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NASA Announces Three New Crews For Station Duty
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 14, 2007NASA and its international partners have named the crews that will live and work aboard the International Space Station for the next two years. The crew members make up three expeditions to the station and represent four space agencies. Leopold Eyharts Assigned To European Columbus Laboratory ISS Assembly Mission 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 14, 2007ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts of France has today been assigned to fly onboard the International Space Station for the delivery and commissioning of the European Columbus laboratory currently planned for this autumn. He will be a member of the Expedition 16 crew to the ISS. He is set to fly there on Space Shuttle (Discovery) mission STS-122 and will return home with the (Endeavour) STS-123 crew some two months later. Japanese Astronaut To Bring Noodles To ISS 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 13, 2007Veteran astronaut Koichi Wakata was named Tuesday as the first Japanese to stay long-term in space, and said he hoped to bring ramen noodles to the International Space Station. Wakata, 43, will be carried by a US space shuttle in the fall of 2008 and stay on the International Space Station for about three months to work with US and Russian astronauts, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. |
Researcher To Study Astronaut Bone Loss For Space Biology Agency
San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2007Roger K. Long, MD, an endocrinology research fellow at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, was one of only three scientists named in January 2007 as 2006-2008 Postdoctoral Fellows by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). Success For Thales Space Laser Headed To Mars 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 13, 2007Thales's space laser programme has achieved a new milestone with the successful completion of shock-resistance tests at over 2,000 g in all three axes. Designed to operate for two years on Mars after a 10-month voyage through space, the Thales laser has already demonstrated impressive performance, including energy delivery of 30 mJ per pulse across a temperature range of -30 to +30oC and the ability to withstand extremely hostile radiation and dust environments. Animation Of Newly Uploaded Mars Exploration Driving Capability 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 13, 2007Until recently, NASA's two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, could figure only one or two steps ahead in planning a path and driving on their own. New software uploaded to the rovers onboard computers now enables them to look ahead and plan a path to a spot 50 meters (164 feet) away, evading obstacles along the way. |
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THEMIS Launch Now Set for Feb 16
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 14, 2007The launch of THEMIS aboard a Delta II rocket scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 15, has been postponed 24 hours. Loading of hypergolic propellants aboard the second stage of the vehicle was unable to be completed today. Thunderstorms and severe weather moved into the Cape Canaveral vicinity ahead of an advancing cold front that prevented fueling from continuing. Intel Unveils Super-Chip Technology 
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 12, 2007Intel on Monday touted a diminutive new microprocessor that it said could deliver "supercomputer-like" performance to home computers and handheld devices. Intel said its unprecedented programmable processor was not much larger than a fingernail, used less power than a typical home appliance and could perform more than a trillion calculations per second -- a "teraflop." Lunar Eclipse On March 3 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 13, 2007Picture this: The year is 2025 and you're on the moon. "Home" is 100 meters away-an outpost on the rim of Shackleton Crater. NASA started building it five years earlier, and it is growing fast. You're one of the construction workers. As always in these polar regions, the sun hangs low, barely above the craggy lunar horizon. You adjust your visor. It amazes you how bright a low sun can be when there's no atmosphere to dim it. |
Space Systems Loral Completes GOES Weather Satellite Program
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2007Space Systems/Loral has completed satellite support operations for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) program, bringing to conclusion SS/L's successful satellite program that provided five advanced weather satellites and on-orbit services to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Space Systems/Loral is a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications. The Colorful Demise of a Sun-Like Star 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2007A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the colorful "last hurrah" of a star like our sun. The picture was taken on Feb. 6, 2007, by Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, which was designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Superjet To Be Tested For Strength 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 14, 2007Late in January, an An-124 Ruslan transport aircraft landed in Zhukovsky airfield near Moscow, or, to be precise, in the Gromov Flight Research Institute's field. There was nothing remarkable about the fact as such transports often touch down here. But one thing made the event stand out. |
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