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China To Launch Own Permanent Space Station
Beijing (AFP) May 18, 2004
China will launch its own permanent manned space station within 15 years, but does not plan to send a man to the moon, the chief designer of the country's space program was cited as saying Tuesday. Wang Yongzhi also revealed that China's manned space program has cost 18 billion yuan ($2.18B) over the past decade.
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Rocks From High Heaven
Moffett Field (EXO) May 13, 2004
Dr. Guy Consolmagno divides his time between Tucson, Arizona, where he observes asteroids and Kuiper Belt comets with the Vatican's 1.8 meter telescope on Mt. Graham, and Castel Gandolfo, Italy, home of the Vatican meteorites. The Vatican Observatory established a research branch in Arizona in 1981 when the growing population of Rome made the sky too bright for astronomical observations.

Space Exploration Alliance Plans 'Moon-Mars Blitz' On Capitol Hill
Washington (SPX) May 18, 2004
Twelve leaders of the Space Exploration Alliance announced today that their organizations would join in launching a "Moon-Mars Blitz" on Capitol Hill July 11-13. During this event, the organizations will bring their members to Washington to visit as many congressional members and staff as possible with a single message: "Fund NASA's requests for FY 2005."
A Bit Of Titan On Earth Helps In The Search For Life's Origins
Tucson (SPX) May 18, 2004
While the Cassini spacecraft has been flying toward Saturn, chemists on Earth have been making plastic pollution like that raining through the atmosphere of Saturn's moon, Titan.

Hypersonics Research Speeds Up
Brisbane (SPX) May 18, 2004
The world's fastest air-breathing engine will fly in Australia in 2005 in a collaborative two-nation experiment that is expected to provide a major boost to the fledgling scramjet technology.

Climate: Sitting In The Catbird Seat?
Boulder CO (UPI) May 17, 2004
One of the advantages of being the world's only superpower is it seems to bestow a relative immunity to the prospective ravages of global warming.
Satlynx S.A. And Alcatel Bring Broadband To Remote Areas
Paris (SPX) May 17, 2004
Satlynx S.A. ('Satlynx') and Alcatel are working together to bring broadband Internet access to areas, which have poor or no opportunities to connect via traditional terrestrial networks.

Study Cites Growing Reach Of Wi-Fi
Washington (UPI) May 12, 2004
As cell phones, pagers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and laptop computers flood consumer markets, the digital revolution may no longer be tethered to a phone jack or wall outlet.
NASA Plans To Put An Aura Around The Earth
Greenbelt (SPX) May 18, 2004
On June 19, NASA will launch Aura, a next generation Earth- observing satellite. Aura will supply the best information yet about the health of Earth's atmosphere.

Worldsat Signs KT Corp for Northeast Asian Satellite Services
Singapore (SPX) May 12, 2004
Worldsat, and KT Corporation have entered into a long term framework agreement to provide services through several high-powered Ku-band transponders on Worldsat-1 (formerly known as AAP-1) satellite.
Opportunity Samples The Blast Damage
Pasadena (JPL) May 18, 2004
MER-B is sampling rocks ejected from a stadium-sized impact crater the rover is circling, and the very first one may extend our understanding about the region's suspected wet past billions of years ago.

EESC Adopts Opinion On Space White Paper
Brussels - May 18, 2004
The European Economic and Social Committee adopted an Opinion on the White Paper on European Space Policy on 31 March 2004. As part of the European Union's institutional system providing a link between Europe and civil society, the EESC has a key role to play in the Union's decision-making process.
AMC-11 Satellite Ready For Launch From Cape Aboard Atlas 2AS
Cape Canaveral - May 18, 2004
The AMC-11 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES Americom of Princeton, NJ, is ready for launch May 19 from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas IIAS rocket provided by International Launch Services, a Lockheed Martin joint venture.

Venus Transit Of Sun Live From The Backyard Or Online
Washington (SPX) May 17, 2004
"There will be no other till the twenty-first century of our era has dawned upon the Earth and the June flowers are blooming in 2004. What will be the state of science ? God only knows." - William Harkness, U.S. Naval Observatory 1882
StarTiger To Roar In Finland
Paris (ESA) May 18, 2004
ESA is hoping to repeat the success of its first StarTiger project. This time the venue will be Tampere University of Technology in Finland, where the StarTiger2 project hopes to come up with ideas for 'intelligent' clothing for astronauts, capable of checking their health while they work.

NASA, Stanford Form Space Biological Research Partnership
Moffett Field (SPX) May 13, 2004
NASA and Stanford University are launching an exciting new joint venture to develop technologies, instruments and systems to conduct physiological monitoring of humans in support of basic and applied space biology research.

SI International Awarded DoD Next-Generation Internet Contract
Reston VA (SPX) May 17, 2004
SI International, Inc. has been awarded a prime contract to support the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in defining, establishing and developing the solutions and procedures for the Department of Defense (DoD) Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Transition Office.

AeroAstro To Develop Innovative Aerobrake Deorbiting System
Ashburn, VA � May 13, 2004
AeroAstro, Inc., a leading provider of small satellites and related technology products, today announced the award of a contract for the development of an Aerobrake Deorbiting System (ADS). This effort, funded through the DARPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, leverages several ongoing technology development initiatives at AeroAstro.

Lockheed Martin Receives Airborne Laser Turret Ball From Brashear
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) May 17, 2004
Lockheed Martin said Thursday that it has begun final integration of the flight turret assembly for the Airborne Laser (ABL) program. ABL will be the world's first megawatt-class laser weapon system integrated on a specially configured 747-400F aircraft to autonomously detect, track and destroy hostile ballistic missiles.
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