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Rover Teams Weary But Hanging In After 900 Sols Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2006 
In terms of "going and going and going," the Energizer Bunny has nothing on NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers. Originally designed to operate in the harsh environment of the red planet for 90 sols, or Martian days, Spirit recently passed its 900th sol, and Opportunity will reach that mark within two weeks. The elation by the mission-control team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., at the successful landings and spectacular performances of the rovers eventually gave way to the sense that they were gathering a scientific bounty of unprecedented proportions. |
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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Bigelow Releases First Images Inside Genesis
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Jul 25, 2006Bigelow Aerospace has released the first interior photos from a portion of the company's inflatable Genesis I spacecraft currently in orbit. The images represent a sample of what the company said it hopes to produce in its "Fly Your Stuff" program. Iranian Woman Blazes Trail Into Space 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 24, 2006Anousheh Ansari, who grew up in Tehran and watched reruns of Star Trek, is set to become the world's first female space tourist. The Sunday Times of London reported that Ansari, who lived in Tehran before the Islamic revolution, dreamed of becoming an astronaut and often told her friends that someday she would "see the stars." China Looks To Space For Super Fruit And Vegetables 
Beijing (AFP) Jul 24, 2006China intends to launch a satellite aimed at developing super space-enhanced fruit, vegetables and other crops, as it seeks ways to expand the nation's food production, state press said Monday. |
Planet-Forming Disks Might Put Brakes On Stars
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2006Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have found evidence that dusty disks of planet-forming material tug on and slow down the young, whirling stars they surround. Astronomers See Future Supernova Developing 
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 25, 2006Astronomers have found that a nearby two-star system contains a precursor to a Type Ia supernova, an important class of star explosions used to measure the expansion rate of the universe. The observations could help astronomers understand how Type Ia supernovae work. Reversing And Accelerating The Speed Of Light 
Ames IA (SPX) Jul 25, 2006Physicist Costas Soukoulis and his research group at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory on the Iowa State University campus are having the time of their lives making light travel backwards at negative speeds that appear faster than the speed of light. |
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Dubai Aerospace To Create First Middle East Aerospace University
Farnborough, England (SPX) Jul 25, 2006Dubai Aerospace Enterprise and Cranfield University have signed a 20-year partnership agreement to offer a wide range of top-level courses at the new DAE University, which will open its doors in Dubai this October. Intersputnik To Build Earth Stations For Golden Telecom Network 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 24, 2006Intersputnik Holding, a subsidiary of the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications, won a tender to design, build and put into operation satellite Earth stations for Golden Telecom satellite network in the territory of the Russian Federation. First Men On Moon Used Pen To Fix Lander 
London (AFP) Jul 24, 2006The first men on the Moon had to use a pen to fix a broken switch on their lunar module and return home to Earth, British newspaper the Daily Mirror reported Monday ahead of a new television documentary. |
Gemini Captures Close Encounter Of Two Jupiter Red Spots
Hilo HI (SPX) Jul 25, 2006A high-resolution image released today by the Gemini Observatory shows two giant red spots brushing past one another in Jupiter's southern hemisphere. JPL Image Specialists Enhance Cassini Signal 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2006The ice jets of Enceladus send particles streaming into space hundreds of kilometers above the south pole of this spectacularly active moon. Some of the particles escape to form the diffuse E ring around Saturn. Arianespace Transfers Ariane 5 ECA To Final Assembly Building 
Kourou, French Guyana (SPX) Jul 25, 2006Another Ariane 5 ECA is now in the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport as Arianespace prepares for its third mission in 2006 with the versatile heavy-lift launcher. |
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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