Space Daily articles from May 2006

Space Daily archives from May 2006

BAE Systems To Provide Ea-6b Countermeasures Systems.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LANSDALE, Pa., May 4 (SPX) -- The U.S. Navy has contracted with BAE Systems to produce additional low-band transmitter-antenna groups for the Navy's EA-6B Prowler electronic countermeasures aircraft. Under the 24.3...

EDO And Terma To Develop F-16 Smart-Weapon Ejector Rack.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LYSTRUP, Denmark, May 4 (SPX) -- EDO and Terma have entered into a teaming agreement to jointly develop an Enhanced Smart Triple Ejector Rack (ESTER) to be used on the F-16. The ESTER program will upgrade existing...

Ekahau Asset Tracking Technology To Streamline Ground Support For Air Force.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LAS VEGAS, May 3 (SPX) -- Ekahau is playing a central role in an automated system for tracking critical ground support equipment at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The Ekahau Real Time Location System was selected by...

Hormones May Affect How Brain Listens.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ATLANTA, May 4 (SPX) -- From zebra fish to humans, reproductive hormones govern behavioral responses to courtship signals. A new Emory University study conducted in songbirds suggests that hormones may also modulate...

Is A Russian Peninsula Really Part Of North America.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SEATTLE, May 4 (SPX) -- For many years geologists have harbored a belief that the Kamchatka Peninsula, shrouded in mystery and secrecy on Russia's east coast, actually sits on the same tectonic plate as the mainland...

Magellan RoadMate First To Offer Traffic RDS Capabilities.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CHICAGO, May 3 (SPX) -- NAVTEQ and Thales' navigation business have announced that the Magellan RoadMate 760 and 700 portable vehicle navigation solutions are the first to offer NAVTEQ real-time traffic services via...

Matsuda Plays Down Japanese Human Spaceflight.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, May 3 (SPX) -- Japan will continue to pursue advances in rocket-propulsion, satellite technology and robotic exploration of the solar system, but the country has no plans to mount a major human spaceflight...

Mitretek Joins Alliance For Earth Observations.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, May 3 (SPX) -- Mitretek Systems, a nonprofit scientific research and engineering corporation, has joined the Alliance for Earth Observations as its newest member, the alliance announced Wednesday....

Mobile DNA Part Of Evolutions Toolbox.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 4 (SPX) -- The repeated copying of a small segment of DNA in the genome of a primeval fish may have been crucial to the transition of ancient animals from sea to land, or to later key...

Monkey Business Equals Human Business.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEW HAVEN, CN, May 4 (SPX) -- Yale researchers argue that monkeys and humans exhibit similar illogical economic biases Little attention has been paid to whether systematic economic biases such as risk-aversion are...

ND SatCom Joins Indian Satellite Venture.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEW DELHI, May 3 (SPX) -- ND SatCom said Wednesday it has formed a 50-50 joint venture with Grintex India Ltd. The new company, ND SatCom-Grintex Communications Ltd, will offer the complete ND SatCom product...

New Research Reveals Australians Too Busy For Lunch.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SYDNEY, May 4 (SPX) -- May 8-14 marks Australian Lunch Week and new research shows that while most Australians think that eating a substantial, healthy lunch is important, one in three skip this vital meal at least...

Rocket Engine Roars Into Fourth Decade Of Launch Success.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CANOGA PARK, Calif., May 3 (SPX) -- For the 207th time -- and counting -- an RS-27 booster rocket engine, built by United Technologies' Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has powered satellites into space. This time it was...

Scientists Finally Nail Rotational Speed Of Saturn.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., May 3 (SPX) -- How long is a day on Saturn? Measuring the rotation period of a rocky planet like the Earth is easy, but similar measurements for planets made of gas, such as Saturn, pose problems....

SMART-1 Views Lunar Crater Hopmann.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, May 3 (SPX) -- This image, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows one quarter of crater Hopmann - an impact structure about 88 kilometers (55 miles) in diameter....

Space-Based Supercomputer Will Dramatically Increase On-Orbit Computations.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 4 (SPX) -- Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced funding of a new space payload which dramatically increases on-orbit computational capabilities. The project is jointly sponsored by the...

Space Systems Loral To Build AsiaSat 5.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PALO ALTO, Calif., May 3 (SPX) -- Space Systems/Loral said Wednesday it has contracted with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Ltd. to build AsiaSat 5, a next-generation communications satellite designed to...

