched on 28 December 2005. One of its two rubidium clocks wa ... more Andromeda Way Will Make For A Nice Retirement Home For Our Sol 
Boston Ma (SPX) May 22, 2007For decades, astronomers have known that the Milky Way galaxy is on a collision course with the neighboring Andromeda spiral galaxy. What was unknown until now: the fate of the Sun and our solar system in that melee. New calculations by theorists T.J. Cox and Avi Loeb(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) show that the Sun and its planets will be exiled to the outer reaches of the merged ... more Energia Posts 220 Percent Rise In 2006 Net Profit 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 22, 2007Energia, a Russian rocket and space company, said Monday its net profit calculated to Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) grew 220% year-on-year in 2006 to 509.5 million rubles (about $20 million). S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, which designs Soyuz-piloted spaceships and Progress carrier rockets, launches communications satellites, and operates the Russian segment of the ISS ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 21, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Friday a decree on the Glonass navigation system to provide the service free for customers, the Kremlin press service said. Glonass is a Russian version of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which is designed for both military and civilian use, and allows users to identify their positions in real time. The system can also be used in geological prosp ... more Science Subcommittees Focus On Ensuring Health And Vitality Of NASA Workforce 
Washington DC (SPX) May 21, 2007The House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics today examined a range of National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) workforce issues identified by the recently released reports of two independent review panels. The Subcommittee's work is aimed at ensuring the health and vitality of the NASA workforce in the 21st century. "Now it's obvious ... more Around Iapetus Way 
Cameron Park (SPX) May 18, 2007On New Year's Day 2005, only six months after arriving in orbit around Saturn, Cassini flew within only 123,000 km of Iapetus -- over eight times closer than any spacecraft had come before. This was a piece of pure luck -- it wasn't even in the mission's plan until a radio-communication problem between Cassini and its Huygens Titan probe, discovered while the craft was already on its way to Sat ... more Brazil And India Set Up Work Team For Space Program 
Brasilia (XNA) May 21, 2007Representatives of Brazil's Space Agency (AEB) and India's Space Department (ISRO) have set up a team to study cooperation in the space sectors of both countries, the AEB announced on Thursday. The two countries' team space study will be presented in September, in India, at the 58th International Space Congress sponsored by the International Space Federation. Satellite projects, such as sa ... more Station Crew Unpack Progress 25 
Houston TX (SPX) May 21, 2007Expedition 15 crew unpacked new supplies and began preparing for the arrival of the next visiting spacecraft and two upcoming spacewalks at the International Space Station. The ISS Progress 25 docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:10 a.m. CDT Tuesday. During the week, the crew began unloading the more than 5,000 pounds of cargo from the supply ship. Commander Fyodor Yur ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 21, 2007An interview with Nikolai Zlobin, director of the Russia and Eurasia Project at the World Security Institute (U.S.) Mr. Zlobin, what do you think about Russian-Armenian political and economic relations? I believe these relations reflect the current situation in the CIS and the character of the national leadership in both countries; their views on domestic foreign policy and th ... more Japanese Police Raid Naval Centre Over Aegis Data Leak 
Tokyo (AFP) May 19, 2007Japanese police and naval officials raided a training centre for seamen Saturday in connection with the leaking of secret information on the US-developed high-tech Aegis combat system. Investigators searched the facility in Hiroshima prefecture, where sailors are put through specialised training in gunnery and torpedo operations. Earlier this year it emerged that authorities had questioned ... more GeoOptics Announces 100-Spacecraft Array to Deliver Critical Hurricane And Climate Data 
Boulder CO (SPX) May 21, 2007GeoOptics is an international consortium formed to deploy and operate CICERO, which will consist of 100 micro-satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) performing Global Positioning System and Galileo atmospheric radio occultation (GNSS-RO). CICERO will deliver critical data on the state of the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere in near real time to forecasters and researchers worldwide at an accuracy ... more Pearl River Estuary Largely Destroyed 
Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2007The estuary of southern China's Pearl river has been ravaged by worsening pollution, causing sea waters off Hong Kong to deteriorate steadily in recent years, state press said Friday. "In the Pearl river estuary, the ecology system has been destroyed and cannot be rectified in the short term," the China Daily said, citing a recent report by the Guangdong provincial oceanic and fishery administra ... more It Takes People Power To Overcome Disasters 
Washington (UPI) May 18, 2007Efforts to prepare for public health disasters are leaving out a critical component, experts say: the individual citizen. "Citizens have to get involved," said Maurice Ramirez, co-founder of Disaster Life Support of North America, a company that educates officials and the public about disaster preparedness and recovery. "We need to make people be prepared and it's just not happening," Rami ... more
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