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Nuclear space technologies are key to exploring and developing space.
Prometheus, NASA's nuclear spaceship is being developed under the Nuclear Systems Initiative. The vehicle, which NASA prefers not to call a rocket - but rather a nuclear electric propulsion system - could slash travel times for deep space missions to Mars, Jupiter, the Asteroids and beyond.

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The AI Problem: An Interview With Ken Ford
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 29, 2004
The Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) was established in 1990 as an interdisciplinary research unit of the University of West Florida.

ISS Crew Get Surveyed
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 29, 2004
International Space Station Science Officer Mike Fincke and Commander Gennady Padalka are continuing an experiment that looks at the interactions between the crew and ground teams.
Spirit Survives 200 Sols
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 29, 2004
On sol 198, Spirit completed a long overnight reading by the Moessbauer spectrometer on a rock target called "Sabre," then ground a second rock abrasion tool hole on a target called "Mastodon."

NASA Grant To Tap Lunar Resources
Melbourne FL (SPX) Jul 29, 2004
Florida Tech associate professor of chemical engineering, Dr. Jonathan Whitlow, received a grant of nearly $50,000 from NASA to develop computer models that can lead to producing propellants from the lunar regolith, or rock mantle.
Scripps Researchers Document Significant Changes In The Deep Sea
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 29, 2004
Although it covers more than two-thirds of Earth's surface, much of the deep sea remains unknown and unexplored, and many questions remain about how its environment changes over time.

Climate Ocean Carbon Sink The Answer?
Boulder CO (UPI) Jul 19, 2004
Everybody knows the ocean is big. In relation to the climate, however, the question is: Is it big enough asks Dan Whipple in this weekly Climate News report from UPI.

Researchers Unearth Ancient Continental Rift Activity
Edmonton AB (SPX) Jul 29, 2004
Researchers have found evidence that a 2,000-kilometre corridor stretching diagonally across northern Canada was under tremendous pressure to split in two about 2.7 billion years ago - the earliest evidence of continental landforms and plate tectonics existed that long ago.
AeroAstro Awarded Globalstar Applique Contract
Ashburn VA (SPX) Jul 29, 2004
AeroAstro, a microsatellite technology pioneer, Wednesday announced the award of a Gateway Applique contract from Globalstar, LLC. The SENS Appliques are the technical core of AeroAstro's Sensor Enabled Notification System, the patented technology underlying the Globalstar Simplex Data Service - a highly affordable satellite-based monitoring and asset tracking data system.

Receding Titan
Boulder (SPX) Jul 28, 2004
About a day after entering orbit around Saturn, Cassini sped silently past Titan, passing some 339,000 kilometers (210,600 miles) above the moon�s south polar region. This natural color image represents Cassini�s view only about two hours after closest approach to the moon.

Saturn's Rings Offer A Fresco Of Color
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 23, 2004
Click for 1024 Desktop With shimmering pinks, hues of gray and a hint of brown, a newly released image of Saturn's rings resembles a fresco where nature is the painter.
Cyber Aerospace Announces UAV Weighing 10 Lbs. In Test Flight Mode
West Palm Beach FL (SPX) Jul 29, 2004
Proxity Digital Networks reports its first generation Individual Unmanned Air Scout (IUAS), known as Cyber Scout, is in test flight mode.

Northrop Grumman Helps USAF Develop Collision-Avoidance System For UAV's
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 29, 2004
Northrop Grumman is helping the U.S. Air Force develop collision-avoidance technology that will make it safer for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to share airspace with piloted air vehicles.
LockMart Marks Major Milestone At West Coast Atlas V Launch Pad
Denver CO (SPX) Jul 28, 2004
Lockheed Martin marked a major milestone in its drive to complete the West Coast Atlas V launch facility with the arrival early this morning of the fourth and final fixed launch platform (FLP) segment at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

Quantum Dots Used To Both Target And Image Prostate Tumors In Mice
Atlanta (SPX) Jul 28, 2004
Emory University scientists have for the first time used a new class of luminescent "quantum dot" nanoparticles in living animals to simultaneously target and image cancerous tumors.
SpaceShipOne To Make First
X-Prize Attempt Sept. 29
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2004

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The X Prize Foundation said Tuesday Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne team has given 60-days notice as required under the rules to schedule its first X Prize flight on September 29th, 2004, at the Mojave Airport Civilian Aerospace Test Center in Mojave, California. To win the $10 million, SpaceShipOne will need to make a second flight within two weeks, by October 13th, 2004.


First Interceptor Emplaced In Alaska Silo
Dulles VA (SPX) Jul 26, 2004
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that it supplied the first interceptor boost vehicle for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense system that was installed into an underground silo at Fort Greely, Alaska yesterday, July 22, 2004.

NSF Builds 21 Tesla Superconducting Magnet
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Jul 27, 2004
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Florida, has achieved another world record in magnet development with the successful testing of its 21.1 Tesla, superconducting, ultra-wide bore, NMR magnet.

NASA, Salinas Hospital Join To Advance Medical Imaging
Moffett Field (SPX) Jul 28, 2004
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Salinas, Calif., have announced an agreement to work together to advance future medical imaging technologies.

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