STEREO Spacecraft Moved To Kennedy For Launch Prep.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LAUREL, Md., May 3 (SPX) -- NASA's nearly identical twin STEREO spacecraft arrived Wednesday in Florida for their final pre-launch testing and preparations. The spacecraft - officially named Solar TErrestrial...

Ten Thousand Satellite Modems For Disaster Recovery Organizations.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MILPITAS, Calif., May 3 (SPX) -- Globalstar, Inc., a world leader in providing mobile satellite voice and data services to business, and Orbit One Communications, Inc. of Bozeman, Montana announced today the purchase...

XMM-Newton Compiles Survey Of Sky During Space Time.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MADRID, May 3 (SPX) -- Astronomers using ESA's XMM-Newton space telescope have compiled a new sky catalog revealing 2,700 very bright sources of X-ray emissions and 2,000 less-bright sources, together encompassing...

AAS Pushing NASA To Rethink Its FY 2007 Budget.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, May 5 (SPX) -- The American Astronomical Society, unsatisfied with some of the specifics of NASA's proposed fiscal year 2007 budget, has been urging the agency to rethink its priorities and reconstitute...

Bental Industries Offers Motors For Ground Combat Vehicles And Space Apps.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MEROM GOLAN, Israel, May 5 (SPX) -- Bental Industries offers an extensive range of motion solutions for military ground and airborne vehicles. Backed by a powerful track record of experience, diversified technologies,...

Cassini Takes Sharper Look At Xanadu.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., May 5 (SPX) -- This image of Titan from the Cassini spacecraft's Synthetic Aperture Radar shows the southwestern area of a feature called Xanadu (at bottom right). The area is bright because it...

EADS Astrium Will Build Hot Bird 9 For Eutelsat.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, May 5 (SPX) -- Eutelsat Communications announced Thursday it has selected EADS Astrium to build its HOT BIRD 9 broadcast satellite, scheduled for launch in 2008, to be positioned in the company's geostationary...

Experiment On Monsoon Season Rainfall Lives Up To Its Name.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, May 5 (SPX) -- For many people, a monsoon brings to mind images of intense rainfall and high winds in faraway places. Actually, monsoons occur all over the globe, including North America. These seasonal...

Hubble Takes Sharpest Shot Yet Of New Red Spot On Jupiter.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BERKELEY, Calif., May 5 (SPX) -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their most detailed look yet of a second red spot emerging on Jupiter. For the first time in history, astronomers have witnessed the...

LM Wins Army Contract To Upgrade Patriot Missile.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DALLAS, May 4 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin said Thursday it would produce 112 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles under a $379 million contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command. The contract also...

Microsoft Releases Mappoint 2006 For Businesses And Mobile Workers.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers REDMOND, Wash., May 5 (SPX) -- Microsoft has announced the availability of MapPoint 2006, an industry leader in business mapping software. MapPoint 2006 can help customers improve decision-making capabilities and...

NASA Communications Chief Resigns.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, May 5 (SPX) -- Joe Davis, NASA's chief of strategic communications, is leaving his position to join a private-sector public relations company, the space agency announced Wednesday. Davis was...

North Dakota Researchers Testing Spacesuit For Mars.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers GRAND FORKS, N.D., May 5 (SPX) -- North Dakota researchers began testing a new spacesuit at a rugged Mars-like Badlands site this week in an attempt to interest NASA and other space agencies in the design. Pablo de...

Novariant And Wenco Deliver New Positioning Applications For Open Cut Mines.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MENLO PARK, Calif., May 5 (SPX) -- Working to provide mining customers with the most compelling high-precision GPS applications, Novariant and Wenco has announced a partnership that integrates Wenco's BenchManager...

Protonex Delivers Soldier Power Fuel Cell Systems To US Air Force.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass., May 5 (SPX) -- Protonex Technology has announced that it has delivered advanced prototypes of its P2 soldier power system to the U.S. Air Force for evaluation. This delivery marks the successful...

Samsung Techwin K9 Thunder Continues To Drive The Self-Propelled Artillery Market.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEWTOWN, CN, May 5 (SPX) -- The international market for self-propelled artillery remains a highly competitive and dynamic environment. In its annual analysis "The World Market for Self-Propelled Artillery Systems"...

