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Russia Plans To Launch 30 Satellites
Moscow, Russia (RIAN) Aug 30, 2006Russia plans to orbit at least 30 telecom satellites and launch probes to Mars and Venus under the federal space program for 2006-2015, a Russian Space Agency official said Tuesday. Vitaly Davydov, deputy head of the agency, said that a Mars probe would deliver soil samples from the planet, in addition to remotely sensing its surface. Another probe will study the surface and the atmosphere of the second solar planet, Venus. China Seeks Closer Int'l Co-Op In Space Industry 
Beijing, China (XNA) Aug 30, 2006China will strengthen cooperation with the international community in the space industry, aiming for the peaceful development of space, a senior Chinese official said here Monday. SPACEHAB To Support Commercial Orbital Transportation Partners 
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 30, 2006With NASA's announcement on August 18 of SpaceX and Rocketplane-Kistler as its funded partners under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, the era of commercial space has taken a bold new step. |
NASA Reverses Course, Returns Atlantis To Pad
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Florida, Aug 29, 2006In a surprising reversal, NASA stopped space shuttle Atlantis midway through a trip to its shelter Tuesday and sent it back to its Florida launchpad to ride out Tropical Storm Ernesto. NASA Aims To Launch Atlantis Shuttle Sept 6-7 
Cape Canaveral FA (AFP) Aug 30, 2006Space shuttle Atlantis could be ready to launch September 6 or 7, NASA said Tuesday after a decision to return it to its launch pad to ride out Tropical Storm Ernesto. Shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach said a firm launch date depends on how soon workers can return to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after Ernesto passes. The center will be closed Wednesday due to the storm. Astronaut Photography Passes 240,000 Mark on Space Station 
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 30, 2006If you viewed one a day, it would take more than 500 years to see them all. If you printed and stacked them on top of each other, they'd reach taller than a six-story building. And if you leafed through them at a leisurely pace, they'd show you the amazing wonder of Earth, as seen from the International Space Station. |
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory Marks Seven Years Of Stunning Revelations
Cambridge MA (SPX) Aug 30, 2006Since 1999, a lot of things have come and gone -- the Y2K bug, a slew of boy bands and a new Star Wars trilogy. But NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which unveiled its first images just a few months shy of the new millennium, continues to make headlines seven years later. Cassiopeia A - The Colorful Aftermath Of A Violent Stellar Death 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2006A new image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). It is the youngest known remnant from a supernova explosion in the Milky Way. The new Hubble image shows the complex and intricate structure of the star's shattered fragments. Close-Up On Cuvier Crater Ridge 
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 30, 2006This high-resolution image, taken by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the young crater 'Cuvier C' on the Moon. AMIE obtained this sequence on 18 March 2006 from a distance of 591 kilometres from the surface, with a ground resolution of 53 metres per pixel. |
The Ammonia-Oxidizing Gene
Bergen, Norway (SPX) Aug 30, 2006A genetic analysis of soil samples indicates that a group of microorganisms called crenarchaeota are the Earth's most abundant land-based creatures that oxidize ammonia, according to an international team of researchers from Norway, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States. Soil microbes, in a process known as nitrification, combine ammonia with oxygen to form nitrates, which are used as nutrients by plants. Turning Technology Into A Business Opportunity 
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 30, 2006This week 28 management school students are meeting at ESA's Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands to explore what it takes to turn technological breakthroughs into viable businesses. The one-week Community of European Management Schools (CEMS) seminar is organised by ESA and the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship of the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM). MSV Appoints Wade Alt VP of Services/Distribution 
Reston VA (SPX) Aug 30, 2006Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), at the forefront of developing the first hybrid satellite-terrestrial communications network, announced today that Wade Alt has joined the company as Vice President of Services Distribution and Management. |
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BMD Watch: US Speeds Up THAAD Deployment Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2006 
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is speeding up the testing and fielding of its Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system to get it into service two years ahead of schedule.Imsar And Insitu Introduce The One-pound Synthetic Aperture Radar 
Salem UT (SPX) Aug 30, 2006ImSAR in partnership with Insitu have announced that the two companies have completed prototype development of the world's smallest SAR: the one-pound NanoSAR. Japan Eyes Sharp Rise In Missile Defense Budget 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 29, 2006Japan's Defense Agency Tuesday requested a more than 50 percent rise in its missile defense budget following North Korea's volley of rocket launches, a ruling party official said. The Gathering Nuclear Storm Over Persia 
Washington (UPI) Aug. 28, 2006Just days before the U.N. Security Council deadline for Iran to cease and desist enriching uranium, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave the West the Iranian bird. By inaugurating a "heavy-water" reactor, Iran instantly doubled its chances of acquiring nuclear weapons. The New Info Share Plan 
Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2006A newly launched research effort to design a network on which intelligence agencies and state and local first responders can share sensitive information faces a tough road ahead. |
"Water Wars" A Myth, Say Experts Stockholm, Sweden (IPS) Aug 30, 2006 
The world's future wars will be fought not over oil but water: an ominous prediction made by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the British ministry of defence and even by some officials of the World Bank.Ernesto Swirls To Miami As Tropical Storm 
Miami FL (AFP) Aug 30, 2006Exactly one year after the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, residents of the southern United States heaved a sigh of relief Tuesday as Ernesto swirled toward Florida as a weak tropical storm. Turning Fuel Ethanol Into Beverage Alcohol 
Los Angeles (SPX) Aug 30, 2006Fuel ethanol could be cheaply and quickly converted into the purer, cleaner alcohol that goes into alcoholic drinks, cough medicines, mouth washes and other products requiring food-grade alcohol, say Iowa State University researchers. First Encyclopedia Of Nuclear Receptors Reveals Organisms Focus On Reproduction And Food 
Los Angeles (SPX) Aug 30, 2006Organisms thrive on sex and food, and so do their cells' receptors. In creating the first "encyclopedia" of an entire superfamily of nuclear receptors - proteins that turn genes on and off throughout the body - UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found that certain receptors form networks and interact to regulate disease states and physiology in two main areas, reproduction and nutrient metabolism. CONTENT PARTNERS
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