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Mars Express Views Nanedi Valles
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 25, 2006ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured this image with its High Resolution Stereo Camera that shows the Nanedi Valles valley system, a steep-sided feature that may have been formed in part by free-flowing water. The HRSC actually obtained the image on Oct. 3, 2004, during orbit 905 at a ground resolution of approximately 18 meters (59 feet) per pixel, but ESA has not released it until now. The image has been rotated 90 degrees clockwise, so that north is to the right. NASA To Test Prototypes For Future Space Trips 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2006NASA said Monday it will begin testing new equipment this week in the Utah desert intended for use on future human missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Black Holes Help To Keep Biggest Galaxies Humming Efficiently 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 25, 2006A class of supermassive black holes once thought to be relatively quiet actually generates high-energy jets of particles powerful enough to put a brake on the formation of new stars, researchers said Monday. |
Evidence Mounts For Companion Star To Our Sun
Newport Beach CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2006The Binary Research Institute (BRI) has found that orbital characteristics of the recently discovered planetoid, "Sedna", demonstrate the possibility that our sun might be part of a binary star system. A binary star system consists of two stars gravitationally bound orbiting a common center of mass. GLOBE At Night Reaches More Than 18000 Participants On Six Continents 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 25, 2006More than 18,000 citizen-scientists in 96 countries submitted 4,591 observations of the darkness of their local night skies during the 10-day GLOBE at Night event last month. The GLOBE at Night Web site received data from all 50 U.S. states and from every continent except Antarctica (where the constellation used for the project was not visible). Hubble Captures Cigar At Sweet Sixteen 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 25, 2006To celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 16 years in orbit, NASA and ESA have released this image of the starburst galaxy Messier 82. The mosaic image represents the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of M82. |
Thaicom 5 Arrives At Kourou
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Apr 25, 2006Alcatel Alenia Space's Thaicom 5 satellite has arrived at its launch site in Kourou, the company said Monday. The launch, aboard an Ariane 5 ECA rocket and paired with the Satmex 6 satellite, is slated for May 26. SAT Delivers MonicsNet To SES Astra 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2006Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2006 SAT Corp. said Monday it has delivered an additional MonicsNet Satellite Carrier Monitoring site to SES Astra, in an extension of the company's existing MonicsNet network. XTAR Begins Commercial Service On XTAR-LANT 
Rockville MD (SPX) Apr 25, 2006XTAR, LLC, a joint venture between Loral Space & Communications and HISDESAT, today announced that the second component of its X-band satellite network, XTAR-LANT, has completed in-orbit testing and has entered full commercial service. XTAR-LANT joins the XTAR-EUR satellite that entered service in April 2005. |
Boeing Opens Launch Systems Office In Huntsville
St Louis MO (SPX) Apr 25, 2006Boeing has opened an Exploration Launch Systems office in Huntsville, Ala., to support the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's Constellation program and the human space transportation elements. Columbus Lab Ready For Delivery To ISS 
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 25, 2006ESA said Monday that technicians in Bremen, Germany, have completed final integration of the Columbus laboratory for the International Space Station. The facility will be shipped to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at the end of next month to prepare for its launch in late 2007 aboard one of NASA's space shuttles. Internet TV Coming Of Age 
Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2006The jury is still out on whether Internet television is the next best thing in cyberspace or simply a buzzword that will fizzle out. |
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