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ESA Seeking To Challenge Conventional Space Systems
Noordwijk, Holland (SPX) Feb 13, 2006Spacecraft must evolve. Advancing space research is no longer just about swapping old components for new, now it is about entirely rethinking what a space mission can do and how it achieves its goals. World experts are gathering at ESA on 21 February to exchange new ideas and stimulate unconventional thinking about space systems. Accumulator Ring Commissioned For SNS 
Oak Ridge, Tenn (SPX) Feb 12, 2006Scientists working at the Department of Energy's Spallation Neutron Source have commissioned the facility's proton accumulator ring, considered the final step in a proton's journey through the accelerator before it strikes the SNS's mercury target, "spalling" away neutrons to be used for research. Ball Completes Payload Bus Integration For Orbital Express 
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 13, 2006Ball Aerospace and Technologies recently completed integration of the payload and bus modules on the NextSat Commodities Spacecraft (NextSat/CSC) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Orbital Express program. |
Griffin Remarks To The National Space Club
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 12, 2006Three years ago, members of the National Space Club were dealing with some of the darkest days ever known to our space program, the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its crew. In the days and months following the loss of Columbia, there was an extensive discourse concerning our nation's lack of clear, coherent, and compelling goals for the nation's human spaceflight program. NASA Outlines FY 2006 Operating Plan 
Washington, DC (SPX) Feb 12, 2006NASA has sent to Congress its operating plan for the remainder of fiscal year 2006, which runs until Sept. 30. Such plans, a formality required as part of the budget process, allow legislators to evaluate the proposed funding requests by federal agencies by comparing them to current spending and activities. First Rave Data Release Offers Clues To Milky Way Evolution 
Aspen CO (SPX) Feb 13, 2006An international team of astronomers released to the public the first data collected as part of the Radial Velocity Experiment, an ambitious spectroscopic survey aimed at measuring the speed, temperature, surface gravity and composition of up to a million stars passing near the sun. |
New Horizons Set For A Comfortable Cruise Out To Jupiter And Pluto Transfer
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2006NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is proceeding according to plan on its way to Pluto and the outer planets via an encounter with Jupiter next year. The following is an update from the mission's principal investigator, S. Alan Stern: Peeking Behind The Veil Of Venus 
Sunspot, NM (SPX) Feb 13, 2006The planet Venus is best known for the thick layers of clouds that veil its surface from view by telescopes on Earth. But the veil has holes, and a New Mexico State University scientist plans on using a solar telescope to peer through them to study the weather on Venus. |
Sea Launch Re-Starts Countdown For Echostar X Launch
Long Beach CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2006After a halt in the countdown for launch on February 8, Sea Launch is now preparing for a second launch attempt on Sunday, February 12, with liftoff planned for 3:35pm PST (23:35 GMT). Station Crew Outting No Walk In Park 
James HartsfieldHouston TX (SPX) Feb 13, 2006 After an almost six-hour spacewalk last week, the crew began the week with a little time off; then returned to science investigations, routine maintenance and equipment tests. Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev spent the weekend restoring the station to its normal layout after the spacewalk. |
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