Scientists Compile Huygens Descent Movies.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TUCSON, May 5 (SPX) -- University of Arizona scientists have built two movies from data collected during the Huygens probe's descent to Titan's surface on Jan. 14, 2005. The movies show the operation of the...

Scientists Discount La Nina Effect On 2006 Atlantic Hurricanes.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers GREENBELT, Md., May 5 (SPX) -- Recent La Nina activities in the eastern Pacific Ocean should not affect the Atlantic hurricane season this year, weather researchers reported Thursday. La Nina normally tends to...

Smiths Detection Awarded Contract Option For The US JCAD Program.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers EDGEWOOD, Md., May 5 (SPX) -- Smiths Detection announced its Military unit has been awarded seven contract options within the Joint Chemical Agent Detector program. Smiths Detection is supplying its Lightweight...

Tetra Tech Wins 40M In Iraq Reconstruction Work Under Air Force WERC Contract.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., May 5 (SPX) -- Tetra Tech has announced that it has recently been awarded four new task orders with a combined value of $40 million to construct and renovate facilities for the Iraqi Army and Iraqi...

The Human Contribution To Atmosphere Circulation Changes.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers VIRGINIA KEY, Fla., May 5 (SPX) -- A new study published in this week's issue of Nature is the first to show that human activity is altering the circulation of the tropical atmosphere and ocean through global warming....

Thousands Sign Planetary Society Petitions to Save Our Science.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES, May 5 (SPX) -- The Planetary Society reports progress in its "Save Our Science (SOS)" Campaign to rescue NASA's space science program, currently under attack in the proposed NASA budget for fiscal year...

World-Leading Microscope Shows More Detail Than Ever.
May 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, May 5 (SPX) -- A unique 3-dimensional microscope that works in a new way is giving unprecedented insight into microscopic internal structure and chemical composition. It is revealing how materials are...

Aerosonde Mk4 UAV Sets New Endurance Mark.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers VICTORIA, Australia, May 8 (SPX) -- Flying from the Aerosonde test facility in western Victoria, a Mk4 Aerosonde UAV today set an unofficial1 world endurance record of 38 hrs and 48 minutes. The current official...

African Wetland Managers Armed With New Technology.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, May 8 (SPX) -- Earth's wetlands are vital to the water cycle and havens for wildlife, but they are under threat. GlobWetland, an ESA-led initiative in collaboration with the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, has...

Bats Use Guided Missile Strategy To Capture Prey.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers COLLEGE PARK, MD, May 8 (SPX) -- When it comes to rocket science, it looks like bats had it worked out before the scientists did. A new University of Maryland study finds that echolocating bats use a strategy to...

Boeing Phantom Works to Lead Research On X-48B Blended Wing Body Concept.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HAMPTON, Va., May 8 (SPX) -- In cooperation with NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the Phantom Works organization of Boeing is taking another step toward exploring and validating the structural,...

ESA To Host Atmospheric Science Conference.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, May 8 (SPX) -- ESA will hold a five-day Europhysics Conference at its ESRIN facilities in Frascati, Italy, from 8-12 May 2006, for data users, scientists and students working in the field of remote sensing of...

First Frozen Cloned Pig Embryos Available Worldwide.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers COLUMBIA, Mo., May 8 (SPX) -- Pigs are excellent models for studying human diseases and disorders, but in order for researchers to make progress they must have access to genetically modified pigs. However, this has...

Follow The Nitrogen To Extraterrestrial Life.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES, May 8 (SPX) -- The great search for extraterrestrial life has focused on water at the expense of a crucial element, say geobiologists at the University of Southern California. Writing in the Perspectives...

In Tungara Frogs, Female Choice For Complex Calls Led To Evolution Of Unusual Male Vocal Cord.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PANAMA, Panama, May 8 (SPX) -- Male tropical tungara frogs have evolved masses on their vocal cords that help them woo females with complex calls, show scientists working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute...

Lights, Cameras, Quake! Wooden House To Undergo Seismic Testing.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LA JOLLA, Calif., May 8 (SPX) -- Build house. Shake vigorously. Repair damage. Repeat. That's the recipe UB earthquake engineers are following as they launch a series of unprecedented seismic tests on a full-scale,...

