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    • DRAGON SPACE
    China Calls For Cooperation With US, Japan In Space
     Beijing (XNA) Aug 12, 2004
     A top Chinese space official said China is willing to cooperate with the United States and Japan in space programs on exploration and finding resources.
  • Yang Liwei - From Space Cadet To Space Hero
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  • China Rules Out Sending Female Astronaut Into Space Anytime Soon
  • Russia launches supply ship to ISS
  • Space Race II The Big Gamble
  • NASA aims for 2006 to fix Hubble
  • NASA Chief OKs Robot Hubble Mission
  • Private Rocket Explodes During First Test
  • Bush Okays Industrial Machinery Exports To China
  • Canadian private space race contender names launch date
  • Saturn's Moon Titan: Planet Wannabe
  • NASA Solar Sail Propulsion Team Successfully Deploys Two Solar Sail Systems
  • Expedition 9 Crew Continue To Reorganize Station
    • SPACE.TV
    MB Tech Tests Portable Flat Antenna for Direct Broadcast Satellite Systems
     Las Vegas (SPX) Aug 12, 2004
     MB Tech announced Wednesday that it has successfully tested its proprietary portable auto positioning flat antenna for Direct Broadcast Satellite Services such as DirecTV, Sky Life, and Sky Perfect.
  • TracVision Adds Horsepower To Mobile Entertainment
  • Micronetics Awarded Satellite In-Flight TV Deal
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    MARSDAILY
    Cauldron of Olympus
     Paris (ESA) Aug 12, 2004
     This perspective view, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board Mars Express, shows the complex caldera of Olympus Mons on Mars, the highest volcano in our Solar System.
  • Water On Mars Not Easy To Find, Says Researcher
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter In Final Assembly
    • EARTH OBSERVATION
    Huntsville Goes Online With Interactive Maps Web Tools
     Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 12, 2004
     Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions Wednesday announced the city of Huntsville has added new Web mapping functionality based on Intergraph solutions to its Web site. The new feature, called Interactive Maps, is now online and gives citizens, businesses and Internet users immediate access to location-specific information about the city.
  • Search And Rescue Group Uses Sandia SAR
  • Space Imaging Introduces RESOURCESAT-1 Imagery

    • EXO WORLDS
    Knocking on Heaven's Door
     Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 12, 2004
     The Milky Way is a vast, diverse neighborhood. If you're hoping to find Earthlike planets that may harbor life, you'll need to narrow the search.
    SATURN DAILY
    Saturn's Moon Titan: Prebiotic Laboratory
     Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2004
     Jonathan Lunine, professor of planetary science and physics at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona, has a longtime fascination with Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
  • Saturn's Moon Titan: Planet Wannabe
  • Lightning Bolts From Saturn

    • SPACE TRAVEL
    ISAS Deployed Solar Sail Film In Space
     Kagoshima (SPX) Aug 12, 2004
     ISAS launched a small rocket S-310-34 from Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima, Japan, at 15:15 [0615 UTC], August 9, 2004. The launch was the culmination of a historic new technology, the world-first successful full-fledged deployment of big films for solar sail.
  • NASA Signs Nuke Space Agreement With DOE
  • NASA's New Space 'Hot Rod
    • NANO TECH
    RNA Could Form Nano Building Blocks
     West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 12, 2004
     Microscopic scaffolding to house the tiny components of nanotech devices could be built from RNA, the same substance that shuttles messages around a cell's nucleus, reports a Purdue University research group.
    IRON AND ICE
    Horseflies and Meteors
     Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 11, 2004
     Splat! There goes another bug on the windshield. Anyone who's ever driven down a country lane has seen it happen. A fast moving car, a cloud of multiplying insects, and a big disgusting mess.
    Join The Race To Find Billion-Year-Old Rock From Outer Space
     London (SPX) Aug 11, 2004
     Every year more than 30 meteorites must fall on British soil, yet remarkably there have been only 20 finds in the UK. Somewhere out there are thousands of meteorites just waiting to be discovered -- scientific marvels, used by scientists to unravel the secrets of the formation of the Earth and the Solar System, that are the oldest objects you can handle.
    GPS NEWS
    Trimble Helps Build World's Longest Transoceanic Bridge In China
     Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2004
     Trimble announced Wednesday that its positioning technologies - Global Positioning System (GPS), digital auto levels and software - are being used to help construct the world's longest transoceanic bridge in China.
  • First GPS Handheld For Under $100
  • Scientists Discover Moving Mountains

