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Earth-Grazing Comet Continues Its Breakup
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2006
Periodic comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 has now broken into more than 30 different pieces as it approaches the Sun, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory report. The comet, discovered May 2, 1930, by Arnold Schwassmann and Arno Wachmann at the Hamburg Observatory in Germany, was the third periodic comet discovered by the pair.


   
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    Spitzer Spies Galactic Masquerade Party Of Two
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2006
    Spitzer Space Telescope's latest image shows a pair of galaxies peering out as though through a mask of surrounding stars.

    A Little Bit Of Progress At The Space Station
    Houston TX (SPX) Apr 27, 2006
    The Russian Progress cargo carrier docked at the International Space Station at 1:41 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday. The 21st Progress to visit the station delivered 5,040 pounds of equipment and supplies.

    Phoenix Mars Lander Project Progressing Towards August 2007 Launch
    Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 27, 2006
    The next spacecraft scheduled for a mission to the red planet, the Phoenix Mars Lander, is beginning a new phase of development in preparation for its launch in August 2007, officials said Wednesday.

    Israeli EO Bird EROS-B Safely In Orbit
    Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 27, 2006
    ImageSat International announced today the launch of its EROS B commercial satellite, from the Cosmodrome in Svobodni, Siberia by a Start 1 launcher. Command and control communication with the satellite was established as scheduled after the launch.

    USN Data Services Supporting COSMIC Array
    Newport Beach CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2006
    Universal Space Network Inc. said Wednesday it is providing real-time telemetry, tracking, control) and science-data delivery services to the COSMIC satellite network launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base April 14.

    Another No Go For Cloud Satellite Launch
    Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2006
    NASA once again scrubbed its planned launch of the CloudSat and CALIPSO missions Wednesday, this time due to thick cloud cover over the Vandenberg launch site.

    ICG To Supply Iridium Phones For Challenger 605 Business Jets
    Newport News VA (SPX) Apr 27, 2006
    International Communications Group (ICG) today announced that it has been selected by Bombardier Aerospace to provide ICG Iridium satellite communication systems as standard equipment on all new Challenger 605 widebody business jets.

    Thai Telecom Giant To Launch Broadband Internet Service In China
    Bangkok (AFP) Apr 25, 2006
    Thailand's Shin Satellite said Tuesday it has sealed a deal to provide broadband Internet services to China through the company's iPSTAR satellite.

    The DAWN Of A New Mission Marks Log Entry Number One
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2006
    NASA's next planned venture into the solar system, Dawn is a collaborative effort of scientists, engineers and people in other disciplines at JPL, UCLA, Orbital Sciences Corp., the space agencies of Germany and Italy, and other universities and private companies in the United States and elsewhere.

    China To Build A Space Station After Shenzhou 7
    Beijing (XNA) Apr 27, 2006
    China will launch Shenzhou VII with three astronauts in September 2008, after the Beijing Olympic Games, said Song Zhengyu, deputy director-designer of carrier rocket F of March II and research fellow of the first institute of the China Aerospace Science & Technology Corp.

    US And China To Discuss Space Cooperation
    Washington (AFP) Apr 26, 2006
    NASA head Michael Griffin said Tuesday he had accepted an invitation to visit China for talks on possible Sino-American space cooperation. "The Chinese have offered an opportunity ... to discuss cooperation," Griffin told the Senate Subcommittee on Science and Space, while not specifying a date.

    Cassini Studies Saturn E Shepherd Moons Calypso And Helene
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2006
    Cassini has captured an image of Saturn's faint E ring - a feature now known to be created by its moon Enceladus - that also shows the ring's two small shepherd moons.

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