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Genesis Orbiting With No Problems Las Vegas NV (SPX) Jul 18, 2006 
The Genesis I prototype inflatable spacecraft continues to operate with no significant technical or mechanical problems and is transmitting video images to mission controllers, Bigelow Aerospace announced Monday. "The spacecraft continues to function perfectly," Chris Reed, a company spokesman, told SpaceDaily.com. |
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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Discovery Lands Safely And On Time In Florida
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 18, 2006Space shuttle Discovery landed safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday morning, ending a mission that lasted 13 days, logged 5.3-million miles and was as trouble-free as any previous flight of NASA's manned space vehicles. ISRO And DRDO Deal Differently With Disastrous Launches 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Jul 18, 2006It was a Black Sunday and an even worse Monday for India's aerospace ambitions. Two much-hyped rocket systems landed in the sea, drowning with them years of effort and hundreds of crores of rupees. British Geek Wants To Buy Moon Plot With 1M-Pound Gameshow Jackpot 
London, England (AFP) Jul 18, 2006A self-confessed geeky housewife said she wanted to buy a plot on the Moon after winning a million pounds ($1.8 million, 1.5 million euros) on a British television game show Sunday. |
A Journey Of Space Discovery At The Farnborough International Air Show
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 18, 2006ESA, together with the British National Space Center and the U.K. space industry, is exhibiting in the International Space Pavilion at Farnborough International Air Show this week. Rocket Problems Delay MetOp-A Launch 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 18, 2006The launch of Europe's MetOp-A satellite, designed to improve monitoring of weather systems and climate, was postponed Monday due to problems with the Soyuz ST rocket, Russian space officials said. The exact cause of the delay was not announced. South Korea To Launch Arirang-2 EO Satellite 
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jul 18, 2006South Korea plans to launch a satellite for geographical updates, natural resource searches and environmental observation from a Russian spaceport late this month, government officials have announced. |
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New Competitors Will Threaten Established Portable Navigation Device Vendors
Oyster Bay NY (SPX) Jul 18, 2006The enormous market expansion and related price war in the consumer navigation market is no longer new. HughesNet Bridges Digital Divide In Northern California 
Germantown MD (SPX) Jul 18, 2006Hughes Network Systems has announced it is helping to bridge the digital divide in northern California by delivering its HughesNet broadband satellite service to students, consumers and small business owners across the region, including towns such as Redding and Chico. Sunlight At Saturn Scattered On Many Paths 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2006The unlit side of Saturn's rings glows with scattered sunlight as two moons are seen orbiting the gas-giant planet. The light reaching NASA's Cassini spacecraft in this view has traveled many paths before being captured. |
Australian DTH TV Service To Use Harmonic IP-Based MPEG-2 Video Solution
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2006Harmonic has announced that SELECTV has deployed its IP-based compression and multiplexing solutions for its direct-to-home satellite pay TV service in Australia. Supercomputers Help Physicists Understand A Force Of Nature 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2006What if the tiniest components of matter were somehow different from the way they exist now, perhaps only slightly different or maybe a lot? What if they had been different from the moment the universe began in the Big Bang? Would matter as we know it be the same? Would humans even exist? Inflatable Communications Antennas Wins Frost and Sullivan Innovation Award 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2006Frost and Sullivan has selected GATR Technologies Inc. as the recipient of its 2006 Product Innovation of the Year Award in the aerospace and defense satellite antenna market for GATR's inflatable satellite antenna. |
US-India Nuke Deal Revisited
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 17, 2006Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice argued one week ago that Congress should pass the U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal before breaking for summer recess, but many experts counter the draft on the table implicitly promotes proliferation while setting a double-standard that may alienate other would-be partners. China Aims 820 Missiles At Taiwan 
Taipei (AFP) Jul 17, 2006Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Monday renewed his warning of China's growing military threat, saying it is now targeting the island with 820 missiles. Chen, during a meeting with a group of Japanese scholars attending a forum in Taipei, said he had expected China's peaceful rise and the development of democracy there. Japan Needs Sufficient Deterrence Against Attack 
Saint Petersburg (AFP) Jul 17, 2006Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday his country needed to maintain "sufficient deterrence" against attack following North Korea's missile tests. "Japan has no intention at all of launching an unnecessary preemptive strike against any other country," Koizumi told a G8 press conference. LM Selects NG Inertial Unit For MUOS System 
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2006Lockheed Martin has selected Northrop Grumman to provide the critical navigation systems for a next generation military satellite communications system. |
At Least 105 Dead As Indonesia Tsunami Nightmare Returns
Pangandaran, Indonesia (AFP) Jul 18, 2006Over 100 people were killed when an undersea earthquake unleashed huge waves on Indonesia's Java island, echoing the devastating 2004 Asian tsunami, the Red Cross said Tuesday. Pharmaceuticals May Not Pose Major Aquatic Environmental Risks 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 17, 2006A Canadian study of high-use drugs released from eight sewage treatment plants indicates that effects on invertebrates, bacteria, and plants in the aquatic receiving environment are unlikely. The study is in the latest issue of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Hairy New Source of Multipotent Adult Stem Cells 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 17, 2006Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have isolated a new source of adult stem cells that appear to have the potential to differentiate into several cell types. CONTENT PARTNERS
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