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Discovery Mated To Tank And Boosters
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 17, 2006NASA technicians attached space shuttle Discovery to its external fuel tank and solid-fuel booster rockets over the weekend, the agency announced Tuesday. The mating continues preparations for Discovery's next launch to the International Space Station. Arianespace Inks More Launch Contracts 
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 17, 2006Arianespace has signed seven launch contracts so far in 2006, only two fewer than in all of 2005, the company said in a statement Tuesday. As of May 16, the company's order book stood at 41 satellites. ESA Sat. Workshop Forecasts Navigation Advances 
Darmstadt, Germany (SPX) May 17, 2006Based on new research in navigation and measurement, scientists think Earth-watching satellites could monitor sea-level and atmospheric changes with enough precision they someday could help predict tsunamis and earthquakes. |
Lots Of Little Errors Doomed DART Mission
Washington DC (SPX) May 17, 2006NASA officials released a summary report Tuesday identifying the causes of a collision on April 15, 2005, between the experimental Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology spacecraft and its intended rendezvous target, MUBLCOM, an inactive military communications satellite. New Concept For Ultra-Precise Satellite Formations 
Tustin CA (SPX) May 17, 2006A California researcher has developed a new concept that could enable fleets of small spacecraft to fly in ultra-precise formations using a combination of laser-guided positioning and physical tethers. Buckyballs Make Room For Gilded Cages 
Richland WA (SPX) May 17, 2006Scientists have uncovered a class of gold atom clusters that are the first known metallic hollow equivalents of the famous hollow carbon fullerenes known as buckyballs. |
Stardust Analysis Update
Seattle WA (SPX) May 17, 2006The Stardust Preliminary Examination Team is now in the second half of the six-month period to complete the initial characterization of the returned comet samples. Hurricane Cloud Tops Give NASA Windy Clues 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 17, 2006Scientists at NASA are finding that with hurricanes, they can look at the cloud tops for clues about the behavior of winds below the hurricane on the Earth's surface. Parker Acquires Crane's Aerospace Business 
Cleveland OH (SPX) May 17, 2006Parker Hannifin announced Tuesday it has acquired Resistoflex Aerospace, a division of Crane. The business produces fluid connectivity and conveyance products for the aerospace industry and had sales of $16 million in 2005. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. |
Beyond The Birth Of The Universe
Uniontown PA (SPX) May 17, 2006According to Einstein's general theory of relativity, the Big Bang represents The Beginning, the grand event at which not only matter but space-time itself was born. IBM breakthrough could see the return of tapes 
San Francisco (AFP) May 16, 2006 IBM scientists have found a way to cram unprecedented amounts of information onto magnetic tapes in a breakthrough it heralded Tuesday as a data-storing boon to businesses for years to come. Restraint And Not Pressure Stops ICBM Test: India 
New Delhi (AFP) May 15, 2006 India on Monday said "self-imposed restraint" and not Western pressure prevented it from testing its longest-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. |
Business As Usual For Volcano's Guardian Despite Looming Eruption
Kinahrejo, Indonesia (AFP) May 16, 2006 Despite a looming eruption, life ambles on as usual at this highest hamlet on the southern slope of Mount Merapi for the volcano's ceremonial guardian. Russia Stable Energy Partner, Shares West's Values 
Moscow (RIAN) May 17, 2006Russia is a reliable energy supplier and should be viewed as a partner - albeit one ready to defend its position - that shares the West's values, a presidential aide said Tuesday. Sanyo filtering system effective against bird flu 
Tokyo (AFP) May 15, 2006 Japan's Sanyo Electric Co said Monday that one of its filtering systems had been shown in tests to be effective in suppressing airborne bird flu viruses. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Iran Will Damage US If Military Action Used
Moscow (RIAN) May 17, 2006Iran can cope with any sanctions imposed over its controversial nuclear program, and will pull no punches in the event of military action, a nuclear official told a Russian newspaper Tuesday. LM Completes Missile-Warning System Software Development 
Denver CO (SPX) May 17, 2006Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday it has completed Highly Elliptical Orbit Interim Operations software for the U.S. military's Space Based Infrared System. Diamonds Offer New Online Security 
London (UPI) May 17, 2006Researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia, have found a glamorous solution to the problem of communications systems being hacked by eavesdroppers -- diamonds. |
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