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Calls For Unified Chinese Space Program
Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 09, 2006
China should set up a governmental agency as a leading body of the nation's space program, a former chief designer of spacecraft said during the annual session of the country's top political advisory body. China needs a unified leading organ to plan the country's program of manned space mission, satellites and lunar exploration as a whole, said Qi Faren, chief designer of China's first five Shenzhou spaceships and a National Committee member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

   
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    Ariane 5 Given Dress Rehearsal For Thursday Launch
    Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) March 8, 2006
    Technicians gave the Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift rocket a full dress rehearsal Monday, in anticipation of Thursday's launch of its payload of two satellites.

    Kinesix Selected By Bigelow For Launch of First Inflatable Space Module
    Houston-based Kinesix Software has sold multiple licenses of its KX EDGE Development Suite to Bigelow Aerospace -- the much-watched Nevada company that is developing "inflatable" space stations for commercial use.

    Astronomers Find 'Part-Time' Pulsar
    Manchester, UK (SPX) March 8, 2006
    Astronomers have discovered a very strange pulsar that transmits its radio signal only part of the time. The astronomers, using the 76-meter (247-foot) Lovell radio telescope at the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory, found that the pulsar also seems to slow its rate of rotation by 50 percent when it is "on," compared to when it is "off."

    Cassini Images Saturn's Sharp-Edged G Ring
    Pasadena, Calif. (SPX) March 8, 2006
    This contrast-enhanced view of Saturn's faint G ring shows its extremely sharp inner edge and more diffuse outer boundary. Using its large high-gain antenna as a shield, the Cassini spacecraft flew through the region interior to the G ring during its latest flyby of the planet.

    Cassini Detects 'Backward' Electrons On Saturn
    Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany (SPX) March 8, 2006
    An international research team has discovered electrons in Saturn's magetic field that are accelerating backwards - moving away from the ringed planet instead of toward it.

    JAXA Reconnects With Hayabusa Probe
    Tokyo, Japan (SPX) March 8, 2006
    JAXA officials said Wednesday they have re-established communications with the Hayabusa spacecraft, and on Monday they managed to estimate the probe's trajectory for the first time in three months.

    Nine Satellites Ready For Blast-Off
    Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 09, 2006
    Nine satellites, including one that will carry nothing but seeds, are set to be launched into space this year. Zhang Qingwei, president of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the first one a scientific experimental satellite would blast off at the end of April.

    Planets In The Vortex
    Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 09, 2006
    "Some people say that I study darkness, not optics," jokes Grover Swartzlander. But it's a kind of darkness that will allow astronomers to see the light. Swartzlander, an associate professor in The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences, is developing devices that block out dazzling starlight, allowing astronomers to study planets in nearby solar systems.

    SPACEHAB Joins List of NASA COTS Proposals
    Houston, Texas (SPX) March 8, 2006
    SPACEHAB said it has joined the ranks of companies proposing commercial cargo transport services to and from the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Service solicitation.
    Z Machine Exceeds Two Billion Degrees Kelvin
    Albuquerque NM (SPX) Mar 09, 2006
    Sandia's Z machine has produced plasmas that exceed temperatures of 2 billion degrees Kelvin -- hotter than the interiors of stars. The unexpectedly hot output, if its cause were understood and harnessed, could eventually mean that smaller, less costly nuclear fusion plants would produce the same amount of energy as larger plants.

    The Most Distant Cosmic Explosion
    University Park PA (SPX) Mar 09, 2006
    It came from the edge of the visible universe, the most distant explosion ever detected. In this week's issue of Nature, scientists at Penn State University and their U.S. and European colleagues discuss how this explosion, detected on 4 September 2005, was the result of a massive star collapsing into a black hole.

    Ubiquitous Galaxies Discovered In The Early Universe
    Marseille, France (SPX) Mar 09, 2006
    A team of astronomers from France, the USA, Japan, and Korea, led by Denis Burgarella has recently discovered new galaxies in the Early Universe.
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