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Bush's Space Plan In Danger As Budget Crisis Grows At NASA
Washington (UPI) Nov 24, 2005A large deficit in NASA's troubled shuttle program threatens President Bush's space exploration plan, it was reported Thursday. Falcon 1 Maiden Flight Scrubbed, Delayed Until Mid-December Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands (SPX) Nov 28, 2005 
The SpaceX launch was scrubbed Saturday. The company anticipates that a new launch attempt in mid-December, depending on the timing of LOX resupply from Hawaii.AMC-23 Slated For December 6 Launch Baikonur, Kazahkstan (SPX) Nov 28, 2005 
The Americom-23 satellite, of SES Americom, an SES Global Company, was delivered to Baikonur, Kazakhstan on November 4 to be readied for its Proton/Breeze M launch scheduled for the morning of December 6 local time (evening of December 5 EST). |
Japan Probe 'Almost Certainly' Collected First-Ever Asteroid Samples
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 26, 2005A Japanese spacecraft successfully landed on a far-away asteroid Saturday for a second time and almost certainly collected the first-ever samples from such a celestial body, Japan's space agency said. Venus Express Captures Earth & Moon 
Paris (ESA) Nov 28, 2005A recent check of the VIRTIS imaging spectrometer during the Venus Express commissioning phase has allowed its first remote-sensing data to be acquired, using Earth and the Moon as a reference. Peaks Of Eternal Light Point To Good Places To Start Exploration Of The Moon 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2005While the Earth is tilted at an angle of about 23 degrees, the moon's tilt is just over 1 degree. Because of this, the summits of some lunar crater rims are sunlit over very long periods. |
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Status Of The Kirari OICETS Test
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2005At 12:13 on November 24, JAXA found that one of the four reaction wheels was disconnected from the onboard attitude control system of the Kirari, Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite when JAXA's Okinawa Tracking and Communication Station received telemetry from the satellite. Peace Institute Blasts BMD Program 
Washington (UPI) Nov 24, 2005Is Ballistic Missile Defense making unprecedented strides, or is it fizzling disastrously? The news is daily filled with items that point either way. However, a new report from the New York-based World Peace Institute pulls no punches in arguing that the cup is empty, not full. Aircraft Contrails Over The U.S. 
Paris (ESA) Nov 28, 2005Aircraft condensation trails or 'contrails' are clearly visible slicing across the East Coast of the United States in this Envisat image. |
SOHO Watches Solar CME
Paris (ESA) Nov 28, 2005On 21 Nov 2005 a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the Sun, a fairly common event. Scientists reviewed the images and data and concluded this particular CME had its source on the far side of the Sun, so it is safe to say that there will not be effects felt here at Earth from this event. Mars Rovers Just Keeps Going And Going 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 28, 2005Spirit, the untiring robotic "wonder child" sent by NASA to explore the eerily earthlike fourth planet from the sun, has completed one martian year - that's almost two Earth years - on Mars. During Spirit's martian year, the seasons have changed from summer to winter and back again. Dione's Carthage Linea Region Revealed 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 28, 2005Dione's icy surface is scarred by craters and sliced up by multiple generations of geologically-young bright fractures. Numerous fine, roughly-parallel linear grooves run across the terrain in the upper left corner. |
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