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Next Space Tourist Dreams Of Library In Orbit
Moscow (AFP) Feb 18, 2007The world's next space tourist, Hungarian-born American software developer and billionaire Charles Simonyi, said Sunday he would like to see a library in outer space. "Everywhere where humans are I think there should be a library," 58-year-old Simonyi, who is scheduled to become the world's fifth space tourist in April, told AFP in an interview in Moscow. Spacecraft Could Be Used To Deflect Killer Asteroids 
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 16, 2007An unmanned "tractor spacecraft" could eventually be used to drag an asteroid off course before it slams into Earth with catastrophic consequences, experts said Friday. NASA astronaut Edward Lu said Hollywood-style solutions such as detonating a nuclear bomb in outer space to destroy an oncoming asteroid could increase the chances of a hit on Earth. Why Are We Fighting For The Moon Again 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 20, 2007We are probably doing it just to remind ourselves of the maxim that the new is the well-forgotten old. There is no other explanation for this year's focus on the lunar subject. Many, if not the majority, do not see it as a problem at all. Everything is perfectly clear. The Moon is the concern of the United States, Europe, India, and China. |
United Launch Alliance First East Coast Launch A Total Success
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 20, 2007A Delta II expendable launch vehicle successfully launched NASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) spacecraft today marking the first east coast mission conducted by United Launch Alliance (ULA) since its formation Dec. 1, 2006. The Delta II rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 17-B at 6:01 p.m., EST. Following a nominal 73-minute flight, the rocket deployed the payload. NASA Commercial Space Partners Complete Milestones 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 20, 2007Two companies that are receiving NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services funds achieved significant milestones this month in their efforts to develop and demonstrate space cargo launch and delivery systems. Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completed a preliminary design review for its first orbital demonstration mission. Thai Junta Leader Vows To Take Back Satellites From Singapore 
Bangkok (AFP) Feb 16, 2007Thailand's junta leader vowed Friday to take back control of Thai satellites operated by telecom giant Shin Corp, which was sold to a Singapore firm in a politically explosive deal last year. |
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Hunting Martian Fossils Best Bet For Locating Mars Life
San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2007Hunting for traces of life on Mars calls for two radically different strategies, says Arizona State University professor Jack Farmer. Of the two, he says, with today's exploration technology we can most easily look for evidence for past life, preserved as fossil "biosignatures" in old rocks. Farmer is a professor of geological sciences in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration, where he heads the astrobiology program. A Wet Past Launches Quest For Life On Red Planet 
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 15, 2007Growing evidence of water on Mars adds weight to the theory that life once existed and could still exist beneath its surface, said a group of scientists meeting in San Francisco. "We have abundant evidence that early Mars was water rich," Houston, Texas, Lunar and Planetary Institute astronomer Stephen Clifford told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Spirit Perfects The Art Of Driving On Five Wheels 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 20, 2007Rover drivers have now refined their techniques for maneuvering on only five wheels. All of Spirit's drives during the past week ended within centimeters (inches) of the targeted endpoint. Spirit is healthy and has arrived at the rock outcrop known as "Bellingshausen" on the way back to "Home Plate." |
ISS Crew Continue Preparations For Spacewalk
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 20, 2007This week, the Expedition 14 crew continued to focus on preparation for their final planned spacewalk ahead of the space shuttle Atlantis' arrival in March. This comes following Sunday's unexpected circuit breaker trip on the International Space Station and subsequent resetting of affected equipment. Japan Delays Launch Of Spy Satellite 
Tokyo, Japan (XNA) Feb 20, 2007The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency said Friday that it will delay the launch of a H-2A rocket carrying a spy satellite originally scheduled on Friday afternoon, due to unfavorable weather. The launch of the radar satellite from Tanegashima Space Center in south Japan's Kagoshima prefecture was aimed to complete the country's four-satellite system for intelligence gathering with full global coverage. Iridium NEXT To Be Unveiled At Satellite 2007 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 19, 2007Iridium Satellite announces it will formally launch its "Iridium NEXT" initiative at the SATELLITE 2007 Show in Washington, DC next week. The NEXT launch is the start of an intensive, multi- year design and development program for Iridium's next generation satellite constellation. |
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