Space Daily articles from October 2006

Space Daily archives from October 2006

SkyTerra And MSV Consolidate Ownership Of Mobile Satellite Ventures.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, NW, Sept. 27 (SPX) -- SkyTerra Communications, Inc. and Mobile Satellite Venture LP announced today that it has completed the closing of the previously announced transactions to consolidate the ownership and...

Space Scientists Uncover Causes Of Gap In Van Allen Belts.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, UK, Sept. 27 (SPX) -- A team of British and US scientists have discovered that the gap in the Van Allen radiation belts is formed by natural wave turbulence in space, not by lightning. The discovery settles...

You Cannot Scare People Into Getting Fit Or Going Green.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, UK, Sept. 27 (SPX) -- New research published today by the Economic and Social Research Council shows that positive, informative strategies which help people set specific health and environmental goals are far...

Young Adults "Largely Disinterested" in the Vision for Space Exploration.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Sept. 27 (SPX) -- In a study reported on last week at the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space 2006 meeting, Dittmar Associates reported that young American adults are "largely...

Anatomy Of A Planet-Forming Disc Around A Star More Massive than the Sun.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Oct. 2 (SPX) -- With the VISIR instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have mapped the disc around a star more massive than the Sun. The very extended and flared disc most likely contains enough...

APL-Built Mineral-Mapping Imager Begins Mission At Mars.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LAUREL, Md., Oct. 2 (SPX) -- The most powerful mineral-mapper ever sent to Mars has opened its protective cover and is about to begin its search for hints of past water on the red planet. The Compact Reconnaissance...

Astronomers Discover Two New Planets, Both Among The Hottest Ever.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers GAINESVILLE, Fla., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- Astronomers have discovered two new planets outside our solar system, both extremely close to their stars and thus among the hottest ever found. A University of Florida astronomer...

BAE Systems Navigation System Passes Extreme G-Force Tests.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PLYMOUTH, England, Sept. 28 (SPX) -- BAE Systems' ultra-miniature SiNAV02 inertial guidance system recently completed its first full-caliber test firing, surviving a launch shock of 20,000g - 20,000 times the force of...

Boeing Wins SDB I Focused Lethality Munition Contract.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, Sept. 28 (SPX) -- Boeing recently received the first phase of a $27 million U.S. Air Force contract for the Small Diameter Bomb I Focused Lethality Munition (SDB I FLM) Joint Capability Technology...

Compact Kinetic Energy Missile Test Successful.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DALLAS, Sept. 28 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin conducted a guided test flight of its Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) against a reinforced urban structure (RUS) recently at Eglin Air Force Base, FL. All objectives...

Democrats Question Wisdom of NASA Plans For Aeronautics Research Program.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (SPX) -- The House Committee on Science's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics today held a second hearing on the state of NASA's aeronautics research program. As noted at a previous hearing in...

Dinosaurs' Climate Shifted Too.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- Ancient rocks from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean suggest dramatic climate changes during the dinosaur-dominated Mesozoic Era, a time once thought to have been monotonously hot...

Discovering T Dwarfs.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- Scientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered and directly imaged a small brown dwarf star, 50 times the mass of Jupiter, orbiting with a planet around a...

Earth from Space: The French Frigate Shoals.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Sept. 28 (SPX) -- The French Frigate Shoals, highlighted in this Proba image, is an atoll consisting of a 35-kilometre crescent-shaped reef surrounding a dozen small islets located in the Pacific Ocean about...

Goodrich Technology On Board Solar Physics Satellite Solar-B.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently launched its latest solar physics satellite, dubbed "Solar-B," with Goodrich Corporation's Solar X- ray Telescope (XRT) mirror...

Instruments Enhance Space Weather Forecasts.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers KIRTLAND AFB, N.M., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- Improving the prediction of ionospheric-created disturbances is the aim behind two weeks of digging through 3 feet of snow, ice and slush in the tundra of Greenland by four...

Iridium Sat Reports Strong Growth In Crew Calling Subscribers During 2006.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- Iridium Satellite today reported that the number of ships using its maritime Crew Calling service has increased by 54 percent during the first six months of 2006. Iridium executive...

LM Selected To Develop FAA Road Map For Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected Lockheed Martin to support the development of a "Road Map" for introducing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National...

NASA Mars Rover Arrives At Dramatic Vista On Red Planet.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity has arrived at the rim of a crater approximately five times wider than a previous stadium-sized one it studied for half a year. Initial images from the...

New scientific Challenges And Goals For European Living Planet Program.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Sept. 28 (SPX) -- ESA announces a new science strategy for the future direction of its Living Planet Programme, addressing the continuing need to further our understanding of the Earth System and the impact...

Planet Earth And Crazy Climates.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- Ancient rocks from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean suggest dramatic climate changes during the dinosaur-dominated Mesozoic Era, a time once thought to have been monotonously hot...

Radio System Contract Sets Evolutionary Path.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HANSCOM AFB, Mass., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- The Air Force Joint Tactical Radio System Program Office, part of the Electronic Systems Center's Airborne Network Management Division, recently awarded the first Department of...

Titan IV Program Nears End Following Final SRMU Disposal.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES AFB, Calif., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- Flames kissed the sky as the final two solid rocket motor upgrades, more commonly recognized as the two boosters on a Titan IV rocket, were destroyed recently. As part of the...

UNH Space Scientists To Build Sensor For Next-Gen Weather Sats.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DURHAM, N.H., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- With an award in excess of $10 million, scientists from the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center have been selected to build an instrument for the National Oceanic and...

