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Astronomers Catch Planet By Unusual Means Baltimore MD (SPX) May 19, 2006 
An international team of professional and amateur astronomers, using simple off-the-shelf equipment to trawl the skies for planets outside the solar system, has hauled in their first catch. The astronomers discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a Sun-like star 600 light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. full story |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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NASA Lunar Orbiter Mission Moves To Next Step
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2006NASA announced Thursday that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed its mission confirmation review and is ready to proceed to its implementation phase. NASA Software Fosters Collaborative Engineering 
Huntsville AL (SPX) May 18, 2006New NASA software will soon make mission planning more efficient. Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center created the system to support the engineers designing the spacecraft of tomorrow. Hobbit Claims Shrunken 
Chicago IL (SPX) May 19, 2006When scientists found 18,000-year-old bones of a small, humanlike creature on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003, they concluded that the bones represented a new species in the human family tree that they named Homo floresiensis. |
Sea Launch To Orbit Next Satellite In June
Washington DC (RIAN) May 19, 2006Sea Launch, the world's sole company to orbit satellites from a pad in equatorial waters, will send an American satellite into space in June, the international consortium said Thursday. Shanghai Develops New Orbiter Tool For Weathermen 
Beijing (XNA) May 19, 2006A new weather satellite, developed in Shanghai to greatly improve weather forecasting, is expected to be launched late next year, the satellite designer told Shanghai Daily yesterday. China's mega dam built to defy attacks from terrorists, enemies 
Yichang, China (AFP) May 18, 2006 China's Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River, the world's largest hydropower project, shows the nation at its most powerful, but also makes it vulnerable in entirely new ways. |
JPL To Hold Small Business Space Symposium In Virginia
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 19, 2006NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Thursday it will host its 9th Space Science Symposium for Small Business on Monday, June 5, at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Va. China Likely To Launch Moon Probe Next April 
Beijing (SPX) May 19, 2006China's first lunar satellite may be launched during a fly-by mission in April in 2007, said Luan Enjie, director of the China National Space Administration on Tuesday, May 16. Shuttle Payloads Reach Launch Pad 
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 19, 2006NASA announced Thursday the payloads for space shuttle mission STS-121 have arrived at Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, carried in a special canister mounted on a transporter. |
SPACEHAB Wins Spacecraft Facility Study
Houston TX (SPX) May 19, 2006SPACEHAB announced Thursday its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has been awarded a $1.2 million contract to perform a feasibility study and preliminary design for government payload processing facilities. New O2 Generator To Double Station Crew Capacity 
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 19, 2006NASA's next shuttle mission will transport a new device that can provide up to 12 pounds of oxygen every day, enough to support six crewmembers aboard the International Space Station, or double the size of the soon-to-be-expanded crew. Allied Defense Wins New Tracking Antenna Orders 
Vienna VA (SPX) May 18, 2006Allied Defense Group announced Thursday it has received two follow-on contract awards from Bigelow Aerospace for its SeaSpace division's 6.1 meter AXYOM three-axis tracking antennas. |
Annan warns on 'sleepwalking' into nuclear world
Tokyo (AFP) May 18, 2006 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appealed Thursday for better diplomacy on Iran and North Korea, warning against "sleepwalking" into a world where all nations feel they need nuclear weapons. Harper's Next Move On BMD 
Washington (UPI) May 19, 2006New Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has lost no time following up his overwhelming parliamentary victory on winning renewal and strengthening of the NORAD defense pact with the United States earlier this month. Boeing ScanEagle Demonstrates New Maritime Capabilities 
St Louis MO (SPX) May 19, 2006The ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle, developed by Boeing and The Insitu Group, successfully demonstrated new maritime capabilities for the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) while supporting "Trial Vigilant Viper" off the Scotland coast. |
Millions of US coastal residents not taking hurricane threat seriously: poll
Miami (AFP) May 16, 2006 One year after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, millions of Americans in hurricane-prone areas are paying little heed to the threats posed by the powerful storms, according to a survey Tuesday. Linking Climate Change Across Time Scales 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) May 19, 2006What do month-to-month changes in temperature have to do with century-to-century changes in temperature? At first it might seem like not much. New Laser Technique That Strips Hydrogen From Silicon Surfaces 
Twin Cities MN (SPX) May 19, 2006A team of researchers have achieved a long-sought scientific goal: using laser light to break specific molecular bonds. CONTENT PARTNERS
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