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Spirit Steering Goes Amiss; While Opportunity Powers UpPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2004
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Soyuz Launch Test From Plesetsk Delayed Moscow (UPI) Oct 20, 2004 
Equipment problems are expected to delay a test launch of a new Russian rocket designed to ferry cargo to the ISS. The first blastoff of the Soyuz 2-1A carrier rocket from the Plesetsk Space Center was set for Oct. 29.XCOR Makes Progress On DARPA-Funded Pump-Fed Rocket Program 
Mojave CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2004XCOR said Wednesday that it has completed another significant milestone in its Pump-Fed Rocket Program by successfully pumping liquid oxygen through a cryogenic liquid oxygen pump developed by XCOR. |
Spirit Completes Survey Of Layered Rock
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2004Spirit had a productive week investigating the rock "Tetl." On sol 277, Spirit attempted a drive to the next rock target, "Uchben," which means "ancient" in the old Mayan language. Rough Around The Edges 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2004This turbulent boundary between two latitudinal bands in Saturn's atmosphere curls repeatedly along its edge in this Cassini image. This pattern is an example of a Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, which occurs when two fluids of different density flow past each other at different speeds. |
Was Earth Hit Multiple Times 35 Million Years Ago
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2004There is evidence that about 35 million years ago, at least five comets or asteroids collided with Earth. If the effects of a single large meteorite impact seem overwhelming, imagine how life on Earth would reel from a barrage of rocks from space. Meteorite Crater Drilling Provides Extensive Samples - And A Mystery 
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Oct 21, 2004Drillings made in the Bosumtwi crater in Ghana, one of the youngest meteorite craters in the world, led to yet another mysterious finding - the rock formation caused by the heat of the meteoric impact is only half as thick as expected. |
A Shower of Halley Adds Sparkle To Venusian Dawn Sky
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 21, 2004Would you like to see a piece of Halley's Comet streak past a planet that looks like an exploding star? No problem. Just set your alarm. It's going to happen, in plain view - no telescope required, on Thursday morning, Oct. 21st. Magnetic Star Mystery Solved 
Garching, Germany (SPX) Oct 19, 2004Just how does one explain the enormous magnetic field strengths of the so-called 'magnetic stars'? This question concerning magnetic fields in the cosmos, first posed half a century ago, has now been answered by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching. |
Iran Adamant On Not Ending Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Activities
Tehran, Iran (UPI) Oct 19, 2004Iran has remained unyielding on demands to permanently stop uranium enrichment, despite an incentives package expected to be presented in the coming days by the European Union's top three powers - Britain, France and Germany - aimed at convincing the Islamic republic to give up its nuclear ambitions. US Expected To Oppose European Nuclear Offer To Iran 
Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2004The United States said Wednesday it would be "concerned" by Iran's acquisition of any new nuclear technology, signaling opposition to a reported European offer to give Tehran a light-water reactor it proves it is not secretly developing atomic weapons. |
Better Wind, Damage Models Would Help Insurers Anticipate Hurricane Costs
Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 21, 2004Insurance companies could better anticipate their annual costs in hurricane claims if they used more accurate models of storm winds and the severity of damage they will likely cause, a University of Central Florida professor and his Georgia colleague concluded. Scientists Complete Experiments In The Arctic Before Cryosat Launch 
Alberta, Canada (SPX) Oct 21, 2004Instead of enjoying the last of the summer weather, scientists from the UK, Canada and Germany spent August and September isolated on vast ice-sheets in order to complete the last in a series of crucial pre-launch validation measurements for ESA's CryoSat mission. |
Analysis: Russia Calls Oil Shots With China
Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2004China rolled out a lot more than the red carpet to court Russian President Vladimir Putin on his state visit last week, but Putin stayed silent on the one thing China's leaders wanted above all else - his green light for a pipeline to feed Siberia's oil wealth to their energy-hungry industrial juggernaut. Ukraine Markets Chernobyl Ghost City Tour 
Kiev, Ukraine (UPI) Oct 18, 2004Cash-strapped Ukraine is generating foreign currency reserves by commercializing the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster as a tourist site. |
Telenor Launches New Satellite-based IP Networking Service
Oslo, Norway (SPX) Oct 20, 2004Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway, Tuesday commercially launched its latest IP networking service - Telenor Digital Video Broadcasting - Return Channel Satellite (DVB-RCS). Iran Conducts New Shahab-3 Missile Test 
Tehran (AFP) Oct 20, 2004Iran carried out a new test on Wednesday of its upgraded Shahab-3 ballistic missile, which it says has a range of at least 2,000 kilometres (about 1,200 miles), Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani said. |
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