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Astronomers Reveal First Exo Planet ID Chart Boston MA (SPX) Sep 15, 2006 
It is only a matter of time before astronomers find an Earth-sized planet orbiting a distant star. When they do, the first questions people will ask are: Is it habitable? And even more importantly, is there life present on it already? For clues to the answers, scientists are looking to their home planet, Earth. Astronomers Lisa Kaltenegger of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and Wesley Traub of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and CfA, propose using Earth's atmospheric history to understand other planets. "Good planets are hard to find," said Kaltenegger. "Our work provides the signposts astronomers will look for when examining truly Earth-like worlds." |
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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Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 15, 2006Using a network of small, automated telescopes known as HAT, Smithsonian astronomers have discovered a planet unlike any other known world. This new planet, designated HAT-P-1, orbits one member of a pair of distant stars 450 light-years away in the constellation Lacerta. Ducommun Announces Contract Award From NASA For Advanced Sensor Testbeds 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2006Ducommun has announced that Miltec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ducommun Technologies, Inc., and NASA, with the support of the US Army Redstone Arsenal's Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), have teamed to develop new minimally intrusive sensor applications for launch vehicle environments. New Launch Date For European Polar-Orbiting Weather Satellite 
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 15, 2006MetOp-A, the first in a new European series of three meteorological operational satellites designed to monitor the Earth's atmosphere from polar orbit, is now to be launched on Saturday 7 October from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It will complement Europe's already highly successful Meteosat satellites positioned in geostationary orbit and will form the European part of an integrated system to be deployed jointly with the USA to provide better weather and climate information. |
New Station Crew Poised To Launch From Baikonur
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 15, 2006Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin of the 14th International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan a few minutes after midnight EDT on Sept. 18 to begin a six-month stay in space. With them will be American Anousheh Ansari, the first female spaceflight participant to visit the orbiting laboratory. She is flying under contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency. Astronauts Unfurl New Solar Arrays On ISS 
Houston (AFP) Texas, Sept 14, 2006Like a giant, golden accordion, astronauts stretched out a new set of solar arrays on the International Space Station Thursday, which will eventually double the orbiting laboratory's power capabilities, NASA said. It was the latest success on the 11-day space shuttle Atlantis mission launched Saturday to resume construction of the ISS, the first such mission since the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster. New Lockheed Martin Solar Arrays Begin Providing Power To Space Station 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2006The second of four pairs of massive solar arrays and a Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ), built by Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems facility in Sunnyvale, have been installed on the International Space Station by the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis. The two new solar arrays have been deployed and are generating electricity. When brought on line during the STS-116 mission in December, they will nearly double the power available to the Space Station. |
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Russia Orbits Military Satellite
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 15, 2006A medium-class Soyuz-U carrier rocket has put a Cosmos satellite into orbit after being launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan Thursday, a spokesman for Russia's Space Forces said. Alexei Kuznetsov said the satellite would enlarge the orbital military group. SSC Gets Galileo RF License Until 2037 
Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Sep 15, 2006The Swedish Space Corporation is the first space company in the world to receive a long-term Radio Frequency S-band license for Galileo. The license was applied on behalf of ESA and granted by the Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency and will last until 2037. First Indonesian-Developed Satellite To Be Launched In October 
Jakarta (XNA) Sep 15, 2006The Indonesian National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) is expected to launch the first Indonesian-developed satellite next October, a milestone that will put the country on the world map of space technology. The micro-satellite Lapan-Tubsat would be launched into orbit in late October to take pictures of regions affected by the disasters that have plagued the country recently, including volcanoes, earthquakes, forest fires and tsunamis, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported. |
Space Droids In The Desert
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 15, 2006 Arizona tourists may think they've stumbled upon a science fiction movie set if they find themselves near the state's famed Meteor Crater in early September. Though they won't get a glimpse of R2D2 or C3PO, they will see robots, rovers and space suited subjects with the latest interplanetary gear trekking over some of the state's harshest topography. GeoEye Listing Approved On Nasdaq Global Market 
Dulles VA (SPX) Sep 15, 2006Orbimage Holdings Inc. which does business under the name GeoEye, announced today that The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC has approved its application to list its securities on The Nasdaq Global Market. GeoEye began trading its common stock today, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006 under the symbol "GEOY." Aerospace Corporation Creates NASA Division 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2006The Aerospace Corporation has announced that it has created a NASA Division dedicated to supporting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The announcement was made by Gary P. Pulliam, vice president of Civil and Commercial Operations. "This division will enhance our capabilities for support to NASA," Pulliam said. |
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Missile Defense Success Cause Global Reaction Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2006 
The successful Sept. 1 test of a U.S. Ground-Based Interceptor is already having repercussions around the world. On Sept. 6, Alexanbdr Vondra, foreign minister of the Czech Republic, boldly stated that European members of NATO would have to build an effective anti-ballistic missile system in cooperation with the United States.NATO Sending Mixed Message On Afghanistan 
Brussels ( AFP) Sep 14, 2006NATO left ambassadors baffled on Thursday with its apparently mixed messages over Afghanistan, as it cried for backup despite claiming it was beating tough resistance from Taliban insurgents. LM Completes Live Test Of JTNS 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 15, 2006Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a live flight demonstration of network centric operations for the Airborne, Maritime and Fixed Stations (AMF) component of the military's Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS). Bush And Roh Recommit To Six-Party Talks To End North Korea Nuclear Crisis 
Washington, Sept 14 (AFP) Sep 14, 2006US President George W. Bush and his South Korean counterpart Roh Moo-hyun downplayed their differences and recommitted themselves to six-party talks aimed at defusing the NKorea nuke crisis. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Computer Model Looks At How To Cool The Earth Back Down Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 15, 2006 
A two-pronged approach to stabilizing climate, with cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as well as injections of climate-cooling sulfates, could prove more effective than either approach used separately.Lay Off The Stingrays Warns Australian Environoment Minister 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 14, 2006An Australian government minister on Thursday urged grief-stricken fans of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin not to hunt down stingrays in a misguided attempt to avenge his death. Investment In Russian Power Sector To Hit 80 Billion Dollars 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 15, 2006Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said Thursday the government forecast investment in the country's power industry at $80 billion in the near term as a result of an ongoing reform in the sector. Indonesian Bird Flu Toll Increases Further 
London (UPI) Sep 13, 2006Indonesia, the country whose population has been worst hit by avian influenza, has had its death toll officially revised by the World Health Organization, taking the figure to 49. European Eldorado Eludes Unlucky Migrants 
Banjul (AFP) Sept 14, 2006Cheikh Ndiaye Toure, a Senegalese street vendor, still passionately dreams of the European eldorado. His first attempt at the perilous journey failed just a few kilometres into Spanish waters due dangerously bad weather, but he is prepared to give it another go. |
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