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Delay Possible For First Female Space Tourist
Moscow (AFP) Aug 30, 2006The first trip by a female space tourist, who was due to blast off September 14 on a Russian Soyuz vessel bound for the International Space Station, may be put off by four days, officials said Wednesday. "Everything depends on the (US space shuttle) Atlantis..." Russian Space Agency spokesman Igor Panarin told AFP. NASA To Name Orion Contractor Thursday 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2006Lessons from the past are guiding NASA's next step into the future, as the space agency prepares to replace the space shuttle with an Apollo-style vehicle for human explorers. The vehicle is Orion, named for one of the brightest and most recognizable star formations in the sky. NASA's Storm Gamble Improves Odds Of Timely Shuttle Launch 
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Aug 30, 2006NASA has kept alive its hopes of launching space shuttle Atlantis by September 7 in dramatic fashion by abruptly sending the orbiter back to its launch pad to ride out a tropical storm. The bold move underscored the US space agency's eagerness to send Atlantis on the first International Space Station (ISS) construction mission since the 2003 Columbia disaster. |
Glonass To Be Deployed In Full By 2010
Moscow, Russia (RIAN) Aug 31, 2006Russia's 24-satellite navigational and global positioning system, Glonass, will be fully deployed by 2010, the country's Defense Ministry said Wednesday. Iridium And Raytheon Provide First Responders Fully Interoperable Communications 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 31, 2006Iridium Satellite and Raytheon's JPS Communications announce a joint marketing initiative to provide first responders a fully interoperable communications service for use in disasters. The two companies are making Iridium voice and data communications services available to customers packaged with the JPS ACU Interoperability Technology. ESA Starts YES3 Planning 
Paris (UPI) Aug 31, 2006The European Space Agency is asking students around the world to offer ideas for a space mission to be launched in 2010. The project is called YES3, the third project in ESA's Young Engineer's Satellite Program designed to give students the chance to plan and build space hardware. More than 450 students from 50 universities have taken part in the ESA program. |
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European Probe Readies For Death Plunge On Moon After Revolutionary Mission
Paris (AFP) Aug 30, 2006One of the most innovative missions in space exploration comes to a dramatic close on Sunday when Europe's first probe to the Moon crashes into the lunar surface in a suicide ride. Pluto No Longer A Planet 
Bloomington IN (SPX) Aug 31, 2006Pluto is no longer a planet, but not without a struggle. After tumultuous discussions at the general assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Prague, Czech Republic, several hundred astronomers have agreed for the first time on a definition of a planet. Former Astronaut Sends T-cells Into Space 
San Francisco (UPI) Aug 31, 2006Former U.S. astronaut Millie Hughes-Fulford is designing an experiment to identify which genes in an immune cascade don't turn on in weightless space. Now a researcher at the San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Hughes-Fulford will travel Saturday to the Russian Space Agency's launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, to prepare the experiment that was originally destroyed in NASA's Columbia disaster. |
Scientists Study Robot-Human Interactions
Hatfield, England (UPI) Aug 30, 2006British scientists are studying how people interact with robots to determine what future machines should look like and how they should behave. The yearlong research, being conducted in a house near Hatfield, England, involves a 4-foot-tall, silver-headed robot, The Guardian reported. ISS Mission Could Be Postponed After Shuttle Delay 
Moscow (RIAN) Aug 31, 2006The lift-off of the 14th expedition to the International Space Station could be put off from September 14 to 18 after a shuttle launch was delayed, the head of a leading Russian space company said Wednesday. Time In Space Has Many Endings 
New York (SPX) Aug 31, 2006Stars may lead fascinating lives, but sometimes it's in death that they really shine. Some stars finish up as black holes but, a moment before the end, they explode, sending material in all directions and shining with a light that can be seen throughout the universe. This end only comes to the heavies of the neighborhood, those that weigh 30 times as much as our sun or more. |
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Iran Started New Uranium Enrichment Days Ahead Of Deadline Report Diplomats Vienna (AFP) Aug 30, 2006 
Iran started a new round of enriching uranium only days ahead of the United Nations deadline on Thursday for it to stop the strategic nuclear fuel work or face possible sanctions, diplomats told AFP.New Intel Squadron Turns Aerial Eye On Terrorists 
Hurlburt Field FL (AFNS) Aug 31, 2006Terrorists and their supporters around the world soon will be under the gaze of a powerful "unblinking eye" providing information on their whereabouts to a "brain" here. US Missile Defense Plans Should Be Transparent Says Ivanov 
Fairbanks AL (RIA) Aug 31, 2006U.S. plans to deploy missile defense systems in eastern Europe should be transparent, Russia's defense minister said. The United States has ambitious plans to deploy a network of anti-missile systems across the world and there has been speculation that they would be based in at least two former communist-bloc countries. Remmele Engineering To Support Lockheed Martin Solid-State Radar Development 
Big Lake MN (SPX) Aug 31, 2006Lockheed Martin and Remmele Engineering announced an agreement in which Remmele Engineering will support advanced S-band solid-state radar development with key design and thermal management technologies. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Ancient Raptors Likely Feasted On Early Man Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 31, 2006 
A new study suggests that prehistoric birds of prey made meals out of some of our earliest human ancestors. Researchers drew this conclusion after studying more than 600 bones from modern-day monkeys.Hurricane John Churns Off Mexico's Pacific Coast 
Chilpancingo (AFP) Aug 30, 2006Hurricane John, a dangerous category four hurricane, barreled along a parallel track to Mexico's Pacific coast Wednesday, drenching much of the region and uprooting trees in the resort of Acapulco. Crude Oil Rebounds On Iran Jitters New York (AFP) Aug 30, 2006 Crude oil futures rebounded Wednesday on renewed jitters over Iran a day ahead of a UN deadline for the Islamic state to suspend nuclear enrichment operations or face the threat of sanctions. Understanding Reactor Security Fears 
Washington (UPI) Aug 30, 2006Some experts still claim that insufficient safety measures have been taken to protect U.S. nuclear reactors from terrorist attacks. Iron Critical To Ocean Productivity & Carbon Sink 
Corvallis OR (SPX) Aug 31, 2006A new study has found that large segments of the Pacific Ocean lack sufficient iron to trigger healthy phytoplankton growth and the absence of the mineral stresses these microscopic ocean plants, triggering them to produce additional pigments that make ocean productivity appear more robust than it really is. |
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