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First European Long-Term ISS Mission Could Be This YearMontreal QC (AFP) Jan 26, 2005 
A German astronaut's mission to become the first European to take up long-term residency on the International Space Station (ISS), could take place this year, a senior space official said Wednesday. |
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Spacewalkers Outfit Station's Exterior
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 27, 2005The two International Space Station crewmembers successfully wrapped up their mission's first spacewalk Wednesday morning after setting up experiments and inspecting vent openings. SMART-1's First Images From The Moon 
Paris (ESA) Jan 27, 2005ESA's SMART-1 captured its first close-range images of the Moon this January, during a sequence of test lunar observations from an altitude between 1000 and 5000 kilometres above the lunar surface. |
NASA Selects Small Explorer Mission
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2005A satellite that will make the first map of the boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space has been selected as part of NASA's Small Explorer program. The Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission will be launched in 2008. Hoyer Fighting For Hubble Servicing Mission 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 26, 2005Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement Monday condemning reports that the Bush Administration is eliminating funds and scuttling all proposals to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. |
Demonstration Launch Of SAR-Lupe Satellites Successful
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jan 26, 2005There was palpable joy at OHB-System when a COSMOS-3M launcher successfully placed two Russian military satellites in their intended orbits last Thursday from Plesetsk. Symmetricom Announces New GPS Timing Instrument For Power Companies 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2005Symmetricom has introduced the XL-750 GPS Time Source, a highly accurate, versatile GPS timing instrument for power industry substation and utility companies. |
Steady Growth in Satellite Broadband Services: Northern Sky Research
Orlando FL (SPX) Jan 26, 2005Northern Sky Research has released the latest update to its industry-standard study, Broadband Satellite Markets, 4th Edition. South Korea May Buy 10 Russian Angara Boosters 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 26, 2005South Korea plans to build and test 10 launch vehicles derived from Russia's Angara boosters, the Korean Aerospace Research Institute reported Tuesday. |
Climate: Ford Faces The Future
Boulder CO (UPI) Jan 17, 2005Resistance to accepting or dealing with global climate change may persist in the U.S. political arena, but the U.S. business community is beginning to show an awareness of the situation and a willingness to pursue strategies to deal with the problem. Ford Motor Company is one such example. China's Lenovo Vows To Cooperate With US Panel On IBM Sale Review 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2005China's largest personal computer-maker Lenovo Group vowed Tuesday to fully cooperate with a US government panel reviewing its acquisition of IBM's PC business. |
Analysis: Putin Discards His Reform Allies
Washington (UPI) Jan 24, 2005The headline in the Moscow Times Monday said it all: "Liberal ministers take the blame." The three champions of aggressive free market -type reforms in the current Russian government appear being set up to walk the plank for their disastrously bungled welfare benefits reform. Analysis: U.S.-U.K. Differences Deepen 
Washington (UPI) Jan 24, 2005Immediately after President George Bush's re-election Prime Minister Tony Blair said he expected the president to pursue a more "consensual" foreign policy in his second term. Now the British prime minister is engaged in trying to make sure his theory was right. |
China Could Feed 2 Billion People With Better Irrigation
Cambridge MA (UPI) Jan 26, 2005China's farmers can feed their nation's growing population by using expanded irrigation to support intense farming techniques, U.S. researchers said. A team from MIT systematically evaluated how water and land limitations affect food production in China. India, China Warm Up To Each Other 
New Delhi (UPI) Jan 25, 2005India and China have concluded their first-ever "strategic dialogue" to bolster bilateral ties, but both sides are silent on the outcome of the talks between the two Asian giants. |
Arming US Airliners Against Possible Missile Attacks Too Pricey For Now
Washington DC (AFP) Jan 25, 2005A top US research group said Tuesday that arming thousands of US commercial airliners against possible ground-to-air missile strikes is currently too pricey as the price of such defensive technology is too high. Tsunami Makes India's Nuke Workers Jittery 
New Delhi (UPI) Jan 25, 2005Although India claims that its nuclear reactors in Tamil Nadu state withstood the tsunami lashes, workers and local residents around the Kalpakkam nuclear facility are feeling insecure and unsafe after the facility was deluged. |
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