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Chinese Astronauts To Spacewalk In 5 Years
Beijing (XNA) Oct 12, 2006China aims to enable its astronauts to spacewalk in the next five years, according to a white paper on China's space activities issued here on Thursday. The white paper, released by the Information Office of the State Council, says China will conduct experiments on spacecraft rendezvous and docking. Sun Laiyan, administrator of China National Space Administration, said on Thursday that the launching date of "Shenzhou VII" would be decided by the progress of the project. Nation Sets Out Goals For Space Exploration 
Beijing (XNA) Oct 16, 2006Plans ranging from space walks to new navigational systems will underscore China's space program in the next five years. But officials insisted Thursday that the high goals carry a low price tag. "The manned space program is progressing well," said Sun Laiyan, chief of the China National Space Administration. China - 50th Anniversary Of Aerospace Industry 
Beijing (XNA) Oct 16, 2006Chinese President Hu Jintao sent a congratulatory letter to a conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the country's aerospace industry on Friday morning. Hu said that the aerospace industry is a significant symbol of the nation's strength. We have made great achievements... he said. |
Ariane 5 ECA Launch A Success: DIRECTV 9S And OPTUS D1 In Orbit
Kourou, October 13, 2006On Friday evening, October 13, Arianespace placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit: DIRECTV 9S for the U.S. operator DIRECTV Inc., and OPTUS D1 for the Australian operator OPTUS. The Ariane 5 ECA launcher was also fitted with the ASAP 5 platform, allowing it to deploy the LDREX-2 experimental reflector for the Japanese space agency JAXA. DirecTV 9S Satellite Launch Expands Fleet To Nine 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2006DirecTV continued to fortify its satellite fleet with the successful launch today of DirecTV 9S, a high-powered, spot-beam satellite that will provide back-up capacity and ensure continuous, reliable service for DirecTV customers. The spacecraft was successfully launched today at 1:56 p.m. PT from Europe's Spaceport in Kouou, French Guiana. NASA - 'Build It and Infrared Surprises Will Come' 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2006Engineers are rolling up their sleeves in preparation for building a telescope that will find the nearest star-like objects and the brightest galaxies. NASA has approved the start of construction on a new mission called the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which will scan the entire sky in infrared light. |
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Spirit Studies Layers of Volcanic Rock
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2006Spirit is healthy and continues to make progress on a winter science campaign of experiments. In parallel with normal planning, a special team has been developing plans to be executed during solar conjunction, when the sun obscures the line of sight between Earth and Mars and severely limits communication. Complex Meteorology At Venus 
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 16, 2006In its relentless probing of Venus's atmosphere, ESA's Venus Express keeps revealing new details of the Venusian cloud system. Meteorology at Venus is a complex matter, scientists say. New night-side infrared images gathered by the Ultraviolet, Visible and Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIRTIS) in July 2006, clearly show new details of a complex cloud system. Super Snowballs 
Cambridge, MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2006The 200 known planets that orbit other stars exhibit incredible variety. Among them are a handful of worlds that weigh between 5 and 15 times Earth. Astronomers believe these "super-Earths" are rocky iceballs rather than gas giants like Jupiter. While theorists can explain how such worlds form around Sun-like stars, the discovery of super-Earths around tiny red dwarf stars was surprising. New research suggests that some super-Earths build up rapidly when local temperatures drop and ices condense out of the surrounding gas. |
European Weather Satellite To Launch On Tuesday
Paris (AFP) Oct 15, 2006A European weather and environment satellite, MetOp-A, whose launch from Russia's space base in Kazakhstan has been delayed four times, is set to go into space on Tuesday. The MetOp-A observation satellite, the most complex ever built, will carry around a dozen instruments for measuring weather patterns and monitoring climate change, the European Space Agency says. Station Crew Take A Short Trip 
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 16, 2006The International Space Station's Expedition 14 crew went for a short ride this week, performed maintenance and experiments aboard the growing outpost and celebrated one crew member's 100th day in space. Station Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Lopez-Alegria and flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Thomas Reiter boarded their Soyuz spacecraft and flew it from one docking port to another. The relocation was a routine procedure conducted ahead of the launch and arrival of the next Progress supply ship, scheduled for later this month. Sci-Fi 'Brain' Restores Motion 
Chicago (UPI) Oct 11, 2006Researchers have pulled a page out of science fiction books, creating brain interfaces that have the potential to give sight to the blind, voice to the speechless and motion to the paralyzed. |