Mars Drilling Tests Will Seek Knowledge And Resources.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, May 8 (SPX) -- Geologists, biologists and archaeologists for years have used core samples to look back in time, tunneling through layers of soil and stone to study history. NASA engineers are taking this...

Meteorites Discovered To Carry Interstellar Carbon.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, May 8 (SPX) -- Scientists have discovered that meteorites can carry primitive organic particles that originated billions of years ago, either in interstellar space or in the outer reaches of the solar...

NASA Announces Lunar Lander Analog Competition Agreement.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, May 8 (SPX) -- NASA announced Friday the agency's Centennial Challenge program has teamed with the X PRIZE Foundation to offer a $2 million Lunar Lander Analog Challenge. "NASA's Centennial Challenge...

New Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle PUMA Presented.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MUNSTER, Germany, May 8 (SPX) -- PUMA the focus of the German Army's 50th anniversary Munster. The public got its first look at the German Army's new PUMA infantry fighting vehicle during the Army's fifty-year...

NGC Successfully Demonstrates S-Band AESA Radar Capability.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BALTIMORE, May 8 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman has designed, developed and successfully tested a new S-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar technology intended to provide the U.S. Navy with a smaller,...

Opportunity Within Sight Of Victoria.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., May 8 (SPX) -- NASA engineers have been unsure whether Opportunity would make it as far as Victoria Crater, but mission scientists nevertheless have been hoping for the chance to study such a large...

Scientists Working To Help Astronauts To Breath Moon Dust.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers GREENBELT, Md., May 8 (SPX) -- Apollo astronauts on the Moon complained regularly about the dust they encountered. It got everywhere, including into their lungs - which might be what future astronauts end up doing...

Spirit Takes A Winter Break From Travels But Remains Busy.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., May 8 (SPX) -- As Spirit began collecting images for its 360-degree McMurdo panorama last month, the rover captured this view of a dark boulder with an interesting surface texture. The boulder...

Station Crew Completes Orbital Adjustment.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, May 8 (SPX) -- Crew members Pavel Vinogradov and Jeff Williams successfully raised the International Space Station's orbit last Thursday by firing the engines of the Russian Progress 21 cargo craft currently...

The Pull Of Jupiter.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, May 8 (SPX) -- If you feel the urge to look up at the sky this month, you might be feeling the pull of Jupiter. The giant planet is having a close encounter with Earth all month long. On May 6th, the date...

The Sands Of Titan.
May 8, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TUCSON, May 8 (SPX) -- New data from a recent radar-mapping pass over Titan by the Cassini spacecraft reveals Saturn's giant moon contains seas, but of sand dunes, like those of deserts on Earth, and not liquid...

AAI Receives Order For Nine Additional Shadow 200 Tactical UAVs.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HUNT VALLEY, Md., May 9 (SPX) -- AAI has received an $87 million funded contract from the U.S. Army for the production of nine additional Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The nine systems, which include...

Active Protective System For Army Future Force.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, May 4 (SPX) -- The United States Army remains committed to providing Soldiers with the best protection technology can provide, according to Maj. Gen. Charles A. Cartwright, program manager for the Future...

ATK To Develop Non-toxic Liquid Oxygen-liquid Methane Engine For NASA.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MINNEAPOLIS, May 9 (SPX) -- Alliant Techsystems has received a $10.4M technology development contract to reduce the risk to develop a non-toxic Liquid Oxygen (LOx)-Liquid Methane rocket engine that could be used on...

ATK To Help Develop LOX-Methane Engine For NASA.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MINNEAPOLIS, MN, May 9 (SPX) -- Alliant Techsystems announced Monday it will help develop a non-toxic liquid oxygen-liquid methane rocket engine for use on NASA's Crew Exploration Vehicle under a $10.4 million...

AVID Developing New UAV Concept For Homeland Security.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BLACKSBURG, Va., May 4 (SPX) -- A potential terrorist slips across the U.S. border under the cover of darkness. Unchallenged, he disappears into the night - or so he thinks. Unknown to this intruder, he's been...

Cost-efficient Microgravity Science With Sounding Rockets From Esrange.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ESRANGE, Sweden, May 2 (SPX) -- High-altitude sounding rockets from the Swedish Space Corporation's (SSC) launch facility at Esrange enable European scientists to, in a simple, fast and low-cost way, carry out...

