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NASA Still Aiming For July Flight For Shuttle
Washington (AFP) Apr 28, 2006The US space agency said Friday it will stick with a plan to resume shuttle launches in July and not carry out extra safety changes to the elderly remaining vessel. "We are continuing to work toward the July 1 launch opportunity," said NASA shuttle manager Wayne Hale. Station Crew Will Try Orbit Boost Again 
Houston TX (SPX) May 1, 2006Russian experts will try again this Thursday to lift the International Space Station to a higher orbit to ease future rendezvous maneuvers and reduce the risk of collisions with orbiting debris. Chandrayaan Lunar Mission Will Carry NASA Payload 
Bangalore, India (SPX) May 1, 2006ISRO has agreed to carry two NASA research instruments aboard its Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, the Indian lunar-orbiting mission planned for launch next year, The Hindu newspaper reported Sunday. |
Opportunity Passes 800 Sols On Mars
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 1, 2006Opportunity has passed 800 sols, or Martian days, of operations on the red planet, meaning the golf-cart-sized rover has functioned continuously nearly nine times longer than its initial mission design. Malaysian Space Cadets Depart For Russia 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) May 1, 2006Malaysia's four budding astronauts have departed for Russia where they will undergo a series of tests to select who will blast off into space as the country's first astronaut. The four, who were chosen in a nationwide competition, departed late Thursday for the Russian Space Agency where they will go through their paces over the next two weeks. NASA Tests Updated Rocket Motor For Shuttle 
Huntsville AL (SPX) May 1, 2006NASA technicians said Friday they successfully tested an updated version of the rocket motor for the space shuttle's twin solid-fuel boosters at a Utah test facility. |
Maguire To VP Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 1, 2006Lockheed Martin announced Friday that Joanne M. Maguire will succeed G. Thomas Marsh as executive vice president of its Space Systems unit when Marsh retires July 1. NASA Gets Cloud Satellites Off The Ground 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2006After a week of postponements, NASA launched its CloudSat and CALIPSO missions Friday. Originally scheduled for liftoff April 21, the twin satellite mission had experienced inclement weather, unavailability of refueling aircraft and a faulty temperature sensor. JAXA Satellite Watching Indonesian Volcano 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 1, 2006JAXA said Saturday it has deployed its Advanced Land Observing Satellite to monitor Mount Merapi, a volcano on the island of Java, in Indonesia, that is showing signs of erupting catastrophically. |
ISRO Pushing For Indian Satellite Industry
Bangalore, India (SPX) May 1, 2006Los Alamos To Test Space-Based Supercomputer 
Los Alamos NM (SPX) May 1, 2006Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory said they are preparing to test a new computing technology that could dramatically increase the capabilities of spacecraft. Cassini Conductes 13th Titan Flyby 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 1, 2006Cassini flew by Titan for the 13th time Sunday and trained its powerful synthetic aperture radar on a mid-section swath of Saturn's giant moon that mission controllers have named Xanadu. |
New Israel Spy Satellite Beams First Images
Jerusalem (AFP) May 01, 2006An Israeli satellite that can reportedly spy closely on Iran's nuclear programme has sent back its first "high quality" pictures since its launch into space, public radio reported Friday. New Properties Of The Very Deep Earth Discovered 
Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2006Through novel experiments mimicking high-pressures and temperatures there, scientists may have solved a longstanding mystery about why certain seismic waves called shear waves move so sluggishly through clumpy patches. Pacific Tsunami Alert System Tests To Start Mid-May 
Paris (AFP) May 01, 2006UNESCO said Saturday it would test the Pacific tsunami alert system at a regional level for the first time next month to assess the reactions of the countries concerned. |
Pakistan Test Fires Long-Range Nuke Missile
Islamabad (AFP) May 01, 2006Pakistan on Saturday successfully test fired a nuclear capable missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), the military said. It was the second test firing of the surface-to-surface Hatf VI missile, which was earlier tested in March 2005, it said. The World's 60 Year Flirtation With Nuclear Arms 
Paris (AFP) May 01, 2006Nuclear bombs are the most destructive weapons ever invented, capable of eliminating all life on the planet. UN Readies Iran Nuke Resolution 
United Nations (UPI) May 01, 2006Key members of the United Nations Security Council are preparing a resolution to make mandatory Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog. |
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