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Spirit Ready To Bump Back Into Action On Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 14, 2006After Spirit's successful 0.71-meter (28-inch) bump on sol 1010, the team has new targets in the robotic arm's work volume for the first time in 204 sols. There is some interesting light and dark material within arm's reach and this week the team planned a robotic arm campaign including a microscopic imager mosaic, four hours of alpha particle X-ray spectrometer integration and 43 hours of Moessbauer spectrometer integration. Spirit is receiving a little over 320 Watt-hours now and is able to occasionally use the Moessbauer or alpha particle X-ray spectrometer overnight. SciSys Wins Key Technology Role In Support Of Europen Mars Rover 
Chippenham, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2006Space software experts SciSys have been awarded a key role in a �1.7 million technology development programme supporting Europe's return to Mars. The programme sponsor (the UK Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council or PPARC) has given its highest priority to a SciSys-led development known as the "autonomous robotic scientist". This development includes academic support from Aberystwyth, Leicester and Strathclyde Universities. Cluster Takes A New Look At The Plasmasphere 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 14, 2006Using dedicated multipoint analysis tools developed for the ESA/NASA Cluster mission, scientists have unraveled properties of density structures in three dimensions on large, medium and small scales in the outer regions of the plasmasphere. Together with remote sensing data collected by the NASA IMAGE mission, these results show that this is a surprisingly dynamic place! |
Russia To Lift Glonass Restrictions For Accurate Civilian Use
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 14, 2006Russia will lift all precision restrictions from 2007 in the use of military-controlled Glonass to enable accurate and unlimited commercial use of the global positioning system, the defense minister said Monday. Glonass, a Russian version of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), is designed for both military and civilian purposes, and allows users around the globe to identify their positions in real time. It can also be used in geological prospecting. China To Launch 2 Satellites For Compass Navigation System 
Beijing (XNA) Nov 14, 2006China is expected to launch two navigation satellites early next year as part of a plan to build a global navigation positioning network, aerospace insiders say. The launch of the two "Beidou" (Compass) satellites, scheduled for the beginning of 2007, is expected to cover China and parts of neighbouring countries by 2008, before being expanded into a global system, the sources confirmed over the weekend. James Van Allen And Astrobiology 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2006A little before midnight, on January 31, 1958, a countdown reached zero and a rocket hesitated on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Around the Cape, birds soared screeching into the night sky, suddenly awoken by the deafening engine and its dazzling flame. The rocket ascended with its unique payload, scientific instruments of a kind never flown in space. On the ground the scientists and engineers watched as the exhaust flame rose overhead, 60 miles above Earth. |
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SciSys Wins Software Role For CryoSat-2 Mission
Chippenham, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2006SciSys, a leading provider of software services, has announced a major contract from EADS Astrium Gmbh to develop on-board satellite software for CryoSat-2, a key mission in the European Space Agency's Living Planet programme. CryoSat-2 is a 3.5 year radar mission, scheduled for launch in 2009 and replaces its CryoSat predecessor that was unfortunately aborted in 2005 due to a failure of the Russian supplied Rockot launcher. France Selects MSC Software Solutions To Design The Space Systems Of The Future 
Santa Ana CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2006MSC.Software has announced that the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the governmental agency responsible for shaping and implementing France's space policy in Europe, has selected a broad portfolio of MSC.Software solutions to help the agency in their mission to invent the space systems of the future. For their innovative and influential work, engineers at CNES will use a variety of MSC.Software's product offerings, including the leading solver applications and the CAD embedded solution SimDesigner. France 24 News Station Free To Air On Astra/NSS-7 
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 14, 2006SES Astra and SES New Skies have signed an agreement to broadcast France 24, the new French channel for international news, on an ASTRA satellite at 19.2 East for Europe and on the NSS-7 satellite at 22 West serving the African continent. Starting on December 7th, more than 21 million European digital households will receive France 24 via ASTRA. The contract has been signed through SES' French partner Globecast. |
OCC Grad Andrew Feustel Selected for Hubble Telescope Repair Mission
Oakland CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2006Oakland Community College's Outstanding Alumnus for 2003, Astronaut Andrew J. Feustel, has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to participate in an 11-day mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope (Media-Newswire.com) - Oakland Community College's Outstanding Alumnus for 2003, Astronaut Andrew J. Feustel, has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to participate in an 11-day mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. No More Space For Space As Tickets Sell Out 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 13, 2006Despite the double-digit million-dollar price of a ticket, Russia's space tourism scheme has proven so popular that seats are sold out until 2009, the head of the Russian Space Agency Anatoly Perminov said in an interview published Monday. To try and meet the growing appetite for space travel, Russian scientists were looking at a cheaper solution -- a sort of fast-space option, he said. Shuttle Crew Arrives For Dress Rehearsal 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 14, 2006The seven-member crew of Space Shuttle Discovery is set to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this afternoon, beginning a final round of prelaunch training. During the four-day terminal countdown demonstration test, the astronauts will be fitted for their orange launch and entry suits, practice an emergency egress from the launch pad, and drive the M-113 armored personnel carrier. The training schedule is highlighted by a launch dress rehearsal in which the fully suited crew participates in a simulated countdown. |
Unraveling Where Chimp/Human Brains Diverge
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2006Six million years ago, chimpanzees and humans diverged from a common ancestor and evolved into unique species. Now UCLA scientists have identified a new way to pinpoint the genes that separate us from our closest living relative - and make us human. The Striking Deep Current Reversal In The Tropical Pacific Ocean 
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 14, 2006The ocean's immense heat storage capacity means that it has a dominant role in the regulation of heat exchange and of the Earth's climate. Joining Forces To Predict Tsunamis 
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 14, 2006Following a series of well documented natural disasters with grave human and economic consequences, the ability to predict these devastating events has once more come to the fore as a research priority for the European scientific community. Just What Is Organic Farmed Fish 
Washington (UPI) Nov 13, 2006Chilean sea bass is now back on sale at Whole Foods. It's been seven years since they have sold the fish that features high on the danger list of unsustainable stocks. Elephants Herd Electrocuted In India 
Guwahati (AFP) India, Nov 13, 2006Three wild elephants were electrocuted after apparently wandering into a high-tension electricity line in India's northeastern state of Assam, a wildlife official said Monday. |
Nuclear Japan Would Cause Huge Damage: Russia
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 13, 2006A Russian envoy on Monday warned Japan against developing nuclear weapons, saying it would set off a nuclear arms race and cause "huge damage" to regional stability. Top Japanese lawmakers have called for Japan to debate the long-time taboo on developing nuclear weapons in the wake of North Korea's test of an atom bomb last month. AFSO 21 Process - Weapons To Warfighters Faster 
Eglin AFB FL (AFNS) Nov 14, 2006When the AIM-120D production program manager was asked to be team leader on an Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century rapid improvement event, he was a little skeptical." LM Compact Kinetic Energy Missile Flight Test Against Armor Target 
Dallas TX (SPX) Nov 13, 2006Lockheed Martin successfully conducted a guided test flight of its Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) against a Main Battle Tank recently at Eglin Air Force Base, FL. Chinese Submarine Stalks US Carrier 
Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2006A Chinese submarine approached a US aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected, The Washington Times reported. Predators Keep Insurgents In View 
Balad Air Base, Iraq (AFNS) Nov 14, 2006Moving silently high in the sky, Balad AB's MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicles patrol the landscape below scaning for any signs of insurgent activity around Iraq. |
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