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United Launch Alliance Joint Rocket Venture Cleared by US FTC Los Angeles (SPX) Oct 04, 2006 
Lockheed Martin and Boeing confirmed Tuesday that United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. (ULA), a joint venture between the two companies has received anti-trust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The clearance is subject to compliance with a consent order that both parties have approved and which upon closing of the transaction will govern certain activities of ULA, Lockheed Martin and Boeing. ULA would combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with U.S. government launches of Boeing Delta and Lockheed Martin Atlas rockets. The purpose for combining the Atlas and Delta operations is to reduce the cost of meeting the national security and civil expendable launch vehicle needs of the United States. |
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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From Earth To Space And Back At IAC Valencia
Valencia, Spain (SPX) Oct 04, 2006ESA is presenting current and future European space activities at the 57th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) this week in Valencia. For IAC week the city of Valencia has been transformed into a meeting place for key people engaged in space, including policy makers, professionals and academics, research institutions, universities, industry, media and general public. Ball Aerospace Selects Velocity For Enterprise Process Execution System 
Eagan MN (SPX) Oct 04, 2006Intercim, Inc. reports that Ball Aerospace has selected its Velocity Process Execution software to manage the manufacture of its spacecraft and mission critical components. The solution will be deployed in Ball's Boulder, Broomfield and Westminster, Colorado manufacturing facilities. Iridium Provides Low-Cost Sat. E-Mail For Zodiac 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 04, 2006Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd., a major international ship management company, has equipped its fleet of 132 ships with an Iridium-based satellite e-mail system supplied by AND Group plc in a move to reduce the rising costs of ship-to-shore communication. The shipboard package includes a Thrane and Thrane Sailor ST4120 transceiver bundled with AND's Rapidomail software. Satellite airtime is being supplied by AND Group in partnership with France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications, an Iridium service provider. |
Astronomers Construct Largest-Ever 3D Map Of Galaxies And Their Motions
London UK (SPX) Oct 04, 2006An international team of American, Australian and British astronomers has released maps from the largest full-sky, three-dimensional survey of galaxies ever conducted. Their detailed maps show the "local" cosmos out to a distance of 600 million light years, identifying all the major superclusters of galaxies and voids. Planets Prefer Safe Neighborhoods 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 04, 2006A star must live in a relatively tranquil cosmic neighborhood to foster planet formation, say astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. A team of scientists from the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, Tucson, came to this conclusion after watching intense ultraviolet light and powerful winds from O-type stars rip away the potential planet-forming disks, or protoplanetary disks, around stars like our sun. Nobel Laureates Helped Rewrite History Of Universe 
Paris (AFP) Oct 03, 2006The 2006 Nobel Physics prize has rewarded big science -- and arguably the biggest science of them all: probing the origin of the Universe itself. Sketched in the late 1940s, contested at first by other scientists and still bitterly assailed by Christian fundamentalists, the "Big Bang" theory has moved from the margins to the centre of our conceptual architecture of the cosmos. Two men who bear much of the credit for this transition are American astrophysicists John Mather and George Smoot, who were rewarded with the Nobel on Tuesday for their work with a NASA space probe, the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite. |
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ISS Crew Initiates Work Schedule
Houston TX (UPI) Oct 03, 2006NASA says the Expedition 14 International Space Station crew is performing routine station maintenance and cleaning as it begins its 6-month duty period. European Space Agency flight engineer Thomas Reiter of Germany finished his third and final day Monday of a kidney stone experiment session. That long-range investigation involves taking a daily ingestion of either potassium citrate or a placebo and is designed determine whether potassium citrate is effective in preventing formation of kidney stones in space. Japan Proposes Scientific Experiments In Russian Segment Of ISS 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 04, 2006Japanese scientists are interested in carrying out a range of scientific experiments in the Russian segment of the International Space Station, the press secretary of the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) said Tuesday. NASA Opens New Door To Exploration 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 04, 2006As the door is closing on NASA's Space Shuttle Program, another door is opening to make way for the next generation of human space vehicles: the Constellation Program. The 50-foot-tall door at the west end of the high bay in Kennedy Space Center's historic Operations and Checkout Building was opened for the first time in more than two decades during a ceremony Sept. 26. |
