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Dione's Crisscrossing StreaksPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 26, 2004 
A gorgeous Dione poses for Cassini, with shadowed craters and bright, wispy streaks first observed by the Voyager spacecraft 24 years ago. The image shows primarily the trailing hemisphere of Dione, which is the side opposite the moon's direction of motion in its orbit. The image has been rotated so that north is up. |
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China To Launch Lunar Orbiter By Late 2007
Udaipur, India (AFP) Nov 25, 2004China will launch its lunar orbiter Chang'e 1 to explore the moon's environment and study the thickness of its soil by the end of 2007, a senior space official said Thursday. US Eyes Lunar Landing Mission In 2010 
Udaipur, India (AFP) Nov 25, 2004The United States could launch a mission in 2010 that would land two stationary robots on the moon to collect rock samples before returning to earth, a US scientist said here Thursday. The aim of the Moonrise Mission is to land at the moon's largest and oldest crater - the South Pole Aitken Basin. |
India To Launch More Lunar Missions Before 2015: Space Agency
Udaipur, India (AFP) Nov 23, 2004India will launch more missions to the moon if its maiden unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1, slated to be launched by 2008, is successful in mapping the lunar surface, a top space official said Tuesday. Japan's Lunar Dream Hit By Technical Snags, Cash Crunch: Space Officials 
Udaipur, India (AFP) Nov 25, 2004Japan's struggling lunar programme is plagued by money shortages and technical hitches, the country's space officials attending an international conference say. |
Cash-Strapped Russia Aims For Unmanned Phobos Landing
Udaipur, India (AFP) Nov 25, 2004Russia's is unlikely to launch a planetary mission before 2009 because of cash shortages, a top scientist said Thursday. The unmanned mission will aim to land on Phobos, a moon orbiting Mars, and a mission to the Earth's Moon is unlikely in the near future, he said. First Ever Space Council Paves Way For European Space Program 
Brussels, Belgium (ESA) Nov 26, 2004The first ever European 'Space Council' was held in Brussels Thursday. The Council offers EU and ESA Member States the first opportunity to jointly discuss the development of a coherent overall European space programme. |
Paradigm Signs 15 Year Contract To Provide Mil Sat Coms To NATO
London, UK (SPX) Nov 26, 2004Paradigm Secure Communications last Monday signed a contract to provide the UK share of NATO�s Space Segment requirements. The contract is valued at around �100m over the concession. Integral Systems Sells Antenna Division 
Lanham MD (SPX) Nov 26, 2004Integral Systems announced Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to sell the intellectual property rights, inventory and certain other assets of its Antenna Systems Division to LJT & Associates, an engineering services company. |
Discovery Of Weapons Cache Underscores Iraq Weapons Free-For-All
Fallujah, Iraq (AFP) Nov 25, 2004The reported discovery of a mosque packed with weapons and a chemicals lab in Fallujah were the latest revelations about an arms haul one US military officer said was enough to take over Iraq. Analysis: 'Sorry Tale' For World Media 
Washington (UPI) Nov 24 2004Truth, they say, is war's first casualty. And those whose job it is to report that truth - the media - do not trail far behind. Casualty figures suffered by the press in the last 12 months speak volumes on a profession which is coming increasingly under fire - literally as well as figuratively. |
Gas-Guzzling SUVs Should Get Tobacco-Style Warnings: British Think Tank
London (AFP) Nov 25, 2004Gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles, the increasingly popular all-terrain cars, should be forced to sport labels just like cigarette packs announcing their terrible health and environmental impact, a British think tank said Thursday. Some Consumers Still Wary Of GM Foods 
Washington (UPI) Nov 23, 2004As Americans sat down to enjoy Thanksgiving, they were probably thinking about how long their in-laws would stay, what the football scores were, and how to avoid the crowds at the malls the next day - not whether their turkey was fed insect-resistant corn, or if their mashed potatoes were made from fungal-resistant spuds. |
University To Set Up Satellite Venture To Assist Rice Farming
Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2004Researchers at the Hokkaido Institute of Technology, and some private companies, will jointly set up a venture in Hokkaido next week to develop a small satellite to help farmers decide if their rice has grown well, the research group said. Digital Map Records Data Of Beijing's Ancient Trees 
Beijing, China (XNA) Nov 26, 2004Beijing is planning a digital map of almost half a million trees in the city, in a bid to protect the capital's living cultural heritage, China Daily reported on Thursday. |
Analysis: Cold War Has Never Been Colder
Washington (UPI) Nov 25, 2004And you thought the Cold War was over with the demise of communism? Think again. Relations between the West and its old nemesis, the Russian bear, have never been as frigid; at least not since the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989. US To Sell 50 Medium-Range Missiles To Jordan 
Washington DC (AFP) Nov 25, 2004The Pentagon is to sell 50 US-made air-to-air missiles to Jordan, along with supporting equipment, in a deal worth about 39 million dollars, despite objections from Israel. |
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