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Ancient Impacts Created Man In The Moon
Columbus, Ohio (SPX) Feb 9, 2006Planetary scientists have found the remains of ancient lunar impacts that may have helped create the surface feature commonly known as the "Man in the Moon." Biology Inspires Perceptive Machines 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 09, 2006Teaching a machine to sense its environment is one of the most intractable problems of computer science, but one European project is looking to nature for help in cracking the conundrum. It combined streams of sensory data to produce an adaptive, composite impression of surroundings in near real-time. NASA Asks For Competitive Suggestions 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 08, 2006NASA is looking to identify potential partners for specific prize competitions to be conducted under its Centennial Challenges within the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. |
NASA Awards Colorado Satellite Observation Grants
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2006NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, selected two Colorado organizations for grants to support satellite observations of the Earth's atmosphere. NASA Budget Shuts Out Icy Moons Mission 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 08, 2006NASA's budget document for fiscal year 2007 contains 451 pages and nearly 150,000 words, but nowhere in that sea of text is one word mentioned that represents great importance to certain members of the scientific and astronomical communities: Europa. NASA To Send New Oxygen Generating System To ISS 
Huntsville, Alabama (SPX) Feb 9, 2006NASA is preparing to send a new oxygen-generation system to the International Space Station that uses water to generate breathable oxygen for crew members. |
Questioning Pluto
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2006The New Horizons mission to Pluto launched on January 19, 2006. Over the next nine years it will speed through space, heading toward the very edge of our solar system. After a flyby of Pluto and its moon Charon, scientists hope to further investigate the mysterious icy objects that make up the Kuiper Belt. SOFIA Stratospheric Astronomy Telescope In Doubt 
Columbia, Maryland (SPX) Feb 09, 2006NASA's newest airborne observatory is scheduled to begin test flights this fall, assuming no technical glitches emerge, but its status in fiscal year 2007 remains highly in doubt, the agency's new budget proposal shows. Saft Wins Contract To Supply LI Cells For Eurostar Sats 
Baltimore Md. (SPX) Feb 10, 2006Saft has signed a long-term agreement with EADS Astrium to supply exclusively on-board lithium-ion cell modules for all Astrium Eurostar geosynchronous-orbit communications satellites over the next four years. |
Saturn, The Moon And A Swarm Of Stars
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2006A celestial swarm of stars will hover near a honey-colored Saturn for the next several months. Sky watchers will see the ringed planet together with the Beehive cluster, or M44, a group of stars that also make their home in the Milky Way galaxy. The Lunar Olympics 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 09, 2006If winter Olympic Games were held on the moon, where would they be? The lunar Alps, of course. It's only a matter of time. One day, winter Olympics will be held on the moon. WSI To Provide Aviation Weather Over Sirius Satellite Radio 
Andover MA (SPX) Feb 10, 2006WSI Corporation has announced that it is developing a system that will enable aircraft to receive WSI's leading aviation weather information over Sirius Satellite Radio, and Sirius' audio programming for passengers. The new WSI InFlight system will be available over Sirius for aircraft flying in the Sirius satellite coverage area. |
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