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NASA Reinstates Dawn Asteroid Mission Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2006 
NASA officials announced Monday that the agency has decided to reinstate the Dawn mission, a robotic exploration of two major asteroids that had been canceled earlier this month because of technical problems and cost overruns. |
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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NASA Opens Web Page For Live And Safe Eclipse Viewing
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2006NASA has established a Web page for interested individuals to view Wednesday's total solar eclipse in real time and in safety. Africa And Asia Prepare For Influx Of Eclipse Tourists 
Niamey (AFP) Mar 28, 2006From west Africa to central Asia, a handful of countries are gearing up for an unprecedented wave of stargazing visitors as thousands of amateur and professional astronomers head for the world's best spots to view Wednesday's solar eclipse. Moon To Sweep Through The Pleiades 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2006A special celestial event to watch is coming up on Saturday evening, April 1, 2006, for anyone who lives in the eastern or central part of North America. That evening, if the sky is clear, you can watch the waxing Moon eclipse, or "occult," a number of stars in the Pleiades cluster in the western sky during and after dusk. |
Successful Downlink Communication Test For ATV From ISS
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2006Earlier this month, 352 kilometres above the Earth, over three orbital passes, the proximity communication link - indispensable for the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) - was able to transmit "loud and clear" signals from the Station to two ground stations in Spain during a downlink test. Fly Me To A Red Moon 
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 28, 2006The revisions to China's human spaceflight program in 2006 have been astonishing. China has completely revised its timetable and specific mission objectives for the next four launches in the Shenzhou program. Headdown Bedrest Precisely Mimics Human Physiology In Spaceflight 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2006With President Bush talking up trips to the moon and Mars, and a new satellite circling the red planet, ever wonder what it feels like in space? |
ESA Prepares For Venus Express Orbital Insertion
Darmstadt, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2006Mission controllers at ESA's Space Operations Centre are preparing for the April 11 orbital insertion of the Venus Express spacecraft. New Recipe For Oxygen On Icy Moons 
Richland WA (SPX) Mar 27, 2006Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory said they have uncovered the most detailed picture to date of how oxygen could be manufactured on water-rich but frigid moons in the outer solar system. Next Ariane 5 Launch Taking Shape 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 27, 2006Arianespace said Monday it has begun preparations for the second duel-satellite launch of its heavylift Ariane 5 ECA rocket in mid-May. The company began prepping for the launch - which will carry the Satmex 6 and THAICOM telecommunications satellites - by positioning Ariane 5's core crygenic stage over the mobile launch table. |
QinetiQ Returns To Woomera For Hyshot 3 Scramjet Flight Test
Woomera, Australia (SPX) Mar 28, 2006A GBP1m million QinetiQ scramjet experiment was successfully launched on March 25, 2006, at Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide, South Australia at approximately 1.45pm local time (03:15 GMT). A University of Queensland-led project, named HyShot 3, successfully launched QinetiQ's scramjet engine which was attached to a Terrier-Orion rocket. In Flight Propellant Generation For Advanced Space Transportation 
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 28, 2006Andrews Space, Inc. was awarded additional DARPA and Air Force funding to demonstrate operational capabilities of its Alchemist Air Collection and Enrichment System (ACES). Falcon Images Show Fatal Engine Fire 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2006New images released by Space Exploration Technologies Inc. of the launch of the Falcon 1 last Friday clearly show the beginning of an engine fire that ultimately caused mission controllers to destroy the rocket less than a minute into its historic flight. |
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