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Cadet-Designed Rocket Blasts Off From California
US Air Force Academy CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2006Cadets launched their fourth cadet-designed sounding rocket April 6 from the Navy's Point Magu Missile Range near San Nicholas Island, Calif. The launch results provided many lessons, including some that won't be taught in a textbook, say course instructors. Malaysia Conference Considers How To Practice Islam In Space 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Apr 20, 2006How do Muslim astronauts pray in space? Malaysia's National Space Agency is holding a conference to consider such questions as the country prepares to send its first citizen into orbit. Moscow Mission Control Set To Widen ISS Orbit By 700 Meters 
Moscow (RIA) Apr 20, 2006Russia's Mission Control near Moscow said it would widen the International Space Station's orbit by 700 meters on Wednesday evening. |
Lockheed Martin Tests Advanced MilCom Sat
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2006Lockheed Martin said Wednesday it has completed a critical structural test of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency spacecraft, which is designed to provide highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all U.S. military global operations. Boeing Hands Over Spaceway F2 To DIRECTV 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 20, 2006Boeing said Wednesday it has handed over its Spaceway F2 satellite to DIRECTV Inc. after completing its in-orbit testing. Spaceway F2 is the second of four spacecraft purchased by the television distributor from Boeing. ASTRA-1KR Sat Ready For Thursday Launch 
Newtown PA (SPX) Apr 20, 2006Lockheed Martin said Wednesday its ASTRA-1KR telecom satellite remains on schedule for launch Thursday from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. |
MetOp-A Satellite Arrives At Baikonur
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan (SPX) Apr 20, 2006The first MetOp meteorological satellite arrived Tuesday at its launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, following shipment from the industrial prime contractor, EADS Astrium in Toulouse, aboard a Russian Antonov-124 transport aircraft. ESA Offers Low-Cost Internet Access At Sea 
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 20, 2006ESA said Wednesday it has partnered with Wired Ocean Ltd. of the United Kingdom to offer enhanced Internet access for ships at sea at a much lower cost than existing services. Satellite links at sea already are quite common, but the speed of data transmission for most users has remained very low, from 600 bits per second to 64 kilobits per second - with about 10 kbps the typical speed. NASA Studies Benefits Of Exercise In Space 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2006NASA has teamed up with two universities to study ways to reduce the adverse effects of space travel has on astronauts' physical heath. |
XMM-Newton Catches Tumbling Pulsar
Garching, Germany (SPX) Apr 20, 2006Using data from ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory, an international group of astrophysicists has discovered a spinning neutron star that seems to be tumbling slowly - a find that could provide new insight into the evolution and structure of these super-dense objects. GeoEye To Keep An Eye On Farming Crop Subsidies For Europe 
Dulles VA (SPX) Apr 20, 2006GeoEye, the world's largest satellite remote-sensing imaging company through its partner European Space Imaging (EUSI) has received an additional contract from the European Commission to supply OrbView-3 high-resolution map-accurate imagery. Saturn Storms Utterly Dwarf Earth Storms In Size 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2006Viewed from space, hurricanes on Earth and the huge atmospheric disturbances observed on Saturn look similar, but their differences are greater, offering intriguing insights into the inner workings of the ringed world currently being investigated by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. |
Russian Rocket Woes Undermining Confidence In Nuclear Arsenal
Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2006Russian policy makers have reacted with fury to a recent article in Foreign Affairs discussing the growing problems Russia has in maintaining its ICBM nuclear delivery systems. Boeing Super Hornet Demonstrates Network Capability In Multiple JDAM Drop 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 20, 2006Boeing has demonstrated the capability of an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to provide targeting coordinates to other aircraft using the Raytheon APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array radar system. Northrop Grumman Opens Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Production Center In Mississippi 
Moss Point MS (SPX) Apr 20, 2006Northrop Grumman has opened its UAV production facility in Moss Point, Miss., where the MQ-8B Fire Scout, and portions of the RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be produced. |
Britons Warned Over Chinese Prisoner Organ Transplant Harvesting
London (AFP) Apr 20, 2006Potential transplant patients in Britain were urged Wednesday to think twice about going to China for their operation due to a real risk that they may be getting the harvested organ of a freshly executed convict. In a statement, the British Transplantation Society said there was "an accumulating body of evidence" to suggest that organs from executed Chinese prisoners were being removed -- without consent -- for transplantation. Antarctic Subglacial Rivers Are Found 
London (UPI) Apr 20, 2006British scientists say plans are to drill beneath the frozen wastes of the Antarctic, to investigate subglacial lakes, are being reviewed. In a letter to the journal Nature, they report rivers the size of the Thames have been discovered moving water hundreds of miles under the ice. Scientists Urge Canada To Act On Global Warming 
Ottawa (AFP) Apr 20, 2006Ninety top scientists in Canada pressed Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is hostile to the Kyoto Protocol, to tackle climate change now or risk devastating consequences for the country. |
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