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Indo-US Space Accord Paves Way For Future Joint Exploration
Mumbai, India (SPX) Mar 16, 2006The Indo-US deal on space research and application would usher in an era of joint exploration between the space agencies of the two nations, former chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation K Kasturirangan said today. NASA Tech Satellite ST5 Launch Aborted 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2006NASA controllers aborted the Space Technology 5 mission less than one minute before launch because of a malfunctioning release pin in the spacecraft's steering facility. German Air Rescue Employs SatCom Technology 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 16, 2006SkyTrac Systems, an Iridium value-added reseller (VAR), has won a contract to supply Iridium satcom systems for one of Europe's largest medical evacuation helicopter fleets. |
Radar Altimetry Said Revolutionizing Ocean Surveys
Venice, Italy (SPX) Mar 15, 2006Satellite instruments called radar altimeters, now in orbit for the past 15 years, have changed fundamentally the way scientists view the world's ocean. Astronomers Get A Chance To Size Up A Brown Dwarf 
Madison WI (SPX) Mar 16, 2006Brown dwarfs -- failed stars that fall somewhere between the smallest stars and the largest planets on the spectrum of heavenly objects -- have always been viewed by astronomers as a critical link in the understanding of how both stars and planets form. California Law Would Track Predators By Satellite 
San Francisco (AFP) Mar 16, 2006A proposed law requiring paroled "predators" in California to be tracked by satellite got its first hearing in the state legislature on Wednesday. |
Fire In The Ice
League City TX (SPX) Mar 16, 2006Scientists have analyzed some of the particles captured by NASA's Stardust mission and returned to Earth earlier this year. And they've found a big surprise. ISS Crew To Tee Off In First "Space Open" 
Mission Control Center, Russia (RIA) Mar 16, 2006The next crew to man the world's sole civilian space station will make something of a departure from the customary agenda of technical work and scientific experiment by indulging in a spot of golf. Quickplacer, The Fastest Robot In The World 
Bilbao, Spain (SPX) Mar 15, 2006Fatronik has launched the most rapid robot in the world at a trade show in Bilbao. What is involved here is a high-performance handling robot the structure of which is basically four actuators working in a co-ordinated manner with the goal of achieving maximum dynamic performances. |
Libya Aims To Cash In On Solar Eclipse
Tripoli (AFP) Mar 16, 2006Libya is preparing to welcome thousands of Western tourists in improvised desert camps, the best place in the world to view the 29 March solar eclipse. The North African nation is to dedicate its air and sea ports to the arrival of eclipse lovers from 47 countries, including Americans, Britons and French, but excluding Israelis, tourism official Shaban al-Taeb said. Mimas Makes A Quick Passage 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2006Mimas briefly slipped in front of Tethys while NASA's Cassini spacecraft looked on and captured the event in this series of images. Spitzer Spies A Double-Helix Nebula 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2006Astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope report an unprecedented elongated double-helix nebula near the center of the Milky Way galaxy stretching at least 80 light-years in length. |
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