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Sunning Frozen Soil Could Answer Martian Life Question
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2006Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2006 The answer to the question about life on Mars may very well come from analyzing an unsuspecting source - the soil, specifically the icy layer of soil underneath the red planet's surface. By analyzing the properties of Mars frozen layer of soil during NASA's next lander mission, scientists will be able to better understand and theorize about life on Mars. Chinese Scientists Conduct Life Support Research For Living On Mars 
Beijing, China (XNA) Jul 24, 2006Scientists from several nations are conducting a ground-based experiment on life support systems so humans can explore space and one day live outside Earth's biosphere, perhaps on Mars or on the Moon. Russia And Europe Agree On Joint Space Project 
Farnborough, England (RIAN) Jul 24, 2006Russia and Europe have agreed to launch a joint space-based antenna project for exploration purposes, a Roscosmos spokesman said Friday. "The 12-meter deployable antenna is designed to conduct exploration of processes in space and to transmit information to Earth," Igor Panarin said last week at the Farnborough International Airshow. |
First Chinese Taikonaut Talks About Eight Years In Training
Beijing, China (XNA) Jul 24, 2006China's first spaceman Yang Liwei has recounted many new stories about his eight years of astronaut training. "Each astronaut training facility is equipped with an alarm," Yang told a group of youth assembled at the ongoing 36th Committee on Space Research Scientific Assembly. "If the trainee feels uncomfortable, he can just press the stop button. However, since our Chinese astronaut brigade was established in 1998, no one has ever used the function." Schlegel Assigned To ESA Columbus Laboratory Mission To ISS 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 24, 2006ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel of Germany has been named today to fly on the NASA space shuttle mission that will deliver the Europe's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station in September or October 2007. Space Flight Firm Moving To Roswell 
Roswell NM (UPI) Jul 24, 2006Sounding more science fiction than science fact, a space flight firm is moving its headquarters from Colorado to Roswell, N.M., according to UFO lore the supposed site of a crashed space vehicle in 1947. |
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Dark And Distant Bodies Reveal Secrets Of Galactic And Stellar Formation
London, England (SPX) Jul 24, 2006British astronomers have released the first data from the largest and most sensitive survey of the heavens in infrared light to scientists across Europe. European Telecom And Space Firms Jointly Test New Mobile Broadcasting Concept 
Toulouse, France (SPX) Jul 24, 2006CNES, Orange France and Alcatel have announced the selection of Toulouse and the Midi-Pyrenees Region for the first trial out side the laboratories of the main technical characteristics of the new mobile broadcasting solution over a hybrid satellite and terrestrial transmission system using S-band. NASA Gives Green Light For SOFIA 
Columbia MD (SPX) Jul 24, 2006A major project of NASA and the German aerospace agency DLR to build an airborne astronomical observatory has received the go-ahead to complete the nearly finished effort. Meanwhile the project continues to pass crucial milestones in its development. |
ESA To Help Europe Prepare For Space Tourism
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 24, 2006With summer here, many people are thinking about their holiday destination. At ESA, this means thinking about a holiday in space. ESA is planning to help up to three private companies develop business plans to get their space tourism ventures off the ground. Silkworm Space Cookies Add Flavour To Diet 
Beijing, China (XNA) Jul 24, 2006A newly developed space cookie made of silkworm pupa powder is set to add more taste to astronauts' diet. Masamichi Yamashita, a JAXA researcher, released a recipe for the pupa cookies during the 36th scientific assembly of the Committee on Space Research. Russia Launches Kosmos Military Satellite 
Moscow, Russia (AFP) Jul 24, 2006Russia launched a military satellite Friday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the northwestern region of Arkhangelsk, the Interfax and ITAR-TASS news agencies reported. |
Illicit Trade Led To Modern Globalization
New York NY (SPX) Jul 19, 2006In a forthcoming study from the American Journal of Sociology, Emily Erikson and Peter Bearman (Columbia University) demonstrate that an early example of globalization was the direct result of individual malfeasance, specifically, private trade using company resources. Cover-up claims as China storm toll leaps to 530 
Beijing (AFP) Jul 22, 2006 Chinese officials were warned against cover-ups on Saturday after the death toll from a tropical storm more than doubled overnight. Scientists Strengthen Case For Life More Ancient Than Previously Thought 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 23, 2006Ten years ago, an international team of scientists reported evidence, in a controversial cover story in the journal Nature, that life on Earth began more than 3.8 billion years ago--400 million years earlier than previously thought. New Study Fuels Louisiana Subsidence Controversy 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 24, 2006While erosion and wetland loss are huge problems along Louisiana's coast, the basement 30 to 50 feet beneath much of the Mississippi Delta has been highly stable for the past 8000 years with negligible subsidence rates. CONTENT PARTNERS
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North Korea 'completely irresponsible', 'dangerous'
Washington (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called North Korea Friday "a completely irresponsible state and dangerous" for its July 5 missile tests. Air power shortcomings shadow Israel's next steps in Lebanon 
Washington (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 Israeli air power alone is capable of damaging Hezbollah but not defeating the Shiite militia, confronting Israel with a choice of a ground offensive in southern Lebanon or a diplomatic settlement, US military analysts said. India tests surface-to-air missile 
Bhubaneshwar, India (AFP) Jul 23, 2006 India Sunday tested its surface-to-air Trishul missile from a site in the eastern coastal state of Orissa, defence officials said. Lockheed Martin Completes Fifth Modernized GPS Satellite 
Farnborough, England (SPX) July 18, 2006Lockheed Martin announced today that it has completed the fifth in a series of eight modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) IIR satellites that the company is developing for the U.S. Air Force. Boeing Announces C-130 Total Life Extension Program 
Farnborough, England (SPX) Jul 21, 2006The Boeing Company today announced a new program that will extend the service life of C-130 aircraft up to 30 years. The C-130 Total Life Extension (TLE) program addresses several aircraft modernization needs, including avionics, wiring, structures and systems. |
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