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Atlantis Shuttle Ready To Go On August 27
Washington (AFP) Aug 16, 2006The Atlantis shuttle is ready to launch on August 27 on the first mission to resume construction of the International Space Station since the 2003 Columbia disaster, NASA said Wednesday. "We have set the launch date again for the 27th (of August)," Bill Gerstenmaier, the NASA associate administrator for space operations, told reporters. Scientists Study Pioneer Anomalies 
Los Alamos (UPI) Aug 17, 2006U.S. scientists say mysterious changes in acceleration seen in NASA's Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes might point toward new ideas in physics. During the 1980s, NASA researchers noticed the Pioneer 11 spacecraft was slowing more quickly than expected as it neared the edge of the solar system. China To Launch 1st Environment Monitoring Sat 
Beijing, China (XNA) Aug 17, 2006In the second half of 2007, China will project its first satellite for monitoring environment and natural disasters, the "HJ-1", to improve the country's abilities in monitoring environmental changes and reducing calamities. The satellite constellation is composed of a number of small satellites, the ground system, and the application system. |
Gas Jets Spawn Dark Spiders/Spots On Mars Icecap
Tempe AZ (SPX) Aug 16, 2006Every spring it happens. As the Sun peeks above the horizon at the Martian south polar icecap, powerful jets of carbon-dioxide (CO2) gas erupt through the icecap's topmost layer. The jets climb high into the thin, cold air, carrying fine, dark sand and spraying it for hundreds of feet around each jet. Solar System May Soon Have 12 Planets, And Still Counting 
Prague (AFP) Aug 16, 2006The solar system may soon be home to a dozen planets, with three new additions to the club and more to come, if astronomers meeting in the Czech capital approve a new planetary definition, the conference organizer said Wednesday. Cosmic Debate: What's Up With the Planets? 
Prague, Czech Republic (SPX) Aug 17, 2006When kids head back to school this fall, they might have some brand new planets to memorize. The International Astronomical Union, currently meeting in Prague, is expected to vote on the definition of a planet. The organization, which has named planets and moons since it was founded in 1919, is debating a plan to establish that our solar system has 12 planets. |
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Digital Data - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 15, 2006The amount of digital data being produced across various disciplines is increasing at an exponential rate, but this information may not be around for future generations because the data are often incompatible with rapidly changing technologies and become unreadable. To address this risk, ESA is assisting a European-Union backed project for the preservation of fragile digital information. Europe Rediscovers The Moon With SMART-1 
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 17, 2006Now Europe too can say it has been to the Moon. Watch the Moon up close in the early morning of 3 September (at around 07:40 Central European Summer Time, as currently estimated) and you may just see a European satellite land on its surface. Why so SMART 
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 17, 2006SMART-1 is packed with high-tech devices and state-of-the-art scientific instruments. Its ion engine, for instance, works by expelling a continuous beam of charged particles, or ions, which produces a thrust that drives the spacecraft forward. The energy to power the engine comes from the solar panels, hence the term 'solar electric propulsion'. |
NASA's Spitzer Digs Up Troves of Possible Solar Systems in Orion
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2006Astronomers have long scrutinized the vast and layered clouds of the Orion nebula, an industrious star-making factory visible to the naked eye in the sword of the famous hunter constellation. Yet, Orion is still full of secrets. NRL Researchers Investigate Early Solar System 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 17, 2006Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory are part of an international research team that is studying minerals formed during the early history of the solar system. Their goal is to learn more about the chemical and physical processes that occurred during the formation of the solar system. Mathematics Used To Study Abstract Spaces 
Champaign (UPI) Aug 16, 2006A University of Illinois mathematician is using topology to study abstract spaces and solve complex problems in a study funded by the U.S. government. Mathematician Robert Ghrist says studying complex systems, such as the movement of robots on a factory floor, the motion of air over a wing, or the effectiveness of a security network, can present huge challenges so he is developing advanced mathematical tools to simplify such tasks. |
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