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Cassini Sees Giant Lightning Storm On Saturn
Iowa City IA (SPX) Feb 14, 2006Researchers are tracking an electrical storm on Saturn that has raged since at least Jan. 23 and covers an area larger than the continental United States, with lightning bolts more than 1,000 times stronger than those seen on Earth. The storm is a possible source of radio emissions thought to come from electrical discharges located deep within Saturn's atmosphere. Harry Miles Sector VP Of Northrop Grumman Enterprise Process Development And Quality 
Pascagoula MI (SPX) Feb 15, 2006Northrop Grumman has named Harry Miles sector vice president of enterprise process development and quality for the Ship Systems sector. In this role, he will be responsible for developing and leading the implementation of a strategy for process development and improvement across the enterprise. He will report to Philip A. Teel, president of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. 'Home Plate' Continues To Mystify Mars Rover Team 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2006The Mars Rover team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory continues to pore over close-up images sent back by Spirit from a tabletop-like geologic feature called Home Plate in Gusev Crater. |
Plesetsk To Launch 8 Satellites, 2 ICBMs In 2006
Moscow, Russia (RIA) Feb 14, 2006Russia plans to launch eight satellites and two intercontinental ballistic missiles from the Plesetsk Space Center in the country's north, a Russian Space Forces official said Tuesday. Potential Link Between Iron Meteorites And Earth "Building Blocks" 
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 15, 2006Iron meteorites are probably the surviving fragments of the long-lost asteroid-like bodies that formed the Earth and other nearby rocky planets, according to researchers from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur in Nice, France. Their findings are described in the Feb.16 issue of Nature. Reproducing 'GEMS' In The Lab 
Les Ulis, France (SPX) Feb 14, 2006French scientists said they have reproduced the structure of primitive interplanetary dust in the laboratory. Reporting in an upcoming issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics, the team said they have produced a compound called GEMS - for glass with embedded metal and sulfides - a major component of interplanetary dust. |
Russia, France Sign Deal On Soyuz Missile Launches
Moscow, Russia (RIA) Feb 14, 2006Russian and French space officials have concluded a contract on four launches of new missile carriers from a launch site in French Guiana, a senior Russian designer said Tuesday. Schools In Japan Receive SuitSat Signal 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 14, 2006Expedition 12 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev deployed a free-flying satellite called SuitSat-1 during their spacewalk on February 3. This experiment involves a Russian Orlan spacesuit containing an amateur radio to transmit messages to students, ham radio operators and the general public. Smooth Surface On Telesto 
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 14, 2006The Cassini spacecraft passed within a cosmic stone's throw of Telesto on Oct. 11, 2005, capturing this shot of one of Saturn's Trojan moons. |
SKorea Considering Buying US Patriot PAC-3 missiles
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 14, 2006South Korea is exploring the possibility of buying U.S. Patriot PAC-3 missiles to help defend against the massive short-range ballistic missile capability of North Korea. America's Foes Circle Wagons 
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 14, 2006America's enemies are circling their wagons, readying for what they perceive to be inevitable: a showdown with the United States. Battlefield Database Provides Dynamic Communications 
Tikrit, Iraq (SPX) Feb 113, 2006In battles fought on the frontlines today in Iraq, knowledge and communications are essential to facilitate interaction between U.S. troops on the ground, Iraqi Forces and coalition forces. |
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