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Finishing Scuff Work And Heading For Emma Dean
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2006Opportunity is healthy and just over 100 meters (328 feet) from "Victoria Crater." The rover completed robotic arm work on a scuff mark it made on sol 919. On sol 929 (Sept. 4, 2006), Opportunity almost got a hole-in-one by driving 100.31 meters (329 feet) to the small crater "Emma Dean." The Potential For Alien Oceans 
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 13, 2006More than one-third of the giant planet systems recently detected outside Earth's solar system may harbor Earth-like planets, many covered in deep oceans with potential for life, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder and Pennsylvania State University. Meteor Causes Panic In New Zealand 
Wellington (AFP) Sep 12, 2006A meteor streaked across a large swathe of New Zealand's South Island Tuesday, creating a sonic boom which sent people running from their workplaces and homes, witnesses said. The loud boom was heard over northern and central parts of the South Island shaking buildings and rattling windows, reports said. |
China launches communications satellite
Beijing (SPX) Sep 13, 2006China on Wednesday lifted a communications satellite into orbit, less than a week after its previous launch, state media said. The Zhongxing-22A satellite was sent into space aboard a Long March 3A rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in northwest China shortly after midnight, Xinhua news agency reported. ND SatCom Sells Antenna Subsystem To Greek Systems Integrator 
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SPX) Sep 13, 2006ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company and a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast, government and defence communication network solutions, has announced at IBC 2006 that the Greek systems integrator BLK has awarded them a contract for a SkyRAY antenna subsystem. Changes In Solar Brightness Too Weak To Explain Global Warming 
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 13, 2006Changes in the Sun's brightness over the past millennium have had only a small effect on Earth's climate, according to a review of existing results and new calculations performed by researchers in the United States, Switzerland, and Germany. |
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NASA Finally Resumes Space Station Construction
Houston (AFP) Sep 12, 2006Two spacewalking astronauts successfully completed Tuesday a key International Space Station construction task as NASA resumed the outpost's assembly after a nearly four-year hiatus. The installation marked the resumption of the half-finished orbiting laboratory's construction, which was halted after the 2003 Columbia tragedy that left seven astronauts dead. ESA Experiments With Spacetourist Ansari To ISS 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Sep 13, 2006Scheduled to lift off on 18 September 2006 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, along with Expedition 14 crew members, NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Iranian-American entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari will be the test subject for four ESA experiments during her stay on board the International Space Station. NASA Selects Research Proposals In Radiation Bio. 
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 13, 2006NASA will fund a dozen new research proposals to better understand and reduce the risks that crews of future moon and Mars missions could face from space radiation. The total potential value of the selected proposals is approximately $14 million. |
First Global Connection Between Earth And Space Weather Found
Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2006Weather on Earth has a surprising connection to space weather occurring high in the electrically-charged upper atmosphere, known as the ionosphere, according to new results from NASA satellites. Space The Next Frontier For Humans Says India's Space Chief 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Sep 13, 2006A Manned Mission is on the top of the agenda of the long term space programme of the country as space will be the next frontier for human beings, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman Madhavan Nair said today. NASA Names New Kennedy Space Center Chief 
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Sep 13, 2006NASA has announced that Deputy Director of the Kennedy Space Center, William Parsons will become the center's director effective in January. Parsons succeeds James Kennedy, who is retiring. |
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Atlantic Gets Depressed As Tropical Waves Generates Three In A Row Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2006 
Hurricane Florence, Tropical Storm Gordon, and the newly formed Tropical Depression #8 can be seen in this satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES).Russia Plans Massive Boost In Uranium Production 
Moscow (AFP) Sep 12, 2006Russia intends to increase tenfold its investments in prospecting for and mining uranium over the coming two years, the head of Russia's Atomic Energy Agency said on Tuesday. English Gardens Under Attack From Global Warming 
London (AFP) Sep 12, 2006Britain's legion of gardening fanatics were warned Tuesday to get ready for global warming which threatens to spoil the traditional English country garden of legend. Using Microbes To Fuel The US Hydrogen Economy 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2006"If the U.S. is to have a future hydrogen-based economy, we'll need a way to generate abundant quantities of hydrogen safely and economically," said Daniel (Niels) van der Lelie, a biologist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory. Reconstructive Surgeon Aims for Rejection-Free Limb Transplantation 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Sep 13, 2006Years ago, the idea of attaching a donor limb onto a patient's body would have been the stuff of science fiction. But to date about two-dozen people around the world have received hand transplants. |
LM Team Awarded Contract For US Air Force Air And Space Integration
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Sep 13, 2006The United States Air Force has selected an industry team led by Lockheed Martin to be the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System Integrator (AOC WSI). Tests Of Extended Range 'Smart' Bombs 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 13, 2006The Department of Defence, in conjunction with Hawker de Havilland and The Boeing Company, has conducted the successful initial testing of an extended range Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) variant. SDS Awarded Additional MQ-1B Predator Training System Capabilities By USAF 
Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 13, 2006SDS International (SDS) has been tasked to provide additional capabilities to the SDS-produced PC-based MQ-1B Predator training system (TS) recently delivered to the USAF's 311th Performance Enhancement Directorate, Brooks City-Base, Texas. QinetiQ Selects RTI's Real-Time Middleware for Strategic Test And Evaluation Network Santa Clara CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2006 Following a detailed evaluation of available commercial middleware products, QinetiQ has chosen RTI Data Distribution Service to provide a real-time data-distribution infrastructure for its test and evaluation systems. Russia Set To Dismantle 5 Nuke Subs By 2010 
Vladivostok, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 13, 200Russia will scrap five nuclear submarines decommissioned from the Pacific Fleet by 2010 under a joint project with Japan, a Japanese deputy foreign minister said Tuesday. CONTENT PARTNERS
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