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NASA To Review Screening Process Amid Love-Triangle Case
Washington (AFP) Feb 07, 2007NASA officials on Wednesday said they were to launch a review of psychological screening procedures for astronauts in the wake of a bizarre love-triangle case. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was to "initiate a review of existing psychological screening for admittance into the astronaut corps," NASA deputy administrator Shana Dale told a news conference at the space agency's headquarters in Washington. US Astronaut Charged With Attempted Murder Of Love Rival 
Miami (AFP) Feb 06, 2007A NASA astronaut who flew on the shuttle Discovery last July was charged with attempted murder Tuesday after driving cross-country to attack a woman she believed a rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut, police said. Astronauts' Image Falls Back To Earth In Love Triangle Case 
Washington (AFP) Feb 07, 2007The image of the American astronaut fearlessly journeying into space has been dealt a blow this week with the revelation that even NASA heros fall prey to human weaknesses. |
Globalstar Issues Detailed Update On Satellite Woes
Milpitas CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2007Globalstar has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K announcing the appointment of Kenneth E. Jones to its board of directors; the date for the its 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; an additional stock purchase by Thermo Funding Company and an update regarding the Company's satellite constellation. Former Space Agency Chief May Head RSC Energia 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 08, 2007A former chief of the Russian Space Agency has been proposed as a candidate to replace the head of Energia, the country's largest space corporation, a high-ranking source in the space sector said Wednesday. The source said the replacement of RSC Energia's general director and chief designer, Nikolai Sevastyanov, is on the agenda of the corporation's board meeting scheduled for early May. Gascom To Launch 4 Smotr Low-Orbit Remote Sensing Satellites 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 08, 2007The telecommunications arm of Russian energy giant Gazprom intends to launch four low-orbit satellites for remote sensing of the Earth, Gascom's general director said Wednesday. Dmitry Sevastyanov said the Smotr satellites will make it possible to receive more precise information about any environmental disasters, and to solve various other tasks. He said Gascom is currently analyzing a feasibility study for the project. |
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Moonstruck Astronaut Returns Home After Murder Attempt Charge
Houston (AFP) Feb 07, 2007A US astronaut charged with attempting to murder a woman she thought was a rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot returned home Wednesday after her bizarre odyssey landed her in jail. US television images showed Lisa Nowak, 43, covering her face with a jacket as she alighted from an airplane at an airport in Houston, Texas, returning from Florida after a court released her on 25,500-dollar bail. Shuttle Atlantis Processing Picks Up The Pace 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 08, 2007NASA mission managers say final checks have been completed and space shuttle Atlantis is ready to leave the Orbiter Processing Facility. NASA officials say the the vehicle has been powered down in preparation for its move Wednesday to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. Finding Beauty In The Universe 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 08, 2007Beth A. Biller is part of an international team of astronomers trying to tease out images of planets around young stars by removing the distortions caused by Earth's atmosphere. Extrasolar planets are extremely faint targets to begin with, and an atmospheric effect known as "speckling" has thwarted most previous attempts to observe them directly. |
Opportunity Passes Ten Kilometer Mark
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 08, 2007NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity extended its cumulative Martian driving record to more than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) by crossing 50.51 meters (165.7 feet) of flat ground during the 1,080th Martian day since arriving on Mars. This view shows the surroundings at the completion of the day's drive. It is a mosaic of frames taken by Opportunity's navigation camera. Why China Wants To Explore The Moon 
Beijing, China (XNA) Feb 08, 2007China plans to launch its first lunar probe, or "Chang'e 1", this year to "orbit" the moon, says Ouyang Ziyuan, a top academician of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the first scientist of China's moon orbiting project, at a recent "popular science forum of veteran scientists. A moon probing device is to launch around 2010 along with a moonbuggy, and all parts and accessories of the project are developed and made with China's own efforts. South Polar Flyby 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 08, 2007Less than one hundred years ago, the south pole of Earth was a land of utter mystery. Explorers labored mightily to get there, fighting scurvy, wind, disorientation and a fantastic almost-martian cold. Until Roald Amundsen and Robert F. Scott reached the Pole in 1911 and 1912, it was terra incognita. |
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