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Earth Impact In 2029 Ruled Out For Asteroid MN4Pasadena (JPL) Dec 28, 2004
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Analysis: Space And The Willingness To Die
Washington (UPI) Dec 23, 2004Thirty-six years ago this week, three astronauts and their families demonstrated the courage, boldness, and determination necessary for the human race to conquer the stars. The question is whether NASA and Congress today are willing to show as much bravery, asks Robert Zimmerman. Russia Launches Three Navigation Satellites Moscow (AFP) Dec 26, 2004 
Russia successfully launched three navigational satellites Sunday from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency announced according to Interfax news agency. |
Cassini Sends Holiday Greetings From Saturn On Route To Titan
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 25, 2004From its station nearly 1.2 billion kilometers (746 million miles) from Earth, the stalwart Cassini spacecraft sends holiday greetings to Earth with this lovely color portrait of Saturn and two of its moons. Cassini Deploys Huygens Probe Ahead Of Titan Encounter 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 25, 2004The European Space Agency's Huygens probe successfully detached from NASA's Cassini orbiter today to begin a three-week journey to Saturn's moon Titan. NASA's Deep Space Network tracking stations in Madrid, Spain and Goldstone, Calif., received the signal a little before 7:24pm PST. |
China Sets Up Weather Station To Prepare For Next Manned Space Launch
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2004China, which plans its second manned space mission for next September, Monday set up its first weather station dedicated to assisting the space program, state media reported. Russia, China To Stage First Ever Joint Military Exercises: Interfax 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 27, 2004Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Monday that Russia and China would conduct their first ever joint military exercises in the latter half of next year on Chinese territory, news reports said. |
Rough Seas Forecast For Taiwan
Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 27, 2004Rough waters lie ahead for Taiwan in 2005, as President Chen Shui-bian seems determined to use his second term in office to extricate the island from its unstable and delusory connection to China. Near-Earth Asteroid MN4 Reaches Highest Score To Date On Hazard Scale 
Pasadena CA (JPL) December 23, 2004A recently rediscovered 400-meter Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) is predicted to pass near the Earth on 13 April 2029. The flyby distance is uncertain and an Earth impact cannot yet be ruled out. |
NOAA Reacts Quickly To Indian Ocean Tsunami
Honolulu, Hawaii (SPX) Dec 27, 2004NOAA scientists acted quickly when a warning was issued about the powerful undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean that triggered a devastating tsunami. At Least 3,000 Dead, 30,000 Missing On Two Indian Islands: Officials 
Port Blair, India (AFP) Dec 27, 2004At least 3,000 people died in the Andaman and Nicobar islands and 30,000 people are missing after five villages in the archipelago's south were swept away by a tsunami, officials said Monday. |
NASA Builds Success Based On The Vision For Space Exploration
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 28, 2004NASA started the year on an upbeat and positive note, when President George W. Bush announced the Vision for Space Exploration on January 14. NASA Study Finds Tiny Particles In Air May Influence Carbon Sinks 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 17, 2004A NASA-funded study provides direct measurements confirming aerosols, tiny particles in the atmosphere, may be changing how much carbon plants and ecosystems absorb from or release to the air. |
Gilat To Split Into Two Separate Units
Petah Tikva, Israel (SPX) Dec 28, 2004Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has announced that beginning January 1, 2005, the Company will operate under two business units: Gilat Network Solutions (GNS) and Gilat Network Operations (GNO). The Company's 2004 financial statements will reflect this change. Nano World: Nanosensors Full Of Surprises 
New York (UPI) Dec 27, 2004The global market for nanosensors is predicted to reach only a modest $185 million or so in 2005, but forecasters told United Press International's Nano World they expect it to skyrocket to $2.7 billion in 2008 and $17.2 billion in 2012, writes Charles Choi. |
Satellites Guide Ship Through Watery Desert
Paris (ESA) Dec 28, 2004Surrounding Easter Island is the purest and bluest seawater on Earth, almost empty of the microscopic phytoplankton at the base of the marine food web. French vessel L'Atalante recently completed a research cruise through this region route guided by EO images. Analysis: Clemency Sought For Ohio Troops 
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2004Army Maj. Catherine Kaus spent Christmas Day in the Navy brig in San Diego as she has for past six months, serving a sentence for allowing her Ohio National Guard unit to scavenge three Army trucks so they could keep fuel and helicopter parts moving to troops in Iraq. |
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