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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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May 15, 2002
Microsat Constellation Will Watch Out For Disasters
Guildford - May 15, 2002
In a remarkable example of international collaboration in space, seven organisations from Africa, Asia and Europe have formed a consortium and agreed to contribute microsatellites into the first dedicated Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC). The DMC will comprise seven Earth observation microsatellites launched into low Earth orbit to provide daily imaging revisit anywhere in the world.
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BlueSkyLink C1000 Brings Satellite Telephone Costs Down to Earth
La Jolla - May 15, 2002
Blue Sky Network has received FAA certification for the BlueSkyLink C1000 satellite communications system for permanent installation in aircraft.

Guinness Records Aerogel As Lightest Solid
Los Angeles - May 15, 2002
A new version of aerogel, the particle-collecting substance on NASA's Stardust spacecraft, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the solid with the lowest density.

NASA Image Compression Software Gets The Big Picture Real Small
illustration only Moffett Field - May 15, 2002
NASA's unique image-compression technology developed for collection, transmission and distribution of space imagery to scientists at remote locations now can be used to enhance the quality of printing for Internet, Web-TV and medical imaging.
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Putting The Claws Into Utah Dinosaurs
Flagstaff - May 15, 2002
Imagine a one-ton Big Bird � la Sesame Street, but instead of friendly "hands," he has Freddie Claws. That's basically what the Therizinosaurid dinosaur looks like that geologist David Gillette's team from the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) found in Kane County, Utah.

India Tests Upgraded Unmanned Spy Plane
New Delhi (AFP) May 9, 2002
India on Thursday successfully tested an upgraded version of its indigenously developed unmanned spy drone "Lakshya" (Target) in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, defence officials said.

Boeing Team Submits Proposal For SatCom Needs Of Strategic Forces
Seal Beach - May 15, 2002
Boeing Space and Communications has delivered a proposal to the U.S. Air Force for a multimillion-dollar contract to design and develop wideband satellite communications terminals that will provide the military with critical protected communications.

Eberhart To Head U.S. Northern Command
Washington - May 8, 2002
The commander of the U.S. military's space and continental air defense assets has been chosen to lead the nation's premier military homeland defense organization.

US House Backs National Nuclear Dump Project
Washington (AFP) May 9, 2002
In a victory for President George W. Bush, the House of Representatives has voted to approve a plan that creates a giant national repository of nuclear waste in the western state of Nevada, over fierce opposition by local residents.

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China Launches Two Weather Birds
Taiyuan May 15, 2002
China's Long March carrier rocket has completed its 67th successful launch Wednesday morning from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, giving the country its first marine satellite.
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    The Future Of Spacetime
    Salt Lake City - May 15, 2002
    Albert Einstein overturned commonsense notions of our universe in 1905 when he published his Special Theory of Relativity, which proposed that space and time are not absolute. The theory means that for an observer traveling near the speed of light, time moves more slowly and distances appear to contract. In his 1916 General Theory of Relativity, Einstein went further, proposing that gravity warps or curves space and time.
    Scientists Debate Wisdom of Plan to Save Venice From Flooding
     Washington- May 15, 2002
    The Italian government recently decided to move forward with planning for the construction of underwater, mobile floodgates to mitigate flooding in Venice, situated on islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. The soundness of the plan is discussed by several scientists in the May 14 issue of Eos, published by the American Geophysical Union.
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  • Brain-Imaging Cap Under Study For Space And Earth Use
    Houston - May 15, 2002
    A lightweight, imaging cap being designed to assess brain function may go where no MRI has gone before.







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