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Mars Rovers Still Pack A Full Toolkit Ten Months LaterPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 05, 2004 
All the scientific tools on NASA's two Mars rovers are still working well, a full 10 months after Spirit's dramatic landing. The initial three-month primary missions were completed in April. NASA has extended the missions twice and will continue to operate them for as long as they operate. |
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US Attack On Iran inconceivable, Says UK Foreign Secretary
London (AFP) Nov 04, 2004British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Thursday it was "inconceivable" that the U.S. would attack Iran over its nuclear program and that the world would back such action. "I don't see any circumstances in which military action would be justified, full stop". Smart-1 Ready For Lunar Capture Nov 15 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 05, 2004More than thirty years after the last Apollo mission to the Moon in 1972, alot is still unknown about earth's nearest satellite. Now with the aid of ESA's SMART-1, planetary scientists hope to gain new insights into how the moon was it created, and what role it played in the formation of Earth and the advent of life itself on Earth. |
Titan: The Day Of Descent
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 05, 2004When ESA's Huygens probe plunges into the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, on 14 January 2005, telescopes on Earth will be watching the remote world. Observations of Titan from Earth will help to understand the global condition of the atmosphere, while Huygens is passing through a tiny section of it. Titanic Crunch, Squelch Or Splash? 
Wiltshite, UK (SPX) Nov 05, 2004Titan still offers all possibilities for the Huygens probe landing. The prospect of the Huygens probe landing on a hard, soft or liquid surface when it lands on Titan next January still remain following further analysis of data taken during the Cassini mother ship's closest encounter with Saturn's largest moon during its fly-by on 26th October. |
Jupiter's Gets All Spotty In Rare Triple Moon Transit
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2004At first glance, Jupiter looks like it has a mild case of the measles. Five spots - one colored white, one blue, and three black - are scattered across the upper half of the planet. IDirect And Netcom Launch New Satellite Network Over Africa 
Herndon VA (SPX) Nov 05, 2004iDirect Technologies and Netcom Africa, a Nigeria based provider of video, data, and voice over wireless, Thursday announced the launch of a major satellite network over Africa. |
Construction Begins On Vega Launch Pad At Kourou Spaceport
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 05, 2004The construction site for the ground segment of Vega, the small European launcher, was opened at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana last month. X-43A Hypersonic Flight Delayed Until Nov 15 
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2004Due to weather and scheduling concerns, the third flight of NASA's X-43A hypersonic research aircraft has been rescheduled for no earlier than Nov. 15. |
Globecomm Signs VoIP - Reciprocal Services Agreement With Afghan Telecom
Hauppauge NY (SPX) Nov 05, 2004Globecomm Systems Thursday announced that the Company has entered into a one-year broad-based voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") reciprocal services agreement with Afghan Telecom to provide international voice origination and termination. New Satellite Internet Service For Poland 
Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Nov 05, 2004SES Astra, an SES Global company, and Go!nternet, are pleased to announce a new satellite internet service for Poland via Astra 19.2(degree) East. Apart from satellite Internet access, Go!nternet subscribers will be able to watch more than 250 international digital TV and radio channels. |
New Global Coral Reef Library Now Online
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 05, 2004A collection of 1,490 coral reef images has become the basis for a new Internet- based library for the Millennium Coral Reef Project. El Nino Holds The Reins On Global Rains 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2004NASA and Japan's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has enabled scientists to look around the globe and determine where the year-to-year changes in rainfall are greatest. Recently, scientists found that the El Nino-Southern Oscillation is the main driver of the change in rain patterns all around the world. |
Northrop Grumman Helps Calibrate Aura
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2004A key navigation aid from Northrop Grumman is supplying attitude reference, or satellite orientation, information critical to NASA's Aura Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite, and to a key scientific instrument aboard it. Acid Rain An Unlikely Ally In Battle Against Climate Change 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2004Recently scientists from NASA and Open University in the United Kingdom set out to study how acid rain affects the methane gas that comes from wetlands in the U.S., England and Sweden. |
US Army Awards Harris AN/PRC-117F(C) Multiband Radio Contracts
Rochester NY (SPX) Nov 05, 2004Harris Thursday announced it has been awarded Falcon II radio contracts by the U.S. Army valued at more than $30 million. The contracts are for AN/PRC-117F(C) manpack and vehicular multiband, multimission radios. Raytheon To Continue NASA Contract For Airspace Concepts Evaluation System 
Marlboro MA (SPX) Nov 05, 2004Raytheon has been awarded a follow-on contract from NASA's Ames Research Center to expand the Airspace Concepts Evaluation System (ACES). |
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