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Phoenix Spacecraft Reports Good Health After Mars Landing
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 26, 2008More than a generation after NASA landed the twin Vikings on Mars in 1976, the United States has reacquired the ability to land on Mars using retro rockets and opening the way to much larger robotic spacecraft to be sent to Mars including Mars Science Lab - a mobile robotic lab. In the meantime, rocket engineers and planetary scientists are ecstatic that the Phoenix has landed in the Martian northern arctic region where it will dig for signs of life and much more. ... more Phoenix Set To Rise Tomorrow For A Busy 90 Days On Mars 
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 26, 2008NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars today to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm. Radio signals received at 4:53:44 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53:44 p.m. Eastern Time) confirmed the Phoenix Mars Lander had survived its difficult final descent and touchdown 15 minutes ear ... more Phoenix Lands On Mars 
Pasadena CA (AFP) May 25, 2008A NASA spacecraft today sent pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars. The images from NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander also provided a glimpse of the flat valley floor expected to have water-rich permafrost within reach of the lander's robotic arm. The landing ends a 422-million-mile journey from Earth and begins a three-month ... more The Radar SHARAD Completes The Mars Stratigraphy 
Rome, Italy (SPX) May 26, 2008The radar sounder SHARAD of the NASA mission Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided images of the Mars North Pole stratigraphy. This is the beginning of the article "Mars North Polar Deposits: Stratigraphy, Age and Geodynamical Response", published Friday on Science and prepared by a team of Italian and USA scientists, among which the radar scientific responsible, Dr. Roberto Seu, a scie ... more Catching The Light Of A Baby Supernova 
Hilo HI (SPX) May 26, 2008Astronomers have observed the aftermath of spectacular stellar explosions known as supernovae before, but until now no one has witnessed a star dying in real time. While observing supernova 2007uy with the Swift X-ray Telescope, Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger (Princeton University) discovered a mysterious X-ray flash elsewhere in the galaxy NGC 2770 located about 90 million light years away. ... more |
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Bethesda MD (SPX) May 26, 2008Stratos Global has announced it has been appointed as a global distribution partner for Iridium OpenPort(SM) optimized-bandwidth marine satellite systems. Upon commercial availability in the third quarter of this year, Iridium OpenPort is expected to be the world's first and only truly global IP satellite data network. With always-on Ethernet and three voice lines that can be used simultan ... more Subcommittee Passes NASA Authorization Act 
Washington, DC (SPX) May 26, 2008Today, the House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics unanimously passed HR 6063, the NASA Authorization Act of 2008 without amendment. Subcommittee Chairman Mark Udall (D-CO) introduced the bill to reauthorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Fiscal Year 2009. Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart ... more The Foundations Of Life On Earth 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 25, 2008Scientists working on the MARTE (Mars Astrobiology Research and Technology Experiment) project have been drilling into the ground around Rio Tinto in Spain. They were studying underground environments and discovered areas that were inhospitable to life. Inhospitable, that is, until they were colonized by tough microbes. These organisms improved conditions so much that other creatures could ... more Foot-Dragging Mars Rover Finds Yellowstone-Like Hot Spring Deposits 
Tempe AZ (SPX) May 23, 2008Deposits of nearly pure silica discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in Gusev Crater formed when volcanic steam or hot water (or maybe both) percolated through the ground. Such deposits are found around hydrothermal vents like those in Yellowstone National Park. That's the conclusion of planetary scientists working with data collected by the rover's Miniature Thermal Emission Spe ... more Iran mulls strengthening missile programme: report 
Tehran (AFP) May 25, 2008The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that an independent command could be created within in his force to strengthen the country's missile programme, the Fars news agency reported. "An independent command might be created in Sepah (Revolutionary Guards Corps) in order to fortify the structure and activities of the missile section," General Mohammad Ali Jafari was quoted as ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2008The death toll from a strong aftershock in southwestern China rose to six on Monday, with four more deaths reported, state-run media said. The four newly reported deaths from Sunday's aftershock came in the city of Hanzhong in northwestern China's Shaanxi province, Xinhua news agency said. Another 20 people were injured there, Hanzhong major Hu Runze said, adding to hundreds of injured a ... more Death toll rises to 11 in Colombia quake, aftershocks reported 
Bogota (AFP) May 25, 2008The Red Cross said on Sunday the death toll from a powerful earthquake in central Colombia has risen to 11, as aftershocks shook the region. Walter Cote, director of the country's aid organization, told reporters that 54 people were seriously injured as a result of Saturday's 5.5 quake, which also badly damaged about 400 homes. Among the dead were five people killed on the road between B ... more Quakes can be triggered from other side of globe: study 
Paris (AFP) May 25, 2008A major quake such as the one that left at least 60,000 dead in southwestern China this month can trigger other earthquakes half way around the world, according to a study released Sunday. This unexpected finding could one day help make better predictions about the frequency and intensity of aftershocks, the lead researcher told AFP. A team of geologists in the United States found that ... more Japan pushes its 'sectoral' approach in climate talks 
Kobe, Japan (AFP) May 25, 2008Japan's environment minister on Sunday urged wider support for a "sectoral" approach on the second day of climate talks amid calls for rich nations to set clear emission cut goals by 2020. Home to the landmark Kyoto Protocol, Japan hopes to use the three-day talks in Kobe to shape the course of negotiations on a new climate treaty on curbing global warming, eyeing a breakthrough when it host ... more Warm winds comfort climate change models: study 
Paris (AFP) May 25, 2008Climate change models predicting a dangerous warming of the world's atmosphere got a confirming boost Sunday from a study showing parallel trends at altitudes nearly twice as high as Mount Everest. The new research, published in Nature Geoscience, will help remove one of the remaining scientific uncertainties about the general thrust of global warming, the authors and commentators say. ... more
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