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June 20, 2002
TECH SPACE
Teleportation First Offers Hope

in need of a transporter - the original cast of Star Trek at KSC inspecting the original Shuttle Enterprise
Canberra - Jun 20, 2002
 Teleportation - the disembodiment of an object in one location and reconstruction in a different location in a split second - has been successfully carried out in a physics lab in Australia. Teleportation is one of the hottest topics among physicists working in quantum mechanics with over 40 labs around the world trying to teleport a laser beam, but have not yet succeeded.
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    SES Americom Finds Comfort In Split Launches
     Luxembourg - Jun 20, 2002
     SES Americom has signed two launch services contracts, one with International Launch Services (ILS) for AMC-10 and AMC-11, and the other with Arianespace for AMC-13 and AMC-15.
    Thuraya Orders Another Bird
     Abu Dhabi - Jun 20, 2002
     Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co., based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, has authorized Boeing to launch the Thuraya-2 satellite in January 2003 and has contracted with Boeing to build Thuraya-3.
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    • MARSDAILY
    Dusting Off The Mars Manual
     Los Angeles - Jun 20, 2002
     Dr. Geoffrey A. Landis, an aerospace engineer at NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, thinks he knows what it takes to explore Mars. And the Agency believes him. Landis' proposal, "Study of Solar Energy and Dust Accumulation on the Rovers," was one of 28 scientific studies of Mars recently selected by NASA for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover Mission.
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    ROCKET SCIENCE
    Diagnostic Software To Keep Launch Vehicles Flying
     Moffett Field - Jun 20, 2002
     As launch vehicles become more and more complex, ensuring crew safety and mission success becomes increasingly difficult but, according to a recent technologies demonstration, help is on the way.
    Rocket Science Gets A Boost At Florida
     Gainesville - Jun 20, 2002
     NASA has chosen the University of Florida as the lead institution in a nearly $16 million research initiative aimed at making space flight as routine, inexpensive and safe as commercial air travel.
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  • COBRA Completes Preliminary Design Review
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    • SPACEWAR
    Air Force Lab Contracts Raytheon For Laser And Missiles Study
     Kirtland AFB - Jun 20, 2002
     A joint research agreement was signed this week by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate here and Raytheon Missile Systems of Tucson, Ariz.
  • Israel Shows Off New Spy Sat With Iran Snaps
  • Taiwan To Receive Early-Warning Radars From US: Jane's
  • Russia Set To "Minimise" US Withdrawal From ABM

    • UAV NEWS
    Afghan Ops Bolster UAV Market
     Newtown - June 19, 2002
     Allied operations in Afghanistan will have a positive influence on the unmanned air vehicle (UAV) market, with production over the next ten years expected to be worth $7.5 billion, according to Forecast International's "The Market for Reconnaissance Unmanned Air Vehicles."
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  • European Conference Focuses On UAV Technologies
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    • LAUNCH PAD
    Comet Explorer On The Pad
     KSC - June 19, 2002
     The Contour spacecraft, mated to an upper stage booster, was transported from SAEF-2 to Pad 17-A early this morning. The move began at 2:15 a.m. and the arrival at the pad occurred at 4:30 a.m. Contour was hoisted atop the Delta II at 7:50 a.m.
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  • NASA, NOAA To Launch New Environmental Satellite
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    • LIFE SPACE
    Study Offers A Rare View Of How Species Interactions Evolve
     Santa Cruz - Jun 17, 2002
     The complicated relationship between a common wildflower and a little gray moth is yielding new insights into how species coevolve, with implications for the conservation of biodiversity.
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    • EARTH OBSERVATION
    The Greening Of The North Gathers Pace
     Munich - Jun 19, 2002
     Twenty years of satellite observations have indicated a "greening" trend in northern regions of the northern hemisphere (boreal regions) say scientists at several European research centers who are using the data to build a global earth model.
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  • ESA Selects Three New EO Missions

    • EARLY EARTH
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    • DRAGON SPACE
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    • EXO WORLDS
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  • The Gulf Beyond Earth
  • Eddington Mission Will Look For Earth-Like Planets

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