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NASA Selects Proposals For Future Mars Missions And Studies Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2007 
On Monday, NASA selected for concept study development two proposals for future robotic missions to Mars. These missions would increase understanding of Mars' atmosphere, climate and potential habitability in greater detail than ever before. In addition, NASA also will fund a U.S. scientist to participate in a proposed European Mars mission as well as fund instrument technology studies that could lead to further contributions to future Mars missions. These selections were judged to have the best science value among 26 proposals submitted to NASA in August 2006 in response to an open announcement of opportunity. |
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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Opportunity Studies Unusual Rocks On Rim Of Victoria Crater
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2007Opportunity continued scientific studies of a rock called "Santa Catarina" on the rim of "Victoria Crater." Scientists suspect that Santa Catarina may be a meteorite or a rock blasted out from beneath the surface of Victoria. Opportunity collected extensive measurements to determine the iron content of the rock using the Moessbauer spectrometer and will continue to do so during the coming week. Martian Weather Delays Travel Plans 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2007The dust storm season has apparently arrived at Gusev, causing delays in Spirit's fourth Earth year of exploring the Red Planet. Spirit spent most of the holiday season of 2006 and 2007 keeping an eye on the sky, measuring atmospheric dust that could prevent sunlight from reaching the rover's solar panels. New Consultation Into UK Civil Space Policy 
London, UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2007A wide-ranging public consultation on the UK's new civil space strategy was launched today by Science and Innovation Minister Malcolm Wicks. Responses to the three-month consultation will help inform the development of space policy for 2007-10 on issues including maximising wealth creation from space, promoting excellent science and developing space-related education activities for young people. |
Primordial Stone Soup
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 09, 2007Astrobiologists who try to track fossils back in time, hoping to find clues to the origin of life, often must end their pursuit at stromatolites. These fossilized structures are the earliest evidence for life on Earth. The oldest stromatolites date back 3.5 billion years. Although there is some controversy about whether these more ancient structures were produced by microbes or by non-biological processes, various lines of evidence suggest they were indeed formed by life. Gas Giants Jump Into Planet Formation Early 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 09, 2007Gas-giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn form soon after their stars do, according to new research. Observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show that gas giants either form within the first 10 million years of a sun-like star's life, or not at all. The study offers new evidence that gas-giant planets must form early in a star's history. The lifespan of sun-like stars is about 10 billion years. Metric Moon 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2007If you think in pounds and miles instead of kilograms and kilometers, you're in the minority. Only the United States, Liberia, and Burma still primarily use English units -- the rest of the world is metric. |
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India To Launch Latest Space Rocket
Bangalore, India (AFP) Jan 09, 2007India will launch a rocket into outer space Wednesday carrying four payloads including a capsule recovery experiment meant for future manned missions, top officials said Monday. The Indian Space Research Organisation said the rocket will also put into orbit a 680-kilogramme (1,496 pound) remote sensing satellite named CARTOSAT-2, along with an Indonesian earth observation satellite and another one from Argentina. NASA Extends Ares I Development Contract 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 09, 2007NASA has authorized a contract action having a value of $48 million with ATK Launch Systems of Brigham City, Utah, to continue design and development of the first stage for the Ares I crew launch vehicle. Ares I will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle and its crew of up to six astronauts, or other small cargo payloads, to low-Earth orbit. Arianespace To Launch ProtoStar I 
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 09, 2007Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall has announced during his annual January press conference that Arianespace will launch the ProtoStar I satellite for ProtoStar. This is the 280th launch contract won by Arianespace since its inception in March 1980. |
SolarCity Completes Commercial Solar Power Installation For SpaceX
Foster City CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2007SolarCity has completed phase one of a commercial solar power system for Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX). SolarCity installed an initial 29 kW roof-mounted solar array at SpaceX's El Segundo facility in only four-and-a-half days, and expects it will quadruple the system's size in subsequent stages. Intelsat Announces Proposed Offering Of Senior Notes And Repayment Of Bridge Loan 
Pembroke, Bermuda (SPX) Jan 09, 2007Intelsat has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Intelsat, intends to offer approximately $600 million of senior notes due 2015. The net proceeds from the offering will be used, together with cash on hand, to repay Intelsat outstanding $600 million senior unsecured bridge loan. The notes referred to above will be offered to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and to persons outside the United States under Regulation S. SkyTerra Closes Of Transaction With BCE 
Reston VA (SPX) Jan 09, 2007SkyTerra Communications has announced that it had completed its previously announced acquisition of BCE's stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures LP. |
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