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Shuttle Discovery Crew Arrives At Kennedy Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jun 28, 2006 
The crew members of space shuttle mission STS-121 arrived at Kennedy Space Center shortly after 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday for Discovery's launch July 1. Landing aboard their T-38 training jets, the seven astronauts flew in from Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility. |
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 Seeking Ways To Keep Wildlife Away From Shuttle Launches
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jun 28, 2006A close encounter of the "bird" kind during last year's return-to-flight launch of space shuttle Discovery prompted officials at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to look at ways to reduce the possibility of future occurrences. NASA Updates Hubble Status 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2006NASA announced Tuesday that its engineers are continuing to study the problem related to the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys. Engineers first received indications on June 19 that the power supply voltages had fallen below acceptable operational limits, which caused the camera to switch automatically into a safe mode - and to stop operating. Hubble Sees Twin Dust Disks Around Nearby Star 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 28, 2006The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed two dust disks circling the nearby star Beta Pictoris. The images confirm a decade of scientific speculation that a warp in the young star's dust disk may actually be a second inclined disk, which is evidence for the possibility of at least one Jupiter-size planet orbiting the star. |
Venus Express Spies Double Vortex
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2006ESA scientists said Tuesday that analysis of Venus Express data from the spacecraft's first orbit around the planet confirm the presence of a huge double-eye atmospheric vortex at the planet's south pole. Last April 11, Venus Express was captured into a first elongated orbit around Venus lasting nine days and ranging from 350,000 kilometers to 400 kilometers (217,000 miles to 248 miles) from the surface. Cassini Shines At Mission Halfway Point 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2006This Friday, June 30, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will reach the official halfway mark in its four-year mission to the Saturnian system, and already it has provided scientists with unprecedented views of the ringed planet and its nearly three dozen moons. Scientists To Track Fish Stocks With Underwater Arrays And Satellites 
Ottawa (AFP) Jun 27, 2006Researchers will launch a landmark project in Canada Tuesday to track the world's fish stocks and marine mammals using electronic tags akin to UPC codes used by retailers to trace their inventories. |
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South Korea To Launch First Military Communications Satellite
Seoul (AFP) Jun 27, 2006South Korea will launch its first military communications satellite in August, defense officials said Tuesday. The Mugunghwa 5 will be put into orbit on August 10 from the South Pacific, officials at the Defense Ministry and the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Old US Satellite Passes By Space Station 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 28, 2006An old US Air Force satellite named Hitch Hiker 1 passed close but harmlessly by the International Space Station, a top ballistics expert with Russia's mission control center told the RIA Novosti news service Tuesday. Lockheed Martin Develops New Imaging Technology For Space Telescopes 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2006Engineers at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Center have designed and built a prototype nine-aperture wide-field imaging telescope the company said overcomes the increase in mass, volume and cost associated with large single-optics telescopes for space-based applications. |
Shin Satellite Flys With Arianespace
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2006Arianespace's record-setting Ariane 5 ECA launch in May orbited the Thaicom 5 satellite for Thailand's Shin Satellite Public Company Limited, along with Satmex 6 for Mexico. With the May 27 success, Arianespace has launched all five Shin Satellite telecommunications platforms, starting with Thaicom 1 in 1993, and followed by the subsequent spacecraft in the series during 1994, 1997, 2005 and 2006. Innovative Solutions Make Transportation Systems Safer Secure and Efficient 
Washington, DC (SPX) Jun 25, 2006Lockheed Martin is developing new technologies that are enhancing transportation systems today, and promise to make them dramatically different tomorrow, said Judy Marks, president, LM's Transportation and Security Solutions. Northrop Grumman Wins NASA Task Order For MSL Software Assurance 
McLean VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2006Northrop Grumman announced Tuesday that NASA has awarded it a task order to verify and validate mission-critical software on the Mars Science Laboratory. |
Tropical Ice Cores Shows Two Abrupt Global Shifts
Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 25, 2006For the first time, glaciologists have combined and compared sets of ancient climate records trapped in ice cores from the South American Andes and the Asian Himalayas to paint a picture of how climate has changed - and is still changing - in the tropics. Senate Mulls Stem-Cell Choices 
Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2006Senate backers of embryonic-stem-cell research said Tuesday they won't be deterred by a new bill promoting technology designed to deliver stem cells without destroying embryos. Creating A Window On Oceans In Motion 
Halifax, Canada (SPX) Jun 25, 2006Scientists and resource managers could soon have a highly detailed picture of marine conditions and the migrations of fish and ocean animals throughout the world. ESA Donates Envisat Global Images To UN 
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2006ESA announced Tuesday it has donated a composite satellite image of Earth's land cover provided by its Envisat satellite to the United Nations. Mesquite Energy May Be Harvested For Ethanol 
Vernon TX (SPX) Jun 27, 2006Vernon - The dense mesquite-covered mid-section of Texas could provide fuel for about 400 small ethanol plants, according to one Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Two BigDogs Take A Run At New River Air Station
New River NC (SPX) Jun 28, 2006The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth BigDog robots trot around in the shadow of an MV-22 Osprey while given commands via remote control at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. Korea Orders A Big Rack Of Missiles 
Washington (SPX) Jun 28, 2006The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the South Korean Government of 48 SM-2 Block IIIB Tactical Standard missiles as well as associated equipment and services. Iran Says No Use Negotiating With US 
Tehran (AFP) Jun 27, 2006Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday he saw "no use" in negotiating with the United States and again signalled that Tehran was unwilling to freeze sensitive nuclear work. US Congress Backs Nuclear Deal With India 
Washington (AFP) Jun 27, 2006A controversial civilian nuclear energy deal between India and the United States cleared its first major hurdle Tuesday, easily winning approval by a US Congress committee. Rockwell Collins Introduces Latest Weather Radar 
Cedar Rapids IO (SPX) Jun 28, 2006Rockwell Collins has announced its next generation of weather radar, the MultiScan Hazard Detection system, which will enable airlines safer, smoother and more efficient flights. |
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