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Cape Canaveral - Aug 21, 2002The first Atlas V launch vehicle, designated AV-001, roared into orbit today marking a perfect maiden flight. On board was a the Hotbird 6 commercial satellite owned by Eutelsat. Launch was on time at 6:05pm EDT (2205 GMT) from the Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida.
Idaho Falls - Aug 22, 2002The INEEL Geocentrifuge Research Laboratory encompasses a 2-meter geocentrifuge user facility in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Research conducted at this laboratory will enable more accurate modeling of a wide range of complex porous media and advance our understanding of subsurface contaminant transport.
Gaithersburg - Aug 22, 2002New methods reported recently by researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and the University of Texas at Austin will aid the semiconductor industry's urgent search for new photosensitive materials needed to print integrated-circuit patterns with features smaller than a hundred nanometers. Nanoparticles Used In Solar Energy Conversion 
Manhattan - Aug 22, 2002An enormous source of clean energy is available to us. We see it almost every day. It's just a matter of harnessing it. The problem with solar energy is that it has not been inexpensive enough in the past. David Kelley, professor of chemistry at Kansas State University, developed a new type of nanoparticle -- a tiny chemical compound far too small to be seen with the naked eye -- that may reap big dividends in solar power. GPS Guidance Software Helps To Safely Stack Shipping Containers 
Fredericton - Aug 22, 2002The seaports of the world present a huge challenge to those who work there. Shipping containers, 20-to-40 feet in length, have to be stacked within inches of each other, and the slightest mistake could result in thousands of dollars in damage. ESA and Eurocontrol To Apply Space Tech To Civil Aviation 
Paris - Aug 22, 2002A five-year renewable Agreement for Cooperation was signed today in Brussels by the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Antonio Rodota, and the Director General of Eurocontrol1, Victor M. Aguado. Putting The Universe Online At Gemini 
Hilo - Aug 22, 2002Thanks to a unique combination of international cooperation and the latest Internet technology, Gemini Observatory is now well on its way to becoming the world's first global "cyber observatory". Fire Scout Completes Complex Tracking Test 
San Diego - Aug 22, 2002Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems sector has successfully conducted the first inflight sensor payload demonstration of the U.S. Navy's RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle system at Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, Calif. Bulk Source Of Universe's Gamma Rays Identified, Scientists Say 
Greenbelt - Aug 19, 2002Scientists at Columbia University and Barnard College have found that the majority of the gamma rays outside of our galaxy are likely emitted by galaxy clusters and other massive structures. Yeager To Retire From Military Flying After October Airshow 
Edwards AFB - Aug 19, 2002Aviation legend retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager visited Edwards Aug. 12 and 13 to chat with airmen around the base and to prepare for his opening flight at the Edwards 2002 Open House and Air Show Oct. 26.
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2002  Shenzhou IV, expected to be the last Chinese test flight before the country begins putting humans into orbit, is due for take off early next year at the latest, state media said Thursday. According to an official who played "an important role" in the launch of the previous mission, the launch date was set for before January 10, the Beijing Times reported.Breathing Life Into Old Martian Rocks Houston - Aug 22, 2002  In the latest study of a 4.5 billion-year-old Martian meteorite, researchers have presented new evidence confirming that 25 percent of the magnetic material in the meteorite was produced by ancient bacteria on Mars. These latest results were published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.After A Decade, NASA's Topex/Poseidon Adventure Sails On Pasadena - Aug 22, 2002  It's been sailing the blackness of space now for a decade: a silent sentinel, watching over the world's oceans, looking for signs of the mysterious El Nino and La Nina phenomena whose cantankerous dispositions wreak havoc on our weather.Astrium Selected For Aeolus Paris - Aug 22, 2002  On 27th June, the ESA Industrial Policy Committee unanimously approved the Aeolus mission with Astrium as the proposed contractor for the initial programme. The Aeolus spacecraft, with a mass of about 1 tonne and an expected lifetime of 3 years, is scheduled for launch in October 2007.Brown Haze Smokescreen for Greenhouse Gas Emitters New Delhi (IPS) Aug 22, 2002  Rich industrialised nations that are accused of generating more greenhouse gases than they are entitled to may now hit back with accusations that the 'Asian Brown Haze', produced largely by countless wood-burning stoves, is equally culpable in global climate change. |
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