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Apr 1, 2004
Quasar Studies Keep Fundamental Physical Constant Constant

ACSA Cans Sea Mission 92

Russian, American and Dutch astronaut to blast off on April 19

Molecular Midwives Hold Clues To The Origin Of Life

Hunt For Extrasolar Earth-Like Planets Intensifies

Why Teams Of Co-Operating Robots Make Good Planetary Explorers

Europe Targets Human Exploration Of The Moon And Mars

Analysis: Mars methane bodes big news

MarsExpress Commissioning Now In Final Phase

A UK-Led Micro-Mission To The Moons Of Mars?

Life Beneath The Ice In The Outer Solar System?

Does Huygens Face A Wipeout After Splashdown On Titan

Orbimage Ramps Up Operations And Expands Staff

Space Technologies Aid Solar-Powered Global Flight Bid

Taiwan to develop ballistic, cruise missiles: Jane's

Taiwan asks to buy two early warning radars

China wants to name celestial body after space hero Yang Liwei

AeroAstro Awarded SBIR Contract For Reconfigurable Spacecraft

Smiths Introduces Innovative Autonomous Refuelling To The UK

Marines Hail New Lightweight Multi-band Satellite Terminals

New Marking Process Traces Spammers, Pirates And Hackers

The Web: A White House plan for broadband

Japan, China, SKorea to discuss Linux use

New members to be feted at NATO HQ, but Russia could spoil the party

Cricket spurs Indo-Pak trade bonhomie

US can deter any North Korean attack, says US military commander in SKorea

Britain, France, Germany condemn Iran's work on nuclear fuel cycle

Three percent of African AIDS patients have access to antiretrovirals

Toyota's Prius, VW's Lupus top France's green-car list

Commentary: Kremlin's anti-demonstration law

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April 3, 2002
EchoStar Asks Supreme Court To Protect Rights Of TV Viewers
Littleton - Apr 03, 2002
EchoStar, through constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe, this week asked the United States Supreme Court to protect the free speech right of all Americans to choose the television programs they want to watch.
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Aeroastro Leverages Globalstar To Build Low-Cost Asset Tracker
Herndon - Apr 03, 2002
To meet the growing demand for low-cost, remote monitoring of business assets, Globalstar, the world's most popular handheld satphone service, and AeroAstro, one of the world's leading providers of small satellites and related technology products, are now developing a new, very low cost simplex data modem for remote sensing and asset tracking via satellite. An initial demonstration of the new product is scheduled for late-summer 2002.

Cruising The Web On The High Seas With Intelsat
 Washington - Apr 03, 2002
Intelsat today announced that it has signed a three year contract with Verestar, Inc. and its subsidiary, Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), to provide high-speed mobile voice and data services to cruise ships.
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Shuttle Crew To Construct Space Railway At International Space Station
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Apr 3, 2002
All systems but one appeared go late Tuesday for the launch Thursday of the space shuttle Atlantis, on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station, US space agency officials said.

Adding Dimension To The Rainfall Map
Greenbelt - Apr 03, 2002
A new NASA computer model can now tell exactly where in the world rain or snow that provides local water originated. Scientists can use this "water vapor tracer" to improve rainfall and drought forecasts and gain a deeper understanding of climate change.

Journey To The Center Of The Quakes
Tucson - Apr 03, 2002
What causes earthquakes? Are they predictable? To answer these questions researchers from Stanford University and US Geological Survey will drill into the San Andreas Fault, one of the most famous earthquake-generating sites in the world.

India Continues To Develop Its Rockets
Bangalore - Apr 2, 2002
An optimized version of solid motor for third stage of PSLV was successfully ground tested yesterday (March 30, 2002) at ISRO's SHAR Centre, Sriharikota. The performance parameters of the motor during the test were normal.

US Air Force Moves Ahead With Production Of Global Hawks
San Diego- Apr 1, 2002
Two contracts totaling nearly $300 million recently awarded to Northrop Grumman Corporation for Global Hawk will enhance the overall performance of the unmanned reconnaissance system.












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China To Put Astronaut In Space Within Two Years
Beijing - Apr 2, 2002
China will put its first astronauts into space within two years and launch another unmanned test flight by the end of 2002 following the successful third mission in its fledgling space program, leading space officials said Tuesday.

Bright Comet Meets Bright Galaxy
Los Angeles - Apr 02, 2002
Amateur astronomers throughout the Northern Hemisphere have marked Thursday, April 4th, on their calendars. That evening, weather permitting, they'll be looking low in the northwest after sunset to spot a bright comet very near the famous Andromeda Galaxy. The comet, which was discovered on February 1st, is named Ikeya-Zhang [pronounced "ee-KAY-uh JONG"] for the two keen-eyed skygazers who first spotted it.

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Can Aurora Become Europe's New Age Of Planetary Discovery
Noordwijk - Apr 02, 2002
Franco Ongaro spends his working day thinking about how to take European scientists, engineers and their sponsors to distant worlds in the decades ahead. In an interview by new SpaceDaily contributor Hans-Arthur Marsiske, Ongaro who is ESA's coordinator of the Advanced Studies and Concepts Office outlines to our readers his evolving blueprint for a new age of planetary discovery.

Putting Individual Photons To Work
Los Angeles - Mar 29, 2002
UC chemist William Connick has found a way to get a single particle of light - one photon - to do twice the expected amount of work.





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