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Long-View To Titan
Garching (SPX) Feb 28, 2005On January 14, 2005, the ESA Huygens probe arrived at Saturn's largest satellite, Titan. After a faultless descent through the dense atmosphere, it touched down on the icy surface of this strange world from where it continued to transmit precious data back to the Earth. The Greatest Saturn Portrait..Yet 
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 27, 2005While cruising around Saturn in early October 2004, Cassini captured a series of images that have been composed into the largest most detailed, global natural color view ever of Saturn and its rings. The mosaic consists of 126 images acquired in a tile-like fashion, covering the entire planet. |
An Earth-Mars Laser Link, The Optiputer, And Cinema-Quality Digital Video
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2005Researchers will announce some of the latest breakthroughs and innovations in optics-based communications at OFC/NFOEC 2005-a joining together of two leading meetings in the optical communications community. Space Watch: An Oasis On The Moon? 
Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2005As humans start to explore the solar system in the coming decades, one essential ingredient to that journey will be water - not only because it will suggest where alien life might be, but because future explorers will need it to survive and prosper. |
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NASA Awards Grant To UT Southwestern To Study Space Radiation Exposure
Dallas TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2005UT Southwestern Medical Center has won a $9.8m NASA grant that will allow researchers to study the effects of radiation on astronauts and minimize possible health risks caused by space travel. NASA Chooses QuVIS Servers For Return To Flight Program 
Topeka KS (SPX) Feb 28, 2005Following extensive technology trials and imagery comparisons, QuVIS servers were selected from a broad field of competitors and are now being used in conjunction with Return to Flight program. NASA Completes Its AATT Program 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2005After developing several tools used in many of the nation's busiest airports and air traffic control centers, NASA has completed its pioneering Advanced Air Transportation Technologies project. |
Iridium Subscribers Up 23 Percent
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 25, 2005Iridium Satellite LLC, the global supplier of mobile satellite communication services, today said that it had more than 114,000 subscribers as of December 31, 2004, a 22.5% increase over its total number of subscribers at the end of 2003. Slow Start For Power Broadband 
Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2005The once-futuristic idea of electricity lines serving as a gateway to the Internet has become a reality, although the technology has yet to demonstrate the kind of breakthrough advantages over telephone and cable television services that will grab the attention of demanding consumers. Row 44 And Hughes Network Systems To Offer Broadband Access For Airlines 
Malibu CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2005Row 44 has announced an exclusive agreement with Hughes Network Systems to bring broadband connectivity to North American commercial and business aircraft. |
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Scientists Discover Why N Pole Is Frozen
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 28, 2005Ice has been building up in the Arctic for 2.7 million years. Until now, no-one has been able to prove what mechanism brought about this accumulation of ice. U.N: 2050 World Population To Hit 9.1B 
United Nations (UPI) Feb 24, 2005Global population is expected to increase by 2.6 billion people, to 9.1 billion in 2050, - the equivalent of adding China and India's population today - the United Nations said Thursday. The increase is equal to the population of the world in 1950. The hike is expected mainly in developing countries. Grim Search Bone-By-Bone For Tsunami Dead 
Rima, Indonesia (AFP) Feb 27, 2005Stretched out on his stomach in the shade of a palm tree, Darianto dips a latex glove-covered hand into the black water and pulls out another human bone. So far he has found a skull, some flesh still attached, three ribs and a femur. |
Nuclear Future Coming Together?
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 28, 2005Representatives of the United States, Japan and Europe will sign an agreement Monday that, in a best-case scenario, will lead to a future in which nuclear power is seen as a boon to the environment and less of a risk to world security. Hydro's Dirty Secret Revealed 
London, UK (SPX) Feb 25, 2005Contrary to popular belief, hydroelectric power can seriously damage the climate. Proposed changes to the way countries' climate budgets are calculated aim to take greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs into account, but some experts worry that they will not go far enough, reports New Scientist. Schepens Scientists Regenerate Optic Nerve For The First Time 
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 28, 2005For the first time, scientists have regenerated a damaged optic nerve - from the eye to the brain. The achievement, which occurred in laboratory mice, is described in the March 1, 2005 issue of the Journal of Cell Science. |
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