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"Freedom of Information" Forces Release Of Beagle 2 Report
Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Feb 16, 2005The international science weekly New Scientist this week poured scorn on claims by the British National Space Centre that, following discussions with the European Space Agency, it was decided to release the Beagle 2 enquiry. NASA's Spacecraft Help Solve Saturn's Mysterious Auroras 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2005New research has overturned theories, accepted for the past 25 years, about how Saturn's magnetic field behaves and how auroras are generated. NASA Awards Contract For Kepler Mission Photometer 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2005NASA Ames Research Center has awarded a new contract to Ball Aerospace to design, assemble and test a photometer for the Kepler mission. |
AERA Corporation To Become First Commercial Space Travel Provider
Temecula CA (SPX) Feb 16 2005AERA Corporation announced today that in the rapidly emerging commercial space travel industry, it will be the first provider to launch passengers into space. Chandra Confirms Black Hole Limits 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 16, 2005The very largest black holes reach a certain point and then grow no more. That's according to the best survey to date of black holes made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. First Critical Parts Of Giant Neutrino Telescope In Place 
Madison WI (SPX) Feb 16, 2005Under harsh Antarctic conditions, an international team of scientists, engineers and technicians has set in place the first elements of a massive neutrino telescope at the South Pole. |
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X-Rays Have Become Laser-Like
Garching, Germany (SPX) Feb 16, 2005Radiologists and biologists have been dreaming - ever since the discovery of lasers - of a compact laboratory source emitting X-rays in one direction in a laser-like beam. Space 'Eye' For Textiles 
Como, Italy (ESA) Feb 16, 2005An artificial eye developed for Earth observation is now being employed to recognise colour variations in dyed fabrics: a critical element of textile production. This could significantly reduce the 160 million metres of dyed fabrics discarded annually in Europe with high environmental costs. Build Better Contact Lenses In Zero-G 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 17, 2005Imagine waking up in the morning to find that your vision improved overnight as you slept. While it may sound like science fiction, the technology is here today thanks to some out-of-this-world research. |
Messenger Stares At Cassiopeia A
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 16, 2005Messenger's X-Ray Spectrometer underwent calibrations last week, spending five days "looking" at one of the stronger x-ray sources in the sky, the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. USU And SDL Received Contract For Small Satellite Study 
Logan UT (SPX) Feb 16, 2005The Air Force Research Lab has awarded Utah State University and the Space Dynamics Lab a $240,000 contract to evaluate different approaches for using small satellites for radar imaging. Northrop Grumman Outfits U.S. Army With Weather Products 
Mclean VA (SPX) Feb 16, 2005Northrop Grumman is working with the U.S. Army to integrate hardware and software for the Integrated Meteorological System. |
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