Hands-Free Navigation With Garmin StreetPilot 2820.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers OLATHE, KN, May 5 (SPX) -- Garmin International has announced the StreetPilot 2820, a premium automotive and motorcycle navigation device for customers, as well as a configurable platform for Garmin's growing list of...

Hidden Companion Star Explains Chameleon Supernova.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SYDNEY, May 9 (SPX) -- Australian astronomers have found a predicted companion star left behind when its partner exploded in an unusual supernova five years ago. Using the Gemini South telescope in Chile, the team...

Hopkins Physics Lab To Build NASA Solar Storm Satellites.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, May 9 (SPX) -- NASA announced Monday it has chosen the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., to develop and operate two satellites for the agency's Radiation Belt Storm Probe,...

Lockheed Martin To Study Hybrid Launch Vehicle Concept For Air Force.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DENVER, May 9 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin announced Monday it has been awarded $2.5 million to begin studies for the U.S. Air Force's Hybrid Launch Vehicle program, scheduled to become operational in 2018. Part of...

Milky Way A Field Of Streams.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, May 9 (SPX) -- A new map of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy reveals a night sky criss-crossed with streams of stars, left behind by smaller satellite galaxies and star clusters ripped apart by...

Mine Area Clearance Vehicle Converts For Remote Operations.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TYNDALL AFB, May 9 (SPX) -- The Headquarters Air Combat Command Civil Engineer expressed strong interest in being able to remotely employ a vehicle system and remove the man-in-the-seat during explosive ordnance...

NASA Goddard To Build Four New Solar Observing Satellites.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, May 9 (SPX) -- NASA announced Monday that its Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will design and develop four satellites for the agency's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, due to be launched...

Navy EOD Expanding Needs Recruits.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NORFOLK, Va., May 9 (SPX) -- The Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) community is forming its own rating and looking for Sailors to fill an additional 80 billets, June 1. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command...

New Station Crew Completes Orbital Adjustment.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, May 9 (SPX) -- Crew members Pavel Vinogradov and Jeff Williams successfully raised the International Space Station's orbit last Thursday by firing the engines of the Russian Progress 21 cargo craft currently...

Polar Explorers Use Satellite Broadband To Stay In Touch.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, May 9 (SPX) -- A team of young explorers from the Climate Change College are on a ten day field trip, participating in ESA's CryoSat validation experiment on the Greenland Ice Sheet. To stay in touch, the team...

Recycled Radio Array Examines Interstellar Gas With Sharpened Eyes.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 9 (SPX) -- Fifteen newly linked and newly dedicated receiving dishes located in eastern California now constitute the world's most powerful millimeter-wavelength radio telescope. The...

Sea Launch Contracts To Launch EchoStar XI.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LONG BEACH, Calif., May 9 (SPX) -- Boeing's Sea Launch company announced Monday it has signed a firm contract with EchoStar Communications to launch the EchoStar XI Direct Broadcast Satellite in 2007. Sea Launch has...

The Latest Trends In The Satellite Communications Industry.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DUBLIN, Ireland, May 9 (SPX) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Basics of Satellite Communications, Second Edition to their offering. The satellite industry, like all sectors of the...

The Secret Lives Of Sea Slugs.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 9 (SPX) -- It turns out that the sea slug isn't really that sluggish after all. So says the first broad field study of this charismatic orange creature's behavior in the wild, which was just...

Aquanauts Learn About Teamwork And Task Performance For The Moon And Mars.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, May 10 (SPX) -- In isolated environments, astronauts, flight crews, offshore workers and military forces must maintain vigilance and work together to ensure a safe and successful mission. Between daily...

Astronomers Find Two New Milky Way Companions.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, May 10 (SPX) -- British astronomers said Monday they have discovered two new, very faint companion galaxies to the Milky Way. The first was found in the direction of the constellation Canes...

ESO Detects Most Distant Hydrogen Cloud.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers GARCHING, Germany, May 10 (SPX) -- Astronomers have detected the presence of molecular hydrogen at the farthest distance ever using a quasar located 12.3 billion light-years away as a beacon. The team found the...

Intelsat Sets IA-9 Launch For 2007.
May 9, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PEMBROKE, Bermuda, May 10 (SPX) -- Intelsat announced Monday that it has scheduled the launch of its Intelsat Americas-9 satellite for the fourth quarter of 2007. The decision allows Intelsat to serve customer demand...