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Europe's Satellite Industry Braced For Shake-Up
Paris (AFP) Mar 31, 2006European industrial groups EADS, Thales Alcatel, abd US telecom equipment company Lucent were involved in complex talks on Thursday which could lead to two new alliances and a concentration of European satellite activities. Expedition 13 Crew Heads For ISS 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 30, 2006Following their successful launch Thursday morning, local time, the three astronauts comprising Expedition 13 to the International Space Station are on schedule to rendezvous with the orbiting facility late Friday, NASA mission controllers reported. 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? The expensive way to find out is to hitch a ride on a parabolic aircraft trip, where you may get up to 90 "weightless" sessions of about 20 seconds each. |
ESA Invites Designs For Mars UAV
Noordwijk (SPX) Mar 29, 2006ESA has invited aerospace students to submit ideas for an unmanned aerial vehicle suitable for exploring Mars. The agency said the best entries will win a place at the Euroavia Design Workshop to be held at the agency's Erasmus User Centre this July. Mars Rover Team Investigating Spirit's Front Wheel 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 28, 2006Spirit's mission team continues to investigate problems with the rover's right-front wheel. They have conducted a diagnostic test at a different temperature, but the result continues to indicate the wheel's circuit remains open, meaning it is inoperative. NASA Extends CEV Contracts 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 28, 2006NASA has authorized five-month contract extensions for development of the new Crew Exploration Vehicle, the spacecraft intended to replace the shuttle fleet after 2010, return astronauts to the Moon before 2020, and mount missions to Mars and elsewhere in the solar system. |
NASA Selects Teachers To Aid In Mars Phoenix Mission
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 30, 2006NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander and Mars 2001 Odyssey missions have selected nine pairs of science teachers from across the country to become part of the next mission to Mars. This summer, the teachers will immerse themselves in a week-long summer field experience in Fairbanks, Alaska, featuring current polar science research on both Earth and Mars. NASA Studies Spaceflight From Under The Sea 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 29, 2006NASA will send three astronauts and a Cincinnati doctor under the ocean off the Florida Keys next month to test space-medicine concepts and moon-walking techniques. 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 1.45pm local (03:15 GMT). |
Russian Telecom Satellite Fails After 'Sudden Impact'
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 30, 2006The Russian Satellite Communications Company's Express-AM11 telecommunications satellite suffered a sudden failure on Wednesday. "At present, providing services via the Express-AM11 satellite is impossible," the company said in a statement. Space Adventures Chooses Singaporean Venue And Russian Vehicle Producer 
Moscow, Russia (RIA) Mar 30, 2006At sea, in air, and in most remote deserts, tourism has long become a gold mine. Now the farthest and the most dangerous desert of all, outer space, is poised to open its doors to tourists an inch. And the Russians are making the keys. NASA Reinstates Dawn Asteroid Mission 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2006NASA said Monday that it would 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. |
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