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China Benefits From Space Tech
Beijing, (XNA) Oct 09, 2005"What a sweet, jucy and tasty fruitit is!" says Li Xiaoliang, a local resident in this national capital, while enjoying a kind of grape known as "Space Grape" with its seeds bred with space technology. Russia Successfully Launches Apparatus To Return Cargo To Earth 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 07, 2005Russia has successfully launched a space apparatus that would be used to bring useful cargo back from orbit to Earth, the defense ministry was quoted by the ITAR-TASS news agency as saying early Friday. Spirit Preparing For Robotic Arm Work 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2005Spirit is healthy and still performing science in the summit area of "Husband Hill." The rover has acquired a 360-degree panorama from the top of Husband Hill, and has performed remote sensing of other targets of interest. Spirit drove back down to the clean face of the rock outcrop called "Hillary" to find a good position to perform work with the robotic arm. |
At least 3,000 confirmed dead in South Asia quake
Islamabad (AFP) Oct 08, 2005At least 3,000 people have been confirmed dead in the huge earthquake that rocked northern Pakistan and India, but officials warned the final toll would be far higher. Rescuers Find Hundreds More Storm Victims In Central America 
Guatemala City (AFP) Oct 09, 2005Rescuers discovered hundreds more bodies in Central America Saturday, as unrelenting rain slowed the search for hundreds of people missing in the wake of Tropical Storm Stan. Globalstar Has Reaffirmed Its Confidence In Soyuz 
Evry, France (SPX) Oct 09, 2005Starsem announces today the signing with Globalstar LLC of a new contract for one firm launch of the Globalstar constellation's replacement satellites with an option for a second by Soyuz launch vehicles. |
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NASA and Zero-G Test Space Shuttle Runway Program Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 09, 2005 
NASA and Zero Gravity Corporation, known as ZERO-G, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., have announced the firm's participation in a pilot program.Interorbital Systems Signs First Private-Sector Orbital Expedition Crewmember 
Mojave CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2005Rocket company Interorbital Systems (IOS) announced today that Tim Reed, a Mid-western businessman and adventure traveler, is the first to purchase a ticket for week-long orbital expedition aboard the five-passenger IOS Neptune Spaceliner, scheduled for launch in 2008. Intelligent Robots To Be A Larger Part Of Space Exploration 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2005Meet Gromit and K-9. They are the two latest robots NASA is using to help improve space exploration. Although they may look similar to the robots already on Mars, Gromit and K-9 have much more complex, built-in intelligence. Who's Afraid Of A Solar Flare? 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 09, 2005Last month, the sun went haywire. Almost every day for two weeks in early September, solar flares issued from a giant sunspot named "active region 798/808." |
Titan's Enigmatic Infrared-Bright Spot Is Surface Make-Up
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 07, 2005A 300-mile-wide patch that outshines everything else on Titan at long infrared wavelengths appears not to be a mountain, a cloud or a geologically active hot spot, University of Arizona scientists and Cassini team members say. Intel To Launch Low-Cost PC For Rural India By December 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Oct 06, 2005The world's largest chipmaker Intel has designed a low-cost community personal computer for India's vast rural market to be launched by December, a top company official said Thursday. Plan Warns Of Up To 1.9 Million Us Dead In Flu Epidemic: Report 
Washington (AFP) Oct 08, 2005The United States is woefully unprepared for a possible outbreak of pandemic flu which could kill up to 1.9 million Americans, according to a draft official plan reported in the New York Times on Saturday. British Intelligence Report Shows Scale Of 'Nuclear Supermarket' 
London (AFP) Oct 08, 2005British intelligence has identified more than 350 companies, university departments and government organisations in eight countries seeking to acquire technology or materials for weapons of mass destruction, a report said Saturday. |
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