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Washington (AFP) Jul 19, 2002A jumbo jet retrofitted to carry a laser gun capable of shooting down enemy missiles has been flight-tested for the first time as part of US efforts to build a controversial missile defense system, according to defense and industry officials.
Cambridge - July 16, 2002Northern Sky Research today released its newest market survey and forecast report: "Broadband Satellite Markets 2002: A Comprehensive Source of Market Forecasts and Industry Trends". Hughes Second Quarter 2002 Results Driven By Strong DirecTV Sales 
El Segundo - July 18, 2002Hughes Electronics Corporation reported Monday that second quarter 2002 revenues increased 11.3% to $2,209.7 million, compared with $1,985.1 million in the second quarter of 2001. Blue Sky Ships Low-Priced FAA Certified Iridium Satcom Solution 
La Jolla - July 18, 2002Aviation satcom solution provider Blue Sky Network announced today that it has begun shipping its latest Motorola based Iridium satellite telephone system for aircraft. First Glimpse Of Fully Integrated Delta 4 
Cape Canaveral - July 17, 2002Boeing technicians rolled back the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., providing the first glimpse of the fully integrated Boeing Delta IV rocket. Yellowstone Hotspot Dominates North America With 142 Massive Eruptions 
Salt Lake City - Jul 19, 2002The hotspot, which powers the geysers and hot springs of Yellowstone has produced over 142 massive volcanic eruptions during the past 16.5 million years -- far more than the 100 previously known blasts, University of Utah geologists found. ESA Satellite Keeps Vigil On Antarctic Ice 
Paris - Jul 18, 2002An unusually heavy Antarctic sea-ice pack has kept polar supply ship Magdalena Oldendorff trapped for more than a month. A multinational rescue mission already evacuated passengers and non-essential crew from the vessel, caught in ice while returning from the Russian base of Novolazarevskaya on Queen Maud Land.
Los Angeles - Jul 18, 2002A partnership between Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing and Space Vehicles Directorates, the Navy, NASA and industry partners yielded a revolutionary carbon-carbon space radiator panel that could increase the service lives of satellites, while reducing the cost of putting them in orbit. Is The Sun Made Of Iron, Not Hydrogen? 
Rolla - July 17, 2002 For years, scientists have assumed that the sun is an enormous mass of hydrogen. But in a poster presentation to be delivered July 21-26 at the Meteoritical Society's annual meeting in Los Angeles, Dr. Oliver Manuel says iron, not hydrogen, is the sun's most abundant element. NASA Releases 3D Topo Maps Of US 
Los Angeles - Jul 16, 2002People around the world will soon get to see their home planet in an entirely new way, as NASA extends the release of detailed topographical maps collected during the 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission beyond U.S. borders to the rest of the globe.
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San Diego - Jul 18, 2002  A little look behind the business infrastructure that launches boy bands reveals a lucrative source of capital and explorers for the new frontier. A business world that appears to support Lance Bass's aspirations to become a space tourist.Interplanetary Superhighway Makes Space Travel Simpler 
Pasadena - July 19, 2002A "freeway" through the solar system resembling a vast array of virtual winding tunnels and conduits around the Sun and planets, discovered by an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., can slash the amount of fuel needed for future space missions. HyShot Scramjet Program On Track For Another Woomera Test Woomera - Jul 18, 2002  This week's unsuccessful Japanese aeronautical experiment at Woomera, Australia, is unlikely to cause delays to the international HyShot program to test a scramjet in flight for the first time in the world.Devon Crater Team To Test Mars Plane Concepts Los Angeles - Jul 18, 2002  From July 17 to 24, 2002, The Planetary Society will team up with NASA Ames Research Center, the SETI Institute, and MicroPilot to fly an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic in simulated Mars exploration.Writing in the Infrared Scottsdale - Jul 04, 2002  Ideas and technologies that were recently only the wildest speculation now are hotly, even violently, debated worldwide. But not the prospect of a spacefaring future. While many address opportunities in space, their work seems to fall into a cultural blind spot, present but unseen. It's as if they were writing in the infrared: something is there, discernable by anyone sufficiently attuned. The world at large, though, literally cannot see the writing on the wall.
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