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Perhaps the single most significant chapter in the long-running saga of the possible 2006 US probe to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt has just been completed. On July 24, the Senate's Subcommittee for Appropriations to VA, HUD and Independent Agencies (including NASA) voted to provide full funding for the "New Horizons" Pluto mission - adding $105 million to NASA's budget specifically for the purpose - and yesterday the full Senate Appropriations Committee affirmed it. Full Story
Pasadena - Jul 26, 2002There was another Pioneer 10 contact on Sunday, 7/14/02. The Deep Space Station (DSS) near Madrid (DSS-63) found the signal but was unable to consistently lock onto the receiver. The signal level was reported at - 185 dBm, just about at the threshold value. SINOSAT And Beijing's Propaganda War In Space 
New York - Jul 11, 2002Since July 8th, utilizing allegations that Falun Gong practitioners overseas tapped into the broadcast signal of the SINOSAT satellite, Jiang Zemin's propaganda machine has attacked and condemned Falun Gong in the Chinese and world media says the Falun Dafa Information Center. Laos Still Wants Its Own Comsats 
Vientiane - Jul 24, 2002Despite being on the UN's list of "least developed countries" and the fragility of economy, Laos remains ambitious to launch its own satellites.
Farnborough - July 23, 2002Airbus, Rockwell Collins and Tenzing Communications, Inc. announced today a cooperative effort to offer a complete range of airborne communications and data management solutions to airlines and their passengers. SIA Applauds FCC's Decision To Reign-In Radar Detector Emissions 
Washington, DC - July 19, 2002The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) applauds the FCC for acting expeditiously to limit the harmful interference radar detectors have been causing to Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) networks. Surrey Buys Multiple Cosmos Rockets For Microsat Launches 
Farnborough - Jul 24, 2002Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) of the UK and Rosoboronexport of Russia today signed a contract to launch 8 microsatellites on 3 Cosmos rockets from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome during 2002-2004. ISS Partners Express Concern Over Future Of Orbital Station 
Washington - Jul 25, 2002Representatives of the 14 partner countries collaborating with the United States on the International Space Station expressed their worries in Washington Tuesday about cuts NASA is planning to the station's budget. Representatives from 11 European countries, Russia, Canada and Japan "stressed the importance of achieving full and effective utilization of the ISS," said a US official on the condition on anonymity. Northrop Grumman To Fund New Global Hawk Demonstrator 
Farnborough - Jul 26, 2002Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector has announced plans to produce a company-funded Global Hawk advanced technology demonstrator. Long-lead procurement will begin this year, and the company expects the vehicle will be completed in 2004. Dust In 'Earth's Attic' Could Hold Evidence Of Planet's Earliest Life 
Seattle - Jul 24, 2002The dust has been piling up in Earth's attic for billions of years, and now some scientists want to sift through the accumulation to see if they can find evidence of the planet's earliest life. Just How Old Is The Grand Canyon 
Tucson - Jul 24, 2002Dams are not just a 20th Century phenomenon in Grand Canyon. As early as 1882, geologists realized that the Colorado River was blocked several times in the past by huge lava dams.
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Mauna Kea - Jul 26, 2002  New observations from Mauna Kea with the University of Hawaii's 2.2-meter telescope by Institute for Astronomy astronomers Yanga R. Fernandez, Scott S. Sheppard and David C. Jewitt have revealed a zoo of tiny mini-comets strung out in a line trailing behind the comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte.Scientists Visualize Waves In Space Caused By Mergers Of Black Holes University Park - Jul 26, 2002  Merging black holes will rock the fabric of space and time with gravitational waves that start quiet, grow to a thunderous roar at the moment of impact, and then resonate from the final gong, according to international team of scientists who have created a novel computer model of such a merger based on Einstein's equations.Lining Them All Up In Quantum Land Madison - Jul 26, 2002  Material scientists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have built a semiconductor based device that can trap individual electrons and line them up, an advance that could bring quantum computing out of the gee-whiz world of scientific novelty and into the practical realm.Laser-Like Beam May Break Barriers To Technological Progress Boulder - Jul 24, 2002  Researchers have created a sharply focused, laser-like beam of ultraviolet light using a device that could fit on a dining room table. Scientists and engineers will be able to use this extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source to measure and manipulate objects at the scale of nanometers (billionth of a meter). |
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