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Japan Launches Dual Spy Sats Tokyo (AFP) Mar 28, 2003 
Confronted with growing fears of the latest member of the nuclear bomb club - N.Korea, Japan has launched its first two spy sats Friday morning in a highly secret mission that Japan has released few details on beyond confirming the rocket's launch.Europe's Galileo Project And Leadership In Space Enterprises 
Hamburg - Mar 28, 2003In the dispute between Italy and Germany on the leading role in the European satellite navigation system Galileo, Sigmar Wittig, director of the German space agency DLR (Deutsches Zentrum f�r Luft- und Raumfahrt), recently claimed leadership, because of Germany's financial contributions to the project. Does that sound reasonable to you? |
Meteorites Shower Chicago's South Suburbs
Chicago - Mar 28, 2003University of Chicago meteorite experts Lawrence Grossman and Steven Simon usually commute from Chicago's south suburbs to their laboratory on the Hyde Park campus to study rocks that have fallen from space. But at midnight last night a shower of meteorites came to them. SpaceX Performs First Engine Firings 
El Segundo - Mar 28, 2003New rocket entrant SpaceX has announced the successful firing of the company's Falcon rocket main engine earlier this month. While drawing upon the ideas of many prior launch vehicle programs from Apollo to the X-34/Fastrac, SpaceX is privately developing the entire Falcon rocket from the ground up, including both engines, the turbo-pump, the cryogenic tank structure and the guidance system. |
Flat Lens Could Significantly Enhance Object Resolution
Toronto - Mar 28, 2003By constructing artificial materials that break long-standing rules of nature, a U of T researcher has developed a flat lens that could significantly enhance the resolution of imaged objects. This, in turn, could lead to smaller and more effective antennas and devices for cell phones, increased space for data storage on CD-ROMs and more complex electronic circuits. SI International Wins Air Force Space Command Contract 
Reston - Mar 25, 2003SI International, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide space sensors engineering and technical services support to the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). Northrop Grumman Progresses On Advanced EHF Military ComSat 
Redondo Beach - Mar 28, 2003Northrop Grumman has developed and successfully tested an innovative, high-performance solid-state power amplifier for use in the communications payloads of Advanced EHF satellites. |
Primary Search For Columbia Material Passes Halfway Mark
Houston - Mar 28, 2003As the search of more than 500,000 acres of primary recovery area for Space Shuttle Columbia material reached its halfway mark, NASA Administrator, Sean O'Keefe, visited key sites in east Texas to thank recovery crews for their diligence and hard work. Argonne Researchers Use Electric Field To Manipulate Tiny Particles 
Argonne - Mar 26, 2003Intricate patterns formed by granular materials under the influence of electrostatic fields have scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory dreaming of new ways to create smaller structures for nanotechnologies. |
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