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Smart-1 Smackdown
London UK (SPX) Sep 04, 2006The European Space Agency's Smart-1 mission ended on September 3rd 2006, at 07:42 CEST (05:42 UT). Its final lunar resting place is located at 46.2 West longitude and 34.4 South latitude. Appropriately for such a successful mission, this area of the Moon is known as the 'Lake of Excellence'. Big Bang Afterglow Fails Shadow Test 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 03, 2006The apparent absence of shadows where shadows were expected to be is raising new questions about the faint glow of microwave radiation once hailed as proof that a Big Bang createdthe universe. Crew Arrives At Cape As Restarts Countdown To Atlantis Launch 
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Sept 3, 2006NASA Sunday started the official countdown to a planned September 6 launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on a mission to the International Space Station after several scrubbed attempts. |
Greek Astronomers Take On Xena The Warrior Princess In Planet Name Row
Athens (AFP) Sept 1, 2006Greek astronomers have appealed to the world's top astronomical body to maintain a tradition of naming planets after Greek mythological figures, the Athens Observatory said on Friday. The Fightback Begins To Save Pluto 
Paris (AFP) Sept 1, 2006Only a week after Pluto was stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet of the Solar System, rebel astronomers have launched a campaign to have it restored in pomp and glory. Pluto-Bound Camera Sees First Light 
Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2006The highest-resolution camera on NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft is seeing stars, and mission scientists and engineers couldn't be more excited. This week the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) opened its protective cover and took its first image in space, of Messier 7, a star cluster in our Milky Way galaxy. |
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NASA Tests Orion Like Parachute Recovery System
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 04, 2006NASA recently completed a series of tests that will aid in the design and development of a parachute recovery system for the rocket and capsule that will return astronauts to the moon and later support missions to Mars. The system will be used for the first stage booster of the Ares I crew launch vehicle and for Orion, the new crew exploration vehicle. Solar Sentinels Could Stand Guard Against Flare 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 04, 2006In his 1970s book, Space, James Michener depicted a fictional Apollo mission that lost its crew to radiation from a massive solar flare. He based his tale on what easily might have been but for lucky timing: a massive flare on Aug. 7, 1972 occurred between Apollo 16 (April) and Apollo 17 (December), mankind's last journeys to the Moon. Manned Spaceflight To Be Cost-Efficient 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 04, 2006This meeting takes place against the background of the continuing restructuring in the rocket and space industry. In the making are some important decisions that will determine the outlines of the Russian space effort, both in terms of the next few years and of its strategic outlook. |
Saturn's Methane Moon
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2006Saturn's moon Titan seems to have little in common with Earth. At just 93 Kelvin, the giant moon is beyond ice cold, and its atmosphere is dominated by methane rather than nitrogen and oxygen. But in July, radar on NASA-ESA's Cassini-Huygens mission found a landscape with a striking resemblance to Earth. Opportunity Inching Closer To Victoria Crater 
Pasadeda (SPX) Sep 04, 2006Opportunity is healthy and still 218 meters (715 feet) from "Victoria Crater." Over the weekend, the rover's shoulder azimuth joint stalled as Opportunity was trying to start measurements on a trench it dug on Sol 919 (Aug. 25, 2006). Consequently, all weekend arm activities were aborted, but remote science activities were executed as planned. Real-Time Traffic Routing Via A Million Cell Phones 
Los Angeles (SPX) Sep 03, 2006Engineers have developed a system for taking anonymous cell-phone location information and turning it into an illuminated traffic map that identifies congestion in real time.The system takes advantage of the steady stream of positioning cues--untraced signals all cell phones produce, whether in use or not, as they seek towers with the strongest signals. |
US Says Anti-Missile Interceptor Test A Success
Washington (AFP) Sept 1, 2006The United States successfully tested its controversial ballistic missile defense system over the Pacific Friday, almost two months after North Korea stoked international tensions with a long-range missile test. Asian Arms Race Would Follow A NKorea Nuke Test 
Washington (AFP) Sep 03, 2006A nuclear weapons test by North Korea would create tensions between Western powers and China, destabilize financial markets and trigger an arms race in Northeast Asia, a US study warns. Flying Start To North West Shelf UAV Trial 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 04, 2006The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Senator Sandy Macdonald, today launched a major Defence trial aimed at testing the ability of an unmanned aircraft to perform maritime surveillance in Australia's North West Shelf. BAE to Develop Net-Centric Targeting System 
San Diego (SPX) Sep 03, 2006The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) InnoVision Directorate has selected BAE Systems to develop a web-based surveillance and targeting system. |
Thousands Stranded By Flooding From John Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (AFP) Sep 03, 2006 
Military helicopters flew in emergency aid after floods triggered by Tropical Storm John left 10,000 people stranded on Mexico's Baja California peninsula, officials said Sunday.Evolution Science Back On US Grant List 
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 01, 2006The U.S. Department of Education has reinstated evolutionary biology to a federal grant list for undergraduate studies. David Dunn -- acting under secretary and chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings -- said the omission, which had sparked heated protests from academics and evolution supporters, was accidental, New Scientist reported Thursday. SWAN System to Help Blind and Firefighters Navigate Environment 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 03, 2006Imagine being blind and trying to find your way around a city you've never visited before - that can be challenging for a sighted person. CONTENT PARTNERS
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