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NASA Unveils Criteria For Orbital Taxi And Rescue Vehicle
Washington (AFP) Feb 19, 2003The US space agency NASA on Tuesday unveiled basic criteria for its Orbital Space Plane (OSP) series, the space craft due to succeed the space shuttle series from 2010. The new spacecraft's main mission will be to transport crew to and from the International Space Station (ISS), and to serve as an emergency evacuation vehicle for the ISS, a task now handled by the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Russia Mulls Additional Funds For ISS Missions 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 19, 2003Russia is considering ways of releasing additional financing for the International Space Station (ISS), after US shuttle flights were suspended in the wake of the Columbia disaster, a government source said Wednesday. The head of Russia's space programme Yury Koptev asked Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov Monday for financing to build more Soyuz and Progress supply vessels to be launched to the ISS, the source said, quoted by the ITAR-TASS news agency. China Boosts Relocations From Yangtze Project To 320,000 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 19, 2003China said Wednesday 320,000 people will have to move because of a massive scheme to divert water from the Yangtze river, marking the second upward revision in less than a week. Only last Thursday, state media said 275,000 people would be relocated, increasing previous estimates by 50,000. Iran Signs Deal With Italian Firm To Launch First Telecoms Satellite 
Tehran (AFP) Feb 19, 2003Iran signed an agreement with Italian firm Carlo Gavazzi Space Wednesday to launch its first telecommunications satellite within two years, the science ministry announced. The ministry statement carried by the official IRNA news agency gave no value for the deal to launch the Mesbah (Lighthouse) satellite, which is intended to replace the abandoned Zohreh (Venus) project with Russia. Two World-Altering Chemical Processes Point To Possible Origin Of Life 
Tempe - Feb 17, 2003Some of the most important evolutionary events in Earth's history didn't just create new organisms -- they created new fundamental biochemical processes. And where do biochemical processes come from? They evolve from other biochemical processes.
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Observing The Greenhouse Effect Across The Solar System
Paris (ESA) Feb 19, 2003Our planet may be warming up, and experts warn that the consequences will be serious. To see precisely how the process works, scientists need as much information as possible and from many different sources. There are valuable clues out in the atmospheres of Venus, Mars, and Saturn's moon Titan. Weather Cells Form Around Magnetic Storms On Solar Surface 
Boulder - Feb 17, 2003Clusters of sunspots form their own weather patterns on the sun, according to new observations by a team of University of Colorado at Boulder researchers. Animal Fossils Reveal Effects Of Global Warming 
Denver - Feb 19, 2003How will global warming affect life on Earth? Uncertainties about future climate change and the impact of human activity make it difficult to predict exactly what lies ahead. But the past offers clues, say scientists who are studying a period of warming that occurred about 55 million years ago. North Korea Eases Rhetoric Over Nuclear Crisis 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 19, 2003In an abrupt departure from its strident attacks of recent months, North Korea toned down its rhetoric Wednesday over the nuclear crisis and stressed its goal of reforming its struggling economy. North Korea also denied it was resorting to brinkmanship tactics and using the nuclear standoff as a means of seeking concessions in negotiations with Washington. Blix To Ask Iraq To Destroy Missiles: Diplomats 
United Nations (AFP) Feb 20, 2003Chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix will ask Iraq to destroy its stock of al-Samoud missiles because their range exceeds limits imposed by the Security Council, diplomats said Wednesday. Blix's spokesman refused to comment, saying: "The letter has not gone and we will not be saying anything about it until it has been sent to the Iraqi side." YESTERDAY'S SPACE
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