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NASA to examine Endeavour shield damage
Washington (AFP) Aug 12, 2007Astronauts on the International Space Station Sunday are to examine and measure a troublesome gash in the shuttle Endeavour's heat shield, by means of a camera and a laser atop a robotic arm. The 56-square-centimeter (nine-square-inch) gouge near a landing gear hatch was apparently made by a piece of foam that broke off the shuttle's external fuel tank 58 seconds after Wednesday's launch fro ... more NASA May Repair Shuttle, Extends Station Mission Three Days 
Washington (AFP) Aug 12, 2007NASA specialists on Sunday began analyzing a gash in the shuttle Endeavour's heat shield to decide if it needs repair, and said it was adding three days to the mission to continue work on the Station. The extenstionm of the mission means that the Endeavour, launched Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, will now return to Earth on August 22, a NASA spokeman said Sunday. ... more Damage to Endeavour appears less serious 
Washington (AFP) Aug 12, 2007Damage to the US space shuttle Endeavour's protective thermal shield caused by a piece of debris during launch appears to be less serious than previously believed, a NASA official said. But astronauts will go ahead with a scheduled inspection, during which the protective shield will be examined with the help of a laser attached to Endeavour's robotic arm, said John Shannon, a mission manage ... more NASA to take close look at Endeavour shield damage 
Washington (AFP) Aug 12, 2007Astronauts on the International Space Station on Sunday are to examine and measure a troublesome gash in the shuttle Endeavour's heat shield, by means of a camera and a laser atop a robotic arm. The 56-square-centimeter (nine-square-inch) gouge near a landing gear hatch was apparently made by a piece of ice that broke off the shuttle's external fuel tank 58 seconds after Wednesday's launch f ... more China Plans To Survey 'Every Inch' Of Moon 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 10, 2007China plans to survey all of the moon's surface before eventually bringing bits of the planet back to Earth, state media reported Friday. "We would like to survey every inch of the moon's surface," Ouyang Ziyuan, chief scientist of the China's moon exploration project, was quoted as saying on the website of Chinese News Service. Ouyang, speaking at a conference in southwestern China this ... more |
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Huntsville, AL (SPX) Aug 12, 2007NASA has signed a $1.8 billion contract with Alliant Techsystems, known as ATK, located near Brigham City, Utah, for the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the first stage of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles. This contract continues work that began on April 17, 2006, and includes delivery of five ground static test motors, two ground vibration test articles and four flight test ... more Russian Space Program Needs To Change 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 12, 2007If the past is any guide, we will learn about the latest plans for the Russian space program at the end of August. On the 21st, the MAKS-2007 international aerospace show will open in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow. Why such certainty that important announcements will be made? Two years ago, at the previous show, visitors admired a mock-up of Russia's Kliper reusable spacecraft developed by Energiya, ... more Predator Soars To Record Number Of Sorties 
Balad AFB, Iraq (SPX) Aug 12, 2007When terrorists tried shooting mortar rounds at Balad Air Base in July, they didn't count on the tireless, unblinking eye of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle overhead, transmitting their every move to airmen on the ground here. Airmen assigned to the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron here kept the Predator overhead July 24 watching the men while they confirmed what they were see ... 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 Is The Shanghai Cooperation Organization The New Warsaw Treaty Group 
Hong Kong (UPI) Aug 10, 2007The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is holding joint military exercises this week in Russia, with all six member nations participating for the first time. However, judging from the number of soldiers taking part, the significance of the maneuvers is more symbolic than practical. Less than 4,000 troops are involved in the drills dubbed Peace Mission 2007: 1,600 from China, 2,000 from Russia, 10 ... more |
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Iqaluit, Canada (AFP) Aug 10, 2007Canada will build its first Arctic deep-sea port to bolster its disputed claims to the famed Northwest Passage and Arctic seabed, believed to hold oil and gas riches, its prime minister said Friday. An old dock and gravel runway at the abandoned lead and zinc mining town of Nanisivik, Baffin Island, would be refurbished to re-supply new Arctic patrol vessels, said Prime Minister Stephen Harp ... more Arctic sea ice 'lowest in recorded history': scientist 
Washington (AFP) Aug 10, 2007Sea ice in the northern hemisphere has plunged to the lowest levels ever measured, a US Arctic specialist said Friday, adding that it was likely part of the long-term trend of polar ice melt driven by global warming. University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana Arctic climate expert William Chapman told AFP that Arctic sea ice had plunged to new lows some 30 days before the normal point of the an ... more Extreme weather? Sure. Blame global warming? Not so fast 
Paris (AFP) Aug 10, 2007Massive floods, blistering heat waves and bizarre cold snaps since the start of the year may not be the result of climate change, but extreme weather has become more frequent, some scientists say. The UN's World Meteorological Organisation has reported on findings that "there is an increasing trend in extreme events observed during the last 50 years." It adds that "weather and climate ar ... more Spectre of hunger looms over flood-hit India 
Madhubani, India, Aug 11, 2007 Senior bureaucrat Nibha Thakur ran short of cash as she shopped for vegetables in India's eastern Bihar state, where severe floods have pushed basic food prices beyond the reach of millions. "Survival is now a major issue," said Thakur, lugging a bagful of potatoes she had just purchased at four times their cost last month. "We may just have to do with boiled rice in the coming days as e ... more Floods, landslides kill 19 in northwest China 
Beijing, Aug 11, 2007 Nineteen people were killed and 37 missing after violent rainstorms triggered floods in northwest China, state media reported Saturday. The rainstorms, which started to hit the southeastern part of Shaanxi province Monday, destroyed homes and ruined crops, causing 280 million yuan (37 million dollars) in damages, a provincial flood control headquarters official told Xinhua news agency. T ... more
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