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Has The Mariner Meteor Mystery Been Solved
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 24, 2006On July 14, 1965, Mariner 4 swooped over Mars. It was a moment of high drama. Six other probes had already tried to reach the red planet and failed. Since the days of H.G. Wells (War of the Worlds, 1898), people had been hearing about life on Mars, and they were ready to see the canals and cities. NASA Names New Crew Exploration Vehicle Orion 
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Orion is the vehicle NASA's Constellation Program is developing to carry a new generation of explorers back to the moon and later to Mars. Orion will succeed the space shuttle as NASA's primary vehicle for human space exploration. Orion's first flight with astronauts onboard is planned for no later than 2014 to the International Space Station. A Summer Flare From The Sun To The Earth 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Scientists say that the next solar cycle of activity is close-by; read Backward Sunspot to check out the sunspot that may be starting the whole process. In the meantime, this large sunspot, named Active Region 904, has been sputtering on for days on end. After watching it rotate into view on Aug. 9, it finally popped off a modest (C-class) flare and associated coronal mass ejection (CME) on Aug. 17 when it had rotated into a location where it practically faced Earth. |
Russia Corrects ISS Orbit To Host Spacecraft
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 24, 2006Russia has corrected orbit of the International Space Station by about 4 kilometers (5.6 miles) to prepare for the docking of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and the Russian Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft, a Mission Control spokesman said Wednesday. Personal Spaceflight Federation Congratulates COTS Winners 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2006The Personal Spaceflight Federation (PSF), comprised of private, public and non-profit organizations working to make commercial human spaceflight a reality, congratulated two of its members, SpaceX and Rocketplane-Kistler, on being selected by NASA as winners of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) development and demonstration program to provide crew and cargo services to the International Space Station. Further, the Federation congratulated NASA on this innovative procurement effort. Concept Of Russian Manned Space Navigation Development Program Developed 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 24, 2006At 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. |
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Carbon Fibers Make Tiny, Cheap Video Displays
Los Angeles (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Engineers who develop microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) like to make their tiny machines out of silicon because it is cheap, plentiful and can be worked on with the tools already developed for making microelectronic circuits. There is just one problem: Silicon breaks too easily. For decades, researchers have been trying to make video displays using tiny mirrors mounted on silicon oscillators. But silicon won't oscillate fast enough and bend far enough. Researchers Evaluate New Electronic Materials For Space Applications 
Los Angeles (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have received funding from the NASA/Earth Science Technology Office to evaluate a material called liquid crystal polymer (LCP) for electronics applications in space. The ultra-thin, paper-like plastic can incorporate a variety of electronic circuits, yet it molds to any shape and appears to perform well in the extreme temperatures and intense radiation encountered by NASA spacecraft. Huge Black Holes Stifle Star Formation 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Supermassive black holes in some giant galaxies create such a hostile environment, they shut down the formation of new stars, according to NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer findings published in the August 24 issue of Nature. The orbiting observatory surveyed more than 800 nearby elliptical galaxies of various sizes. An intriguing pattern emerged: the more massive, or bigger, the galaxy, the less likely it was to have young stars. |
Orbital Ships Optus D1 Communications Satellite To South American Launch Site
Dulles VA (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Orbital Sciences Corporation has announced that the company-built Optus D1 geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite has been delivered to the space launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana, where it is scheduled to be launched aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket in September. Orbital Names Carl Marchetto Exec VP Of Its Space Systems Group 
Dulles VA (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Mr. Carl A. Marchetto has been named by Orbital Sciences Corporation as the new Executive Vice President and General Manager of its largest business unit, the Space Systems Group. Mr. Marchetto will assume his new post in early September, succeeding the current group head, Mr. Jack M. Danko, who is transitioning into semi-retirement after nearly 20 years of distinguished service with Orbital and predecessor companies. Supermagnetic Neutron Star Surprises Scientists, Forces Revision of Theories 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Astronomers using radio telescopes from around the world have discovered a spinning neutron star with a superpowerful magnetic field -- called a magnetar -- doing things no magnetar has been seen to do before. The strange behavior has forced them to scrap previous theories about radio pulsars and promises to give new insights on the physics behind these extreme objects. |
Israel Buys Upgraded Subs To Counter Iran Threat
Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 23, 2006In a bid to boost its military arsenal against a perceived threat from archfoe Iran, Israel has signed a contract with Germany to buy two submarines capable of carrying nuclear weapons, a newspaper report said Wednesday. Revolutionizing Space Weather Forecasts 
Kirtland AFB NM (AFPN) Aug 24, 2006Predicting the harmful effects of space weather on space assets has been advanced with the delivery of a prototype that combines environmental information with system specifications and thresholds. The prototype, which consists of five computer-generated products, provides real-time impact data to the warfighter. Cyber Defense Systems Presents Flight Demo Of Hand-Launched CyberBug UAV 
St Petersburg FL (SPX) Aug 23, 2006Cyber Defense Systems announces the CyberBug UAV flight demonstration will take place on Wednesday August 23 at 11:30 AM. National Security Associates, Inc. will host the scheduled event for law enforcement, military and media at the National Security Centre of Advanced Tactical Research and Training located on River Bend Road in Chattahoochee County, Georgia adjacent to Ft. Benning. Northrop Grumman Completes Flight Test of Wideband Networking Capability 
San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Northrop Grumman recently completed the 12th in a series of ongoing flight tests of an enhanced Wideband Networking Waveform. Taiwan To Boost 2007 Military Spending, Warns Of China Hostility 
Taipei (AFP) Aug 23, 2006Taiwan's cabinet Wednesday decided to increase military spending by nearly 30 percent next year as President Chen Shui-bian warned of rival China's continuing hostility towards the island. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Louisiana Levees Not Ready For Another Katrina
Washington (AFP) Aug 22, 2006Repairs on the levees in New Orleans, Louisiana, which burst last year under the fury of Hurricane Katrina should do some good but are not enough to handle another storm that size, a US military official said Tuesday. Santorini Eruption Bigger Than Originally Believed 
Los Angeles (SPX) Aug 24, 2006An international team of scientists has found that the second largest volcanic eruption in human history, the massive Bronze Age eruption of Thera in Greece, was much larger and more widespread than previously believed. Sulfur Signature Changes Thoughts On Atmospheric Oxygen 
Union Town PA (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Ancient sediments that once resided on a lake bed and the ocean floor show sulfur isotope ratios unlike those found in other samples from the same time, calling into question accepted ideas about when the Earth's atmosphere began to contain oxygen, according to researchers from the U.S., Canada and Japan. Loss Of Just One Species Makes Big Difference In Freshwater Ecosystem 
Hanover NH (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Researchers at Dartmouth, Cornell University, and the University of Wyoming have learned that the removal of just one important species in a freshwater ecosystem can seriously disrupt how that environment functions. This finding contradicts earlier notions that other species can jump in and compensate for the loss. Fear Of Human Spread Of Bird Flu Lessens 
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 24, 2006Despite a number of recent deaths and infections in Indonesia that looked as though they may have been an infection cluster, the World Health Organization has confirmed that there is no evidence that bird flu has gained human-to-human transmissibility. |
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