An Amazing Andromeda
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 04, 2006The many "personalities" of our great galactic neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, are exposed in this new composite image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Spitzer Space Telescope. The wide, ultraviolet eyes of Galaxy Evolution Explorer reveal Andromeda's "fiery" nature -- hotter regions brimming with young and old stars. Details Of Solar Particles Penetrating The Earth Environment Revealed 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 04, 2006Co-ordinated efforts by China/ESA's Double Star and ESA's Cluster spacecraft have allowed scientists to zero in on an area where energetic particles from the Sun are blasting their way through the Earth's magnetic shield. Solar material penetrating the Earth's magnetic shield can represent a hazard to both astronauts and satellites. GIOVE-A Laser Ranging Campaign Successful 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 04, 2006Fourteen laser ranging stations participated in a campaign to track ESA's GIOVE-A satellite during the spring and summer of 2006, providing invaluable data for the characterisation of the satellite's on-board clock. The campaign was coordinated by the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) and the GIOVE Processing Centre at ESA-ESTEC. |
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A Ballistic Missile Defense Arms Race Moscow (UPI) Oct 03, 2006 
If December full-scale tests of interceptor missiles by the United States are successful, they will mark a watershed in today's contradictory history of strategic missile defense. Is there a danger in this? There is. Lieutenant-General Henry Obering, director of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, said the December tests would attempt an actual capture of a target rocket in outer space.North Korea Nuke Test Threat Should Be Taken Seriously, Analysts say 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 03, 2006North Korea's threat on Tuesday to carry out a nuclear weapons test should be taken very seriously, analysts say. "I don't think we can interpret it as a negotiating tactic given that they did not get the response they wanted from the missile launches," said Peter Beck, director for Northeast Asia of the International Crisis Group. "It's a disturbing development." EU Defence Ministers Welcome Long-Term Vision For European Capability Needs 
Levi, Finland (SPX) Oct 04, 2006European Union Defence Ministers today welcomed a Long-Term Vision report from the European Defence Agency, designed to serve as a compass for defence planners as they develop the military capabilities the European Security and Defence Policy will require over the next twenty years in an increasingly challenging environment. NGC To Supply Army With More Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinders 
Apopka FL (SPX) Oct 04, 2006Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $79 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide nearly 300 of the company's battle-proven Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder (LLDR) systems that provide targeting capability for laser-guided, GPS-guided and conventional munitions. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Novarupta And The Next Nuclear Winter
New York NY (SPX) Oct 04, 2006In June 1912, Novarupta - one of a chain of volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula - erupted in what turned out to be the largest blast of the twentieth century. It was so powerful that it drained magma from under another volcano, Mount Katmai, six miles east, causing the summit of Katmai to collapse to form a caldera half a mile deep. Home, Home On The Range: How Much Space Does An Animal Really Need 
Chicago, IL (SPX) Oct 03, 2006Instead of wandering around aimlessly, most animals tend to stay in a certain area �known as their home range. Understanding an animal's home range has been a central focus of ecological research since Darwin's time. Sakhalin-1 Energy Project Rrespects Environmental Norms Says Rosneft 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 03, 2006The head of Russian oil group Rosneft said Tuesday that the Sakhalin-1 energy project, which the company is developing with US group ExxonMobil, fully respected environmental legislation. 'Killer' B Cells Provide New Link In The Evolution Of Immunity 
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Oct 04, 2006Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have discovered a unique evolutionary link between the most primitive innate form of immune defense, which has survived in fish, to the more advanced, adaptive immune response present in humans and other mammals. Rebuild Or Move: Balakot Chooses Bricks/ Cement 
Balakot (AFP) Oct 2, 2006From bricks to wood and plastic sheets, anything goes in the reconstruction of earthquake-hit Balakot, despite official plans to move the entire city 30 kilometres (19 miles) to the south. |
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