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MDA Signs Contract Valued At $154M To Provide Hubble Rescue Solution
Richmond BC (SPX) Jan 06, 2005MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates announced Wednesday that it has signed a contract worth approximately $154 million U.S. to provide a potential information and robotic servicing solution to NASA to rescue the hubble Space Telescope. The hubble mission will follow on the heels of two U.S. military satellite missions that will utilize MDA's solutions to perform similar tasks. |
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Swift Bursts Into Action On First Light
Washington (SPX) Jan 06, 2005NASA's Swift space telescope has opened its doors to a flurry of gamma rays. Scientists were still calibrating the main instrument, the Burst Alert Telescope, when the first burst appeared on December 17, with three on Dec 19 and one on Dec 20. Antimatter Over Antarctica? 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 04, 2005An international team of scientists has launched a high-altitude, balloon-borne instrument from Antarctica to search for antimatter, which is among the rarest and most elusive types of particles in the Universe. |
Rover B Inpects It's Heatshield Up Close
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 06, 2005Opportunity is healthy and has reached the site where its heat shield hit the ground. The rover will make detailed observations of the heat shield's remains, weather permitting. Spirit And Opportunity Continue Their Quest For Life On Mars 
Washington (AFP) Jan 05, 2005One year after they landed on Mars and confirmed that water once flowed on the red planet, the US robot probes Spirit and Opportunity continue their relentless exploration for the origins of life, far surpassing their three-month mission expectancy. |
Climate: The Debate Is Changing
Boulder CO (UPI) Jan 05, 2005The global warming debate will shift in the United States in 2005 because evidence that the phenomenon is real has reached a crescendo. The catalyst for the shift is not some esoteric discovery by an atmospheric scientist, but a fairly simple paper by a history professor, Naomi Oreskes of the University of California, San Diego. Evidence For Sun-Climate Link Reported By UMaine Scientists 
Orono ME (SPX) Jan 04, 2005A team led by University of Maine scientists has reported finding a potential link between changes in solar activity and the Earth's climate. |
Russia To Focus Its ISS Projects
Moscow (UPI) Jan 04, 2005Russia's space focus this year and beyond will be development of its segment of the ISS. Anatoly Perminov, head of Russia's space agency was quoted by TASS as saying development of the Russian segment of the ISS and providing work on it for the Russian crew will be a priority. Animation: Cassini's View Of Titan 
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 05, 2005Watch a fascinating animation showing Titan, Saturn's largest moon, as seen from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft on 14 January 2005 during the time that ESA's Huygens probe is scheduled to descend through the moon's atmosphere. |
L-3 Acquires Tactical UAV Maker
New York NY (SPX) Jan 06, 2005L-3 Communications announced Wednesday that it completed the acquisition of BAI Aerosystems, a maker of tactical UAVs for the US Marines. The transaction was completed December 21, 2004, financial terms of the were not disclosed. Outside View: Pakistan 'Tail' Wags U.S. 'Dog' 
Atlanta (UPI) Jan 04, 2005In terms of America's global war on terror, no country is talked about more than Pakistan. After Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf made the fateful decision to abandon a policy of propping up the Taliban and insouciance if not support of al-Qaida, Pakistan has become the most feted ally in official circles in Washington. |
Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Demand To Reach 4.5 Million Units in 2013
Cleveland OH (SPX) Jan 05, 2005Worldwide demand for light hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) is forecast to advance rapidly, reaching 4.5 million units in 2013. HEVs are expected to represent over six percent of world light vehicle demand that year due to two primary stimulants: rising energy costs and increased emissions regulations. Nanotubes Form Along Atomic Steps 
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Jan 04, 2005The Weizmann Institute of Science recently announced that a research group headed by Dr. Ernesto Joselevich has developed a new approach to create patterns of carbon nanotubes by formation along atomic steps on sapphire surfaces. |
Raytheon Delivers Five STANDARD Missile-3 Rounds For Aegis
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 04, 2005Raytheon has delivered five Missile-3 rounds to the Missile Defense Agency for deployment as a key element of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Taiwan Agrees to Purchase LockMart's Battle-Proven Hellfire II Missiles 
Orlando FL (SPX) Jan 05, 2005The U.S. Army has executed a letter of agreement with Taiwan, setting the stage for the sale of more than 400 AGM-114M blast-fragmentation Hellfire rounds under a foreign military sales contract. |
PoliSci: Fight Begins For Science Dollars
Washington (UPI) Jan 03, 2005A large number of post-election resignations have left leaderless the federal agencies managing most of the government's science research as the first year of President George W. Bush's second term unfolds. The Bear's Lair: Zero Growth Is Too High 
Washington (UPI) Jan 03, 2005The Indian Ocean tsunami tragedy, and its 150,000 casualties, reminds us fortunate Westerners that too many of the world's people live in places and conditions that we would consider intolerable. |
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