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Researchers Still Tackling Shuttle Foam Problems
Ames IO (SPX) March 5, 2006Iowa State University researchers are studying how X-ray backscatter imaging and computer simulations can help NASA examine the insulating foam on the space shuttle's giant external fuel tank to find any defects that could threaten future missions. |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Envisat Detects La Nina Beginning
Paris, France (SPX) March 3, 2006ESA scientists said Friday that recent satellite measurements of a significant difference in sea-surface height between the western and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean suggest a La Nina event is beginning. El Nino's chillier sister, La Nina also is linked to wide-ranging shifts in weather patterns. ISS Crew Discards Russian Cargo Vessel 
Houston TX (SPX) March 5, 2006International Space Station Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev supervised the controlled destruction of one of two Russian cargo spacecraft Friday. Filled with trash and items no longer needed, McArthur and Tokarev undocked the Progress 19 vehicle from the Zvezda living quarters module at 5:06 a.m. Eastern Time. Largest Impact Crater In The Sahara Discovered 
Boston MA (SPX) March 5, 2006Researchers have discovered the remnants of the largest crater of the Great Sahara of North Africa, which may have been formed by a meteorite impact tens of millions of years ago. Farouk El-Baz and Eman Ghoneim of Boston University's Center for Remote Sensing made the discovery while studying satellite images of the Western Desert of Egypt. |
Mile-Wide Asteroid Passes Close On Monday
Boulder CO (SPX) March 5, 2006An asteroid named 2000 PN9 will fly past Earth at a distance of about 2 million miles on March 6. There is no danger of a collision with the mile-wide space rock, but its nearest approach distance of eight lunar distances - on average, the Moon is 384,401 kilometers, or 246,017 miles away. NASA Awards 4.65M Hours Of Supercomputing Time To Researchers 
Moffet Field CA (SPX) March 5, 2006NASA said Friday it has awarded 4.65 million hours of supercomputing time to help four groups of scientists solve some of the most challenging research problems involving climate variability, combustion burners, flow conditions and novel electronic materials. NASA is awarding the supercomputing time under its National Leadership Computing System initiative. Cassini Catches Enceladus In Transit Of Saturn's Rings Pasadena CA (SPX) March 5, 2006 
The Cassini spacecraft captured this spectacular transit of Saturn's moon Enceladus near the ring plane on March 3, and mission controllers received the image March 4. |
Senator Opposes Pentagon Plan To Downgrade Space Command
Washington DC (SPX) March 5, 2006Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) has told the Defense Department he will oppose any Air Force proposal to downgrade its U.S. Space Command and said he is asking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to justify the Pentagon's plan. Space Walk, Docking Planned 
Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 06, 2006Chinese space planners have outlined the objectives for the next several piloted Shenzhou missions. Next up is Shenzhou 7, China's third human spaceflight that will liftoff in 2008 and include a space walk. Shenzhou 8 is set to showcase the ability to dock, with that expertise leading to China establishing its own space station. Spacesuit Technology Reaching Earthly Applications 
Paris, France (ESA) March 5, 2006Researchers are using the technology in space suits that protects astronauts carrying out space walks in direct sunlight to develop protective clothing to safeguard firefighters and steelworkers, who likewise often work in extremely hot and dangerous conditions. |
Spirit Measures Highest Columbia Hill
Pasadena CA (SPX) March 5, 2006New measurements from NASA's Spirit rover show the peak in the Columbia Hills formation of Gusev Crater on Mars called McCool - after astronaut Willie McCool - is about 85 feet (26 meters) taller than its neighbor, Husband, named after mission commander Rick Husband. Spitzer Spies Intergalactic 'Sonic Boom' 
Pasadena CA (SPX) March 3, 2006New infrared observations by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have revealed the presence of a huge intergalactic shock wave, like a sonic boom, roaring through the middle of Stephan's Quintet, a group of galaxies in the midst of multiple collisions. The observations could help astronomers improve their understanding of what powers the most energetic galaxies in the universe. To Pluto And Beyond 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2006The New Horizons mission launched on January 19, 2006, and in nine years it will fly by the planet Pluto and its moon Charon. After acquiring data and images of these distant objects, mission scientists hope to further investigate the mysterious Kuiper Belt that encircles the outer solar system. |
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