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NASA Mars Spacecraft Gear Up For Extra Work
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 26, 2006NASA's Mars robotic missions are performing so well, they are being prepared for additional overtime work. The team operating the twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, since January 2004, won approval for an additional year of exploration. NASA funded the extensions on recommendations from an outside panel of scientists. Spirit Activates New Software 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 26, 2006Following some dramatic scrambling by rover handlers to command both Mars Exploration Rovers to switch to new flight software during a bit of a traffic jam at the Red Planet, Spirit successfully woke up and began operating with the new software. The X-band frequency for communicating directly with Earth had become unavailable while being used by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter during critical events for that mission. European Planetary Scientists Highlight Sample Return As Key Priority 
Paris (SPX) Sep 26, 2006Bringing samples back to Earth has been highlighted as a key priority for future planetary missions in discussion meetings held at the first European Planetary Science Congress in Berlin. Prof. Bernard Foing, Project Scientist for the SMART-1 mission, said, "Europe has now looked at the Moon, Mars and Venus and we have put our finger on Titan. |
Ansari Uses Blog To Reveal Difficulty Of Life In Space
Moscow (AFP) Sept 25, 2006The world's first female space tourist and first space blogger, American national Anousheh Ansari, told the world Monday of the difficulties of keeping tidy in zero gravity. "Well my friends, I must admit keeping good hygiene in space is not easy!" the Iranian-born woman wrote, saying she would reveal what "everyone wants to know" but is too modest to ask. NASA Balloon Carries High Altitude Student Platform To The Edge Of Space 
Palestine TX (SPX) Sep 21, 2006NASA has teamed with Louisiana State University and student groups from four universities for a launch that carried the first flight of the High Altitude Student Platform (HASP) to the near space environment of the upper atmosphere. NASA Chief Getting To Know China 
Beijing (XNA) Sep 26, 2006The head of America's space program, NASA Chief Michael Griffin, is keeping to a busy itinerary, meeting his Chinese counterpart and visiting Beijing facilities since his arrival Saturday. Griffin's six-day trip marks the first time a NASA chief has visited China. Griffin began his tour Sunday at the Chinese Academy of Space Technology where he met its president, Yuan Jiayun. |
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NASA Announces New Advisory Council Members
Greenbelt Md (SPX) Sep 26, 2006NASA Administrator Michael Griffin named nine new members to the NASA Advisory Council on Friday, including Dr. Edward David, Jr., Chair of the Science Committee, and Dr. Paul Robinson, Chair of the new Space Operations Committee. "These outstanding individuals will add to an already strong group and will greatly assist Chairman Schmitt in meeting the Council's goals," Griffin said. Expedition 14 Takes Command As Expedition 13 Prepares for Earth 
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 26, 2006New station residents Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin are in charge of the orbiting complex. Flight Engineer Thomas Reiter officially joined Expedition 14 last week. Meanwhile, Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams are preparing to return to Earth on Thursday, Sept. 28. Spaceflight Participant Anousheh Ansari will also end her visit that day and return with Expedition 13. ISS Crew To Turn On Air Regeneration System After Repairs September 26 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 26, 2006The 13th crew is completing repairs on the Russian oxygen regeneration system at the International Space Station and is planning to turn it on September 26, a member of the outgoing crew said Monday. The Elektron system was turned off September 20 after high temperature damaged its rubber seals. |
VLTI Discerns How Matter Behaves in Disc Around a Be Star
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 26, 2006Thanks to the unique possibilities offered by ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), astronomers have solved a 140-year-old mystery concerning active hot stars. They indeed show that the star Alpha Arae is spinning almost on the verge of breaking and that its disc rotates the same way planets do around the Sun. Discovering T Dwarfs 
University Park PA (SPX) Sep 21, 2006Scientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered and directly imaged a small brown dwarf star, 50 times the mass of Jupiter, orbiting with a planet around a Sun-like star. Such an arrangement has never before been seen but might be common, the scientists say, leading to solar systems with distorted planetary orbits. Wide-Eyed Telescope Finds Its First Transiting Planets Around Distant Stars 
London (SPX) Sep 26, 2006Finding planets that pass in front of their parent stars is so important to understanding how planets form that the European Space Agency will shortly launch the 35 million Euro COROT satellite to find them. But a team of UK, French and Swiss astronomers is already paving the way from the ground, with today's announcement of the discovery of two new Jupiter-sized planets around stars in the constellations of Andromeda and Delphinus. |
Armitage Expects NK Nuclear Test Before Year-End
Seoul (AFP) Sep 25, 2006Former US deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage said Monday that North Korea may test a nuclear weapon by the end of this year, sparking "huge international ramifications." A Two Billion Dollar US Military Airborne Communications Market 
Newtown CN (SPX) Sep 26, 2006Forecast International is projecting sales of airborne communications systems for the U.S. military to reach $2 billion over the next 10 years. Qinetiq Subsidiary's Precision Airdrop System Used By USAF In Afghanistan 
Kabul, Afghanistan (SPX) Sep 26, 2006Precision Airdrop System (PADS), a system developed by Planning Systems Inc (PSI) a QinetiQ subsidiary, is now being successfully used in Afghanistan by the US Air Force to resupply troops, from high altitude drops with pinpoint accuracy. Iran Warns It Can Finish Nuke Plant Without Russia 
Moscow (AFP) Sep 25, 2006Iran pressed Russia Monday to speed up work on a nuclear power station it is building near the Gulf port of Bushehr, warning that the Islamic republic was ready to complete the work itself if necessary. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Study Finds World Warmth Edging Ancient Levels
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2006A new study by NASA climatologists finds that the world's temperature is reaching a level that has not been seen in thousands of years. Create National Accounting Systems To Reflect All Values Of Boreal Forests 
Pembroke ON (SPX) Sep 26, 2006It's time to create a comprehensive accounting system for natural capital to recognize the full value of ecosystem services provided by boreal forests, an ecological economist will urge delegates to Canada's 10th National Forest Congress Sept. 25-27. Engine On A Chip Promises To Best The Battery 
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 26, 2006MIT researchers are putting a tiny gas-turbine engine inside a silicon chip about the size of a quarter. The resulting device could run 10 times longer than a battery of the same weight can, powering laptops, cell phones, radios and other electronic devices. Russian Economy Can Rival US Germany In Decade Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 25, 2006 Russia can create an economy as strong as that of the United States or Germany in 10 years, the finance minister said Sunday. "We would like to create a system that will match the economic and financial strengths of the United States and Germany," Alexei Kudrin said. Initial Human Trials Of Bird Flu Vaccine A Success 
St Petersburg (RIA Novosti) Sep 26, 2006The first Russian trials of a human vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus was a success, a Russian research institute member said Monday. |
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