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A Fantastic Monday Morning Sky Show
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 05, 2007This is worth waking up for. On Monday morning, Nov. 5th, anyone willing to step outside before dawn will see a fantastic display of stars and planets-and maybe a couple of spaceships, too. The planets: Venus, Saturn and Mars Venus is the extravagantly luminous "star" hanging low in the east. You can't miss it-especially because the crescent Moon is hanging nearby. ... more Space station repairs end in success 
Washington (AFP) Nov 3, 2007A physician astronaut successfully stitched a torn solar panel Saturday, in a risky and unprecedented space walk to ensure an adequate power supply at the International Space Station, NASA said. Astronaut Scott Parazynsky, a medical doctor by profession, spent more than four hours attached to the end of a robotic boom knitting together the damaged panels with makeshift wire "cufflinks" to fi ... more Spirit To Head North For The Winter 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2007With Martian winter approaching, the science and engineering teams have been hard pressed to select a site where Spirit can spend the winter. After previously narrowing the list of candidates to two sites, Spirit's handlers decided to send the rover to the northern edge of the elevated plateau known as "Home Plate," which Spirit has been exploring for many months now. ... more Embry-Riddle And Zero Gravity To Collaborate On Weightless Flights 
Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Nov 05, 2007Researchers, teachers and students will have access to weightless and variable-gravity conditions under a new agreement between Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Zero Gravity Corp. (Zero-G). Embry-Riddle and Zero-G will work together to integrate weightless flights and space science workshops for K-12 teachers, develop experiment programs for high school and college students, and expand m ... more Opportunity Studies Bathtub Ring In Victoria 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2007Opportunity is healthy, with energy levels ranging from about 450 watt-hours to 475 watt-hours (100 watt-hours is the amount of electricity needed to light a 100-watt bulb for one hour). Recently, Opportunity was temporarily unable to send scientific data to Earth because the Odyssey orbiter experienced a computer crash and went into "safing" mode. While in safing mode, the spacecraft shut ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Nov 2, 2007 No one doubts that humans will one day fly to Mars. The flight will last 350 days, 20-30 days will be spent on the Martian surface, and the return journey will take another 350 days. But the exact date remains unknown. Yury Koptev, head of the defense industry department at the Ministry of Industry and Energy, thinks "the mission could start tomorrow, because the technical capability ... more BSkyB profits slump in first quarter 
London (AFP) Nov 2, 2007British satellite broadcaster BSkyB said Friday its first quarter profits tumbled by almost 30 percent, hit by its costly launch into the fiercely-competitive markets for broadband Internet and telephone services. The pay TV giant said in a results statement that profits fell to 84 million pounds (121 million euros, 175 million dollars) in the three months to September, compared with 116 mil ... more Space Mission Xeus Probes Origins Of The Universe 
Leicester, UK (SPX) Nov 05, 2007A University of Leicester astrophysicist is playing a pivotal role in a mission that seeks to study the origins of the universe. Professor Martin Turner of the Department of Physics and Astronomy is Co-Principal Investigator on XEUS - a next-generation X-ray space observatory. XEUS, which stands for X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy, aims to study the fundamental laws of the Universe. W ... more Chang'e 1 To Skip Correction, Flies To Moon Directly 
Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 05, 2007China's lunar probe Chang'e 1 will skip the scheduled orbital correction tomorrow as the orbiter is operating normally and is right on its planned trajectory to enter the moon orbit on Monday. The correction was the third scheduled one after Chang'e 1 skipped the first one planned on Thursday and finished its first orbital correction yesterday morning, Xinhua news agency reported. ... more BMD Focus: Israel and Sky Guard -- Part 1 
Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2007 The U.S. Army and Air Force have made clear they aren't interested in developing new speed-of-light, directed energy defenses against very-short-range ballistic missile threats, but a powerful new constituency for the idea is organizing itself in Israel. Such defenses are certainly feasible, and significant development has already been done on creating them in the United States. The pro ... more |
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Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 2, 2007A missile strike on a pro-Taliban militant camp in Pakistan's tribal belt killed 10 people Friday, as rebels in another area paraded 48 men said to be troops captured during fierce clashes. The unrest heightens pressure on President Pervez Musharraf, a key US ally in the 'war on terror,' to tackle Al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents cementing their grip over northwestern Pakistan and its trouble ... more Building Life On Earth 
Athens GA (SPX) Nov 05, 2007How did chemical constituents essential to life arise on primitive Earth? A University of Georgia team suggests a new answer. Experiments show that simple molecules can combine chemically rather than biologically to form the building blocks of DNA, the key component of all life forms. These processes might have taken place on primitive earth, but how they occur is an unsolved puzzle. ... more Indonesia volcano eruption imminent despite false alarm: scientist 
Blitar, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 4, 2007A day after a false alarm on Indonesia's Mount Kelut led to panic among residents on its slopes, the volcano is showing signs of an imminent eruption, a scientist said Sunday. "An eruption is now very, very much possible, although so far it has not yet happened," said Agus Budianto, a geologist monitoring the activities of the volcano in the densely populated East Java province. On Satur ... more China dam plan threatens world's oldest irrigation system 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2007The world's earliest irrigation system is being threatened by a hydroelectric project to be built in southwest China, state press said Friday, citing critics of the project. A series of 10 small hydro plants to be built on the Botiao river in Sichuan province will destroy the natural ecology of the Dujiangyan irrigation system, a UNESCO World Heritage listed site, the China Daily reported. ... more Hungry Mexico flood victims turn to looting 
Villahermosa, Mexico (AFP) Nov 3, 2007Rescue workers and police were out in force helping flood victims in southern Mexico, as food shortages sent hundreds of hungry people on a looting rampage at a shopping center. Around 80 percent of the Belgium-sized state of Tabasco was flooded after seven rain-loaded rivers burst their banks in the flat, flood-prone region, in its worst natural disaster in decades. In neighboring Chiap ... more
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