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Progress Cargo Vessel Arrives At Space Station
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 27, 2006The Russian Progress 22 automated cargo spacecraft has docked with the International Space Station at 12:25 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday carrying more than 2.5 tons of fuel, water and other supplies aboard, NASA announced Monday. Progress also brought to the station more than 1,900 pounds of propellant, just over 100 pounds of air and oxygen, almost 250 pounds of water and almost 2,860 pounds of dry cargo. Second Stage Vega Motor Roars To Life In ESA Test 
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 27, 2006ESA announced its Vega small-satellite launch vehicle has made a new step toward its maiden flight, late next year, with the success of the first firing test Monday on its second stage motor, the Zefiro 23. The static firing was performed at the Italian Ministry of Defense test center in Salto di Quirra, Sardinia. NASA Modifies Image Technology To Fight Diabetes 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 27, 2006NASA image-processing technology used to explore orbital images of Earth and distant worlds is being modified for diabetes research. Scientists at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., helped modify the technology, which has greatly increased the speed of the research. |
BP North America Selects Hughes For Nationwide Broadband Service
Germantown, MD (SPX) Jun 27, 2006Hughes Network Systems has signed a contract with BP Corporation North America Inc. for Hughes to provide HughesNet Managed Network Services connecting BP's retail locations nationwide. The four-year contract includes the installation and management of both DSL and satellite broadband technologies at over 10,000 retail locations. MedStar Using Iridium Phones To Back Up Hospital Communications 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 27, 2006Iridium announced Monday that MedStar Health, the largest healthcare system in the Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, has selected Roadpost to provide Iridium satellite emergency backup communications for its personnel and facilities. Ball Aerospace To Provide Two Cameras For Glory Mission 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 27, 2006Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. announced Monday it will design and build two cloud cameras for NASA's Glory mission under contract to Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. |
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Mars Via The Antarctic and The Arctic
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2006The city of Hammerfest lies at the northern tip of Norway, well above the Arctic Circle. If you board a ship heading north from there, just before you reach the polar ice cap you run into a group of islands known as the Svalbard archipelago. Scientists Precisely Track Short Term Earth Wobbles 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 27, 2006New technologies are enabling scientists to determine the extent and causes of Earth's short-term wobbling with extreme precision. Like a spinning top, Earth wobbles as it rotates on its axis. In fact, it displays many different wobbling motions, ranging in period from a few minutes to billions of years. Must Ecologists Account For Time To Understand Biodiversity In Space 
Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Jun 27, 2006Ecologists typically study biodiversity in "snapshots" - single-time surveys conducted in many locations - and try to understand why some habitats have more species than others, or why larger areas contain more species than smaller ones. |
Astronomers Solve Black Hole Paradox
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 27, 2006Astronomers said they may have discovered how black holes light up the universe in X-ray light. The team analyzed data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to show for the first time how powerful magnetic fields power these brilliant light shows. Computer Model Can Predict Solar Weather 
Durham NH (SPX) Jun 27, 2006The most true-to-life computer simulation ever made of the Sun's multi-million-degree outer atmosphere, the corona, has successfully predicted its actual appearance during a solar eclipse last March 29. Scientists said the research, funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation, marks the beginning of a new era in space weather prediction. Boeing Weighs Options For Internet Unit Connexion 
Chicago (AFP) Jun 26, 2006US aerospace giant Boeing said Monday it may sell or disband its Connexion unit providing high-speed Internet service on airplanes, saying the service has been a disappointment. "Boeing has pursued the business vigorously, developing technology that has worked well and evolved into a useful product," the Chicago-based giant said in a statement. |
Diamond By-Product Of Hydrogen Production And Storage Method
Uniontown PA (SPX) Jun 26, 2006There may not be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but there appears to be nanocrystalline diamonds at the end of a process to produce and store hydrogen using anthracite coal. Rising Salaries Threatens Booming Outsourcing Industry In India 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Jun 25, 2006Soaring salaries and poor quality of manpower are prompting foreign firms to shut their outsourcing operations in India although there is no cause for alarm yet, officials and analysts say. The Fruits Of Intelligence Is Remembering Where To Get Food 
St Andrews, UK (SPX) Jun 26, 2006New findings reported this week reveal that at least some primates can use their stored knowledge of recent weather as a tool for guiding their foraging behavior when searching for ripening fruit. |
Last Block 10 Global Hawk Arrives For Check Flights
Edwards AFB CA (AFNS) Jun 26, 2006An RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle, the last Block 10 production aircraft, arrived here June 15 for a thorough checkup before delivery to the warfighter. Iran Brandishes Oil Weapon In Nuclear Row 
Tehran (AFP) Jun 25, 2006Iran on Sunday again brandished oil as a weapon in a dispute over its nuclear programme, as it continued to resist international demands to freeze sensitive uranium enrichment work. European Consortium To Build Uranium Enrichment Plant In US 
Washington (AFP) Jun 25, 2006US authorities have given a European-led consortium peremission to build the first uranium enrichment plant in the United States for 30 years. CONTENT PARTNERS
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