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Oak Ridge Researchers Look To Nature For Nuclear Rocket Design
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) May 12, 2006
Designing complex systems such as nuclear reactors for space applications can be a daunting task, but researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory seem to have made it less intimidating by borrowing from nature.

   
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    Saab Ericsson Space Signs Equipment Contract For 25 New Ariane 5 Launchers
    Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) May 12, 2006
    Saab Ericsson Space in Gothenburg, Sweden, has signed a contract for production of guidance computers and telemetry antennas for the European heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 5.

    Successful Launch Of TEXUS 43 From Esrange Space Center
    Esrange, Sweden (SPX) May 12, 2006
    The sounding rocket TEXUS 43 was successfully launched today from the Swedish Space Corporation's (SSC) launch facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. The launch took place at 08.12 (UT) and the rocket provided almost 6 minutes (347 sec) of microgravity time for the 5 experi�ments on board.

    Saab Ericsson Space To Equip More Ariane 5 Launchers
    Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) May 12, 2006
    Saab Ericsson Space announced Thursday it has contracted to produce guidance computers and telemetry antennas for 25 Ariane 5 heavy-lift rockets. Every Ariane launcher from the onset of the program has used Saab Ericsson Space guidance computers, the company said in a statement.

    NASA Testing Heat Shield Samples For CEV
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 12, 2006
    NASA engineers have begun conducting tests of materials that could be used in the heat shield for its Crew Exploration Vehicle. The tests are being conducted at NASA's Ames Research Center, inside an apparatus engineers describe as a "room-size blowtorch."

    Light So Fast It Actually Goes Backwards
    Rochester NY (SPX) May 12, 2006
    In the past few years, scientists have found ways to make light go both faster and slower than its usual speed, but now researchers have gone one step further: pushing light into reverse. As if to defy common sense, the backward-moving pulse of light travels faster than light.

    Survival In Space Takes A Hardy Bug
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 12, 2006
    Simon Mitton, a fellow of Saint Edmunds College at the University of Cambridge, recently sat down with Charles Cockell, geomicrobiology professor at the Open University in the UK. In part two of their interview, Cockell discusses the reasons for studying microbes in space.

    Sea Launch Contracts To Launch EchoStar XI
    Long Beach CA (SPX) May 12, 2006
    Sea Launch 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.

    EADS Astrium To Build Gaia Satellite
    Toulouse, France (SPX) May 12, 2006
    ESA has awarded EADS Astrium the contract to develop and build its Gaia satellite. Due to be launched in 2011, its mission is to construct the largest and most precise map ever of the Milky Way.

    New Skies Satellites Signs Contract With Netherlands Defence
    The Hague, Netherlands (SPX) May 12, 2006
    New Skies Satellites announced Thursday it has signed a framework agreement with the Netherlands Ministry of Defence to support the Netherlands Armed Forces with satellite communication services on its NSS-7 and NSS-703 satellites.

    New Model Could Explain Eccentric Triton Orbit
    Santa Cruz CA (SPX) May 12, 2006
    Triton may have abandoned an earlier partner to arrive in its unusual orbit around Neptune, researchers said Wednesday. Triton is unique among all large moons in the solar system because it follows a retrograde orbit around Neptune - opposite to the planet's rotation.

    VLT Spies Twin Supernovae
    Paranal, Chile (SPX) May 12, 2006
    ESO's Very Large Telescope, equipped with the multi-mode FORS instrument, took an image of NGC 3190, a galaxy so distorted that astronomers initially gave it two names. Then, as if to prove them right, in 2002 it fired off two stellar explosions almost simultaneously.

    Using Soap Bubbles To Study Black Holes
    University MS (SPX) May 12, 2006
    People use them to get cars, dishes and clothes clean. Children blow them for fun. And now, a University of Mississippi physicist thinks soap bubbles can help scientists better understand the properties of black holes.

    Indonesia Orders Evacuation Of 17,000 Near Merapi
    Jakarta (AFP) May 12, 2006
    Indonesia's Vice President Yusuf Kalla on Thursday ordered authorities to begin evacuating some 17,000 people from around the slopes of rumbling Mount Merapi which has been spewing more lava and smoke.

    Humanity May Have Caused Pre-Historic Extinctions
    East Anglia, UK (SPX) May 12, 2006
    New research shows that pre-historic horses in Alaska may have been hunted into extinction by man, rather than by climate change as previously thought.

    Rising Price Of Oil Highlights Energy Alternatives
    New York NY (SPX) May 12, 2006
    With oil prices reaching near near-record highs in recent weeks, calls have grown louder for the U.S. to develop new sources of affordable, domestic energy.

    Pollution, Greenhouse Gases And Climate Clash In South Asia
    San Diego CA (SPX) May 12, 2006
    A new analysis by scientists at Scripps has produced surprising results showing how air pollution, global warming-producing greenhouse gases and natural fluctuations in the climate may have a range of significant consequences on the world's most populous region.
    Boeing Wins Contract To Support Minuteman Tests
    St. Louis MO (SPX) May 12, 2006
    Boeing's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems division announced Thursday it has received a $25.2 million U.S. Air Force contract to support flight testing of the Minuteman missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

    Pakistan And India Race Rockets
    Washington (UPI) May 12, 2006
    The South Asia ballistic missile and nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan rivals the one between Israel and Iran for being the most dangerous on the planet.

    Boeing Completes ABM Silo Modification Tests
    St. Louis MO (SPX) May 12, 2006
    Boeing announced Thursday it has successfully tested modified underground silo and launch system components for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense interceptor, clearing the way for the silo to participate in system flight tests this summer.

    Predator Maintenance Team Is A Total Force
    Balad Air Base, Iraq (AFNS) May 12, 2006
    Total force is more than just a concept for one squadron here. It is a way of life that brings the skills and talents of various groups into one unit to accomplish the mission..
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