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Russia And Europe Sign Major Space AgreementMoscow (AFP) Jan 19, 2005 
Russia and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed an agreement Wednesday allowing Russia to use ESA's sites for space launches and allowing the two sides to freely exchange research and development information. |
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Indian Ocean Tsunami Death Toll Approaches Quarter Million
Banda Aceh (AFP) Jan 19, 2005The death toll from last month's Indian Ocean tsunami rose towards 250,000 Wednesday while floods hampered relief efforts in worst-hit Indonesia's Aceh province. Russia Led In 2004 Space Launches 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 18, 2005Russia carried out 40 percent of the world's rocket launches into orbit in 2004, RKA, the country's space agency reported. Of the 53 successful launches worldwide last year, Russia carried out 21, sending 31 spacecraft - commercial and military - into orbit for itself and five other nations plus the European Union. |
Saturn Kicks Out Super-Fast Dust Streams
Paris (AFP) Jan 19, 2005The US spacecraft Cassini ran into dramatic storms of dust as it hurtled towards its rendezvous with Saturn last year, a study published on Thursday says. Targeting Titan 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2005University of Hawaii astronomer Toby Owens is one of the original planners of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and its moon Titan. Astrobiology Magazine's editor Henry Bortman spoke with Owens shortly after the successful Huygens mission had completed. In this part of the interview, Owens talks about the history of the mission and the reasons scientists were interested in exploring Titan. |
GlobeTel Signs Letter of Intent with NASA
Miami FL (SPX) Jan 19, 2005GlobeTel Communications Corp. has announced that the company has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The agreement with NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California positions the company for future governmental partnerships and business development ventures. SpaceDev's CHIPSat Celebrates Second Anniversary In Space 
Poway CA (SPX) Jan 20, 2005SpaceDev has announced the second anniversary of the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS) microsatellite on January 12, 2005. |
Indosat Signs Multi-Transponder Deal With Intelsat
London, UK (SPX) Jan 19, 2005Intelsat today announced that PT Indosat Tbk. (Indosat) has signed a four-year, multi-transponder contract for leased capacity with Intelsat in order to support the growth of its satellite-based, cellular and other telecommunications backhaul services within Indonesia. IDirect And Loral Skynet Demonstrate Remote Broadband Wireless Connectivity 
Herndon VA (SPX) Jan 19, 2005iDirect Tech announced Tuesday a joint demonstration of a new wireless broadband connectivity solution at the Hawaii Pacific Telecommunications Council conference. |
LSU Researcher Solves Ancient Astronomy Mystery
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Jan 19, 2005An ancient mystery may have been solved by LSU Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Bradley E. Schaefer. Hungry For More And The Stomach To Swallow More 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jan 19, 2005When a star or another stellar object brilliantly explodes in space, it usually signals the destruction of something. In the case of a blast spotted by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have recorded the most powerful explosion ever seen and they are amazed by what it's created. |
Air Force Launches New Space Power Lab
Colorado Springs (SPX) Jan 20, 2005The National Security Space Institute opened a state-of-the-art modeling and simulation facility that will help space professionals gain the knowledge and skills necessary integrate space-based capabilities into joint theater planning and operations. SatCon Announces Certification From DoD To Produce Space Level Products 
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 19, 2005SatCon Technology has announced that it has received certification by the United States Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio (DSCC) enabling it to build space-qualified products to the MIL-PRF-38534 Hybrid Microcircuit Class K. |
Antarctic Demolition Is Underway
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 19, 2005Car demolition derbies last minutes, but when it comes to a giant iceberg near Antarctica it takes a bit longer. NOAA's New Ship Targets Path-Finding Ocean Exploration And Research 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 19, 2005A new NOAA ship will go boldly on a mission to further explore the world's oceans. "We want NOAA's newly converted ship to become the international symbol vessel for ocean exploration and research," said Stephen Hammond, acting director of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration. |
The End Of American Hegemony
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 19, 2005The American global dominance that followed the Soviet collapse and the end of the Cold War is starting to decline, suggests the National Intelligence Council, sometimes called the think-tank of America's Central Intelligence Agency, after a long exercise peering into a crystal ball for clues what promises to be a turbulent future. Jack Aubrey's Astronaut Corps 
North Atlantic (JBX) Jan. 3 1807Captain Jack Aubrey RN MP stomped into the stern cabin of HMS Surprise and threw a thick stack of paper down onto the table upon which his friend Dr. Stephen Maturin MD FRS was cutting up a squid. |
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