    • SPACEWAR
    Lockheed Martin Team Delivers Critical Payload For SBIRS High Program
     Sunnyvale (SPX) Aug 12, 2004
     Lockheed Martin today announced the delivery of the first space payload for the Space-Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) program. The payload was delivered for integration with a host satellite and eventual launch into a highly elliptical orbit around the earth.
    First Demo Of K-band Satellite Connectivity With 3-Inch Antenna
     Melbourne FL (SPX) Aug 12, 2004
     Harris Corporation, in cooperation with Lockheed Martin and Rockwell Collins Government Systems, recently demonstrated a first-ever small-diameter, multi-function advanced data link prototype antenna that accurately receives signals from military communications satellites.
    UAV NEWS
    Steadicopter Completes New Unmanned Autonomous Helicopter
     Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Aug 11, 2004
     Steadicopter has completed the development of an unmanned fully autonomous helicopter, operated without a human pilot. The helicopter performs fully autonomously, including all the aspects of the flight: takeoff, hovering, waypoints flight and landing while transmitting video images in real time.
    YESTERDAY'S SPACEDAILY HEADLINES
  • NASA authorizes planning for robotic repair mission to Hubble
  • NASA Aims For 2006 To Fix Hubble
  • NASA Chief OKs Robot Hubble Mission
  • Russia Launches Supply Ship To ISS
  • Water On Mars Not Easy To Find, Says Texas A&M Researcher
  • Opportunity Turns To Talk To Odyssey
  • Space Race II The Big Gamble
  • China Rules Out Sending Female Astronaut Into Space Anytime Soon
  • CSSI Offers Free Satellite Conjunction Prediction Service
  • Ozone Loss Caused Genetic Mutations At Time Of Mass Extinction
  • Updating The Code For Doomsday
  • Teets Discusses National Security Space Strategy
  • Herley Reaches Agreement To Acquire Reliable System Services
  • Dying Star Goes Out With a Ring
  • Detecting The Spin Of A Single Electron
  • Search And Rescue Group Uses Sandia Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Globecomm Systems Awarded M$7.7 Satellite Terminal Infrastructure Contracts
  • Thomson Signs Set-Top Box Agreements With Sky Mexico And Sky Brasil
  • DISH To Exclusively Broadcast Holland Cup, ICC Championship Cricket
  • It Isn't A UFO, It's A Space-Age Car
  • NOAA, Partners Hail Major Space Communications Breakthrough
  • Iran Demands That Europeans Back Its Nuclear Quest: Report
  • Ex-US General Urges Canada "Just Say No" To Missile Defence
  • Nuclear Plant Never Checked Burst Pipe
  • US private space rocket blows up on lift-off
  • Canadian private space race contender names launch date
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter In Final Assembly
  • Escarpment And Landslides Of Olympus Mons
  • Saturn's Moon Titan: Planet Wannabe
  • Whale Of A Species
  • Expedition 9 Crew Continue To Reorganize Station
  • AGI Introduces Software Solution for SATNAV Community
  • What Is A Comet Made Of?
  • Old Galaxies In The Young Universe
  • Spooky Spaceflight
  • Dec 3 Gamma-Ray Burst Was A New Type Of Cosmic Explosion
  • Dish Expands Local Channel Availability To Puerto Rico
  • Keeping Current With Ocean Currents
  • NASA Dryden's ER-2 Collects Soil Moisture Data
  • Smoke Versus Clouds
  • Space Imaging Introduces RESOURCESAT-1 Satellite Imagery
  • Scientists Formulate Intelligent Glass That Blocks Heat Not Light
  • Evolvability Could Be A Driving Force In Drug Resistance
  • Probe into deadly Japan nuclear accident focuses on lax inspections
  • Japan nuclear accident will not affect fusion project bid: officials
  • Jobs worth the risks for residents of Japan's nuclear heartland
  • Iran's nuclear negotiator to meet Australian officials
  • Uranium traces came from Pakistani equipment: IAEA
  • Bush: Iran must abandon nuclear program
  • Hubble In Trouble
  • Perseids To Storm August 11?
  • Hubble In Trouble
  • Instrument Aboard Hubble Space Telescope Suspends Operation
  • Perseids To Storm August 11?
  • Spirit's Flood Of Papers
  • Endurance Crater's Dazzling Dunes
  • Tuktoyuktuk's Turn
  • Spirit's Cameras Detect Variations In Martian Soil
  • Mapping The Galaxy, And Watching Our Backyard
  • Astronomers Link Moving Microquasar To Star Cluster
  • Cosmic Cowboy
  • NASA Technology Gives Rescuers Breathing Room
  • Lightning Bolts From Saturn
  • ITOS Aquires Satellite Phone Source
  • NASA Device Is All About Heart
  • Human-Like Space Robot Goes Mobile With Leg, Wheels
  • Taiwan large-size flat panel shipments at record high, concerns loom
  • Nagasaki remembers atomic bomb, urges US to ban nukes
  • US mulling 'many means' to keep nukes out of Iran
  • Iran, North Korea have advanced on nuclear arms: report
  • IAEA inspectors return to Iraq for first time since war
  • Iranian official again insists on right to produce own nuclear fuel
  • Iran looking to improve Shahab-3 missile after Israeli test
  • US, Denmark, Greenland sign agreement to modernize US base
  • India braces for glacial Tibet lake to spill over
  • Floods sweep 3.2 billion dollars away in China
  • NASA Extends TRMM Operations Through Current Hurricane Season
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