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Ariane 5 Heavy Launch Of Spainish Military Satellite Delayed Again
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Feb 26, 2006Arianespace scrubbed Friday's scheduled launch of its Ariane-5 rocket because of an unspecified telemetry circuit problem. The rocket carries Eutelsat's HOT BIRD 7A telecom satellite and Spain's military SPAINSAT. Ausonia Mensa Remnant Massif By Mars Express 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 27, 2006This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, shows the Ausonia Mensa massif on Mars. The HRSC obtained the image during orbit 506 with a ground resolution of approximately 37.6 meters (122 feet) per pixel. Cassini Attempts 12th Titan Flyby 
Pasadena, Calif. (SPX) Feb 26, 2006NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns to Titan on Monday for its twelfth flyby since beginning to survey Saturn and its moons on July 4, 2004. |
ESA And EUMETSAT Reaffirm MetOp Satellite Program
Paris (SPX) Feb 26, 2006The directors general of ESA and EUMETSAT signed an updated agreement last week to launch the Meteorological Operational satellite, or MetOp, Europe�s first polar-orbiting satellite dedicated to weather and climate monitoring. Europe To Replace CryoSat 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 27, 2006The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Friday it would replace an important climate research satellite that was lost in a launch by a Russian rocket last October. The 140-million-euro (170-million-dollar) CryoSat satellite was irretrievably lost shortly after lift-off on a converted Soviet-era ballistic missile from a base in northwest Russia on October 8. Unreal Estate: The Men who Sold the Moon 
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2006Before you purchase a certificate offering the Moon to the love of your life, check with space law expert Virgiliu Pop. In a groundbreaking book, "Unreal Estate - The Men who Sold the Moon", Mr. Pop comes with legal arguments as to why one cannot actually buy extraterrestrial real estate. |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter On Course For March Arrival
Washington, D.C. (SPX) Feb 25, 2006NASA mission controllers are preparing for a critical phase of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's 350-million-mile trajectory designed to rendezvous the spacecraft with the red planet on March 10. NASA Awards Contract to Enterprise Advisory Services 
Houston, Texas (SPX) Feb 25, 2006NASA Has Awarded A Three-Year, $182.6 Million Contract To Enterprise Advisory Services Inc. In Houston For Facility Operations And Support Of The Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility In Las Cruces, N.M. NASA Awards Sciences and Exploration Data Analysis Contract 
Greenbelt, Md. (SPX) Feb 25, 2006NASA said it has selected ADNET Systems Inc. of Lanham, Md., for its Sciences and Exploration Data Analysis five-year cost-plus contract. The award is worth a total of $220,931,298. |
Robots Used To Keep Children Safe In Japan
Tokyo (UPI) Feb 27, 2006Getting children safely to and from school is seemingly no easy feat these days, and some local governments in Japan are prepared to make full use of available technology to ensure that students are kept safely out of harm's way. Shuttle's New External Fuel Tank Headed to Cape 
Michoud, La. (SPX) Feb 25, 2006Workers at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility loaded the newly designed external fuel tank for space shuttle Discovery onto a covered barge Friday. The tank, designated ET-119, is expected to take five or six days to reach the Kennedy Space Center. Alcatel Alenia Space to Build and Deliver Turksat 3A 
Paris (SPX) Feb 26, 2006Alcatel Alenia Space said it has signed a turnkey contract with Turkish operator Turksat AS to build and deliver into orbit a powerful telecommunication satellite, the Turksat 3A. |
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