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Ariane 5 Given Dress Rehearsal For Thursday Launch
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) March 8, 2006Technicians 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, 2006Astronomers 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, 2006This 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, 2006An 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, 2006JAXA 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, 2006Nine 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, 2006SPACEHAB 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, 2006Sandia'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, 2006It 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, 2006A 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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