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Space Telescopes Probe Secrets Of Fossil Galaxy Clusters Far Far Away
Birmingham, United Kingdom (SPX) Apr 27, 2006Astronomers using ESA's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra space telescopes have discovered further evidence that dark matter permeates and dominates the behavior of a particular type of galaxy cluster called a fossil group. Spirit Surveys Local Terrian For Winter Of 2006 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2006Just in time to survive the Martian winter, NASA's once-again-lucky Spirit rover has driven to and parked on a north-facing slope in the Columbia Hills. NASA Testing Prototype Software At Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2006Software that astronauts could use during spaceflight and in future moon habitats is being tested by NASA in a Utah desert April 23 to May 7, 2006. The research is taking place in Utah's southeast desert, at the Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station near Hanksville, where scientists are field-testing a computer network to monitor space power systems. |
New Digital Soyuz Getting Ready For Flight
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 27, 2006A Russian space official said the country's new digitally controlled Soyuz TMA orbital vehicles will be able to handle human spaceflight needs until the reusable KLIPER shuttle becomes operational in the next decade, RIA Novosti reported Thursday. More Progress At Station By Late June 
Moscow (RIA) Apr 28, 2006A Progress M-57 cargo rocket will be launched to the International Space Station between June 24 and 28, the head of the Russia's Energia space corporation said Thursday. ISS Antenna Blocked Engine Hatch In Test Run 
Moscow (RIA) Apr 28, 2006A test run of one of the International Space Station's engines on April 20 failed when an antenna blocked the engine's hatch from opening fully, Mission Control said Thursday. Vladimir Solovyov, the head of the Russian segment of the world's sole orbital station, said there was no need to repeat the test, which would have shifted the station's orbit. |
SATLYNX Acquires HP Division Spaceline
Betzdorf, Germany (SPX) Apr 28, 2006Satlynx SA today announced the signing of an agreement for the acquisition of Spaceline, the satellite communications division of HP, for an undisclosed amount. Following the acquisition by Satlynx of Xantic accounts in 2005, the purchase of the Spaceline business creates a growing focus within Satlynx on profitable SCPC business. Mikulski Calls for Balanced Space Program To Increase Support for NASA 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 28, 2006Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), the senior Democrat on the Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee, today called on the Bush Administration to increase funding for NASA in the federal budget, which cuts billions from science programs. China Launches Remote Sensing Satellite 
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Apr 28, 2006China successfully launched a remote sensing satellite and put it into preset orbit Thursday morning, the first of a series of space launches planned by China this year. The Remote Sensing Satellite No. 1 blast off a top a Long March 4-B carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province at 6:48 a.m. Thursday. |
NASA Uses Hubble To Reassure About Comet 73P
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2006NASA said Thursday there is no danger that Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 - or any of its many fragments - will strike Earth during its closest approach next month. To provide further reassurances, the agency has employed the Hubble Space Telescope to take high-resolution images of the approaching object, and will soon follow suit with Spitzer to observe the fragments in infrared light. Next Ariane 5 Launch Set For May 26 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Apr 27, 2006Arianespace said Thursday it has scheduled the next launch of its Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift vehicle for May 26. The heavy-lift mission will carry a payload of 8,250KG - representing the combined weight of the Satmex 6 and Thaicom 5 satellites. The launch is the second this year for Arianespace from Europe's Spaceport, and the company said it is planning four more launches in 2006. A Spectrum Of Colors Brings Subtlety To Saturn 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2006NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this unusual view of the ringed planet on March 16, featuring subdued pastel colors giving gas-giant Saturn a positively romantic appearance. Story includes new color desktop image. |
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