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Station Crew Gear Up For February 3 Walk In Space
Houston TX (SPX) January 31, 2006Preparations for a walk in space took center stage last week on the space station. Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev reviewed procedures, gathered tools and outfitted equipment for their Feb. 3 spacewalk. US Remembers Fallen Astronauts 20 Years After Challenger Disaster 
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Jan 28, 2006Americans paid tribute Saturday to the seven astronauts killed in the Challenger disaster in an emotional ceremony 20 years after the space shuttle blew up over Cape Canaveral, Florida. ISRO Achieves Breakthrough In Supersonic Combustion Technology Thiruvananthapuram, India (SPX) January 31, 2006 
As part of the advanced technology initiative in the area of air-breathing propulsion, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of ISRO has successfully carried out the design, development, characterisation and realisation of the Supersonic Combustion Ramjet.Falcon HTV-1 Aircraft On Track For First Glided Hypersonic Test 
Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Jan 31, 2006For an aircraft to achieve hypersonic speeds, ranging from 6,000 to 15,000 mph (Mach 9 to Mach 22), and reach altitudes between 100,000 to 150,000 feet, it needs an airframe structure designed to survive intense heat and pressure. |
Most Milky Way Stars Are Single Red Dwarfs: Study
Cambridge, MA (SPX) Jan 30, 2006New research shows that perhaps 60 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy are single dim red dwarfs, not the bright, more visible stars seen in photos of the heavens, many of which travel with binary or multiple partners. Spirit Nears Home Plate  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2006Spirit continues to make progress toward "Home Plate," a conspicuous circular feature scientists hope to investigate before the Martian winter, in search of layered rock outcrops that may provide additional information about the geology of the "Columbia Hills." Opportunity Takes Microscopic Images, Collaborates With Mars Express 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2006Opportunity remains healthy following another busy week. The main activity last week was taking microscopic images of a feature nicknamed "Lower Overgaard." The science team identified individual, high-priority targets of interest, nicknamed "Scotch," "Bourbon," and "Branchwater." Stardust Put Into Hibernation  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2006NASA's Stardust spacecraft was placed into hibernation mode yesterday (Sunday). Stardust successfully returned to Earth samples of a comet via its sample return capsule on Jan. 15. The spacecraft has logged almost seven years of flight. |
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SMART-1 To Crash Into Lunar Surface In August Esrange, Sweden (SPX) January 31, 2006The European Moon probe SMART-1, which was developed by SSC for ESA, has been orbiting the Moon since November 2004. Its main mission, to qualify an electric propulsion system, is completed, and the probe is now making observations of the lunar surface using its onboard scientific instruments. Sea Launch Departs Home Port For EchoStar X Mission  Long Beach CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2006The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Home Port in Long Beach, Calif., for Sea Launch's first mission of the year. The Sea Launch team is preparing to launch the EchoStar X broadcast satellite on Feb. 8, at the opening of a 49-minute launch window, at 3:35 pm Pacific Time (23:35 GMT). Iran Says Will Use Ballistic Missiles If Attacked 
Tehran (AFP) Jan 28, 2006The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that the Islamic republic was ready to use its ballistic missiles if attacked. |
Landsat 5 Resumes Operations
Reston VA (SPX) January 31, 2006The USGS is pleased to announce Landsat 5 is back in operation. USGS and NASA engineers were able to make adjustments to operating procedures for the solar array drive mechanism that now allows the solar array to provide enough power for the mission to resume normal operations. Sat Portrait Of Global Plant Growth Will Aid Climate Research 
Paris (ESA) January 31, 2006An ambitious ESA project to chart ten years in the life of the Earth's vegetation has reached a midway point, with participants and end-users having met to review progress so far. Harnessing many terabytes of satellite data, the GLOBCARBON project is intended to hone the accuracy of climate change forecasting. NASA Sat Catches A Hurricane Transforming Itself 
Tallahassee FL (SPX) January 31, 2006Hurricanes can completely re-structure themselves inside, and that presents forecasters with great uncertainty when predicting their effects on the general population. |
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