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ESA Joins Forces With Japan On New Infrared Sky Surveyor
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 22, 2006A high-capability new infrared satellite, ASTRO-F, was successfully launched last night by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). In a collaborative effort involving ESA and scientists across Europe, the spacecraft is now being prepared to start its mapping of the cosmos. Hubble Confirms Pluto's New Moons 
Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 22, 2006New images by the Hubble Space Telescope confirm the discovery that Pluto has two tiny moons in addition to its larger moon Charon. Reporting in the Feb. 23 issue of the British journal Nature, a team led by Hal Weaver of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory said the finding - made with the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys - makes the ninth planet the first Kuiper Belt object known to have multiple satellites. JAXA Akari Space Telescope In Orbit 
Uchinoura, Japan (SPX) Feb 22, 2006JAXA has confirmed through telemetry that the Akari infrared space telescope has deployed its solar array paddle successfully. The spacecraft, which was launched at 6:28 a.m. local time Wednesday aboard an M-V-8 rocket, originally was named ASTRO-F, but mission controllers renamed it Akari, meaning a "light," as soon as it entered orbit. |
In Days Of Old, Test Pilots Were Bold
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 22, 2006Sixty years ago NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, or NACA, oversaw America's technical rise to aeronautical pre-eminence in the world. LockMart And Florida Pursue NASA's CEV 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 22, 2006Lockheed Martin has announced, in partnership with the State of Florida, its plans to locate final assembly and testing of the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) in Florida if the corporation is successful in its bid to provide the next generation crew transportation system for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). LockMart: GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper Formulation Phase 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2006The Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) has been awarded a $2 million, 12-month contract by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to proceed to the formulation phase for the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument that will fly on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-R Series environmental satellites. |
Milky Way X-Ray Map Reveals Millions Of New Objects
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 22, 2006A new map of the Milky Way shows the galaxy is ablaze from hundreds of millions of individual X-ray sources, enough to cause scientists to consider they may have underestimated the galactic population of these objects by as much as a hundredfold. Radiation 'Safe Zone' Migrates With Solar Cycle 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 22, 2006NASA researchers have found that a zone in the radiation belts surrounding Earth - which can offer reduced radiation exposure to spacecraft - moves to higher or lower altitudes and latitudes depending on the level of solar activity. "This new research brings us closer to understanding how a section of the radiation belt disappears," said lead researcher Shing Fung. Researchers Solve Silicate Dust Mystery 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 22, 2006NASA scientists said Wednesday they think they have solved the longstanding mystery of how dying stars can manufacture silicate dust at high temperatures. Researchers at Goddard Space Flight Center said it is important to understanding this process, because silicate dust is a critical building block of stars and planets. |
Russian Mission Control's Operation To Widen ISS Orbit Complete
Moscow, Russia (RIAN) Feb 22, 2006Russia's Mission Control near Moscow said Wednesday it had completed an operation to widen the International Space Station's orbit by about three kilometers. American tracking systems have registered the changes, a Mission Control expert said, adding that more precise information would be available by 9.50 Moscow time (6.50 GMT) reported RIA Novosti. Spitzer Takes Temperature of Closest Exoplanet 
Greenbelt, Md. (SPX) Feb 22, 2006Astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope said Wednesday they have detected a strong heat-radiation signature directly from a planet closely orbiting a nearby star. "The effect we've seen is enormous," lead researcher Drake Deming of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center told SpaceDaily.com. X PRIZE Foundation And The $2M Lunar Lander Challenge 
Santa Monica CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2006The X PRIZE Foundation is moving forward with plans to offer a $2 million Lunar Lander Challenge by releasing draft rules of the competition today, making them available for public comment. |
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