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Seeing Ourselves In Comets
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Aug 07, 2006Evidence of atomic nitrogen in interstellar gas clouds suggests that pre-life molecules may be present in comets, a discovery that gives a clue about the early conditions that gave rise to life, according to researchers from the University of Michigan and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Man Of Many Hats Not Ready To Hang Any Up 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2006Imagine walking into the conference room near your office for your weekly staff meeting. Several male co-workers are already seated at the big table, puffing away on cigars. "Things have changed a lot since I first came to JPL in 1969," says Kerry Erickson, mission operations and project manager for the Galaxy Evolution Explorer mission. SMART-1 Towards Final Impact 
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 07, 2006SMART-1, the successful first European spacecraft to the Moon, is now about to end its exploration adventure, after almost sixteen months of lunar science investigations. SMART-1 was launched on 27 September 2003, and it reached the Moon in November 2004 after a long spiralling around Earth. |
Has Seti Been Barking Up The Wrong Tree (Mostly)
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2006In several recent articles, defenders of the conventional SETI projects, as exemplified by the activities of the SETI Institute and other radio/occassionally optical searches, have argued-perhaps preparing the grounds for the 50th anniversary of OZMA-that in spite of all budget cuts and occassional criticism, both scientific and extra-scientific, SETI is alive and healthy as ever. Opportunity Examines Crater Ejecta And Grinds into Rock 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 07, 2006After traversing the sandy plains of Meridiani to "Beagle Crater," Opportunity investigated a patch of outcrop pavement thought to be representative of the Martian surface beyond the reach of materials excavated by the impacts that dug Beagle and the nearby, much larger Victoria Crater. Opportunity used its rock abrasion tool to grind away the surface of rock for the first time since the rover's 691st sol, or Martian day (Jan. 3, 2006). SDL Sensor To Be Installed On ISS 
Logan UT (SPX) Aug 04, 2006After more than a three-year wait, Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) will be celebrating as its sensor is installed in the International Space Station during an Extra Vehicle Activity (EVA) on August 3. SDL's Floating Potential Measurement Unit (FPMU) was originally scheduled to ride on the Space Shuttle launch after the Columbia and subsequently was on hold until it was launched on July 4 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. |
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Station Crew To Kick It Up a Notch With Chef Emeril Lagasse
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 04, 2006The crew of the International Space Station will indulge next week in the ultimate "take-out" food, a meal delivered by a NASA space shuttle and designed by chef Emeril Lagasse of the Food Network's "Emeril Live." After tasting several of Lagasse's creations, the three-person crew will talk to the chef at 1:30 p.m. EDT Aug. 10 in a special hookup carried live on NASA TV. GSLV Failure A Temporary Setback Says Chavan 
Ahmedabad, India (PTI) Aug 5, 2006Terming the recent failure of the launch of GSLV as a "temporary setback", Minister of State in PMO Prithviraj Chavan today expressed confidence that ISRO, with its excellent track record, would soon come out of the mishap and scale further heights. RSC Energia Outline A Concept Of Russian Manned Space Navigation Development 
Moscow (SPX) Aug 07, 2006Moscow (SPX) Aug 07, 2006 At OAO Korolev RSC Energia a "Concept of the Manned Space Navigation Development Program in Russia for a period of 2006-2030 years" has been developed and offered for discussion. The concept is interesting not only to specialists, but also to the general public, since a solution of grandiose, qualitatively new tasks is proposed. |
NASA Countdown Rehearsal Scheduled For This Week
Cape Canaveral (SPX) Aug 06, 2006On Monday, the STS-115 crew is due to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. During the week, astronauts participate in spacesuit checks, training exercises, and a dress rehearsal with simulated countdown at the launch pad. Senators Collins And Lieberman Write To Griffin Over NASA Dumping 'Mission To Earth' 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2006Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) have sent a letter to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Dr. Michael D. Griffin expressing concerns about the organization's elimination from its mission statement of the phrase "to understand and protect the home planet." CloudSat Captures Hurricane Daniel's Transformation 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 07, 2006Hurricane Daniel intensified between July 18 and July 23rd. NASA's new CloudSat satellite was able to capture and confirm this transformation in its side-view images of Hurricane Daniel as seen in this series of images. |
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