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NASA Awards Mars Science Lab Launch Contract
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 05, 2006NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. to deliver an Atlas V rocket for the Mars Science Laboratory mission, which aims to land a large rover on the red planet in the fall of 2009. The Sky Is Falling 
NASA Science NewsHuntsville AL (SPX) Jun 05, 2006 Up on the Moon, the sky is falling. "Every day, more than a metric ton of meteoroids hits the Moon," says Bill Cooke of the Marshall Space Flight Center's Meteoroid Environment Office. They literally fall out of the sky, in all shapes and sizes, from specks of comet dust to full-blown asteroids, traveling up to a hundred thousand mph. Station Crew Completes Six-Hour Spacewalk 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 3, 2006The International Space Station crew comprising Expedition 13 successfully completed their first spacewalk together Friday, working outside the orbiting facility for a total of six hours and 31 minutes. |
Samsung SDI develops new 3D technology
Seoul (AFP) Jun 05, 2006South Korea's Samsung SDI said Sunday it had developed a new technology to display three-dimensional images on mobile phones and other devices. Samsung SDI said it is the first company to develop so-called active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display panels. Lockheed Martin And EADS To Cooperate On Satellite Navigation Standards 
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2006Lockheed Martin and EADS Astrium announced Sunday they have signed a teaming agreement to ensure interoperability of the Global Positioning System III and the European Galileo Satellite Navigation programs - the world's two most important upcoming satellite navigation systems. Free as a Bird Or Under Surveillance 
Rome, Italy (SPX) Jun 05, 2006Flying backpackers, communications satellites and a network of computers would monitor the movements of wild birds on their annual migrations under a plan proposed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. |
CapRock Appoints Britt Carina Horncastle as VP of Corporate Development
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 05, 2006CapRock Communications, a leading global satellite communications provider to remote locations, has appointed Britt Carina Horncastle as vice president of corporate development. Comtech Wins 9M Dollar Blue Force Tracking Order 
Melville NY (SPX) Jun 05, 2006Comtech Telecommunications announced Sunday it has received orders totaling $9.2 million for its mobile satellite data communications transceivers. The orders are for the supply of Comtech's Model 2011 transceivers. NASA Balloon Lifts Of From Esrange Space Center 
Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Jun 05, 2006Scientists successfully launched a giant balloon with the scientific instrument AESOP aboard last week from the SSC launch facility at Esrange Space Center. The 300-meter-long balloon and flight train rose up like a gigantic golden bubble lightened by the midnight sun. |
Turkey Signs Up For Asia-Pacific Space Program
Beijing, China (XNA) Jun 05, 2006Turkey signed a charter for a planned international space program Thursday, making it the ninth member of the organization, which has its headquarters in Beijing. Inmarsat and Assemble Launch BGAN Hurricane Communications Kit 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 05, 2006Inmarsat announced Sunday that Assemble Communications, a provider of voice and data services to residential and small business customers, will incorporate its new BGAN high speed mobile communications service into a Personal Hurricane Kit, in preparation for the hurricane season. Canada Mints Space Collector Coins For Canadarm2 
Ottawa, Ontario (SPX) Jun 05, 2006On April 22, 2001, Colonel Chris Hadfield made space exploration history as the first Canadian to perform a spacewalk when he installed Canadarm2 on the International Space Station. |
Possible Extinction Crater Found Under Antarctica
Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 3, 2006Planetary scientists have found evidence of a meteor impact much larger and earlier than the one thought to have killed the dinosaurs - an impact they think caused the biggest mass extinction in Earth's history. Ultrasonics Boosts Release Rates Of Corn Sugars For Ethanol Production 
Ames IO (SPX) Jun 05, 2006David Grewell flipped a switch and one of the ultrasonic machines in his Iowa State University laboratory pumped out high-frequency sound waves. Those 20 kilohertz waves were too high for human hearing. Red alert still in effect at Indonesian volcano 
Jakarta (AFP) Jun 4, 2006 Indonesian authorities on Sunday maintained a red alert at smouldering Mount Merapi, as activity at the volcano continued to intensify for an eighth straight day since an earthquake rocked the region. Hurricane Disasters May Become More Costly 
Cullowhee NC (SPX) Jun 05, 2006As the 2006 hurricane season gets under way, nationally known hurricane impact researcher Rob Young, associate professor of geosciences at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C, says the manner in which the federal government responded to last year's hurricane disasters will make future disasters even more costly. |
India Pulls The Plug On The Agni 3 ICBM Project
Washington (UPI) Jun 05, 2006The Agni III ICBM, the pride of India's strategic deterrent force, has been shot down before it could even conduct its first test flight. Why did the Indian government pull the plug? Japanese Military Going Into Space 
Tokyo (UPI) Jun 05, 2006Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has drafted a bill to allow Japan's military into space. The calls for the military to venture into space within the parameters of self-defense rights. That would be a drastic change from the current civilian-based limitations that Japan has placed on space ventures. China Urged To Come Clean On Military Spending 
Singapore (AFP) Jun 3, 2006 US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged China Saturday to explain its increased military spending to the world, saying it was in its interest to demystify actions that others find potentially threatening. Iran Intransigence Threat To NPT 
Washington (UPI) Jun 05, 2006A top State Department official said if the international community fails convince Iran to give up its uranium enrichment program, it will dramatically undermine the 40-year-old Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, an international agreement credited with preventing new states from developing nuclear weapons. CONTENT PARTNERS
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