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ICG Names New Iridium Reseller
Newport News VA (SPX) May 23, 2006International Communications Group announced Tuesday it has appointed L2 Consulting Services as an authorized reseller for its Iridium-based satellite communication products in the aviation market. Hubble Captures Quintuple Quasar Image 
Baltimore MD (SPX) May 23, 2006The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first-ever picture of a group of five star-like images of a single distant quasar. Leicester SRC Collaborating With India On Astrosat 
Leicester, England (SPX) May 23, 2006England's University of Leicester Space Research Centre and ISRO are collaborating on an X-ray camera for Astrosat, India's first astronomy satellite. Technicians at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India, have sent instrumentation to Leicester for integration into the camera. |
NASA Approves June 1 Spacewalk
Houston TX (SPX) May 23, 2006NASA announced Tuesday it has approved a June 1 spacewalk by the International Space Station crew, and the agency will broadcast the event live on NASA Television. Malaysian Astronaut To Fly To ISS In 2007 
Moscow (RIAN) May 20, 2006Malaysia's first astronaut will fly to the International Space Station on board a Russian Soyuz space shuttle in September 2007, Russia's state space agency said Friday. Saab Ericsson Space Delivers Modular Payload Adapters To Land Launch Rockets 
Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) May 22, 2006Saab Ericsson Space announced Monday it is delivering new modular payload adapters to Land Launch for its commercial Zenit launches in 2007 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. |
Mars Express Spots Lava Tubes On Pavonis Mons
Paris, France (SPX) May 23, 2006This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board ESA's Mars Express, shows Pavonis Mons, the central volcano of the three shield volcanoes that comprise Tharsis Montes. Satellite Cluster Flies Through Electrical Switch Of Planet Earth 
Paris, France (SPX) May 21, 2006ESA's Cluster satellites have flown through regions of the Earth's magnetic field that accelerate electrons to approximately one hundredth the speed of light, the agency announced Friday. The observations present Cluster scientists with their first detection of these events and give them a look at the details of a universal process known as magnetic reconnection. Astrophysicists Discover 'Compact Jets' From Neutron Star 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 23, 2006Compact jets that shoot matter into space in a continuous stream at near the speed of light have long been assumed to be a unique feature of black holes. But these odd features of the universe may be more common than once thought. |
VIASPACE Developing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Humidity Measurement Instrument
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 22, 2006VIASPACE announced Monday it is developing a laser-based instrument to measure the humidity level in hydrogen fuel cells. Fuel cells using a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane are extremely sensitive to the moisture level of the membrane. Nanotubes Offer A Faster Flowing Fluid 
New York (UPI) May 22, 2006Surprisingly, gas and water flow far more rapidly through membranes that use carbon nanotubes as pores than through conventional membranes with pores 10 times or so wider, experts tell UPI's Nano World. The Totalitarian Temptation in Space 
Honolulu HI (SPX) May 21, 2006One of my earliest columns for SpaceDaily criticized the frequent use of inappropriate and misleading historical analogies by promoters of outer space. Since then, the problem has only gotten worse. |
Greenhouse Gas/Temp Feedback Mechanism May Raise Warming Further
Washington DC (SPX) May 23, 2006A team of European scientists reports that climate change estimates for the next century may have substantially underestimated the potential magnitude of global warming. New Clues To Limb Loss In Sea Mammals 
Rootstown OH (SPX) May 23, 2006Researchers from the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine have revealed the genetic basis behind one of the best-documented examples of evolutionary change in the fossil record: how whales lost their hind limbs. The Med needs a tsunami warning system 
Nice, France (AFP) May 22, 2006 An international group of experts said Monday that the Mediterranean region is woefully unaware of the need for an early tsunami warning system. "The countries concerned ought to go along with us and be aware of the need for a Mediterranean warning system," said Francois Schindele. CONTENT PARTNERS
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UAVs Could Patrol Australia's North West
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 23, 2006A Defence trial, using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and an Armidale Class patrol boat, will be conducted across Australia's North West Shelf region in September 2006, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Senator Sandy Macdonald announced today. Germany and China agree Iran should not have nuclear bomb: Merkel 
Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2006 Germany and China agree that Iran should not be allowed to build nuclear weapons, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday after meeting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. India defence minister to visit Japan, China to discuss military ties 
New Delhi (AFP) May 22, 2006 India's defence minister will visit Japan and China this week to forge closer links on military cooperation including anti-terrorism, a defence ministry official said Monday. |
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