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NASA Successfully Tests Space Shuttle Main Engine
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2005For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, NASA's Stennis Space Center, Miss., returned to its primary business Tuesday, testing space shuttle main engines. Engineers successfully test-fired an engine for 520 seconds; the time it takes a shuttle to reach orbit. SSETI Express - Two Days To Launch 
Plesetsk, Russia (ESA) Oct 26, 2005Tension is mounting among students involved in the SSETI Programme as only two days now remain to the launch, by a Kosmos 3M rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, of the student-built satellite - SSETI Express. SES Americom Launches IPConnect 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Oct 26, 2005SES Americom Tuesday launched IPConnect, a centralized distribution platform designed to serve key enterprise markets with a powerful suite of satellite-delivered, IP-based voice, video and data solutions. |
Venus Express Preliminary Investigations Bring Encouraging News Baikonur, Kazakhstan (ESA) Oct 26, 2005 
Following the announcement of the Venus Express launch delay due to particulate contamination found in the launcher fairing where the spacecraft was installed, ESA staff and industry teams have started an inspection of the spacecraft.Maneuvering Around Ripple 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 25, 2005Opportunity is healthy and has been making excellent progress around "Erebus Crater." At the beginning of the week, the rover was in automode as it was still recovering from a partial uplink. Plants Redesigned To Live In Outer Space 
Raleigh NC (UPI) Oct 25, 2005North Carolina State University researchers are reportedly looking deep under water for clues on how to redesign plants for life deep in outer space. |
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GM Hires Russian Nuclear Scientists To Develop New Auto Technology
Detroit, Michigan (AFP) Oct 25, 2005General Motors is using Russian nuclear scientists put out of work by the end of the Cold War to help develop new automotive technologies, the world's largest automaker said Tuesday. 400,000 People In China Die Prematurely From Air Pollution Annually 
Beijing, China (AFP) Oct 25, 2005More than 400,000 people in China die prematurely annually from air pollution, according to an unpublished study by the research arm of the government's environmental protection agency, AFP learned Tuesday. Report Emphasises Science Benefits Of ESA's EO Envelope Programme 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 25, 2005ESA's 21st Century Earth Observation Envelope Programme has received a strong endorsement from a scientific review committee tasked with assessing its benefits ahead of December's Ministerial Council. Indian Quake Victims Slam Delay In Kashmir Border Opening 
Uri, India (AFP) Oct 25, 2005Survivors of a devastating earthquake seeking reunification with their stricken families hit out at India and Pakistan Tuesday for delaying the opening of their militarised de facto border in Kashmir. |
U.S. Army Activates New Missile Defense Command
Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2005The 94th Air and Missile Defense Command unfurled its colors during a ceremony Oct 14, on Fort Shafter, Hawaii, the Army News Service reported Tuesday. The new command is the Asia-Pacific Theater's first line of defense officials said. DARPA, Rockwell Collins Successfully Demonstrate TTNT 
Cedar Rapids IA (SPX) Oct 24, 2005DARPA, Air Force Research Laboratory and Rockwell Collins have successfully demonstrated Tactical Targeting Network Technology in operational tactical aircraft. New Chinese Missile Could Hit Australia, New Zealand 
Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2005The Pentagon's latest assessment of China's military power said Beijing would deploy a new mobile nuclear missile, the DF-31, in 2005-2006 and the new missile was capable of hitting Australia in an arc from Brisbane to Perth, the Herald Sun newspaper reported Sunday. Russia Test-Fires RS-18 Stiletto 
Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2005Russia's Strategic Rocket Forces test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan last Thursday, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. |
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