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South Korean Astronauts Set For Training In Russia Seoul (AFP) Feb 18, 2007 
South Korea's first two potential astronauts will this month start a year of training in Russia before one of them heads to the International Space Station, officials said Sunday. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute said the pair will leave on February 27 and begin training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center from March 7 after a week of medical check-ups. Officials weighed the merits of some 36,000 applicants before selecting researcher Ko San, 30, and female Ph.D. candidate Yi So-Yeon, 28 (pictured), in December after a live TV appearance along with four other potential finalists. |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Sending Out An SOS Russian Satellites Come To The Rescue
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 21, 2007Thirty years ago the Soviet government issued a resolution on setting up a space-based system to search for ships in distress (known by its initials in Russian, KOSPAS) anywhere in the world. The quick location of such ships reduced by nearly tenfold the time of rescue operations in comparison with the usual methods and also reduced the risk of accidents involving rescue ships and aircraft themselves. Brazil-Ukraine Space Company To Start Operating This Year 
Brasilia (SPX) Feb 21, 2007A joint venture company for rockets and satellites, established by Brazil and Ukraine, should begin operating this year. The information was disclosed by the Director for Space Policy and Strategic Investments at the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), Himilcon Carvalho, in an interview to the Radio Nacional radio station. Russia Confirms Start Of Countdown For Fifth Space Tourist 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 20, 2007The world's next space tourist, Hungarian-born US billionaire Charles Simonyi, will blast off on his journey to the International Space Station on April 7, Russia's space agency said Tuesday. Simonyi will become only the fifth space tourist in the world when he makes the trip the research facility aboard the Russian vessel Soyuz TMA-10. |
The Second Humanoid Robot In France
Montpellier, France (SPX) Feb 21, 2007The HOAP3 humanoid robot has just arrived at the Laboratory for Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics of Montpellier (LIRMM - CNRS - University of Montpellier 2). This platform supplements the one that was installed at the LAAS in Toulouse last June. They were both made in Japan and represent a strong robotics research potential for France. India Wants To Send Man Into Space Ahead Of Further Missions Beyond LEO 
Mumbai, India (PTI) Feb 21, 2007Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing to send a man into space to orbit around the earth ahead of its more ambitious plans of moon and mars missions in future. "This is a step in the direction of future plans of ISRO to send man to the planetary targets like moon and mars," a top ISRO scientist told journalists last week. Boeing On-Orbit Handover Of MEASAT-3 Satellite A Success 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 21, 2007Boeing has reported the successful on-orbit handover of the MEASAT-3 satellite to MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd. "MEASAT-3 has completed all on-orbit testing, and we were pleased to hand over this satellite to an important customer," said Stephen T. O'Neill, president of Boeing Satellite Systems International. |
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Tiny High-Frequency Cryocooler Is Cold And Efficient
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 21, 2007A new cryogenic refrigerator has been demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that operates at twice the usual frequency, achieving a long-sought combination of small size, rapid cooling, low temperatures and high efficiency. The cryocooler could be used to chill instruments for space and military applications, and is a significant step toward even smaller, higher-frequency versions for integrated circuits and microelectromechanical (MEM) systems. Astronauts Visit Goddard To Get Hands-On Training For Next Servicing Mission 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 21, 2007Seven NASA astronauts, dressed in their famous blue flight suits, arrived at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., Feb. 12 for three days of crew familiarization meetings. They are here to begin their official orientation and training for what will be the last shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope in late 2008. Expedition 14 Continues Preperations For February 22 Spacewalk 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 21, 2007The Expedition 14 crew continued with preparations for a Feb. 22 spacewalk this week. The spacewalkers have conducted leak checks and have installed lights and additional equipment on their Russian Orlan space suits. The crew conducted its Orlan dry run Tuesday morning. Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin began preparing their Russian suits around 5 a.m. EST and donning their suits for a communications and systems test. |
Surprises From The Solar South Pole
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 21, 2007Although very close to the minimum of its 11-year sunspot cycle, the Sun showed that it is still capable of producing a series of remarkably energetic outbursts - ESA-NASA Ulysses mission revealed. In keeping with the first and second south polar passes (in 1994 and 2000), the latest high-latitude excursion of the joint ESA-NASA Ulysses mission has already produced some surprises. Introducing The Coolest Spacecraft In The Universe 
Cannes, France (SPX) Feb 21, 2007The European Space Agency's (ESA) Planck mission, which will study the conditions present in our Universe shortly after the Big Bang, is reaching an important milestone with the integration of instruments into the satellite at Alcatel Alenia Space in Cannes, France. Professor Keith Mason, Chief Executive Officer of PPARC, who fund the UK involvement in the mission, said, APL-Built Mineral Mapper Uncovering Clues Of Martian Surface Composition 
Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 21, 2007Reaching its first 100 days of operations, the powerful mineral-detector aboard the newest satellite to circle Mars is changing the way scientists view the history of water on the red planet. The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), designed and built by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., has teamed with the five other cameras and sensors aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to provide new clues about where water could have existed on or near the Martian surface. |
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