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Discovery docks with International Space Station
Washington (AFP) Oct 25, 2007The US shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station on Thursday for a complex construction mission to pave the way for the installation of European and Japanese laboratories. The mission is also making space exploration history as shuttle Commander Pam Melroy, 46, and the station's crew chief, Peggy Whitson, 47, became the first women to hold the reins of the two spacecraft ... more For the first time, women rule in space 
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Oct 24, 2007Breaking new ground in the history of space exploration, women are at the helm of the International Space Station and the space shuttle at the same time, as they orbit the Earth. Pamela Melroy, a 46-year-old retired US Air Force colonel, was in the commander's seat when shuttle Discovery blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday. She is only the sec ... more Chinese media trumpet space launch 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 25, 2007China's rise as a space power poses no threat to the rest of the world, official media said Thursday, as it celebrated the successful start of the nation's efforts to send a man to the moon. "The country has long before made clear that its space programmes are for peaceful purposes," said an editorial in the English-language China Daily, a newspaper used by the government to express its view ... more Ariane 5 arrives In French Guiana For Arianespace's Sixth Mission Of 2007 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 25, 2007The launch vehicle for Arianespace's record sixth Ariane 5 flight of 2007 has been delivered to French Guiana, maintaining the company's sustained mission pace in response to growing customer demand for its Service and Solutions commercial offer. Completing a trans-Atlantic voyage from Europe, the Ariane 5 GS vehicle arrived yesterday (October 23) aboard the MN Colibri - one of two roll-on/roll- ... more Successful Planck RF Telescope Test At 320 GHz 
Cannes, France (SPX) Oct 25, 2007This article reports on the recently concluded Planck Radio Frequency Qualification Model (RFQM) test campaign in the Thales Alenia Space Compact Antenna Test Range (CATR) facility, Cannes, France. The campaign gave to engineers and scientists confirmation that the planned RF verification method of the alignment of the Flight Model (FM) telescope is completely operational and can be performed wi ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 26, 2007The delayed launch of three Glonass satellites on board a Proton rocket is set to go ahead on Friday from the Baikonur space center, a Khrunichev State Research and Development statement said Thursday. The Proton K rocket, which has been on the launch pad in Kazakhstan since Monday, will lift off at 11.35 a.m. Moscow time (7.35 a.m. GMT) October 26. Astana lifted a ban Wednesday on Proton ... more Can A Robot Find A Rock. Interview With David Wettergreen: Part IV 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 26, 2007In the final segment of our four-part interview with David Wettergreen, an associate research professor at the Carnegie Mellon University Field Robotics Center, he explains why it's not so easy for a robot to find a rock. Astrobiology Magazine: The Field Robotics Center is doing ongoing work to develop robots that can find and study interesting science targets, without human direction. You ... more Missing Black Hole Report: Hundreds Found 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 26, 2007Astronomers have unmasked hundreds of black holes hiding deep inside dusty galaxies billions of light-years away. The massive, growing black holes, discovered by NASA's Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes, represent a large fraction of a long-sought missing population. Their discovery implies there were hundreds of millions of additional black holes growing in our young universe, more than doub ... more NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Gets Spacewired 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 26, 2007NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will use a new advanced technology network interface called "SpaceWire" that enables the components on the telescope to work more efficiently and more reliably with each other. SpaceWire is a standard for high-speed communication links between satellite components. Originally developed by the European Space Agency, SpaceWire has been adopted and improved b ... more Japan warns US over North Korea 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 25, 2007A senior Japanese official has warned the United States that relations will suffer if Washington removes North Korea from a list of terrorist states, amid stepped up efforts to end Pyongyang's nuclear drive. Relations between Tokyo and Pyongyang remain tense in part because of the communist state's kidnappings of Japanese civilians, an issue that arouses deep emotion in Japan. "If the US ... more |
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Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 26, 2007Seismologists in recent years have recast their understanding of the inner workings of Earth from a relatively benign homogeneous environment to one that is highly dynamic and chemically diverse. This new view of Earth's inner workings depicts the planet as a living organism where events that happen deep inside can affect what happens at its surface, like the rub and slip of tectonic plates and ... more Strong quake strikes off Indonesia's Sumatra 
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 24, 2007A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Thursday, briefly triggering panic and a tsunami alert, the Indonesia meteorological agency said. The quake struck in the Indian Ocean about 135 kilometres (84 miles) off the town of Bengkulu at 4:02 am (2102 GMT Wednesday), at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), the agency said. The US Geological S ... more Study Shows Housing Development On The Rise Near National Forests 
Portland OR (SPX) Oct 26, 2007America's national forests and grasslands provide the largest single source of freshwater in the United States, habitat for a third of all federally listed threatened or endangered species, and recreation opportunities for people (about 205 million visits are made annually to national forests). These and other benefits could be altered by increased housing growth. The population of the United St ... more After deadly floods, Burkina Faso faces 'wet' drought 
Ouagadougou (AFP) Oct 25, 2007After deadly floods that hit Burkina Faso weeks ago, the impoverished west African country faces a drought caused by an early and abrupt end to the rainy season, experts said on Thursday. Fears run high that the weak rains will have a knock-on effect on food prices and would inevitably affect the next cotton harvests in this Africa's top lint producer. The meteorological services bureau ... more Indonesian volcano erupts on North Sulawesi 
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 25, 2007A volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi island erupted Thursday, sending ash raining down on at least one village and spewing smoke about 1,500 metres into the air, an official said. Mount Soputan in North Sulawesi province erupted at around 9:15 am (0115 GMT) but people living in the sparsely-populated area have not been evacuated, said Sandy, a scientist at the volcano's monitoring post. "Th ... more
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