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May 29, 2002
DRAGON SPACE
Yuhangyuan 14: "Made In China" For Spaceflight
 Beijing - May 28, 2002
 Fourteen young yuhangyuans ("astronauts") are continuing the intense training program they must complete to have any chance of winning a seat on the first manned Shenzhou mission that could fly as early as 2003.
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    Virtual Robot Outlines Damaged Heart
     Leiden - May 23, 2002
     In a joint project with the STW Technology Foundation, medical information technologists from Leiden have developed a virtual robot which meticulously scans the heart muscle using images of the heart. The contours detector reduces the work of specialists and does not affect the patients. The research group will present the results in the middle of May at a congress in Honolulu.
    SPACE SCIENCE
    Cosmic Vision 2020: The New ESA Science Programme
     Paris (ESA) 27 May 2002
     Following the outcome of Council of Ministers in Edinburgh in November 2001, the Director of Science undertook a complete reassessment of the ESA Science Programme. This was done in close collaboration with the science community, represented by the Space Science Advisory Committee, industry and Member States delegations.
  • Microwave Imager Probes Universal "First Light"
  • Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery Solved: Exploding Stars The Culprit
  • Tropical 'Runaway Greenhouse' Provides Insight To Venus
  • The Future Of Spacetime

    • EXO WORLDS
    Europa Probably Thick Skinned
     Los Angeles - May 27, 2002
     Detailed mapping and measurements of impact craters on Jupiter's large icy satellites reveal that Europa's floating ice shell may be at least 19 kilometers thick. These measurements, by Staff Scientist and geologist Dr. Paul Schenk, at Houston's Lunar and Planetary Institute, were reported in the May 23 issue of Nature.
  • Astronomers Find Jupiter-Like Weather On Brown Dwarfs
  • All The Right Stuff
  • New Evidence For Organic Compounds In Deep Spaces

    • NUKEWARS
    Pakistani President Warns Of War As India Tensions Peak
     Islamabad (AFP) May 27, 2002
     Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf Monday warned tensions with India were at their height, but vowed not to initiate a war as the rivals faced off on the heavily militarised border.
  • Spectre Of World's First Nuclear War Sparks Growing Concern
  • Pakistan Test-Fires Second Missile Despite International Uproar
  • India Could Enforce Naval Blockade, Stage Limited Strikes

    • SPACEWAR
    Bush, Putin Sign Nuke Treaty
     Moscow (AFP) May 24, 2002
     US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a landmark nuclear disarmament treaty on Friday. The treaty obliges the United States and Russia to slash their nuclear arsenals by two-thirds to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads over the next decade
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    UAV NEWS
    Boeing UACV Completes First Flight
     Edwards AFB - May 23, 2002
     The X-45A Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle technology demonstration aircraft completed its first flight here May 22.
  • Northrop Grumman Gets Contract Bost For UACV
  • India Tests Upgraded Unmanned Spy Plane
  • Fire Scout UAV At China Lake For First Flight

    • TERRADAILY
    May Bergs Return Ross Ice Shelf To Pre-Exploration Lines
      Washington - May 23, 2002
     Two new and very large icebergs broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica earlier this month in a natural "calving" process that returned the edge of the shelf to its pre-exploration position of the early 1900's, researchers say.
  • Bacteria Discovered In Cave Produce Potential Anti-Cancer Drug
  • India's Heatwave Toll 1,200, No Respite In Sight
  • Mice May Save Smokers From Their Stupidity

    • TERRORWARS
  • US Brass Doesn't Shine To Iraqi War - But Will Obey Orders
  • US Treasury's Dam Says Terrorism Is Prime Risk To Economy
  • Bombs Fall As Iraqi Sanctions Regime Modified
  • No Change To 'Rogue States' List In US Report

    • GPS NEWS
  • Galileo At GNSS
  • Putting GPS In Your Pocket
  • Keeping Track Of Field Scientists
  • Orbital Wins LA Bus Management Contract

    • CIVIL NUCLEAR
    Finland Approves First Nuclear Reactor Since Chernobyl
     Helsinki (AFP) May 24, 2002
     Finland's parliament on Friday approved construction of a fifth nuclear reactor, the first such plant to be authorized in Western Europe or North America since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
  • Russia To Agree To Inspection Of Iranian Nuclear Plant: Bush
  • European Nuclear Body Backs Lithuania Building New Reactor
  • US House Backs National Nuclear Dump Project

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  • Pakistan Concerned Over Indian Missile Tests

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