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Kourou Prepares For P80 Motor Test Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Nov 28, 2006 
On 30 November, the P80 motor which is to power Vega's first stage will undergo its maiden static firing on the same test pad used to demonstrate Ariane 5's solid booster stages in Kourou, French Guiana. The Solid Booster Test Bench (BEAP) is the unique test pad at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport. Since 1993, it has seen the successful testing of Ariane 5 Solid Booster Stage (EAP) motors. Of course, none was actually intended to lift off and the facility is equipped with safety systems to prevent a booster breaking loose from the test bench and leaving the ground. In this case, large blades would cut its envelope open, allowing the solid propellant to burn freely without providing any thrust. |
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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NASA Launches Hurricane Data Portal For Scientists, Educators, And Application Users
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 28, 2006Scientists, college students, and applications users seeking satellite data on hurricanes now have a new place to turn -- a web portal created by NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center, Greenbelt, Md. The new web portal is designed for viewing and studying hurricanes with a variety of measurements from satellite-based NASA instruments. Mars Express Preparing For Aphelion Season 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 28, 2006Mission Status: Early June saw the celebration of 3 years in space for Mars-Express. Most of the summer has been spent on preparing for, and actually entering the power wise very challenging eclipse/aphelion season. The specially designed Survival Mode (SUMO) was tested and so far successfully used to safely sail through the longest eclipses. Giant Planet Embedded In Magnetosphere Of Its Star 
Mauna Kea HI (SPX) Nov 28, 2006Using the ESPaDOnS spectropolarimeter installed on the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope (Mauna Kea, Hawaii), an international team of researchers, led by two French astronomers (C. Catala, LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, and J. F. Donati, LATT, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees), has just discovered a magnetic field on tau Bootis, a star orbited by a giant planet on a close-in orbit: the first ever detection of this kind! |
Pale Blue Dot III: An Astrobiological Field Report
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 28, 2006Astrobiologists who study weird life often report from exotic locales, but those of us who study distant planets don't get to make field trips. Yet we don't always stay in the lab, glued to our computers. Sometimes we gather at conferences to hobnob with colleagues, trumpet our latest findings, and start new friendships and collaborations. In September I participated in "Pale Blue Dot III: Searching for Life on Distant Words" at Chicago's Adler Planetarium. Goodrich Fine Guidance Sensor To Fly On Next Hubble Mission 
Charlotte NC (SPX) Nov 28, 2006NASA's recent decision to approve an additional servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope involves Goodrich Corporation. Goodrich will provide an additional highly accurate, sophisticated optical system -- the fine guidance sensor -- to the Hubble program. India Plans New Solar Telescope 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Nov 28, 2006Press Trust of India reorts that India plans to build a large solar telescope at a cost of around Rs 100 crore in trans-Himalayan area, making it the first country to have such an instrument in Asia when deployed, an official said on Monday. Bangalore-headquartered Indian Institute of Astrophysics, under the Department of Science and Technology, has drawn up a proposal to build the two-metre class telescope, Director Prof SS Hasan said. |
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Astronomers Find First Ever Gamma Ray Clock
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 28, 2006Astronomers using the H.E.S.S. telescopes have discovered the first ever modulated signal from space in Very High Energy Gamma Rays -- the most energetic such signal ever observed. Regular signals from space have been known since the 1960s, when the first radio pulsar (nicknamed Little Green Men-1 for its regular nature) was discovered. Integral Catches A New Erupting Black Hole 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 28, 2006ESA's gamma-ray observatory, Integral, has spotted a rare kind of gamma-ray outburst. The vast explosion of energy allowed astronomers to pinpoint a possible black hole in our Galaxy. The outburst was discovered on 17 September 2006 by staff at the Integral Science Data Centre (ISDC), Versoix, Switzerland. Inside the ISDC, astronomers constantly monitor the data coming down from Integral because they know the sky at gamma-ray wavelengths can be a swiftly changing place. New Simulator Is Next Step On The Road To Developing Quantum Computers 
London, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2006Scientists have proven theoretically a novel way to build a simulator that can recreate the way atoms and particles behave in a quantum system, says research published today. The proposed simulator is unique because it could let researchers control how individual particles move and interact with each other. This ability to control individual parts of a quantum system is key to the development of powerful quantum computers in the future. |
Ringside With Dione
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 28, 2006Speeding toward pale, icy Dione, Cassini's view is enriched by the tranquil gold and blue hues of Saturn in the distance. The horizontal stripes near the bottom of the image are Saturn's rings. The spacecraft was nearly in the plane of the rings when the images were taken, thinning them by perspective and masking their awesome scale. NASA/ISM To Commercialise Nanotube Technology 
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 10, 2006As researchers gather for the National Nano Engineering Conference in Boston November 9-10, they will have the opportunity to learn about how a NASA-developed innovative process is making a big impact in nanotechnology. Earlier this year, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland-a sponsor of and exhibitor at the NASA Tech Briefs conference-licensed its patented technique for manufacturing high-quality single-walled carbon nanotubes to Idaho Space Materials in Boise. ISS Crew Install Neutron Onboard Telescope Hardware 
Korolev, Russia (SPX) Nov 28, 2006The Expedition Crew 14 (ISS-14) of the International Space Station performed the first out of four extravehicular activities (EVA) foreseen in the Expedition flight program. The egress and extravehicular operations were performed by Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Turin (RSC Energia test-cosmonaut) and NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria wearing Orlan-M Russian spacesuits. |
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Missiles, Missiles Everywhere Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 27, 2006 Looking at things from a broad perspective is often very useful. For example, consider the following: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov tells us that the country's armed forces will buy 17 intercontinental ballistic missiles next year... India Says First Missile Intercept Test A Success 
Bhubaneswar (AFP) India, Nov 27, 2006India said Monday that its first test of a missile designed to intercept other missiles was a success, amid its ongoing efforts to develop a home-grown ballistic interception system. Boeing Demonstrates UAV Automated Aerial Refueling Capability 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 28, 2006The Boeing Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) program successfully completed flight tests in August that demonstrated for the first time an unmanned air vehicle's ability to autonomously maintain a steady refueling station behind a tanker aircraft. Boeing Signs Contract For Korea's EX Airborne Early Warning And Control Program 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 28, 2006Boeing has announced the signing of a $1.59 billion contract to provide four 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW and C) systems for the Republic of Korea's EX program. Protest At Top British Atomic Weapons Base As ICBM Renewal Looms 
London (AFP) Nov 27, 2006Hundreds of disarmament campaigners gathered at Britain's main atomic weapons base Monday to protest Prime Minister Tony Blair's desire to replace the nation's nuclear arsenal. |
China Moves Ahead With Project To Rival Three Gorges In Size
Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2006China has kicked off construction of a giant dam on the upper parts of the Yangtze as part of a plan that will eventually rival the Three Gorges project in size, state media reported Monday. Impact Of Hurricane Ivan On Florida Coasts 
Miami FL (SPX) Nov 28, 2006Ivan was just one of four strong hurricanes to directly hit Florida coasts within a 1-month period in 2004. A new study has examined the poststorm impact and the short-term recovery from Ivan along a 200-km stretch of coast from Fort Walton Beach to St. George Island. Water To Be Russia's Trump Card After Oil 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 27, 2006The Human Development Report recently released by the UN Development Program urges that access to clean water be recognized as a human right. Nanoassembly Technique Draws On Lessons From Cell Membranes 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 28, 2006Chemists at Rice University have discovered how to assemble gold and silver nanoparticle building blocks into larger structures based on a novel method that harkens back to one of nature's oldest known chemical innovations - the self-assembly of lipid membranes that surround every living cell. |
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