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Glonass System To Open For Russian Consumers In 2007
Zheleznogorsk, Siberia (RIA) Mar 22, 2006Russia's defense minister said the country's global navigation satellite system would be available to domestic consumers for military as well for civilian purposes by the end of 2007. Next ST5 Launch Attempt Set For Wednesday 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2006NASA said Tuesday it will make a fourth attempt to launch its Space Technology 5 spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket on Wednesday morning, March 22. We're Flying Without Wing Flaps And Without A Pilot 
Leicester, UK (SPX) Mar 22, 2006A revolutionary model plane has been developed as part of a �6.2m programme, involving engineers from the University of Leicester, funded jointly by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and BAE Systems. |
First HiRISE Images From Mars Due Thursday
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 21, 2006The High Resolution Imaging Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is scheduled to take its first images of the red planet late Thursday night. Spitzer Sees Back 9 Billion Years 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2006Astronomers have captured an image of the most distant cluster of galaxies ever seen, located about 9 billion light-years away from Earth � and photographed at a stage when the universe was only about one-third of its present age. "Zero G and I Feel Fine" 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2006It's been over three weeks since I last filed a PI's Perspective, so there is a lot to catch you up on. We're more than 60 days into flight now, and in every respect, New Horizons is doing fine. |
Simulation Tracks Planetary Evolution
London, UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2006Two British astronomers have constructed a computer simulation that tracks how giant protoplanets tend to form and migrate inward toward their central star. DVB-H Preferred Delivery Mechanism For Mobile TV In Europe 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2006The next couple of years will witness the delivery of mobile TV in Europe over a variety of standards and technologies, including digital audio broadcasting (DAB), terrestrial-digital media broadcast (T-DMB), digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) and cellular multicasting. Team Expands Antarctic Neutrino Observatory 
Madison WI (SPX) Mar 21, 2006An international team of scientists and engineers has added more detectors and expanded the scale of Project IceCube � a cosmic neutrino observatory located far below Antarctica's ice. The team has been using a sophisticated hot-water drill to build the South Pole observatory, which eventually will encompass a cubic kilometer of ice. |
An Eclipse Of The Sun For Europe, Africa, And Asia
Cambridge MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2006On Wednesday, March 29, 2006, a total eclipse of the Sun will sweep across parts of West and North Africa, Turkey, and Central Asia. The eclipse will be partial across a much wider region, including most of Africa, all of Europe, and much of western and southern Asia. Aurora Season Begins 
Hadley MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2006"The kids started screaming when the sky changed. Even the teens were excited," says Rick Thayer of Hadley, Massachusetts. He and his family (including 6 teenagers from a nearby birthday party) were outdoors at sunset on Sept 7th 2005 when a solar wind gust hit Earth's magnetic field. The impact triggered colorful Northern Lights that people saw all the way from Europe to the western US. Tethys And Pointed Rings 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2006NASA's Cassini spacecraft transmitted this image from just beneath Saturn's ringplane on Feb. 12. The perspective gives the rings a pointed appearance and captures a few clumps at the edge of the narrow F ring. |
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