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SpaceX Falcon 1 Fails On Maiden Flight El Segundo CA (SPX) Mar 24, 2006 
What was meant to herald a new era in low cost spaceflight Friday instead became an object lesson in just how difficult it is to build a new launch vehicle from scratch.
Space Exploration Technologies Inc. has yet to report in detail what happened to Falcon 1, but Elon Musk, the company's founder and chief executive officer, said this in a statement shortly after the loss of the rocket: "We had a successful liftoff and Falcon made it well clear of the launch pad, but unfortunately the vehicle was lost later in the first stage burn. More information will be posted once we have had time to analyze the problem." Full Story |
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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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Towards A New Test Of General Relativity Paris, France (SPX) Mar 24, 2006 
Scientists funded by the European Space Agency have measured the gravitational equivalent of a magnetic field for the first time in a laboratory. Under certain special conditions the effect is much larger than expected from general relativity and could help physicists to make a significant step towards the long-sought-after quantum theory of gravity.Was Einstein Wrong About Space Travel 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 24, 2006Consider a pair of brothers, identical twins. One gets a job as an astronaut and rockets into deep space. The other stays on Earth. When the traveling twin returns home, he discovers he's younger than his brother. Cadet-Built Satellite Set For Afternoon Launch 
USAF Academy CO (SPX) Mar 24, 2006Cadets will watch their engineering efforts blast into space this afternoon, televised live from a tropical island to the snow-laden Air Force Academy. |
MRO Returns First HiRISE Images of Mars Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 24, 2006 
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter returned its first test images of the Martian surface early Friday, exciting mission controllers and providing a tantalizing preview of what the orbiter will reveal when its main science mission begins next fall.Mars Meteorite Similar To Bacteria-Etched Earth Rocks 
Corvallis OR (SPX) Mar 24, 2006A new study of a meteorite that originated from Mars has revealed a series of microscopic tunnels that are similar in size, shape and distribution to tracks left on Earth rocks by feeding bacteria. Saturn's Clouds Caught In Shear Zone 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2006NASA's Cassini spacecraft swept by Saturn last month and caught this atmospheric close-up showing bright clouds in the planet's northern hemisphere being sheared apart. Mission scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory said the image suggests the bright eddies are passive tracers of the atmosphere's motion. |
'B_s Mesons' Lend Clues To Missing Antimatter
Batavia IL (SPX) Mar 23, 2006New preliminary data on the properties of a subatomic particle called a B_s meson suggest that the particle actually oscillates between matter and antimatter � something that if verified could help scientists understand why antimatter is almost nonexistent in the current universe, and perhaps provide the first tangible evidence for the scientific theory called supersymmetry. Chandra Finds Evidence Of How Quasars Ignite 
Honolulu HI (SPX) Mar 23, 2006Astronomers have found powerful X-ray-producing regions located around two quasars that could have powered their activation. If so, the discovery could help scientists understand how the distant, mysterious quasars ignite. New Map Of Milky Way Charts Where Stars Are Born 
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 24, 2006A team of astronomers from Boston University's Institute for Astrophysical Research has produced the clearest map to-date of the giant gas clouds in the Milky Way that serve as the birthplaces of stars. Using a powerful telescope, the astronomers tracked emissions of a rare form of carbon monoxide called 13CO to chart a portion of our home galaxy and its star-forming molecular clouds. |
Main-Belt Comets May Have Watered The Earth
Honolulu HI (SPX) Mar 23, 2006Three icy comets orbiting among the rocky asteroids in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter could be linked to the origin of Earth's oceans. The newly discovered comets, called "main-belt comets," hold asteroid-like orbits, and unlike other comets they appear to have formed in the warm inner solar system inside the orbit of Jupiter, rather than in the outer solar system beyond Neptune NASA Scientist Claims Warmer Ocean Waters Reducing Ice Worldwide 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 24, 2006According to a NASA scientist, the pieces to a years-old scientific puzzle have come together to confirm warmer water temperatures are creeping into the Earth's colder areas. Those warm waters are increasing melting and accelerating ice flow in polar areas. Bulgarians In Space Property Buying Spree 
Plovdiv, Bulgaria (AFP) Mar 24, 2006Bulgarians were warned Thursday by a self-styled Lunar Embassy to hurry to buy real estate on the moon as only a limited number of properties were left for sale. "We have already had over 30 orders since we opened the embassy two days ago," its "coordinator" Denislav Stoichev said. |
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