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X-43A Rockets Into OblivionWashington DC (UPI) Nov 22, 2004 
NASA's recent flight test of the X-43A experimental test vehicle that is capable of hypersonic flight was an engineering triumph, but it could also turn out to be another in a long list of the agency's bureaucratic failures, writes Robert Zimmerman
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Big Planet, Tiny Vehicles
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 23, 2004What can the Mars rovers do after reaching Endurance Crater and the Columbia Hills. Principal investigator Steve Squyres talked with Astrobiology Magazine on what's next: Can Opportunity drive five more kilometers to Victoria Crater, while being commanded by dedicated graduate students? He introduces two tiny vehicles to a big planet where the work is never done. Saturn's Rhea - A Real Shiner 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 23, 2004Saturn's moon Rhea shows off the moon equivalent of a black eye - a bright, rayed crater near its eastern limb. Rhea is about half the size of Earth's moon. At 1,528 kilometers (949 miles) across, it is the second-largest moon orbiting Saturn. |
Shuttle's Return To Flight Meets Important Milestone
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 23, 2004NASA continues its steady progress toward Return to Flight with a key milestone at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This photo shows the aft skirt and lower segment of a Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) moving through the doors of the facility's massive Vehicle Assembly Building. ISS Crew Get Boost, Prepare For New Cargo Spacecraft 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 23, 2004The Expedition 10 crew is easing into the second month of its six-month stay onboard the International Space Station by working on science experiments and preparing for the arrival of a new cargo spacecraft. |
Russia May Have Moon Base By 2025
Moscow (UPI) Nov 22, 2004Russia may have a base on the moon by 2025, according to a Russian space official, the Interfax news agency reported Monday. Nikolai Moiseyev, deputy chief of the Russian Space Agency for the International Space Station, made the prediction at a NASA conference in Washington, D.C. Brazil, Russia Sign Pact On Space Cooperation 
Brasilia, Brazil (AFP) Nov 22, 2004Brazil and Russia signed an agreement on space cooperation here Monday that calls for development of a launch vehicle for Brazil, production of geostationary satellites and other projects. |
Report On Second TC-2 Workshop
Beijing (ESA) Nov 23, 2004The second Double Star Cluster workshop took place on 8-10 November 2004 in the Centre for Space and Applied Research in Beijing. More than 70 scientists from China, Europe, Russia and USA gathered to discuss the first results of the Double Star mission. Washington University CubeSat Readied For NASA/Air Force Competition 
St Louis MO (SPX) Nov 23, 2004Failure at a university is a word with bad connotations, unless you are involved in building experimental satellites that the U.S. Air Force and NASA find interesting. |
TerraSAR-X - New Quality Of Earth Observation
Cologne, Germany (SPX) Nov 23, 2004TerraSAR-X, the German all-weather satellite project, has entered its decisive phase. At the Friedrichshafen-based space company EADS Astrium, the final spurt for the development team has now begun with the start-up of the integration activities. Scientists: Air Is Heavier Than We Thought 
Korea (SPX) Nov 23, 2004Scientists have discovered that the air in the atmosphere around us is heavier (more dense) than they had previously thought. Knowing this will enable scientists to measure the mass of objects more accurately than ever before. |
Climate Change: Humans Fuss, Animals Adjust
Boulder CO (UPI) Nov 15, 2004Scientists can argue all they want about how many degrees the planet is warming and what the trend portends, but meanwhile Earth's plants, insects and animals are not waiting for the outcome. They already are altering their patterns of behavior in response to what is happening. Climate: Marshalling The Facts 
Boulder CO (UPI) Nov 22, 2004Evidence emerged at a Senate subcommittee hearing last week that climate skeptics are losing their rearguard action challenging the science of global warming. Scientific consensus on the issue have become so compelling the skeptics might have to shift their emphasis to climate policy actions or risk losing their credibility. |
Japan To Speed Up Response Time To Missile Attack
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 22, 2004Japan said Monday it wanted to speed up its military response to a potential missile attack as a report said the officially pacifist country was willing to let the prime minister take direct action in a crisis. Analysis: EU Flexes Its Military Muscles 
Brussels (UPI) Nov 22, 2004Rapid reaction forces are a bit like London buses - you wait eons for one to show up and then two or three turn up at the same time. Last month, NATO's Response Force - a 17,000 strong elite corps capable of intervening anywhere in the world within five days - was declared operational. |
L-3 Communications Agrees To Acquire Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices
New York NY (SPX) Nov 23, 2004L-3 Communications announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire the Electron Dynamic Devices business of Boeing. SSP To Develop Software-Defined Active RFID Readers With Oak Ridge 
Columbia MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2004Spectrum Signal Processing Monday announced a contract with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to jointly develop a suite of multi-purpose software-defined radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogators. |
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