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Three-Tonne Meteorite Stolen In Russia
Moscow (AFP) Aug 10, 2007Russian police were combing the northern Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Friday for a three-tonne meteorite that has disappeared from under the nose of its keepers. The giant rock was stolen from the yard of the Tunguska Space Event foundation, whose director said it was the part of meteor that caused a massive explosion in Siberia in 1908, news agency Interfax reported. "It winds up tha ... more Astronauts Prepare For First Spacewalk Of Endeavour Mission 
Washington (AFP) Aug 11, 2007US astronauts prepared early Saturday for the first spacewalk of the shuttle Endeavour mission following discovery of damage in the spacecraft's protective shield. The two spacewalkers, mission specialists Rick Mastracchio and Dave Williams, were to spend the night at a special airlock to prevent decompression sickness. The walk, which will be undertaken with the purpose of installing ... more Endeavour Mission Hit By Apparent Shuttle Damage 
Washington (AFP) Aug 10, 2007NASA detected an apparent gouge on shuttle Endeavour's heat shield during a routine inspection Friday, after the orbiter docked with the International Space Station. A piece of ice struck the shuttle shortly after Wednesday's liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, leaving what appears to be a three square inch gouge near the hatch of one of the shuttle's landing gear ... more Helping Phoenix Land 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 10, 2007The Phoenix Mars Lander launched on Saturday, August 4, beginning a journey to never-explored regions of the Red Planet to search for frozen water beneath the Martian surface. What it discovers will help scientists determine if Mars could support life. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. and Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. are working together with the University o ... more Astronauts To Conduct Study Of Bacterial Growth In Space 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2007When space shuttle Endeavour rocketed into space yesterday, it took along a common microorganism normally found in the upper respiratory tract of approximately 40 percent of the healthy human population. The experiment, Streptococcus pneumoniae Expression of Genes in Space (SPEGIS), part of the STS-118 space shuttle mission launched Aug. 8, 2007, will investigate the effects of the space environ ... more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Aug 10, 2007The detection of emergency beacons will be greatly improved by the introduction of Europe's satellite positioning system, Galileo. The Galileo satellites will carry transponders to relay distress signals to search and rescue organisations. In connection with this, representatives of the Galileo project attended the recent 21st annual Joint Committee Meeting of COSPAS-SARSAT, the international pr ... more Boeing TEAM TSAT Demonstrates Technology Maturity 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 10, 2007TEAM TSAT, led by Boeing, has demonstrated that its Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT) hardware and software can function in simulated operational environments, achieving Technology Readiness Level-6 (TRL-6) for payload, antenna, information assurance and gateway technologies. "Reaching TRL-6 is the culmination of TEAM TSAT's three-year effort and validat ... more NASA Seeks Launch Logistics Help 
Washington (UPI) Aug 10, 2007The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is soliciting ideas to help shape its logistics services for the International Space Station. The space agency Tuesday issued a formal "Request for Information" seeking assistance in planning for safe, cost effective and reliable logistics services for the space station, as well as other payload launch services. NASA said the input will be ... more US Space Institute Goes Global, Hosts First International Students 
Peterson AFB CO (AFNS) Aug 10, 2007Four Aussies recently traveled more than 1,000 miles to expand their knowledge of U.S. space operations and the constantly changing global arena of space. Air Force Space Command invited these international students to attend the National Security Space Institute's two-week Space Fundamentals Course in Colorado Springs, Colo., strengthening ties between this nation's international partners, and ... more Indonesian Quake Could Trigger Volcanic Activity 
Jakarta (AFP) Aug 09, 2007A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake that shook Indonesia's main island of Java early Thursday, including the capital Jakarta, could trigger activity at some of the island's many volcanoes, experts said. The undersea quake, centred about 110 kilometres (70 miles) east of the capital Jakarta and off the north coast of Java, occurred just after midnight (1700 GMT), rattling buildings and sending pa ... more |
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Tallahassee FL (SPX) Aug 10, 2007A collaboration between the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University and industry partner SuperPower Inc. has led to a new world record for a magnetic field created by a superconducting magnet. The new record -- 26.8 tesla -- was reached in late July at the magnet lab's High Field Test Facility and brings engineers closer to realizing the National Research Council goal ... more South Asia Floods Toll Passes 2000 Mark 
Patna, India (AFP) Aug 09, 2007The death toll from the worst monsoon floods to hit South Asia in decades passed 2,000 Thursday even as torrents of muddy water receded from millions of acres of farmland and rains shifted west. Thousands of villages remained under water and threatened by disease, while millions were still displaced, mainly in India and Bangladesh, where the severe floods also destroyed valuable crops. The ... more Indian Village Under Water Since 1995 
Barabih, India (AFP) Aug 09, 2007Thousands of villages in India's Bihar state have been flooded for the last two weeks, but one hamlet has been under at least a foot of water for the last 12 years. Since 1995, Barabih residents have either got used to living with floods, or left. In fact about 75 percent of the population has fled, leaving behind 1,400 hardy souls. "We have been campaigning for a almost decade for the aut ... more Japan Looks To Turn Straw Into Biofuel Amid Price Crunch 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 09, 2007Japan will study turning inedible crops such as straw into biofuel to run cars amid concern that the growing popularity of ethanol is inflating food prices, an official said Friday. Biofuels are seen as alternative clean energy resource which can reduce the dependence on Middle Eastern oil and lessen the impact on global warming. One biofuel, ethanol, is derived from sugar beets, wheat, co ... more Toyota To Delay Launch Of New Hybrids 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 09, 2007Japan's Toyota Motor will delay by one or two years the rollout of new high-mileage hybrids with lithium-ion batteries because of safety concerns, a newspaper reported Thursday. Toyota's decision was prompted by worries that the batteries could overheat, catch fire or even explode, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition, quoting unnamed Toyota executives. It said such fears ... more
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