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The Lone Pale Blue Dot As Seen By Cassini Pasadena (SPX) Nov 03, 2006 
A recent photo from the Cassini spacecraft shows the mighty planet Saturn, and if you look very closely between its wing-like rings, a faint pinprick of light. That tiny dot is Earth bustling with life as we know it. The image is the second ever taken of our world from deep space. The first, captured by the Voyager spacecraft in 1990, stunned many people, including the famous astronomer Carl Sagan who called our seemingly miniscule planet a "pale blue dot" and "the only home we've ever known." Last September, a portion of Cassini's picture showing Earth was unveiled during the third Pale Blue Dot workshop at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. |
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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China Shenzhou 7 Spacecraft Under Assembly
Zhuhai, China (XNA) Nov 03, 2006China's third manned spacecraft is under assembly, a chief Shenzhou spacecraft consultant said here Thursday. "All the equipment of the separate systems has been delivered to China's space aviation center for assembly," Qi Faren, chief designer of China's first five Shenzhou spaceships, and chief consultant for Shenzhou 6 and 7, said at a major air show here in Guangdong province. Globalstar Prices Initial Offering Of Common Stock 
Milpitas CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2006Globalstar, Inc has priced its initial public offering of 7,500,000 shares (increased from 6,500,000) of common stock at $17.00 per share. All of the shares are being offered by Globalstar, Inc. The common stock will begin trading today on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "GSAT." Chinese Businessmen Plan Space Trip 
Beijing (XNA) Nov 03, 2006Two Chinese business people will be among the first 100 people to make a three-and-a-half hour space trip at the end of 2008 with the New Mexico-based space tourism company Virgin Galactic, reports Thursday's Beijing Morning Post. The trip will cost around 200,000 U.S. dollars and include half an hour in space and five minutes experiencing zero gravity. The company intends to send 520 people into space in about 100 launches during its first year. |
China Starts To Build Own Satellite Nav. System
Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 03, 2006China announced Thursday plans to build a satellite navigation system that will include up to 35 satellites and be working in the Asian region by 2008, state press said. The system, called "Beidou", will include five geostationary earth orbit satellites and 30 medium earth orbit satellites, Xinhua news agency said. Australia And China To Put Eyes In The Sky To Monitor Climate Change 
Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 03, 2006CSIRO and the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping (CASM) have signed a research agreement in Beijing today to collaborate on China's resource mapping satellite program. The advanced satellite program will gather land and marine observation data which will be used for monitoring climate change impacts in both countries. New Lung Cancer Screening Tool 
Rochester (UPI) Nov 01, 2006Computer software that enhances plain chest x-rays and identifies areas that need further work-up is now being tested in China and could be available in the United States in the next year or two. |
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Ukraine To Reprocess Toxic Rocket Fuel
Kiev (AFP) Nov 2, 2006Ukraine said Thursday it planned to reprocess tons of highly toxic rocket fuel left over from Soviet times and convert it into environmentally safe fertilizer. Zero Chance Of Asteroid Hitting Earth In 2029 Says Russian Astronomer 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2006The possibility of a large asteroid colliding with Earth in 2029 is zero, Russia's top astronomer said Thursday. The near-earth asteroid Apophis, discovered in mid-2004, caused a brief period of alarm in December 2004, when scientists calculated that there was as much as a 1/37 probability of it colliding with the earth. Northrop Grumman Appoints David Barakat Vice President Of Programs And Technology 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2006Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced the appointment of David H. Barakat as vice president of programs and technology. In this position, Barakat will provide the leadership for corporate activities associated with program management, engineering and technology, including serving as functional lead for engineering collaboration efforts across the company, conducting special program reviews and serving as the corporate focal point for the company's technology customers. |
Discovery Enters Vehicle Assembly Building
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 02, 2006Space shuttle Discovery has been moved from NASA's shuttle processing center at Florida's Kennedy Space Center to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The move involved use of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's giant, 76-wheel orbiter transporter system. Technicians at the assembly building will attach Discovery to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. ISS Crew Begins Robotics Proficiency Work 
Houston (UPI) Nov 03, 2006The International Space Station's Expedition 14 Cmdr. Michael Lopez-Alegria has started several days of robotics proficiency work. National Aeronautics and Space Administration controllers in Houston say the projects include movement of the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, from one location to another. Lopez-Alegria also practiced modified grapple and release procedures with the equipment. Physicists Study Remote Quantum Networks 
Pasadena (UPI) Nov 01, 2006U.S. physicists say the operations of two remote quantum systems can be synchronized so changes in one system are conditional on what occurs in the other. The research team led by Jeff Kimble of the California Institute of Technology says the synchronization provides a level of real-time control that hasn't previously been achieved. |
Seafood Supply Projected To Collapse By 2048
Halifax, Canada (SPX) Nov 03, 2006Marine species loss is accelerating and threatening human well-being, according to a report published in the 3 November issue of the journal Science published by AAAS, the nonprofit science society. Human And Neanderthal Interbreeding Reported 
Bucharest, Romania (SPX) Nov 03, 2006Romanian and U.S. scientists have found evidence modern humans and Neanderthals interbred as Homo sapiens spread across Europe 35,000 years ago. Animal Group Bids To Buy Whale Life From Iceland 
London (AFP) Nov 2, 2006An animal protection group came up with a novel way of saving whales Thursday -- it is asking supporters to donate money on eBay to try to buy the life of one of them from the Icelandic government. Early Snow Catches Central Europe Off Guard 
Warsaw (AFP) Nov 2, 2006The early arrival of winter in central Europe caused road chaos and accidents Thursday as the first snowfall caught many people off-guard. Parts of southern Poland were blanketed overnight in up to 20 centimeters (eight inches) of snow, and the wintry precipitation was continuing around the country Thursday. |
Iran Fires First Longer-Range Missiles In War Games
Tehran (AFP) Nov 2, 2006Iran fired its longer-range Shahab-3 ballistic missile for the first time Thursday as it began 10 days of war games amid a mounting standoff with the West over its nuclear program, official media said. BAE First Round NLOS Cannon Firing Platform 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Nov 02, 2006BAE Systems successfully fired the first round from the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Cannon Firing Platform. Pentagon Late To The Information War Washington (UPI) Nov 02, 2006 A new wall went up over the weekend in the Pentagon press office, carving out a place for an expanded public affairs staff. Raytheon Gets FAA Experimental Certificate for Cobra Unmanned Aircraft System 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 03, 2006Raytheon's Cobra Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is the third unmanned aircraft and the first of its size to receive an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration. |
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