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Atlantis Launch Scrubbed Until Friday Cape Canaveral (AFP) Sept 6, 2006 
NASA will postpone the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis from Thursday to Friday to solve an electrical problem, a spokesman for the US space agency said. "The mission management team has decided to postpone another 24 hours a launch and come back tomorrow to work at this problem," said National Aeronautics and Space Administration spokesman Dean Acosta, giving no further details. Earlier Wednesday a NASA spokesman said that Atlantis's launch had been delayed until Thursday because one of the three fuel cells providing electricity to the shuttle had malfunctioned. |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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STS-115 Mission Management Team Briefing Update
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 05, 2006During Tuesday morning's status briefing from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Space Shuttle Program Director Wayne Hale said that the mission management team had a really good review. "We as a management team need to meet everyday on a regular schedule to make sure we have properly reviewed the entire launch system." Eutelsat Selects Alcatel Alenia Space For The Delivery Of W2A Satellite 
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 06, 2006Eutelsat Communications and Alcatel have announced that Eutelsat has retained Alcatel Alenia Space, the European leader in satellite systems, for the design, manufacturing, assembling, tests and on-ground delivery of the W2A satellite. Inmarsat And ACeS Announce Low-Cost Hand-Held And Fixed Voice Services 
London UK (SPX) Sep 06, 2006Inmarsat and Asia's ACeS International have announced collaboration arrangements to offer low-cost hand-held and fixed voice services, initially in the Asian market with extended coverage expected in early 2007 by combining satellite resources. |
Spirit Recovers From Reset And Makes Finishing Touches To Winter Panorama
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 06, 2006Spirit experienced a software reset during the evening overpass of the Odyssey orbiter on sol 944 (Aug. 29, 2006). The rover was in the process of receiving command sequences for the following two Martian days, sols 945 and 946 (Aug. 30-31, 2006). CSEPR Examines Movement To Set Aside IAU Planet Definition Ruling 
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 06, 2006On August 24, a session of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly in Prague passed a resolution re-defining the planets of our solar system. Only 428 of the IAU's nearly 10,000 members were involved in the vote. New Clue To Tiniest Particles 
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 06, 2006Particle physicists around the world will be designing their next generation of billion-dollar experiments following new findings from a University of Adelaide-led research team. |
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Eutelsat Confirms Sea Launch Agreements 2008-9
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 06, 2006Eutelsat Communications confirmed today that it has signed launch agreements with Sea Launch for two launch opportunities as part of its ongoing satellite deployment programme for which launches are scheduled from the middle of 2008. Perfect Debut For Saab Space Sounding Rocket Guidance System 
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Sep 06, 2006Space's fourth generation S19L Guidance and Control System performed flawlessly in its first two suborbital flights within a period of four days at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, USA. "Seeing the rockets fly into the New Mexico morning sky was a wonderful reward after a long period of development work", says Lars Ljunge, project manager at Saab Space. The S19L system has been developed for NASA under their NSROC contract. Alcatel Wins Contract For German Military Satcom BW Satellites 
Paris (SPX) Sep 06, 2006Alcatel Alenia Space today announced that it has been granted a satellite contract for the next step of the German Armed Forces' satellite communications program Satcom BW Stufe 2 by EADS Astrium, the space segment prime contractor. The contract calls for the design, the manufacturing and the integration of two military satellites. |
Enceladus Exhales Water Ice Into Saturn Orbit
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 06, 2006Enceladus continues to exhale water ice into Saturn orbit, keeping the E ring topped off with tiny particles. Enceladus (505 kilometers, or 314 miles across) is a source of much interest for planetary scientists, being nearly seven times smaller than Earth's own moon, yet having active geology that appears to involve near-surface liquid water. What Is It Like To Be On A NASA Hurricane Mission 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 06, 2006The NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) mission is a field research investigation where scientists are investigating how hurricanes are born off the African coast. It has been taking place in the Cape Verde Islands, 350 miles off the coast of Senegal in west Africa, in August and through mid-September, 2006. Russia And South Africa To Step Up Cooperation In Space And Healthcare 
Capetown (RIAN) Sep 06, 2006Russia and South Africa intend to step up cooperation in space and healthcare, in line with agreements signed during the Russian president's first visit to the country Tuesday. Russia and South Africa, both briskly developing emerging economies, agreed to step up space cooperation, which includes the development of carrier rockets and launch services. |
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Northrop Grumman Wins Joint Warfighting Center Contract Worth $680M Hampton Roads VA (SPX) Sep 06, 2006 
The U.S. Joint Forces Command has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation to continue providing technology support to the Joint Warfighting Center (JWFC) in Suffolk, Va. The initial two-year $218 million contract awarded Friday has a potential value of $686 million over six years, if all options are exercised.Israeli Elbit To Build Drones In Poland 
Warsaw (AFP) Sep 05, 2006Israel's Elbit Systems has reached an agreement with two Polish companies to build unmanned reconnaissance aircraft in Poland, for use by the emergency services, Polish defence equipment manufacturer Bumar said Tuesday. China Unlikely To Let NK Regime Fail-Singapore 
Singapore (AFP) Sep 05, 2006China is unlikely to let the Stalinist regime in North Korea fail as that would alter the geopolitical balance on the Korean peninsula, Singapore elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew said Tuesday. Russia Calls Off Joint US Exercises Scheduled For End Of September 
Moscow (RIAN) Sep 05, 2006Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday joint Russian-U.S. exercise, called Torgau-2006 and scheduled for late September, cannot be held, as the issue of foreign servicemen's presence in the country was unresolved. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Top UK Scientist Says Adaptation Only Solution For Climate Change
London (UPI) Sep 06, 2006The British Association for the Advancement of Science says the world must focus on preparing for the "hotter, drier world" that global warming will bring. Africa Braces For New, Deadly, TB Strains 
Johannesburg (AFP) Sep 03, 2006Africa is facing the prospect of a sharp increase in new and fatal strains of tuberculosis (TB) as drug-resistant forms of the disease find HIV sufferers easy victims, according to medical experts. Tropical Storm Florence Forms In The Atlantic 
Miami (AFP) Sep 05, 2006Tropical Storm Florence formed on Tuesday, well away from land, becoming the sixth named Atlantic storm this year, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. At 1500 GMT, the center of the storm was 1,506 kilometers (935 miles) east of the lesser Antilles islands. A Cognitive Strategy Shared By Human Infants And Our Great-Ape Kin 
Nijmegen, The Netherlands (SPX) Sep 06, 2006In a comparative study that investigates ways in which our cognitive skills and characteristics as humans have been shaped by our primate ancestry, researchers report new findings showing that human infants display the same preferences as all other great apes in their strategies for remembering where things are, but that these preferences shift as humans develop. |
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