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US Senate panel votes to extend space shuttle programWashington (AFP) July 15, 2010 A key Senate panel approved Thursday a 2011 budget proposal for the US space agency NASA that would extend the space shuttle program in a compromise from the Obama administration's demands. Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee unanimously approved the legislation, after months of debate and criticism over President Barack Obama's plans to give up plans to return US astronauts to the moon. The powerful Senate Budget Committee must still ap ... read more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Jul 15, 2010Astronomers have obtained the first image of a dusty disc closely encircling a massive baby star, providing direct evidence that massive stars form in the same way as their smaller brethren. This discovery, made thanks to a combination of ESO's telescopes, is described in an article in this week's issue of Nature. "Our observations show a disc surrounding an embryonic young, massive star, ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 15, 2010Strangely shaped dust clouds, resembling spilled liquids, are silhouetted against a colourful background of glowing gas in this newly released Hubble image. The star-forming region NGC 2467 is a vast cloud of gas - mostly hydrogen - that serves as an incubator for new stars. Some of these youthful stars have emerged from the dense clouds where they were born and now shine brightly, hot and ... more  
London (UPI) Jul 15, 2010 Looking like an object straight out of a science fiction movie, the unmanned military jet Taranis by BAE Systems sounds in the future of warfare, the British company claims. It resembles a large steel trapezoid, is around 40 feet long and potentially deadly: Named after the Celtic god of thunder, Taranis was unveiled by the British Defense Ministry this week. Nigel Whitehead, a ... more |
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Russia's Air Defense 'Responds' To All Aircraft Near Its AirspaceMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 16, 2010 The Russian air defense system is designed so that it responds to all aircraft approaching the state's airspace, a high ranking Defense Ministry source has said. "That is perhaps its basic difference from the American system," the source said commenting on recent remarks by a senior U.S. military official. Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., head of the U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), said in an interview Russia continued "to fly strategic nuclear bombers near U.S. ... read more |
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