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Discovery Rolls Toward Launch
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 02, 2006In darkness, Discovery rolls out of its processing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for the short trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Once there, the orbiter will be joined to its large external tank and twin solid rocket boosters, which are already stacked on the mobile launch platform. Discovery is scheduled to roll out no earlier than Nov. 7. A Mission To Mars - Part Two 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 02, 2006The 438-day flight aboard the Mir orbiter by physician Valery Polyakov at the end of the last century showed there are no fundamental medical or biological restrictions to extended space missions. Radiation, however, is another matter. Its effects intensify multifold when the vehicle leaves the protection of the Earth's magnetosphere. This demands a special anti-radiation facility. It might be a radiation shelter that could absorb charged particles or an artificial electromagnetic field built up around the craft. Chinese Lunar Orbiter Prototype At Air Show 
Zhuhai, China (XNA) Nov 02, 2006A prototype of China's proposed lunar orbiter went on display at a major air show on Monday. The prototype displayed in a 50-square-meter sand pit at Airshow China 2006 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, is a simulation of the surface of the moon and produced by China Aviation Industry Corp. |
Shuttle Astronauts to Install Ball Aerospace Instruments Aboard Hubble Space Telescope
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 02, 2006Ball Aerospace's historic role as a key contributor to the Hubble Space Telescope was underscored today with the announcement of an additional servicing mission. Ball Aerospace has built a total of seven instruments for the Hubble. Defending The High Ground 
Washington (UPI) Nov 01, 2006The 527th Space Aggressor Squadron, based at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., trains Air Force personnel to cope with threats to U.S. satellites. Air Force Print News reported Oct. 27 that threats range from deliberate jamming to a sudden unexplained loss of signal from an unmanned aerial vehicle or a GPS satellite. Ammonia Leak Cause Death/Evacuations - China 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 01, 2006Twenty thousand people were evacuated in central China after a leak of poisonous ammonia gas at a fertilizer factory left one dead and six critically injured, state media reported on Wednesday. |
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Stars Churning Away In Large Magellanic Cloud
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 02, 2006The infrared surveyor AKARI, a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission with ESA participation, is nearing the completion of its first scan of the entire sky. During this phase of the mission, it has supplied the largest wavelength coverage of the Large Magellanic Cloud to date, and provided fascinating new images of this galaxy. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a neighbouring galaxy to the Milky Way. UM Proposal For Deep Impact Extended Mission Clears Major Hurdle 
College Park MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2006A University of Maryland proposal to send the Deep Impact spacecraft on an extended mission to get a close-up look at Comet Boethin has cleared the biggest step in a two-step NASA approval process. To The Dawn Of Space 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2006The Dawn spacecraft is in space! Well, not quite, but it is getting a taste of the space environment, courtesy of the team preparing it for its mission. Although the individual components of the spacecraft have already been tested, the point of the testing in Orbital Sciences Corporation's Environmental Test Facility is to verify that the fully assembled spacecraft will survive the rigors of launch and be able to fulfill its ambitious mission of exploration in deep space. |
Astrium-Built BADR-4 Satellite Ready For Launch
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Nov 02, 2006Launch preparation is well underway in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, for the launch of BADR-4, a Eurostar E2000+ satellite built by Astrium for the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT). The Proton Breeze M vehicle of International Launch Services (ILS) is scheduled for lift off on 8 November at 20:01 GMT (2:01 a.m. on 9 November Baikonur time). Lost In Space No More 
London UK (SPX) Nov 02, 2006A day that separated the old world from the new: On October 4, 1957, Sputnik, the first spacecraft, was launched. Today, after nearly half a century of moon landings, space shuttles and space stations, interest in space exploration hasn't waned. Every year new missions are undertaken, new rockets are launched, and new countries like India or China join the space exploration community. Oxygen Regeneration Restored At ISS 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 02, 2006Russia's oxygen regeneration system on the world's sole orbital station is back online, a space agency spokesman said Wednesday. Russia's Elektron, one of three oxygen regeneration systems on board the International Space Station (ISS), failed in mid-September, forcing the crew to switch it off. |
Arctic Snap Wreaks Havoc Across Nordic Region
Stockholm (AFP) Nov 01, 2006Heavy snowfalls, high winds and freezing temperatures hit the Nordic countries on Wednesday, creating chaos for road, train and sea traffic and leaving tens of thousands without power. Red-X Unveils Mass Southern Africa AIDS Project 
Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 01, 2006The Red Cross unveiled ambitious plans Wednesday to help 50 million people in southern Africa combat the scourge of AIDS, as it appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars to fund the programme. Global Map Shows New Patterns Of Extinction Risk 
London, UK (SPX) Nov 02, 2006The most detailed world map of mammals, birds and amphibians ever produced shows that endangered species from these groups do not inhabit the same geographical areas, says new research published today. Czech Temelin Nuclear Reactor Hit By Fuel Problem 
Prague (AFP) Nov 01, 2006The relaunch of the second reactor of the controversial Czech nuclear power plant, Temelin, has been delayed owing to problems with its fuel, a spokesman for the plant said on Wednesday. |
ThalesRaytheonSystems Battle Control System Declared Operational in Alaska, Hawaii And Canada Fullerton CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2006 The U.S. Air Force Battle Control System program was recently declared operational in Alaska, Hawaii and Canada. Iran To Step-Up Sensitive Nuclear Activities 
Tehran (AFP) Nov 01, 2006Iran is preparing new uranium enriching centrifuges less than a week after starting up its second such cascade despite the threat of UN Security Council sanctions, an influential MP said Wednesday. iRobot Unveils New Technology For Simultaneous Control Of Multiple Robots Burlington MA (SPX) Nov 02, 2006 iRobot has released the first public photo of a new project in development, code named Sentinel. This innovative new networked technology will allow a single operator to simultaneously control and coordinate multiple semi-autonomous robots via a touch-screen computer. Hickam Testing New Deployable Hydrogen Refueling Station 
Hickam AFB HI (AFNS) Nov 02, 2006As the Air Force continues to look for ways to reduce energy consumption in its facilities, vehicles and aircraft operations the 15th Airlift Wing will be doing its part by serving as a test bed for a new modular deployable hydrogen refueling station. |
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