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Price Of Space Tourist Flight To ISS Raised By One Million Dollars Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 10, 2006 
The price of a commercial flight to the International Space Station has risen from $20 million to $21 million, a Russian space official said Thursday. Russia has so far sent four commercial space tourists to the orbital station on board Soyuz spacecraft. Nikolai Sevastyanov, the head of the Energia rocket and space corporation, said the price rise was caused by growth in the cost of materials and components used in the construction of the Soyuz spacecraft. "Roskosmos [the Federal Space Agency] has fixed the tariffs at around $21 million, due to an increase in the prices of materials and components," Sevastyanov said. The official said two of the three astronauts carried in Soyuz spacecraft on trips to the ISS pay for their flights. |
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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Venus Express Marks One Year In Orbit
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 10, 2006One year after its launch on 9 November 2005 and a few months into its science phase, ESA's Venus Express keeps working well and continues to gather lots of data about the hot and noxious atmosphere of the planet. Newly released images show additional details of the thick cloud deck that surrounds Venus. NASA Sees Into Eye Of Monster Storm On Saturn 
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 10, 2006NASA's Cassini spacecraft has seen something never before seen on another planet -- a hurricane-like storm at Saturn's south pole with a well-developed eye, ringed by towering clouds. The "hurricane" spans a dark area inside a thick, brighter ring of clouds. It is approximately 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) across, or two thirds the diameter of Earth. Escaping Gasses From Moon Expose Fresh Surface 
Providence RI (SPX) Nov 10, 2006Conventional wisdom suggests that the Earth's moon has seen no widespread volcanic activity for at least the last 3 billion years. Now, a fresh look at existing data points to much more recent release of lunar gasses. The study, published in the journal Nature by geologists Peter Schulz and Carl� Pieters of Brown University and Matthew Staid of the Planetary Science Institute, uses three distinct lines of evidence to support the assertion that volcanic gas has been released from the moon's surface within the last 1 to 10 million years. |
Discovery Rolls Out To Launch Pad 39B
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 10, 2006At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Space Shuttle Discovery has arrived at Launch Pad 39B following an overnight move from the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building. Perched atop the mobile launcher platform and carried by a massive crawler transporter, the shuttle assembly began the 4.2-mile journey at 12:29 a.m. EST and was officially in place at the pad at 9:03 a.m. ILS Proton Successfully Launches ARABSAT BADR-4 Satellite Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan (SPX) Nov 10, 2006 
A Russian-built Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully launched a satellitethat will carry direct-to-home television services, together with voice and broadband services, across the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Europe.Space Systems Loral Delivers Advanced Wildblue-1 Broadband ComSat To Launch Base 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2006Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it delivered WildBlue-1 to the Arianespace spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it is scheduled for launch in early December. Built for WildBlue Communications small cities, and locations with limited existing broadband infrastructure, the satellite will enable WildBlue to triple its customer capacity in the United States. |
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Navigating The Unknown About Mars
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2006Navigators on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission don't have much free time. For weeks, they have been too frantic to chronicle their experiences during the critical aerobraking and orbit adjustment periods. A junk-food buffet lined the long table in the conference room where the small and celebrated team of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter navigators has made their home over the last year or more. Arecibo Radio Telescope May Lose Funding 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 10, 2006Last Friday, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced an internal review committee's recommendation to raise $30 million for future astronomy projects and facilities by slashing its contributions to current projects and facilities. Cornell's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was one of the hardest hit: the report suggested that, unless they can find outside funding, the observatory should close sometime after 2011. Nanoparticle May Give Radiation Protection 
