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NASA Cancels Tuesday Shuttle Launch Cape Canaveral (AFP) Florida, Aug 27, 2006 
NASA canceled Tuesday's Atlantis shuttle launch as Tropical Storm Ernesto threatened to delay the flight to the International Space Station by more than a week. The US space agency pressed ahead Monday with preparations to pull Atlantis off the launch pad but put off a final decision on rolling the shuttle back to its massive hangar at the Kennedy Space Center on Florida's east coast. No new launch date was set. "It's clear in our minds that we are rolling back ... unless something really extraordinary happens and we choose not to," launch director Mike Leinbach told reporters at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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NASA Glenn Power Management Expertise Plays Role In STS-115 Mission
Cleveland OH (SPX) Aug 27, 2006NASA will resume construction of the International Space Station during the next space shuttle mission, designated STS-115. Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to lift off the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 4:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, August 27. Astronauts will install a girder-like structure, known as the P3/P4 truss segment that will double the station's power capability. US Air Force And FAA Collaborate On Launch Safety Requirements 
Washington DC (AFPN) Aug 27, 2006Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration officials strengthened their long history of cooperation and partnership in the commercial space launch safety arena today with the publication of the FAA's Licensing and Safety Requirements for Launch document, Code of Federal Regulations Title 14 Part 417. Atlantis Shuttle Ready To Resume Major Space Station Construction 
Washington (AFP) Aug 25, 2006The Shuttle Atlantis is set to launch Sunday on the first in a series of major missions aimed at completing construction of the International Space Station before NASA retires its shuttle fleet in 2010. |
Spirit Discovers New Class Of Igneous Rocks
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2006During the past two-and-a-half years of traversing the central part of Gusev Crater, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has analyzed the brushed and ground-into surfaces of multiple rocks using the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer, which measures the abundance of major chemical elements. Closer And Closer To Victoria Crater 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2006Opportunity is healthy and located only 218 meters (715 feet) from the rim of "Victoria Crater." Opportunity's odometer clicked past the 9-kilometer (5.5-mile) mark as it drove 237.81 meters (780 feet) during the week. The terrain within the annulus, or ring, of material surrounding Victoria is homogeneous and flat, which is favorable for long drives. The team planned a trenching activity for sol 919 (Aug. 25, 2006) to prepare for a robotic arm campaign during the weekend. New Horizons Continuing On To Pluto, Planet Or Not 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2006Poor New Horizons. When it launched in January 2006 it was with all the prestige of the first spacecraft to study Pluto, the last unvisited planet in the solar system. That changed seven months later, when astronomers decided that Pluto was not a planet. For the time being, New Horizons is at least the first mission to a dwarf planet -- the new class of objects into which scientists dumped Pluto. |
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NASA And Cleveland Clinic Work To Keep Astronauts Strong
Cleveland OH (SPX) Aug 27, 2006As NASA prepares to send humans back to the moon and out further into our solar system, researchers are looking for better ways to keep astronauts' bones and muscles strong.to simulate how astronauts exercise during space travel. Comtech Receives Contract For Quick Deploy Satellite Systems 
Melville NY (SPX) Aug 27, 2006Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has announced that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received a $1.7 million contract to support the First Marine Expeditionary Force. The contract is part of I MEF's comprehensive plan to provide satellite-based position and location reporting capabilities to Iraqi security forces. Boeing Completes GOES-P Weather Satellite Thermal Vacuum Testing 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 24, 2006Boeing has announced that GOES-P, the third of three weather satellites being built for NASA and NOAA, has successfully completed testing designed to ensure that the spacecraft will operate in the extremely harsh environs of space. |
Astronomers Use Supercomputers To Study Atoms Linked To Black Holes
Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 25, 2006Super-hot atoms in space hold the key to an astronomical mystery, and an Ohio State University astronomer is leading an effort to study those atoms here on Earth. Wherify Announces Launch Of Family Locator Service In The US 
Redwood Shores CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2006Wherify Wireless has announced it will launch its Wherify Family Locator Service and companion Wherifone GPS Locator Phone on October 1st, 2006, across the U.S. at Toys "R" Us stores, via the Internet and at other retailers. Jih-Fen Lei Named Director Of Research And Technology At Glenn 
Cleveland OH (SPX) Aug 27, 2006Glenn Research Center Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. recently named Dr. Jih-Fen Lei as the new director of Research and Technology. She leads a staff of 500 civil service employees conducting advanced research in power and electric propulsion, high temperature materials and structures, communications technology, instrumentation and control, propulsion systems, microgravity science and biotechnology. |
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Iran Determined To Produce Nuclear Fuel Tehran (AFP) Aug 27, 2006 
Iran is determined to produce its own nuclear fuel despite the demand by the UN Security Council to halt enrichment of uranium, the country's top nuclear negotiator Ari Larijani said on national radio Sunday. "Production of nuclear fuel is one of Iran's strategic objectives," Larijani said.North Korea Warns Of Counter-Measures Against US Financial Sanctions 
Seoul (AFP) Aug 27, 2006North Korea has warned it will take "all necessary counter-measures" against US financial sanctions amid reports the communist state may be preparing for a nuclear test. Northrop Grumman Unveils Next-Gen Global Hawk 
Palmdale CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2006Northrop Grumman Corporation rolled out the first production version of the new RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system in a ceremony today at the company's Antelope Valley Manufacturing Center in Palmdale. Rumsfeld And Ivanov Hold Talks In Alaska 
Fairbanks (AFP) Alaska, Aug 26, 2006US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met his Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov here in Alaska Sunday to discuss events in North Korea and the Middle East. |
Ernesto Barrels Toward Cuba/Threatens US Coast Miami (AFP) Aug 27, 2006 
Hurricane Ernesto was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday but fears it could regain strength prompted massive evacuations in Cuba and caused thousands of tourists in the Florida Keys to head to the US mainland.Researchers Aim To Close "Green Gap" In LED Tech 
Los Angeles (SPX) Aug 28, 2006A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has received $1.8 million in federal funding to improve the energy efficiency of green light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Reweaving The Food Web 
University Park PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2006The recovery of biodiversity after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction was much more chaotic than previously thought, according to paleontologists. New fossil evidence shows that at certain times and places, plant and insect diversity were severely out of balance, not linked as they are today. Lebanese Fishermen Crippled By Wartime Oil Spill 
Beirut (AFP) Aug 27, 2006Israel's war against Hezbollah has brought disaster to Lebanon's fishermen, stricken by a massive oil spill on the country's shores, as well as heavily damaged boats and a continuing naval blockade. CONTENT PARTNERS
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