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Rosetta Launcher To Rolled Back For Insulation Patch UpKourou (AFP) Feb 25, 2004 
The launch Thursday of Rosetta, a 1 billion euro spacecraft designed to chase and land on a comet, was postponed by 24 hours because of bad weather, officials said. "We will make a second attempt tomorrow provided the weather is good," said Jean-Yves Le Gall, director-general of Arianespace, the ESA-affiliated company that is in charge of the launch. |
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The Greening Of Mars Will Be An Inside Job
Huntsville - Feb 27, 2004When humans go to the moon or Mars, they'll probably take plants with them. NASA-supported researchers are learning how greenhouses work on other planets. Confused? Then you're just like plants in a greenhouse on Mars. ISS To Receive Experimental Figurehead During Spacewalk 
Paris (ESA) Feb 27, 2004What resembles the head and torso of a human and will be attached outside the International Space Station? The answer is the European Matroshka experiment facility. During the night of 26/27 February the ISS Expedition 8 crew of Alexander Kaleri and Michael Foale will carry out a 5-hour 45-minute spacewalk and, amongst other tasks, attach Matroshka to the Russian Zvezda module. |
Arlington - Feb 27, 2004Metal Storm Limited announced today that it is planning to live-fire its 40mm electronic-weapon system on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) helicopter in the U.S. shortly. Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Downlink Antenna For EHF Platform 
Redondo Beach - Feb 27, 2004Northrop Grumman has demonstrated electrical performance capabilities of the downlink phased array antenna for the Advanced Extreme High Frequency (EHF) military satellite communications program, reaching a key company development milestone toward providing increased battlefield connectivity and protection for U.S. armed forces. |
A New View To The Home Range
Tuscon - Feb 25, 2004University of Arizona researchers have created a Web site that allow users to compare greenness from one year to the next, between years, against a 14-year average and at two-week intervals. The information is invaluable for making long-term land management decisions. Ancient Desert Markings Imaged From Orbit 
Paris (ESA) Feb 25, 2004Visible from ESA's Proba spacecraft 600 kilometres away in space are the largest of the many Nasca Lines; ancient desert markings now at risk from human encroachment as well as flood events feared to be increasing in frequency. Internet Broadband Connections Booming As Consumers Convert 
Arlington - Feb 27, 2004Spending on high-speed Internet access services in the United States will reach an estimated $17.0 billion in 2004, up 30.5 percent over 2003, according to TIA's 2004 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast. By the end of 2007, spending is expected to reach $24.8 billion, representing a 17.5 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR), 2004-2007. |
The Year Of Living Occassionally
Sydney - Feb 29, 2004Who? Well, Hilarius died on February 29th, 465. He was the 46th Pope, and did much to crush the insidious Eutychianism heresy which held that the human aspect of Christ's nature was subsumed by his divinity. Not many people are overly concerned about the heresy these days, but Saint Hilarius has a claim to fame which will stand for all time, writes Pat Sheil. Seamless Nanorings Could Be Nanoscale Sensors, Resonators Or Transducers 
Atlanta - Feb 27, 2004An article to be published in the February 27 issue of the journal Science introduces "nanorings" as the newest member of a growing family of nanometer-scale structures based on single crystals of zinc oxide, a semiconducting and piezoelectric material that has important technological applications. Interplanetary Dust Anomalies Help Explain History of Organic Matter 
Livermore - Feb 27, 2004Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Washington University have seen carbon and nitrogen anomalies on a particle of interplanetary dust that provides a clue as to how interstellar organic matter was incorporated into the solar system. |
Commission Adopts New Galileo Communication
Brussels - Feb 27, 2004The European Commission adopted a Communication on the Galileo research programme on February 18 2004. Aimed at creating a satellite radionavigation system, the programme, says the report, is making steady progress. |
Trimble Selected For UNAVCO's EarthScope PBO Network
Sunnyvale - Feb 27, 2004Trimble has been selected by UNAVCO to provide 875 Trimble NetRS GPS reference station receivers over five years. The reference station receivers will be used as part of the Plate Boundary Observatory network, a major component of the EarthScope Program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. |
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