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ATK To Help Develop New liquid Oxygen -Methane Engine For NASA
Minneapolis, MN (SPX) May 09, 2006Alliant Techsystems announced Monday it will help develop a non-toxic liquid oxygen-liquid methane rocket engine for use on NASA's Crew Exploration Vehicle under a $10.4 million technology-development contract from the agency. India Hoping To To Unveil Space Prowess Before NASA 
New Delhi (PTI) May 09, 2006With India and China exhibiting ambitious space programmes, particularly lunar missions, NASA chief Michael Griffin will formalise two US payloads for the Indian moon mission Chandrayaan 1 when he meets ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair in Bangalore on Tuesday. China To Launch Satellites For Lunar Surveying 
Beijing (XNA) May 09, 2006China will launch high-resolution satellites to conduct surveying and mapping of the moon in upcoming five years, the People's Daily reports on Saturday. |
Iran To Battle Satellite Dish Owners
Tehran (AFP) May 09, 2006Iran is to launch a fresh crackdown on people owning satellite dishes and receivers, national police chief Esmail Ahmadi-Moqadam was quoted as saying Monday. The Latest Trends In The SatCom Industry 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) May 09, 2006Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Basics of Satellite Communications, Second Edition to their offering. The satellite industry, like all sectors of the telecommunications and computer markets worldwide, is in the process of rapid change in terms of technology, applications, regulation, and economics. Sea Launch Contracts To Launch EchoStar XI 
Long Beach CA (SPX) May 09, 2006Boeing's Sea Launch company announced Monday it has signed a firm contract with EchoStar Communications to launch the EchoStar XI Direct Broadcast Satellite in 2007. Sea Launch has placed two previous EchoStar satellites in orbit: EchoStar IX in August 2003 and EchoStar X in February 2006. |
Goddard To Build New Solar Observing Satellites
Washington DC (SPX) May 09, 2006NASA announced Monday that its Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will design and develop four satellites for the agency's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, due to be launched in 2013. Hopkins Physics Lab To Build Solar Storm Satellites 
Washington DC (SPX) May 09, 2006NASA announced Monday it has chosen the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to develop and operate two satellites for the agency's Radiation Belt Storm Probe, to be launched in 2012. New Station Crew Completes Orbital Adjustment 
Houston TX (SPX) May 09, 2006Crew members Pavel Vinogradov and Jeff Williams successfully raised the International Space Station's orbit last Thursday by firing the engines of the Russian Progress 21 cargo craft currently docked to the facility. |
Recycled Radio Array Examines Interstellar Gas With Sharpened Eyes
College Park MD (SPX) May 09, 2006Fifteen newly linked and newly dedicated receiving dishes located in eastern California now constitute the world's most powerful millimeter-wavelength radio telescope. Milky Way A Field Of Streams 
Cambridge, United Kingdom (SPX) May 09, 2006A new map of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy reveals a night sky criss-crossed with streams of stars, left behind by smaller satellite galaxies and star clusters ripped apart by the parent galaxy's gravity. Hidden Companion Star Explains Chameleon Supernova 
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 09, 2006Australian astronomers have found a predicted companion star left behind when its partner exploded in an unusual supernova five years ago. |
Dome Of Indonesia's Merapi Changing Quickly
Mount Merapi, Indonesia (AFP) May 09, 2006A new dome at the peak of Indonesia's simmering Mount Merapi changed quickly Monday as more ominous lava oozed down its slopes, however residents were not ordered to evacuate, a scientist said. China's Three Gorges Dam Ahead of Schedule 
Beijing (AFP) May 09, 2006Construction of China's Three Gorges Dam, set to become the world's largest hydroelectric power project, will be completed nine months ahead of schedule on May 20, state media reported Monday. Polar Explorers Check In With Satellite Broadband 
Paris (ESA) May 09, 2006A team of young explorers from the Climate Change College are on a ten day field trip, participating in ESA's CryoSat validation experiment on the Greenland Ice Sheet. CONTENT PARTNERS
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AAI Receives Order For Nine Additional Shadow 200 Tactical UAVs
Hunt Valley MD (SPX) May 09, 2006AAI has received an $87 million funded contract from the U.S. Army for the production of nine additional Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Iran Letter Does Not Change US Position 
Washington (AFP) May 09, 2006Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to US President George W. Bush does not change Washington's position on Tehran's nuclear program. Japan Calls For Update Of US Military Ties 
Tokyo (AFP) May 09, 2006Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday he wanted to discuss the possibility of updating Japan's military alliance with America when he meets US President George W. Bush. "I would like to clearly state my idea when I have talks with President Bush in the future," said Koizumi. |
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