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ST5 Micro-Sat Launch Pushed Back To At Least Wednesday
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2006Mission controllers said Friday the second launch attempt of the Pegasus rocket carrying the three micro-satellites in NASA's Space Technology 5 mission will be made no earlier than March 22 � and probably later. |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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ESA Exhibits Composite 'Planet Earth' Frieze For UNESCO
Paris France (SPX) Mar 19, 2006ESA will unveil a frieze depicting the entire planet Earth, made up of one-millionth-scale satellite images, around UNESCO's headquarters building on March 29. Nighttime Satellite Sweeps Improve Europe's Sea Temperature Map 
Paris France (SPX) Mar 17, 2006ESA scientists have switched their satellite surveys to nighttime to obtain better data on the temperature of the Mediterranean Sea and elsewhere in the waters surrounding Europe. The space agency's Earth scientists consider sea-surface temperature an important index for weather and ocean forecasting, and a key indicator of climate change. Radar Altimetry Shows Warming Affecting Polar Glaciers 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 19, 2006NASA scientists said they have confirmed that climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. |
ESA Wants Amateur Astronomers To Help Venus Express
Paris France (SPX) Mar 19, 2006ESA has established the Venus Amateur Observing Project to obtain high-quality images of the planet to supplement the work of its Venus Express spacecraft, which will enter orbit next month and begin its science mission in May. Garmin's GMX 200 Gives Advanced Situational Awareness 
Olathe KN (SPX) Mar 20, 2006Garmin International has announced the GMX 200, a multi- function display (MFD) for pilots demanding the ultimate in situational awareness. Blue Sky's Iridium Sat System Supports Fossett's Latest Flight Attempt 
La Jolla CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2006Blue Sky Network has announced that Steve Fossett's latest record-breaking flight attempt will rely on its satellite based flight tracking, voice, mapping and telemetry solutions.\ |
Mars Express Captures 'Hourglass Crater'
Paris France (SPX) Mar 19, 2006ESA's Mars Express orbiter's High-Resolution Stereo Camera has compiled images and an accompanying video showing unusual flow deposits on the floors of two adjacent impact craters in the eastern Hellas Planitia region. The structures suggest possible glacial processes. Mars Rover Update � Spirit Driving On Five Wheels 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2006Spirit continued to make progress toward the peak named McCool, located in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater, despite a reduction in solar energy and problems with the rover's right front wheel. NASA Names New Mars Rover Program Director 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2006NASA has named John Callas project manager for its Mars Exploration Rovers. Callas, a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, previously served as science manager and deputy project manager for the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. |
Cassini To Use Radio Signals To Probe Titan
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2006NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its 13th flyby of Titan over the weekend, and for the first time will attempt to send new data about Saturn's giant fog-shrouded moon directly back to mission scientists. Rhea And Razor-Thin Rings 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2006NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of shadow-striped Saturn and its exquisitely thin rings, with its moon Rhea hanging as a crescent in the distance. A couple of bright pixels at the center of the image mark the location of the tiny moon Pan, 26 kilometers (16 miles) across. Saturn Moons Near And Far 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 16, 2006Continuing its tour of Saturn's ring plane, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Rhea (right, in the distance), as Pandora hovers against the planet's dark shadow on the rings. |
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