| July 17, 2006 |
 |
our time will build eternity |
| LAST 5 DAYS | JUL 14 | JUL 13 | JUL 12 | JUL 11 | JUL 10 |
Genesis Spacecraft Inflated And In Orbit
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Jul 14, 2006Bigelow Aerospace has announced that the Genesis I prototype spacecraft successfully inflated and its solar arrays are deployed and supplying power to the onboard instruments. "All Systems are operating within expected parameters," said Robert T. Bigelow, the company's founder. AAS Supports Emergency NASA Appropriations 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2006The American Astronomical Society has announced it is supporting the efforts of Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., and Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, to secure emergency appropriations for NASA's science efforts. ESA Controllers Prep For MetOp Launch 
Darmstadt, Germany (SPX) Jul 13, 2006Flight controllers at ESA's Space Operations Center are preparing for the July 17 launch and early orbit phase of the MetOp spacecraft. MetOp, formally MetOp-A, is the first in a series of three satellites to be launched on Soyuz rockets in Kazakhstan. Raytheon To Develop Next-Gen GPS Receiver 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2006Raytheon announced Thursday it has won an initial $38-million contract from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning System Joint Program Office to design next-generation GPS receivers. |
Taking Soil Science to Outer Space
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jul 17, 2006The answer to the question about life on Mars may very well come from analyzing an unsuspecting source: Martian soil, specifically the icy layer of soil underneath the red planet's surface. SMART-1 Giving Moon A Detailed New Look 
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 17, 2006During its 15-month science mission at the Moon, ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft has returned up to 1,000 images per week, the analyses of which are keeping scientists busy. The images are showing the Moon's surface in unprecedented detail, and ESA scientists predict they will get even better. Rings Occulting Titan 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 17, 2006Titan shines beyond Saturn's rings like a brilliant ring of fire, its light gleaming here and there through the gaps in Saturn's magnificent plane of ice. Northrop Grumman Develops Skyguard Laser Defense System For Local Defense 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Jul 13, 2006Northrop Grumman has developed the Skyguard laser-based air defense system for U.S. government agencies and allies that require near-term defense against short-range ballistic missiles, short- and long-range rockets, artillery shells, mortars, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles. |
SPACE TRAVEL Launch Pad Rocket Science Nuclear Space Shuttle News Space Travel Station News Space Medicine |
NASA Balloon Flight Successful At Esrange Space Center
Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Jul 17, 2006NASA's high-altitude balloon mission carrying the scientific instrument TRACER has been successfully completed. The balloon was launched July 8 from the Swedish Space Corp. launch facility at Esrange Space Center. It drifted over the Atlantic Ocean toward North America, where it landed over the weekend. Dartmouth Proposes Stratospheric Astronomical Airship 
Hanover NH (SPX) Jul 17, 2006Astronomer Robert A. Fesen of Dartmouth University appreciates NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, which he says has proven to be a terrific astronomical observatory since it was launched in 1990. China To Invest $17 Billion In Aviation Sector 
Beijing (AFP) Jul 15, 2006China plans to spend 17.4 billion dollars on its aviation sector in the next five years, buying 430 new airplanes and building 42 new airports, a government commission said Friday. |
Nine Years To The Ninth Planet And Counting
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 17, 2006On Friday, July 14, we stood precisely nine years from our closest approach date with the ninth planet and her moons. Next week, on July 19, we will celebrate the six-month anniversary of our launch. New Horizons has a long way to go, but we're on our way! Scientists Gaining Clearer Picture of Comet Makeup and Origin 
Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 16, 2006Scientists are getting their best understanding yet of the makeup of comets - not only of the materials inside these planetary building blocks, but also of the way they could have formed around the Sun in the solar system's earliest years. Nastar Center To Offer Human Space Flight Training 
Southampton PA (SPX) Jul 17, 2006Environmental Tectonics Corp. is unveiling its revolutionary aerospace training and research center at the Farnborough Airshow on July 19-23. |
Greenland Makes Oil Companies Melt
Copenhagen (AFP) Jul 16, 2006The remote oil fields of Greenland could become a new eldorado for oil companies thanks to a spectacular rise in fossil fuel prices and uncertainty concerning future supplies, experts say. Life And Death On Planet Parasite 
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2006Scientists have discovered that parasites are surprisingly important in food webs and their findings appear in a report published this week in the Early Edition of the on-line version of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Death Toll From Typhoon Bilis Rises To 115 In China 
Beijing (AFP) Jul 17, 2006The death toll from severe rainstorms and flooding across China in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Bilis has risen to 115, state media said on Sunday. China Bans Trade In Human Organs 
Beijing (AFP) Jul 15, 2006China, which has been accused of trafficking in organs harvested from executed prisoners, will ban the sale of human body parts and related commercial activities from August 1, state media reported on Saturday. Is Net Neutrality Discriminatory 
Chicago (UPI) Jul 12, 2006The idea of Net neutrality sounds fair in the abstract, but experts are telling UPI that the policy proposals emanating from Congress and the federal bureaucracy may actually be quite discriminatory. |
US Must Refocus On Security Importance Of Semiconductor Industry
Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2006The United States needs to bolster its capacity to manufacturer and develop cutting-edge semiconductors not just for economic reasons, but for national-security purposes as well, or so industry analysts argue. South Korea To Develop Missile Defense Command 
Seoul (AFP) Jul 16, 2006South Korea's army will develop a new military command centre later this year to combat missile and artillery threats from North Korea, Yonhap news agency said. UN Demands End To Missile Program As Pyongyang Says No 
United Nations (AFP) Jul 16, 2006The UN Security Council unanimously adopted Saturday a resolution condemning North Korea's missile tests that was promptly rejected by Pyongyang as it vowed to carry out further launches. Global Hawk Assembly Begins At New Facility 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 17, 2006Employees at Northrop Grumman's newest production facility in Moss Point, Miss., are adding RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle fuselage subassemblies to their manufacturing portfolio. CONTENT PARTNERS
EDN is a comprehensive source of technical information and in-depth features on electronics applications, products, technology and design techniques for engineers and engineering managers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LAST 5 DAYS | JUL 14 | JUL 13 | JUL 12 | JUL 11 | JUL 10 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2005 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
