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Boeing Ships Measat-3 Satellite To Baikonur Cosmodrome For Launch
St Louis MO (SPX) Nov 15, 2006Boeing and MEASAT Satellite Systems (MEASAT) has announced that the MEASAT-3 communications satellite has been shipped from the Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo, Calif., to the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it will be readied for a December launch aboard an International Launch Services Proton/Breeze M rocket. KFC Hopes Aliens Will Want To Buy Junk Food 
Louisville, KY (SPX) Nov 15, 2006KFC Corporation claims to have became the world's first brand visible from outer space by unveiling a record-breaking 87,500 square feet, updated Colonel Sanders logo in the Area 51 desert. The event marks the official debut of a massive global re-image campaign that will contemporize 14,000-plus KFC restaurants in over 80 countries over the next few years. 'Tornadoes' - Transferred: Light To Sodium Atoms 
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2006For the first time, tornado-like rotational motions have been transferred from light to atoms in a controlled way at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). |
SpaceEdutainment Theme Park Investor Road Show Blasts Off With KPMG Plan
Cape Town, South Africa (SPX) Nov 15, 2006SpacePortEdutainment, has launched a project called the SpacePort "Destination" concept that hopes to build world-class "next generation" space, science and technology theme parks and edutainment centers, which will provide a "space tourism experience" on Planet Earth for those unable to travel into space. Spacehab - $20 Million Spacecraft Facility Contract 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2006Spacehab has been awarded a $20 million contract to design and build a payload processing facility for the U.S. Government, Office of Space Launch. This facility, to be used for pre-launch spacecraft processing, will be located on the Company's existing 60-acre site at Vandenberg Air Force Base and will enhance the West Coast capabilities already provided. Portable Laser Tools Sets New Standard In Accuracy And Payback Construction Apps 
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Nov 15, 2006Trimble has announced the addition of several new Spectra Precision Laser portable tools to its industry-leading line of products-Spectra Precision Laser LG20 Crossbeam Generator, Spectra Precision Laser HR250 Laser Receiver and Spectra Precision Laser HD50 Handheld Distance Meter. These versatile, construction-tough products set an industry standard in accuracy and payback for interior and general construction job sites. |
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Return Of The Leonids
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 15, 2006On Sunday, Nov. 19th, Earth will pass through a stream of debris from comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. The result: a shower of Leonid meteors. "We expect an outburst of more than 100 Leonids per hour," says Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, AL. This pales in comparison to the Leonid storms of 2001 and 2002, when sky watchers saw thousands of meteors. Opportunity On The Move After Solar Conjunction 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2006Opportunity is healthy and has driven away from the "Cape Verde" promontory for further exploration around the rim of "Victoria Crater." Over the course of the next week, the rover will make its way clockwise around Victoria Crater to the next promontory, "Cape St. Mary." Opportunity will then image the northeast-facing cliff of Cape Verde to characterize lateral changes in layers of the crater wall. Along the way, Opportunity will be using the panoramic camera to scout a safe place to drive into the crater. Hinode Captures Mercury Transit 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2006The Solar Optical Telescope on Hinode has captured sequential images of Mercury passing directly in front of the sun. Known as a Mercury transit, the event occurred Nov. 8, for the first time since 2003. Mercury transits are relatively rare, with only about 13 occurring each century. |
Twenty New Stars In The Neighborhood
La Serena, Chile (SPX) Nov 15, 2006Astronomers have identified 20 new stellar systems in our local solar neighborhood, including the twenty-third and twenty-fourth closest stars to the Sun. When added to eight other systems announced by this team and six by other groups since 2000, the known population of the Milky Way galaxy within 33 light-years of Earth has grown by 16 percent in just the past six years. The Milky Way Shaped Life On Earth 
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Nov 15, 2006Frenzied star-making in the Milky Way Galaxy starting about 2400 million years ago had extraordinary effects on life on Earth. Harvests of bacteria in the sea soared and crashed in a succession of booms and busts, with an instability not seen before or since. According to new results published by Dr. Henrik Svensmark of the Danish National Space Center in the journal Astronomische Nachrichten, the variability in the productivity of life is closely linked to the cosmic rays, the atomic bullets that rain down on the Earth from exploded stars. Jim Halsell Joins ATK As VP and Program Manager Of ARES I Upper Stage 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 15, 2006Alliant Techsystems said Tuesday that James Halsell, former NASA Astronaut and space shuttle program launch integration manager, has been named Vice President and Program Manager of the ATK-led ARES I Upper Stage team, based in Huntsville, Alabama. |
The Democrat Approach To BMD
Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2006Will the new Democratic masters of the U.S. Congress seek to develop ballistic missile defense or kill it stone dead? An important part of the answer emerged Monday when Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., discussed BMD issues in a Washington press conference. Chinese Sub Approached US Aircraft Carrier Undetected 
Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2006A Chinese submarine came within a few miles (kilometers) of a US aircraft carrier in international waters near Okinawa last month without being detected, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed Tuesday. US Commander Meets Chinese Officials Ahead Of Military Drill 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2006Commander of the US Pacific Fleet Gary Roughead is meeting Chinese militalry officials in Beijing this week, ahead of a joint military exercise in the South China Sea, the US embassy said Tuesday. Absent NKorea Casts Shadow Over APEC Meeting 
Hanoi (AFP) Nov 14, 2006North Korea may be absent from an Asia Pacific summit in Hanoi but its nuclear program is casting a shadow as leaders grapple for consensus on how to restart disarmament talks, officials said Tuesday. Cubic Develops Data Link Rq-7B Shadow 200 TUAS 
San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2006Cubic Defense Applications has received funding to integrate its advanced Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL) aboard the U.S. Army's RQ-7B Shadow 200 unmanned combat aircraft system manufactured by AAI Corporation. |
Global Strategy For Earth's Geodynamics
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 15, 2006Fifty-one researchers, prominent Earth scientists representing 15 countries,* gathered recently in Switzerland to forge a global strategy for advancing understanding of continental rifting and break-up through the use of a new array of multiple drilling platforms provided by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. Animal Test Alternative - Ticks Trembling At Knees 
London, UK (SPX) Nov 06, 2006The thousands of test animals currently required to evaluate new pesticides could be replaced by tricking ticks into setting up home on a faux cow hide, reports Jennifer Rohn for Chemistry and Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Global Warming Triggers North Sea Temp Rise 
Berlin (AFP) Nov 14, 2006The North Sea's water temperature rose to a record average of 2.4 degrees Celsius in October compared to the same period between 1963-1993 in the latest climate-change spinoff, a new German study found Tuesday. Abandoned Dutch Railway In Indonesia May Rise Again Thanks To Tsunami Jakarta (AFP) Nov 5, 2006 A colonial-era railway that was once the lifeblood of Indonesia's Aceh could paradoxically be revived in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami, which obliterated the coastline of the province. At Least 1,000 Orangutans Killed In Indonesian Fires 
Jakarta (AFP) Nov 13, 2006At least 1,000 orangutans are estimated to have been killed by fires and land clearing in Indonesia this year, a wildlife expert said here Monday. |
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