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Boeing To Discontinue Connexion by Boeing Chicago (SPX) Aug 18, 2006 
US aerospace giant Boeing Co. said Thursday it was abandoning its Connexion unit providing high-speed Internet service on planes after only a handful of airlines signed up. "Over the last six years, we have invested substantial time, resources and technology in Connexion by Boeing," Boeing chief executive Jim McNerney said in a statement. "Regrettably, the market for this service has not materialized as had been expected. We believe this decision best balances the long-term interests of all parties with a stake in Connexion by Boeing," he said. |
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SMART-1: Last Call For Ground Based Observations
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 18, 2006If you are a professional or amateur astronomer and want to contribute to the final phase of the SMART-1 mission, join ESA on the impact ground observation campaign. Planetary Scientists Support Proposed Redefinition Of A Planet 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 18, 2006Recent discoveries of objects in the outer reaches of our Solar System have forced scientists to reconsider what it means to be a planet. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has proposed a new definition of a planet as a celestial body whose gravity is strong enough for it to be nearly round in shape, and which is in orbit around a star but is itself neither a star nor a satellite of a planet. NASA Satellites Will Improve Understanding Of Sun 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 18, 2006NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory mission will dramatically improve understanding of the powerful solar eruptions that can send more than a billion tons of the sun's outer atmosphere hurtling into space. The STEREO mission comprises two nearly identical spacecraft the size of golf carts. |
New Mobile Robot Balances, Moves On Ball Instead Of Wheels Or Legs
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Aug 17, 2006Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new type of mobile robot that balances on a ball instead of legs or wheels. "Ballbot" is a self-contained, battery-operated, omnidirectional robot that balances dynamically on a single urethane-coated metal sphere. Commission Probing Dnepr Crash Presents Preliminary Conclusions 
Moscow (SPX) Aug 18, 2006The commission investigating the crash of the Dnepr launch vehicle in Kazakhstan in July has come to its preliminary conclusions regarding the cause of the accident, Kosmotras, the company responsible for the rocket's launch, said in a press release and reported by Interfax. Belarus To Announce Tender For New National Sat 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 18, 2006Belarus will announce a tender by the end of the week for a new national BelKa satellite to replace the one destroyed when a Russian rocket crashed in Kazakhstan in July, a source involved in the negotiations said Thursday. |
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Mystery Of Quintuplet Stars In Milky Way Solved
Rochester NY (SPX) Aug 18, 2006For the first time, scientists have identified the cluster of Quintuplet stars in the Milky Way's galactic center, next to the super massive black hole, as massive binary stars nearing the end of their life cycle, solving a mystery that had dogged astronomers for more than 15 years. The nature of the stars was not entirely clear until now. NASA FUSE Satellite Deciphers Key Tracer of Galaxy Evolution 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 18, 2006Scientists using NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, or FUSE, have discovered far more "heavy" hydrogen in our Milky Way galaxy than expected, a finding that could radically alter theories about star and galaxy formation. Survey Of Nearby Globular Cluster Pushes Limits Of Orbiting Observatory 
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 18, 2006Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have imaged some of the galaxy's oldest and dimmest stars, offering a rare experimental glimpse of two mysterious star types tiny, slow burners less than one-tenth the size of our sun and once giant stars that still glow more than 10 billion years after their deaths. |
Archetype And Quake Global To Develop Dual-Mode GSM-Satellite Modem For GPS Tracking
Birmingham AL (SPX) Aug 18, 2006Archetype and Quake Global today announced a strategic alliance to develop a new family of mobile wireless data modems utilizing both satellite and cellular phone networks for GPS-based vehicle tracking. JMAR Awarded Contract For X-Ray Mask And Nanolithography Program 
San Diego (SPX) Aug 18, 2006JMAR Technologies has received a $3.1 million award by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). This is the latest increment to be added to JMAR's current contract, valued at $17.5 million, to continue development of sub-100nm feature x-ray masks and next generation nanolithography. Scientists Work To Improve Maritime Safety 
Millersville PA (UPI) Aug 18, 2006Two U.S. professors say they are devising methods to offer greater weather safety to maritime operators through real-time meteorological data. Todd Sikora, assistant professor of meteorology at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, and George Young of Penn State are working to make vital sea surface information available to mariners. |
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