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Northrop Grumman Fires Most Powerful Continuously Pulsed Illuminator Laser Ever Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2006 
A new diode-pumped solid-state, next-generation illuminator laser developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation met all technical performance requirements recently when tests proved that it's the highest power, brightest laser of its kind ever built, according to the company.Signs Of Discord Over North Korea Sanctions 
Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2006The United States on Sunday played down signs of disagreement among world powers over how UN sanctions should be enforced against North Korea over its declared nuclear test. Japan Looks To Landmark Military Role In North Korean Crisis 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 15, 2006Japan's foreign minister Sunday hailed UN sanctions on North Korea and said the country should provide support for the US military in inspecting Pyongyang's ships, a major step for the pacificist country. US Air Force To Study A Pilotless U-2 
Washington (UPI) Oct 12, 2006The civilian chief of the U.S. Air Force says the retirement of the storied U-2 spy plane is on hold until the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft can be an effective substitute. ManTech To Demonstrate Mobile Comm's System Fairfax VA (SPX) Oct 16, 2006 
ManTech International has announced that its OP-V (Operations Vehicle) mobile communications system will be on display at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference, October 14-18, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.Chinese Purchases Of Russian Weapons At Saturation Point 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 13, 2006Russia is to supply China with eight hi-tech anti-aircraft systems under a recently concluded deal, but Chinese interest in Russian defence equipment could be tailing off, a leading business paper said Friday. EU Refuses To Rule Out Military Role For Galileo 
Brussels (SPX) Oct 16, 2006The European Commission has refused to rule out using the future Galileo satellite navigation system for military aims, saying it was "open" to debate about the programme's uses. O'Reilly Could Be Next Head Of MDA 
Washington (UPI) Oct 12, 2006Has America found its next great engineer general to make midcourse ballistic missile defense a reality? The Pentagon is betting that it has. As MarketWatch reported on Oct. 3, the U.S. Department of Defense is promoting Brig. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly to be Gen. Henry "Trey" Obering's deputy at the Missile Defense Agency. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Record Snowfall Leaves Thousands Without Power In Western New York New York (AFP) Oct 13, 2006 
An early snow storm caused havoc in western New York state on Friday, with record flurries leaving roads blocked, power lines down and hundreds of thousands without electricity, officials said. The Buffalo area, near the border with Canada, on Friday saw the heaviest snowfall for a single October day since 1870, when recordkeeping began, meteorologists at the National Weather Service said, as snow continued to fall.China Ready For Refugee Rush After NK Nuke Test 
Tumen (AFP) China, Oct 15, 2006In this border town in remote northeast China, 200 kilometers (120 miles) from where North Korea conducted its first nuclear test, locals are preparing for another influx of refugees from across the Tumen River. Drought Makes Wheat Rocket On World Market 
Paris (AFP) Oct 15, 2006The less there is of something the more it costs. This age-old supply and demand adage rarely applies to farm produce, but widespread droughts leading to lower than expected wheat harvests worldwide have led to soaring wheat prices on global markets. Comparing Chimp And Human DNA 
Davis CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2006Most of the big differences between human and chimpanzee DNA lie in regions that do not code for genes, according to a new study. Instead, they may contain DNA sequences that control how gene-coding regions are activated and read. Kazakhs Fear Death For Another Giant Lake 
Balkhash, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 15, 2006Lake Balkhash, Central Asia's second largest lake, could meet the same fate as the devastated Aral Sea as heavy metals seep into its once pristine waters and nearby China diverts more and more water, environmentalists warn.. Strong Quake Shakes Hawaii 
Los Angeles (AFP) Oct 15, 2006A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake jolted the island of Hawaii awake Sunday, knocking out power and rattling windows, but officials were quick to say no tsunami was expected. 300 Million US Consumers Make A Vast Environmental Footprint 
Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2006The United States, the only industrialized country with strong population growth, now has 300 million people whose lifestyle makes a disproportionately huge mark on the global environment, experts say. A Boost For Solar Cells With Photon Fusion 
Mainz, Germany (SPX) Oct 16, 2006Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz have developed a process with which longwave light from a normal light source can be converted to shortwave light. |
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