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  • Venus Express Team In Launch Countdown
    Baikonur, Kazakhstan (ESA) Nov 08, 2005
    At 07:00 CET Monday, the Venus Express mission clock began ticking down to Wednesday's launch. The excitement at ESOC and particularly in the Main Control Room is palpable as launch preparations get under way. Throughout Monday, the Mission Control Team ran through final checks. fullstory

    Technical Challenges Push The Launch Of The ATV To 2007
    Paris (ESA) Nov 08, 2005
    Today, about 98 percent of the hardware for Jules Verne, Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) spaceship, considered to be the most complex space vehicle ever developed in Europe, is already assembled and almost ready to fly.

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    Russian Rocket To Fly Again
    Moscow (AFP) Nov 07, 2005
    A ban on further flights of a Russian rocket following last month's crash of a 140-million-euro satellite has been lifted, the launcher's developers said Monday.

    The Dual Life Of Mother-Of-Pearl
    Fargo ND (SPX) Nov 08, 2005
    Like a case on a television show called Unsolved Mysteries, North Dakota State University researchers Kalpana S. Katti, Ph.D., and Dinesh R. Katti, Ph.D., are intrigued by a substance whose beauty belies its strength.

    Envisat Eyes B-15A Iceberg Break Up
    Paris (ESA) Nov 08, 2005
    After five years of being the world's largest free-floating object, the B-15A iceberg has broken into smaller pieces off Antarctica's Cape Adare.
    Report On Hayabusa's November 4 Practice Descent
    Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 08, 2005
    Hayabusa, hovering around the near Earth asteroid Itokawa, commenced its descent at 19:17 GMT on November 3rd - commanded from Earth, when its altitude above Itokawa's surface was about 3.5 km.

    Chinese Company Closed For Selling Land On The Moon
    Beijing (AFP) Nov 07, 2005
    A Chinese company has had its license suspended after it tried to make money by selling land on the moon, state media reported Monday.

    Titan's Rocks Of Ice
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2005
    Huygens sent back only one picture from the surface of Titan. Some people ask, "Are there any more pictures?" They're used to the Mars rovers, where every day you get a new picture because they're moving.

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  • MIT Closes In On Bionic Speed
    Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 08, 2005
    Robots, both large and micro, can potentially go wherever it's too hot, cold, dangerous, small or remote for people to perform any number of important tasks, from repairing leaking water mains to stitching blood vessels together.

    China To Spend 180 Billion Dollars To Boost Renewable Energy Use
    Beijing (AFP) Nov 07, 2005
    China said Monday it would spend about 180 billion dollars over the next 15 years to increase its use of renewable energy to 15 percent of the total generated, from the current seven percent.

    Flu Chip May Help Combat Future Epidemics, Pandemics
    Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 08, 2005
    A novel "Flu Chip" developed at the University of Colorado at Boulder that can determine the genetic signatures of specific influenza strains from patient samples within hours may help world health officials combat coming epidemics and pandemics.

    India And Pakistan Open Kashmir Border For Quake Aid
    Kashmir, Line Of Control (AFP) Nov 07, 2005
    Pakistan and India Monday opened their frontier in Kashmir for earthquake relief, but police had to fire tear gas to disperse protesters who were banned from taking part in the symbolic crossing.
    Clean Earth Technologies Delivers Next Generation Communications Systems
    St Louis MO (SPX) Nov 08, 2005
    Clean Earth Technologies has delivered the first of eleven Ku Band digital data link communication systems to Northrop Grumman. The full-duplex data link will be installed on NGC's "LITENING" advanced targeting pod.

    Raytheon Successfully Demonstrates Multi-Weapon Netted Battlefield
    Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 07, 2005
    Raytheon has successfully demonstrated how battle systems - showing future force capabilities using current and near term systems - can work together to benefit the warfighter.

    Singapore Looking To Buy Unmanned Surveillance Aircraft
    Singapore (AFP) Nov 07, 2005
    Singapore is looking to buy at least two mini unmanned surveillance aircraft, The Straits Times reported Monday.

    US To Remove 200 Tonnes Of HEU From US Weapons Stockpile
    Washington (AFP) Nov 07, 2005
    US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Monday that up to 200 tonnes of highly enriched uranium would be removed from the US weapons stockpile to prepare the material for use in the navy, space programs and civilian sectors.


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