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Planck Instruments Ready For Integration
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 17, 2006Engineers are ready to begin integrating the scientific instruments into ESA's Planck satellite. The pair of instruments will allow the spacecraft to make the most precise map yet of the relic radiation left behind by the formation of the Universe. The integration of Planck's two instruments marks a major milestone for the mission. Lockheed Martin Completes System Requirements Review For GPS III 
Valley Forge PA (SPX) Nov 17, 2006The Lockheed Martin GPS III team has announced the successful completion of a System Requirements Review (SRR) for the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System Space Segment program, known as GPS Block III. GPS Block III will enhance space-based navigation and performance and set a new world standard for positioning and timing services. Lockheed Martin Awards Lithium Technology With ATLAS V Battery Contract 
Plymouth Meeting PA (SPX) Nov 17, 2006Lithium Technology has announced that it has received a purchase order from Lockheed Martin for 1070 ultra high power lithium-ion cells to be used for the ATLAS V Launch Vehicle. The order is valued at $171,200. LTC leverages its unique and proprietary technology, to provide state-of-the-art lithium-ion cells with superior performance at extreme conditions. |
Government To Consider Accord On Soyuz Launch From Kourou
Moscow, Russia (ITA) Nov 17, 2006ITAR-TASS reports that the Russian Federal Space Agency will submit to the government a bill on ratifying an agreement on the launch of Russia's Soyuz boosters from the equatorial cosmodrome Kourou in French Guiana later on Thursday, the governmental press service said. NASA Completes Milestone Review Of Next Human Spacecraft System 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 17, 2006NASA has completed a milestone first review of all systems for the Orion spacecraft and the Ares I and Ares V rockets. The review brings the agency a step closer to launching the nation's next human space vehicle. ISS Cosmonaut Tyurin To Play Golf In Outer Space 
Moscow, Russsia (RIA Novosti) Nov 17, 2006A cosmonaut at the International Space Station (ISS) will play golf in outer space next week for the first time in history, a Russian space official said Thursday. The stunt, scheduled for the night of November 22-23, recalls the exploit of American astronaut Alan Shepard, who played golf on the Moon in 1971 during the Apollo 14 mission. "During his space walk, Mikhail Tyurin will send a ball in the direction opposite to the ISS at a velocity of one meter per second [three feet per second]," said Igor Panarin, spokesman for the Russian Space Agency. |
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NASA Hubble Finds Evidence For Dark Energy In The Young Universe
Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 17, 2006Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that dark energy is not a new constituent of space, but rather has been present for most of the universe's history. Dark energy is a mysterious repulsive force that causes the universe to expand at an increasing rate. Spinning Black Hole Pushes The Limit 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 17, 2006The existence of black holes is perhaps the most fascinating prediction of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. When any mass, such as a star, becomes more compact than a certain limit, its own gravity becomes so strong that the object collapses to a singular point, a black hole. In the popular mind, this immense gravity well is a place where strange things happen. JHU-Led Team Discovers Exotic Relatives Of Protons And Neutrons 
Baltimore Md (SPX) Nov 17, 2006A team of scientists, including four at The Johns Hopkins University, has discovered two new subatomic particles, rare but important relatives of the familiar, commonplace proton and neutron. |
Hubble Catches Up With Distant Supernovae
Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 17, 2006These snapshots, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveal five supernovae, or exploding stars, and their host galaxies. The arrows in the top row of images point to the supernovae. The bottom row shows the host galaxies before or after the stars exploded. The supernovae exploded between 3.5 and 10 billion years ago. Crabs Give Blood For Space Travel 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 17, 2006Picture this: You're on a mission to Mars, halfway there from Earth, and you're not feeling well. Your throat hurts when you swallow, your forehead is hot. You don't want to get sick or infect your crewmates. Should you take an antibiotic? If so, which kind? With a new biological laboratory on a chip being developed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in partnership with outside researchers, you may be able to get the answer in as little as five minutes. NASA's Red Planet 'Photographer' Jim Bell Presents 'Postcards From Mars' 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 17, 2006On Earth, Cornell astronomer Jim Bell says, he is an amateur photographer at best. But "I've always been drawn to landscapes," he says. That's a good thing. These days he finds himself accumulating a lot of them: 160,000, actually, taken by two tireless faraway helpers called Spirit and Opportunity over the last two-and-a-half years. |
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Russian Nuke Strategy: In Search Of Amendments Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 17, 2006 
Since the U.S. State Department, three months after 9/11, said America was going to quit the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty - which it did half a year later - Moscow's response has been conspicuous by its nearly total absence.Pakistan Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile 
Islamabad (AFP) Nov 16, 2006Pakistan Thursday test fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, a day after concluding peace talks with India where the South Asian rivals agreed to fresh atomic safety measures. US Panel Seeks Broader Sanctions Against China 
Washington DC (AFP) Nov 16, 2006A US Congress-appointed panel on Thursday sought broader sanctions against Chinese firms proliferating unconventional weapons and wanted Beijing to inspect ships plying to or from nuclear-armed North Korea's ports. Russia Prioritizes Strategic Forces On Security Agenda 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 17, 2006Russia's president and defense minister said Thursday that developing the strategic forces is the main priority for the country's defense agenda. President Vladimir Putin told a meeting with top military officials, "Maintaining a strategic balance will mean that our strategic deterrent forces should be able to guarantee the neutralization of any potential aggressor, no matter what modern weapons systems he possesses." Boeing ScanEagle Achieves Major Flight Milestones 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 17, 2006Boeing and its ScanEagle unmanned aerial system (UAS) team member Insitu have achieved two program milestones. First, the team recently logged the longest continuous flight of its UAS by flying a preproduction prototype Block D ScanEagle for 22 hours and eight minutes at the Boeing test range in Boardman, Ore. |
Himalayan Megaquakes Powered By Elastic Energy In Tibetan Plateau
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 17, 2006Computer simulations indicate that Himalayan mega-earthquakes must occur every 1,000 years or so to empty a reservoir of energy in southern Tibet not released by smaller earthquakes, according to a paper that will appear in the Nov. issue of the Nature. Pressured By Predators, Lizards See Rapid Shift In Natural Selection 
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 17, 2006Countering the widespread view of evolution as a process played out over the course of eons, evolutionary biologists have shown that natural selection can turn on a dime as a population's needs change. European Space Agency And Google Earth Showcase Our Planet Paris, France (ESA) Nov 17, 2006 Ever wanted to see what volcanic eruptions, dust storms and changing ice glaciers look like from space? Polar Expedition To Siberian Lake Will Yield Details Of Past Climate Amherst MA (SPX) Nov 17, 2006 An international team of scientists led by Julie Brigham-Grette of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received $3.2 million from the National Science Foundation to fund an expedition to a polar lake in Siberia, which should yield data that will provide the most detailed record of past Arctic climate to date. Lead's Toxic Legacy 
Washington (UPI) Nov 15, 2006Scientists have known lead can damage the nervous systems, particularly of children, for decades. But they are still figuring out how children growing in the mother's womb are affected by the toxic metal, and when that exposure is most acute. |
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