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Taiwan-US Satellite Array To Launch Friday
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2006Taiwan and several U.S. agencies have teamed to launch an array of six satellites Friday that are designed to improve weather forecasts, monitor climate change and enhance scientific understanding of space weather. Blacksky Offers 102-H Hybrid Rocket And Ground Support Kit 
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2006The Blacksky Corporation has developed a small, reuseable, high performance hybrid propulsion rocket kit called the Optimal 102-H. Originally designed for the US Air Force Aerospace Vehicle Test Course, Edwards AFB, CA, this rocket is designed to provide the scale performance necessary for training Aerospace Vehicle Test Engineers. Roscosmos Head Extols His Agency 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 13, 2006Russia's unique rocket and space industry makes it possible to create a wide range of equipment serving national defense, security, socio-economic development, science and international cooperation goals, Anatoly Perminov, head of Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency, told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on Wednesday, Itar-Tass reported. |
Bush Space Vision Facing Critical Juncture
Honolulu HI (SPX) Apr 12, 2006Another space news website has published a leaked NASA study called "LRA-0" which is spreading despair and gloom through the space community. Many people are surprised that the architecture for returning men to the Moon laid out in the famous ESAS report is declared to be totally unworkable in this new document. Putin Considers Holiday Get Away In Space 
Moscow (AFP) Apr 13, 2006Russian President Vladimir Putin got an idea for really getting away from it all Wednesday -- in space. The invitation to swap his suit and tie for a spacesuit came from the Russian commander of the International Space Station (ISS), Pavel Vinogradov, in a live link-up with Putin in the Kremlin. ISS Golf Shot Awaits NASA Approval 
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Apr 13, 2006Element 21 Golf Company said Wednesday although it continues to receive media attention for its proposed "Golf Shot around the World," NASA has not yet given its approval for one of the Russian crew members aboard the International Space Station to hit an E21 golf ball this fall using one of the company's patented clubs. |
Lunar Rocks Suggest Meteorite Shower
Corvallis OR (SPX) Apr 13, 2006New age measurements of lunar rocks returned by the Apollo space missions have revealed that a surprising number of the rocks show signs of melting about 3.9 billion years ago, suggesting that the moon - and its nearby neighbor Earth - were bombarded by a series of large meteorites at that time. Xena Poses A Bright Mystery 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2006Xena, the newly found and unofficial tenth planet, poses quite a mystery for astronomers. The latest images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and interpreted by astronomers show Xena - whose name also remains unofficial - is about 5 percent larger in diameter than Pluto - which is smaller than expected based on earlier images. Tandberg: The Global Video-Conferencing Goliath 
Washington (UPI) Apr 13, 2006For global videoconferencing company Tandberg, the company slogan of "Be there now" is more than just a motto -- it's almost a calling. |
Home Plate Hints At Explosive Past
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2006New images from NASA's Spirit rover show coarse-grained layers from around the edge of a low plateau called Home Plate inside Gusev Crater on Mars. One possible origin for the material it fell to the ground after being thrown aloft by an explosion such as a volcanic eruption or meteorite impact. Lab On A Chip For Blood Tests In Space 
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 13, 2006A cell-phone-sized blood-count machine requiring less blood than a mosquito bite could make blood tests easier for astronauts in space, its developer said Wednesday. Era Helicopters Equips Fleet with Iridium Satellite Communication Systems 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Apr 13, 2006Iridium Satellite's value-added reseller, Sky Connect, has sold 75 Iridium satellite communication systems to Era Helicopters. Era Helicopters, of Lake Charles, La., is a major Gulf Coast provider of helicopter services for the offshore oil industry. |
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