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NASA Gets New Funds For Shuttles And Moon MissionWASHINGTON (AFP) Feb 02, 2004 
The new US public budget unveiled Monday gives a big boost to spending on efforts to get the US shuttle back in space and to start moves to get manned missions to the moon and Mars. |
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US remembers fallen astronauts of Columbia shuttle disaster Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 02, 2004 
The United States held memorials Sunday, with more due on Monday, for the seven Columbia shuttle astronauts who died a year ago when their ship disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana.Hubble finds oxygen, carbon in faraway planet's atmosphere 
Washington (AFP) Feb 03, 2004The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the first planet outside the solar system known to have oxygen and carbon in its atmosphere, scientists said Monday. |
US to begin putting intercept missiles in silos in June or July: official
WASHINGTON (AFP) Feb 02, 2004The United States plans to have a rudimentary missile defense system in operation by October and to begin putting interceptor missiles in launch silos as early as June, Pentagon officials said Monday. US defense budget silent on Iraq war costs 
WASHINGTON (AFP) Feb 02, 2004The US administration on Monday announced a 401.7 billion dollar defense budget for 2005 that funds a rudimentary missile defense system but puts off how to pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until after the presidential election. |
Pioneer to buy NEC's plasma display business: spokesman
TOKYO (AFP) Feb 03, 2004Japanese electronics maker Pioneer said Tuesday it planned to acquire NEC's plasma display panel (PDP) division in a bid to lead the rapidly growing market. Governments must act together to curb spam: OECD 
BRUSSELS (AFP) Feb 02, 2004Only coordinated action by governments can curb the alarming rise in unsolicited bulk e-mails, or spam, a high-level seminar in Brussels was told Monday. |
US bending to Pyongyang's position: North Korea
SEOUL (AFP) Feb 03, 2004A top North Korean official said Tuesday that the United States had apparently softened its position towards the Stalinist state, prompting Pyongyang to agree to rejoin six-party talks nuclear crisis talks. Pakistan's disgraced nuclear king points finger at army chiefs 
ISLAMABAD (AFP) Feb 03, 2004Two former army chiefs were questioned in Pakistan's probe into nuclear leaks to Iran, Libya and North Korea, but no evidence was found against them, a military official told AFP Tuesday. |
Mars rover ready to work again
WASHINGTON (AFP) Feb 02, 2004The Mars rover Spirit, out of commission with computer problems for the last 10 days, has been fixed, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced Sunday. China's 14 astronauts to begin training for next manned space flight 
BEIJING (AFP) Feb 02, 2004China's team of 14 astronauts are about to start training for the country's second manned space flight, state media reported Monday. |
India earmarks 5.3 billion dollars for military upgrades in interim budget
NEW DELHI (AFP) Feb 03, 2004The Indian government Tuesday earmarked 250 billion rupees (5.31 billion dollars) to modernise military equipment in an interim budget until general elections expected in April or May. Powell expresses doubts about the case for Iraq war: report 
WASHINGTON (AFP) Feb 03, 2004US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said he does not know if he would have called for an invasion of Iraq if he had been told it had no stockpiles of banned weapons, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. |
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