Philadelphia PA (UPI) Nov 09, 2006U.S. scientists say they've determined a microscopic nanoparticle shows promise in helping reduce the side effects of radiation. Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia say the nanoparticle, DF-1, might be part of a "new class of radioprotective agents" that help protect normal tissue from radiation damage just as well as standard drugs. |
Boeing To Build Fourth US Air Force WGS
St Louis MO (SPX) Nov 10, 2006Boeing has received a $299.8 million U.S. Air Force contract for the production of the fourth Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS). This is the first option to be exercised on the WGS Block II contract, which was finalized last month. The Block II contract is valued at $1.067 billion, if all options are exercised. Next Generation Imaging Detectors Could Enhance Space Missions 
Rochester NY (SPX) Nov 10, 2006Homeland Security and biomedical imaging could benefit from new detector technology. A new generation of imaging detectors with low-noise and high-speed capabilities may transform imaging applications on NASA space missions, impact biomedical imaging and aid in homeland defense. Are Meteorites Friend Or Foe To Planet Earth 
London, UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2006Monica Grady, a professor of planetary and space science at the Open University in the UK, is one of the world's meteorite experts. In addition to studying the finer details of these rocks from space that fall to Earth -- such as learning the geochemistry of meteorites originating from Mars -- she is also interested in the broader implications of her findings, and uses her research to learn more about the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe. n part two of this interview with Astrobiology Magazine, Grady discusses the varieties of dust and meteorites that have fallen to Earth. |
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Russia Tests Ballistic Missile Moscow (AFP) Nov 9, 2006 
Russia on Thursday tested an intercontinental ballistic missile from a base in Kazakhstan, the Khrunishev national space centre said. The missile, a RS-18 -- or a SS-19 Stiletto under NATO designation --, was launched at 2.35 pm (1135 GMT) and successfully hit its target more than 5,000 kilometres away in the Russian Far East region.Raytheon Selects ATK For Stunner Interceptor Booster Motor Development 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 10, 2006Raytheon has selected Alliant Techsystems to develop the booster motor for the flexible, affordable and lethal Stunner Interceptor, an element of the Short Range Missile Defense (SRMD) program. US Scientists Set Laser Record 
Newport News (UPI) Nov 09, 2006U.S. physicists have broken another record using the world's most powerful, tunable laser -- the Free-Electron Laser. The researchers at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Va., report producing a 14.2 kilowatt beam of laser light at an infrared wavelength of 1.61 microns on Oct. 30. Teledyne Awarded Army Contract For Third Generation Infrared Imaging Sensors 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2006Teledyne Technologies have announced that Teledyne Imaging Sensors has been awarded a $3.8 million contract by Alion Science and Technology on behalf of the U.S. Army's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate to deliver prototypes of third generation dual-band infrared imaging sensors. Aurora GoldenEye 80 Makes Successful First Flight Manassas VA (SPX) Nov 10, 2006 Aurora Flight Sciences announced that the company's GoldenEye 80 unmanned air vehicle made a successful first flight. |
Pacific Ocean Gives Birth To New Volcanic Island Sydney (AFP) Nov 9, 2006 
The Pacific Ocean has given birth to a new volcanic island near Tonga, according to ocean-going eyewitnesses. Crew on board a yacht called the "Maiken" believed they were the first to see a volcanic island forming a day out from Neiafu, Tonga, while sailing towards Fiji in August, the Matangi Tonga news website reported Wednesday.Lack Of Clean Water Strengthens Poverty Trap 
Cape Town (AFP) Nov 9, 2006A lack of access to clean water kills nearly two million children a year and stunts prospects for economic growth in the world's poorest countries, a new United Nations report said Thursday. Impoverished Africa Shudders Under Global Warming Threat 
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 9, 2006Already faced with recurring cycles of flood, drought and crop failures, Africa and its 800 million people are on collision course with devastation from unchecked global warming, experts say. OECD - China Must Step Up Environmental Efforts 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 9, 2006The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Thursday China was not doing enough to protect the environment amid the challenges generated by its rapid economic development. Indonesia Given A Hand In Bird Flu Fight 
Geelong, Australia (SPX) Nov 10, 2006CSIRO Livestock Industries is involved in a two-year collaboration to help strengthen Indonesia's defences against the avian influenza virus. |
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