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Russia Eyes Longterm Plan To Keep Station Operational Until 2025
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 31, 2007The International Space Station will likely remain operational until 2025, the head of the Russian spacecraft manufacturer Energia said Tuesday, adding that by 2009-2015, Russia will be the only country able to deliver crews to the station. "No one is going to sink or drop the ISS, as all countries realize that the station is becoming a full-scale industrial facility in space. Although it is scheduled for decommissioning in 2015, its operational life could be prolonged until 2025," Nikolai Sevastyanov said. Space Shuttle Launch Rescheduled 
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Jan 29, 2007NASA says the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station on mission STS-117 will occur March 15 -- one day earlier than planned. NASA officials at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida said the orbiter is scheduled to move to the Vehicle Assembly Building Feb. 7 for mating with the external tank and solid rocket boosters. Space Inspires Fashion 
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 31, 2007How can space inspire fashion? Has it inspired fashion throughout history? These were questions put to participants of a fashion workshop in Stockholm, timed to coincide with Christer Fuglesang's trip to the ISS. As part of the 'Space Base Stockholm' (Rymdbas Stockholm) event, 7 - 12 December, a number of workshops were held. One of these was entitled 'Fashion and Design', a hands-on workshop culminating in a real photo shoot. |
Engineers Investigate Issue On One Of Hubble Science Instruments
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 31, 2007NASA engineers are examining a problem related to the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the agency's Hubble Space Telescope. On Jan. 27, the observatory entered a protective "safemode" condition at 7:34 a.m. EST. An initial investigation indicates the camera has stopped functioning, and the input power feed to its Side B electronics package has failed. James Webb Space Telescope Has A Healthy Spine 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 31, 2007The "spine" of the James Webb Space Telescope, called the backplane, is in great health for space, according to scientists and engineers. Recent tests show that the backplane, which supports the big mirrors of the telescope, can handle its trip into space and operate correctly when the observatory launches in 2013. Lockheed Martin Readies For Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle At Kennedy Space Center 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 30, 2007In another milestone marking steady progress on the Orion crew exploration vehicle program, the Lockheed Martin team accepted responsibility today for the Operations and Checkout (OandC) Building at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Lockheed Martin will use the historic facility to process Orion, America's next-generation human spacecraft. The transition announcement was made in a ceremony held today at Kennedy Space Center's OandC Building originally used for the Apollo program. |
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Dig Deeply To Seek Life On Mars
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 31, 2007Probes seeking life on Mars must dig deeply into young craters, gullies, or recently exposed ice to have a chance of finding any living cells that were not annihilated by radiation, researchers report in a new study. One promising place to look for them is within the ice at Elysium, site of a recently discovered frozen sea, they say. Current probes designed to find life on Mars cannot drill deeply enough to find living cells that may exist well below the surface, according to the study. Opportunity Hones Reckoning Skills And Tests Computer Smarts 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 30, 2007After driving around the "Bay of Toil" onto "Cape Desire," a promontory overlooking "Victoria Crater," Opportunity began testing various techniques for visually determining the rover's precise location after moving across sandy, somewhat slippery terrain. Martian Clouds Pass By On A Winter Afternoon 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2007NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured a view of wispy afternoon clouds, not unlike fair weather clouds on Earth, passing overhead on the rover's 956th sol, or Martian day (Oct. 2, 2006). With Opportunity facing northeast, the clouds appear to drift gently toward the west in this movie taken with the rover's navigation camera. The 10 frames, taken 32 seconds apart, show the formation and evolution of what are likely mid-level, convective water clouds. |
NASA Probes Sources Of The Tiniest Pollutants
New York NY (SPX) Jan 31, 2007Pinpointing pollutant sources is an important part of the ongoing battle to improve air quality and to understand its impact on climate. Scientists using NASA data recently tracked the path and distribution of aerosols -- tiny particles suspended in the air -- to link their region of origin and source type with their tendencies to warm or cool the atmosphere. Pumping Ions 
Troy NY (SPX) Jan 31, 2007Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered new details about how bacteria generate energy to live. In two recently published papers, the scientists add key specifics to the molecular mechanism behind the pathogen that causes cholera. Agenda Set For Upcoming Planetary Defense Conference 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2007NASA Ames Research Center Director Dr. Simon "Pete" Worden (Brig. Gen., USAF, ret.) will deliver the keynote address on March 5 to open the second Planetary Defense Conference organized by The Aerospace Corporation and co-sponsored by NASA, the European Space Agency, the Planetary Society, and other organizations. |
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