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The Future Of Space Flight
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 01, 2007The already remarkable times we live in seem to have acquired one more distinctive feature: you can always find a dozen or so desperate characters ready to look into a shark's mouth, dance on the brink of an awakening volcano, or slip under an advancing avalanche. Over the past few decades we have tried more or less successfully to broaden our horizons and take a detached view of ourselves from near-Earth space. Space Commercialization Contracts Signed 
Washington (UPI) Feb 01, 2007NASA says it has signed a space commercialization contract with PlanetSpace Inc. of Chicago and the Transformational Space Corp. of Reston, Va. NASA said the agreements signed Wednesday are designed to facilitate the commercialization of low-Earth orbit as capabilities are developed to transport goods and people to orbital destinations. Spirit Studies Layered Rocks And Wind-Blown Drifts 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2007With the rover's third Martian spring just around the corner, Spirit is healthy and has started acquiring movies with the navigation camera in search of dust devils wheeling across the terrain. Spring officially begins on Martian day, or sol 1103 (Feb. 8, 2007). During the past week, Spirit acquired microscopic images of a soil target called "Londonderry," which is an active wind drift shaped by the motion of bouncing sand grains. |
Oriental Satellite Killer: Case No.1 (Part 3)
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 02, 2007Had a Bit of Fun? Time to Stop ... Is there anyone who can honestly say that he had never committed mischief as a child? I don't think such a paragon of virtue would be easy to find. But my mind refuses to accept the verdict of Major-General Vyacheslav Fateyev, a Russian military expert, who described the recent Chinese tests of anti-satellite weapons as an "act of hooliganism." Latest Revision Signed To Space Operations Doctrine 
Maxwell AFB (AFNS) Feb 02, 2007The Air Force chief of staff has approved the latest revision to Air Force Doctrine Document 2-2, Space Operations, outlining the operations of space power. "As a keystone doctrine document, it emphasizes the force multiplying and enabling nature of space operations," said Gen. T. Michael Moseley. "It is our job as Airmen to operate and organize space forces based on the premises articulated in this doctrine," the general said. AMC-18 Ready For Commercial Services 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Feb 02, 2007SES AMERICOM has announced that the AMERICOM-18 (AMC-18) satellite that was launched on December 8, 2006, has successfully completed a full battery of in-orbit-tests and is now operational from its assigned orbital location of 105 degrees West. The C-band satellite is the first in that frequency at 105 degrees to be operated by SES AMERICOM. |
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Space Technology Benefits Medical Community
Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 01, 2007A small group of APL researchers, in collaboration with physicians from the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center in Baltimore, developed and recently completed initial trials for a miniature device to help physicians characterize Raynaud's disease and measure treatment effectiveness. Theory Stretches The Limits Of Composite Materials 
Madison WI (SPX) Feb 01, 2007In an advance that could lead to composite materials with virtually limitless performance capabilities, a University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist has dispelled a 50-year-old theoretical notion that composite materials must be made only of "stable" individual materials to be stable overall. Cassini Images Mammoth Cloud Engulfing Titan's North Pole 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 02, 2007A giant cloud half the size of the United States has been imaged on Saturn's moon Titan by the Cassini spacecraft. The cloud may be responsible for the material that fills the lakes discovered last year by Cassini's radar instrument. Cloaked by winter's shadow, this cloud has now come into view as winter turns to spring. |
First LISA Pathfinder Flight Unit Ready For Delivery On 8 February
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 02, 2007The first flight units for the LISA Pathfinder program are imminently nearing completion. All three Digital Sun Sensor's (DSS) have now completed manufacture and are currently undergoing final testing at supplier Galileo Avionica. A significant target has been achieved with the first flight unit having successfully completed all environmental testing. Its final testing is due to complete on 2 February with the unit scheduled to be ready for delivery on 8 February. Modeling Other Earths 
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2007More than 200 extrasolar planets have been found so far, but our knowledge about those distant worlds is very limited. Satellite Data Vital To UN Climate Findings 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 02, 2007The most authoritative report on climate change to date will be released tomorrow in Paris, France, and is expected to warn of rising global sea levels and temperatures. Earth observation from space plays an invaluable role in helping scientists advance our understanding of climate change and capability to model its evolution. |
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