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Around The World In 80 Hours
Cape Canaveral DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2006Legendary pilot Steve Fossett is attempting to smash a 16-year-old flying record in a little more than 80 hours. The seasoned adventurer and veteran aviator, along with Virgin Atlantic's GlobalFlyer aircraft, "launched" from Kennedy Space Center in Florida early on Feb. 8 in an effort to set a new world mark for the longest nonstop flight of any type of aircraft. Budget Proposal Forces NASA To Tighten Belt 
Washington (AFP) Feb 08, 2006US President George W. Bush's administration has asked Congress for a modest increase in NASA's budget for fiscal 2007, a request that is bound to lead to belt-tightening at the US space agency. Bush Man Resigns NASA Post In Scandal 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 08, 2006A 24-year-old controversial presidential appointee at NASA has resigned his post amid accusations he lied on his resume about graduating from college. |
Disks Encircling Hypergiant Stars May Spawn Planets In Inhospitable Environment
Rochester, NY (SPX) Feb 08, 2006The discovery of dusty disks--the building blocks of planets--around two of the most massive stars known suggests that planets might form and survive in surprisingly hostile environments. First Brazilian In Space To Blast Off On March 30 
Star City, Russia (AFP) Feb 08, 2006Brazil is to send its first man into space next month when an air force officer blasts off for the International Space Station (ISS), the officer told a news conference on Wednesday. Iridium Begins Planning Future Satellite Replenishment and Replacement Plan 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 09, 2006Iridium Satellite has revealed that it will start a major engineering study program in 2006 as the next step toward developing its next-generation satellite constellation. |
MIT Researchers Fired Up About Battery Alternative
Cambridge MA (SPX) Feb 08, 2006Just about everything that runs on batteries -- flashlights, cell phones, electric cars, missile-guidance systems -- would be improved with a better energy supply. But traditional batteries haven't progressed far beyond the basic design developed by Alessandro Volta in the 19th century. New Viewing Technique Bolsters Case For Life On Mars 
Houston, Texas (SPX) Feb 8, 2006New examinations of a Martian meteorite found nearly a century ago have strengthened the possibility that the red planet once harbored life. Planck Flight Model Ready To Ship To Cryogenic Test Center 
Cannes, France (SPX) Feb 08, 2006The Planck Flight Model is currently being prepared for transport from the prime contractor Alcatel Alenia Space (located in Cannes, France) to the cryogenic test facility at Centre Spaciale de Liege (Belgium) where the spacecraft will undergo thermal balance testing. |
SatCon Wins NASA Contract For A Superconducting Motor For Electric Aircraft
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 09, 2006SatCon Technology Corporation has been awarded a Phase I SBIR contract with NASA's John H. Glenn Research Center for development work on a superconducting machine for future hybrid and all-electric aircraft. Sounding Off In Deep Space Makes For An Explosive Supernova 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 09, 2006Scientists have made the astonishing discovery that sound might drive supernovae explosions. Their computer simulations say that dying stars pulse at audible frequencies -- for instance, at about the F-note above middle C -- for a split second before they blow up. |
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