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Opportunity Tests New Driving Software And Helps Its Sister Spacecraft
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2006Opportunity is healthy and making progress imaging "Victoria Crater." Sol 1002 began with a short drive to the edge of "Cape St. Mary" in order to take better images of the northeast side of "Cape Verde." On Sols 1005 and 1006 (Nov. 21 and 22, 2006), Opportunity participated in efforts to recover communications with NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter, which had not communicated with Earth for more than two weeks at that point. Romanian Charged Over NASA Hacking 
Bucharest (AFP) Dec 2, 2006A 26-year-old Romanian man has been charged with hacking into the computers of the NASA space agency, police in Bucharest said on Saturday. Victor Faur, from Arad in western Romania, is accused by authorities in the United States of causing NASA damages amounting to 1.3 million dollars (almost 1 million euros). The US alerted Romanian police in July to the fact that the security of NASA's servers had been breached by an unknown person in Romania. A Hitchhiker's Guide To Astrobiology 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2006You're an astrobiologist standing in the centre of a vast, empty expanse of rock and dust pockmarked with impact craters. There's no water here, no life, but your task is to collect data important for the study of life in the Universe. Douglas Adams, in his book "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," said that "a towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have." |
Globalstar Signs $600 Million Contract With Alcatel For Second-Gen LEO Constellation
Milpitas, CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2006Globalstar and Alcatel Alenia Space, the European leader for satellite systems, announced today that the two companies have signed a contract under which Alcatel Alenia Space will design, manufacture and deliver the Globalstar second-generation constellation of 48 low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites. LeoTerra Enters Into Unique Relationship With TerreStar Networks 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Dec 05, 2006LeoTerra LLC, an emerging Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company and TerreStar Networks Inc., a subsidiary of Motient Corporation (MNCP), announced today their intent to explore the feasibility of providing interoperable, advanced global mobile broadband communication services from their respective LEO and Geo-Stationary (GEO)-based satellite networks. Astrium Satellites Hands Over BADR-4 To ARABSAT 
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Dec 05, 2006The BADR-4 satellite built by Astrium Satellites has been handed over to ARABSAT as part of the in-orbit delivery contract and has entered commercial service. The BADR-4 satellite, built by Astrium Satellites for ARABSAT, the communications satellite operator based in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, will carry Direct-To-Home television services, together with voice and data telecommunications services, across the entire Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as well as parts of Europe. |
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Russia To Adjust ISS Orbit On NASA Request To Host US Shuttle
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 05, 2006Russia's Mission Control will adjust the International Space Station's orbit on NASA's request, to prepare for the docking of a U.S. space shuttle, a space agency official said Friday. "On the request of NASA, the ISS orbit will be raised on December 5, at 00.36 Moscow time [9.36 p.m. GMT, December 4]," Federal Space Agency spokesman Igor Panarin said. Newest Shuttle Mission To Rewire Space Station 
Washington (AFP) Dec 04, 2006Confident after two nearly flawless launches, NASA will send the Discovery shuttle Thursday on what it calls the most complex mission yet, to give the International Space Station a new electricity system. Columbus Control Center: Europe's First 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2006Inaugurated in 2004, the Columbus Control Center at the German Aerospace Center (DLR)'s Oberpfaffenhofen location is Europe's first 'capsule communicator' (Capcom) facility. The Columbus Control Center is operated by DLR under contract from ESA and Astrium and in 2007 will be responsible for science activities as well as systems and life support for the orbiting Columbus lab. |
Negative Vibes From Space
Cambridge MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2006Astronomers have discovered the first negatively charged molecule in space, identifying it from radio signals that were a mystery until now. While about 130 neutral and 14 positively charged molecules are known to exist in interstellar space, this is the first negative molecule, or anion, to be found. United Launch Alliance Begins Operations 
Denver CO (SPX) Dec 04, 2006United Launch Alliance (ULA), the new joint venture combining the Delta and Atlas rocket programs of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, officially opened its doors today as a new enterprise focused on providing world-class space launch services for the U.S. government at lower cost. Successful Firing Of Vega's First-Stage Motor In Kourou 
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 04, 2006The largest European mono-segment filament-wound case solid propellant motor ever developed came to life at 12:30 Kourou time today (15:30 UT) when it was ignited for its first static firing test at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana. Watch the firing of Vega's first-stage motor |
Japan Able To Develop Nuclear Weapons
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 30, 2006Japan has the ability to produce nuclear weapons but chooses not to, its foreign minister said Thursday amid debate on breaking the nuclear taboo after neighboring NKorea tested an atomic bomb. India Joins BMD Club 
Delhi, India (UPI) Nov 30, 2006The Indian Defense Ministry announced Monday it had completed what it described as a successful test of anti-ballistic missiles off the Orissa coast. All Headline news reported From New Delhi that M. Natarajan, the scientific adviser to the Indian defence minister, told The Hindu newspaper, "With this, India has acquired the capability of air defense against the incoming ballistic missile threat. It is a significant milestone in the missile defense of the country." Raytheon's Paveway Precision Guided Bomb Kit Wins US Air Force Contract Competition 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 01, 2006Raytheon was awarded a $2 million contract for its Paveway II laser-guided bomb kits in a winner-take-all U.S. Air Force competition. Raytheon will provide Paveway GBU-10 air foil groups, used with 2,000-pound Mk-84 warheads, under a contract with Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Prospects Of Greater Europe 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 01, 2006Regrettably, in the past few months the political atmosphere in Europe has been changing for the worse. |
What Is The Right Number Of Animals For Earth, And Who Decides
New York NY (SPX) Dec 01, 2006How many wildebeest should live in the Serengeti? How many grizzly bears should call Yellowstone home? Are there too few tigers in the world? Super Typhoon "Durian" Hits Eastern Philippines 
Manila (AFP) Nov 30, 2006Super typhoon Durian slammed into the eastern Philippines on Thursday, spawning torrential rains and powerful winds that blew away tin roofs and uprooted trees as it swept closer to Manila. Global Warming May Explain India's Extreme Rainstorm Rise 
Washington (AFP) Nov 30, 2006A rise in the number and strength of "extreme" rainstorms in central India could be linked to global warming, a new study in the journal Science said Thursday. Wildlife Could Get Relief From US Supreme Court In Global Warming Case 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 01, 2006"Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a compelling case from the states that the Environmental Protection Agency has a duty to regulate the pollution causing global warming, and scientific consensus is clear that global warming pollution from tailpipes is threatening wildlife and people. |
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