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  • Chinese Astronauts Return To Earth, New Mission In 2007
    Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2005
    China's second manned space flight ended successfully Monday as the Shenzhou VI craft returned to Earth, leading to patriotic celebrations and plans for an ambitious new mission in 2007. The capsule carrying astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng parachuted softly onto a field in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia to bring their five-day mission to a close, Xinhua news agency said. fullstory

    Ball State Students Developing Model Of Edible Lunar Vehicle
    Muncie IN (SPX) Oct 18, 2005
    Imagine building a lunar vehicle and taking it 233,857 miles from the Earth to the moon only to forget to pack a lunch for the drive across the moon's landscape.

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    Brazilian Leader To Sign Space Deals In First Russia Visit
    Moscow (AFP) Oct 17, 2005
    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will sign agreements on space cooperation with Russia on Tuesday during his first visit to Moscow, the Brazilian embassy said.

    Arianespace To Launch Spirale Microsats
    French Guina (SPX) Oct 18, 2005
    EADS Astrium has chosen Arianespace to launch the two micro-satellites of the Spirale demonstrator for a spaceborne optical early warning system.

    Symmetricom Announces First IEEE 1588 Network Grandmaster Clock
    San Jose CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2005
    Symmetricom has announced its XLi IEEE 1588 Grandmaster Clock with GPS reference. IEEE 1588 is a new protocol that enables very accurate synchronization over Ethernet LANs and for the first time, offers users the ability to synchronize clocks within better than one hundred nanoseconds accuracy, with only a network connection.
    Scientists Propose Paradigm Shift In Robotic Space Exploration
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2005
    Just ask any geologist. If you're studying the history of a planet and the life forms that may have lived on it, the really good places to look are rugged terrains like canyons and other areas where water, igneous activity, wind, and seismic rumblings have left their respective marks.

    Dione In Full View Above Saturn
    Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 18, 2005
    The cratered and cracked disk of Saturn's moon Dione looms ahead in this mosaic of images taken by Cassini on Oct. 11, 2005, as it neared its close encounter with the icy moon.

    New VLT Images Reveal the Surroundings Of A Super-massive Black Hole
    Garching, Germany (SPX) Oct 18, 2005
    Near-infrared images of the active galaxy NGC 1097, obtained with the NACO adaptive optics instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, disclose with unprecedented detail a complex central network of filamentary structure spiralling down to the centre of the galaxy.

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  • Oil Prices Jump On New US Hurricane
    New York (AFP) Oct 17, 2005
    World oil prices shot higher Monday as Tropical Storm Wilma raised fresh concern over hurricane-battered production in the US Gulf of Mexico.

    Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes Over Next 100 Years
    West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 18, 2005
    The most comprehensive climate model to date of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme precipitation along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and east of the Mississippi.

    Half-Animal, Half-Plant Microbe Found
    Tsukuba, Japan (UPI) Oct 17, 2005
    Japanese scientists have found a mysterious marine microbe, half of which cells eat algae like animals while the rest perform photosynthesis like plants.

    Asia Quake Worse Than Tsunami?
    United Nations (UPI) Oct 17, 2005
    U.N. humanitarian officials say relief continues to pour in for the mounting number of victims from the South Asia earthquake and some officials said the destruction of structures may be worse than the Dec. 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami.
    Homeland Security Mismanaging U.S. Cybersecurity Risks: Report
    Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2005
    The Department of Homeland Security is badly mismanaging U.S. cybersecurity risks, according to a former presidential adviser.

    Mini-Plane Newest Addition To UAV Family
    Camp Victory, Iraq (SPX) Oct 18, 2005
    The Army recently began using an unmanned aerial vehicle that is small enough to carry in a backpack for surveillance and intelligence gathering in Iraq.

    Boeing Completes Boost Test Of HyFly Hypersonic Demonstrator
    Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 18, 2005
    Boeing, in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research, have successfully demonstrated boost phase performance of a hypersonic strike demonstrator vehicle called HyFly on Aug. 26.

    Iran Must Return To Talks: US
    Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2005
    The White House said Monday that Iran must return to negotiations aimed at easing fears that Tehran is trying to get nuclear weapons or face possible UN Security Council sanctions.




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