US Air Force Takes Control Of Latest GPS Satellite.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SCHRIEVER AFB, Colo., Sept. 28 (SPX) -- A team of Airmen, civil servants and contractors with the 1st Space Operations Squadron here assumed launch and early orbit responsibilities for Global Positioning System IIR-M...

US Astronomers Continue Dialog With NASA Administrator Mike Griffin.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (SPX) -- The American Astronomical Society (AAS), the largest professional organization for research astronomers in the United States has received answers from NASA Administrator Mike Griffin to a...

60 Years Of Cutting-Edge Flight Research Marked At NASA Dryden.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MOJAVE DESERT, Calif., Oct. 3 (SPX) -- Sixty years ago this September, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) helped launch a new era in aviation. The NACA and its successor, NASA, have had a...

A Plan For Reintroducing Megafauna To North America.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CHICAGO, IL, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- Dozens of megafauna (large animals over 100 pounds) - such as giant tortoises, horses, elephants, and cheetah - went extinct in North America 13,000 years ago during the end of the...

Alcatel Alenia Space To Build SIRAL-2 Radar Altimeter For CryoSat-2.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- Alcatel Alenia Space has signed a contract with EADS SPACE, the satellite prime contractor, to manufacture the SIRAL-2 radar altimeter to be used on the ice sheet monitoring satellite CryoSat-2....

Army To Test GM Fuel Cell Vehicle.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers FORT BELVOIR, Va., Oct. 2 (SPX) -- The Army has become the first of General Motors' customers to receive the corporation's latest in fuel cell technology. Larry Burns, GM's vice president of research, development and...

ATK Completes Milestone Test In Development Program For The Ares I CLV.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PROMONTORY, Utah, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle may be years away from flying its first astronauts to space, but Alliant Techsystems is already completing tests and building hardware to...

Australia And Southern Africa Short-Listed For Giant Radio Telescope.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 27 (SPX) -- Australia and Southern Africa have been short-listed as the countries to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a giant next-generation radio telescope being developed by...

Boeing Completes Key Risk Reduction Milestone for Space Surveillance System.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2 (SPX) -- The Boeing team that is building the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system has successfully completed a key risk reduction milestone by selecting a vendor for the optical sensor that...

Canada To Buy Thales mini-UAV System.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers OTTAWA, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- Thales Canada has been selected by the Department of National Defence Land Forces to deliver a mini-UAV system based on Elbit's Skylark technology. Thales Canada had already been selected by...

CPI International Provides Solid-state Power Amplifier to Swedish Sat Systems.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 3 (SPX) -- CPI International, Inc., the parent company of Communications and Power Industries, Inc., a leading provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for critical...

Dualog Supplies Iridium Satellite Terminals To Wilson Ship Management Fleet.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 3 (SPX) -- Wilson Ship Management has decided to fit its fleet of more than 45 ships with Iridium satellite terminals in a move to provide a cost-effective integrated Ship Security Alert System...

Explaining The Methane Mystery.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 2 (SPX) -- Scientists have explained why atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gas methane have stabilised in recent years, but warn that increases could resume in the near future. In research...

From Shuttle To Orion At Stennis.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers STENNIS, Miss., Oct. 3 (SPX) -- NASA is marking a historic moment in the life of the nation's largest rocket engine test complex. The Stennis Space Center conducted the final space shuttle main engine test on its A-1...

Global Lightning Study Promises Fresh Insight Into Severe-Storm Behavior.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 3 (SPX) -- For more than a decade, two NASA science instruments have orbited the planet, observing the flash and fury of Earth's electrical storms. Now, the lightning information gleaned by...

Hotter Is Better For Insects.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SEATTLE, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- Organisms have been able to adapt to environments ranging from cold polar oceans to hot thermal vents. However, University of Washington researchers have discovered a limit to the powerful...

Hubble Discovers A Dark Cloud In The Atmosphere Of Uranus.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers AUGUST, 23, 2006. The research team found the dark spot again on August 24. The inset image shows a magnified view of the spot with enhanced contrast. Uranus's north pole is near the 3 o'clock position in this image....

Identity Of Ancient Child Skeleton Found In Ethiopia Challenged.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- According to University of Pittsburgh anthropology professor Jeffrey Schwartz, author of the four-volume The Human Fossil Record (Wiley-Liss, 2002-05), "the discovery of any largely...

Iridium And Marlink Provide Satellite Data Links For Ice-Monitoring Buoy In Arctic Ocean.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 2 (SPX) -- Iridium Satellite, in conjunction with its service provider Marlink, is providing two-way data communications with a remote unmanned buoy measuring ice thickness in the Arctic Ocean as...

MetOp Launch Postponed.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- EUMETSAT has announced that on Saturday 30 September the upper composite (comprising the MetOp spacecraft, the Fregat upper stage and the Soyuz fairing) experienced a slight mechanical shock. It...

Microbial Planet - Part One.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Oct. 2 (SPX) -- Twenty years have passed since the publication of Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution, co-authored by Lynn Margulis and her son Dorion Sagan. To mark this...

NASA And Partners To Create Center For Space Science And Technology.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 2 (SPX) -- The team of the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the Universities Space Research Association has been selected by the NASA...

NASA Defends Orion As GAO Warns About Long-Range Contracts.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (SPX) -- At a Science Committee hearing last Thursday that examined the recent contract award to Lockheed Martin to build the space exploration vehicle that will ferry astronauts to the Moon, Mars,...

New Mars Camera Gives Dramatic New Views Of Planet.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MAPPING ORBIT, Sept. 29, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2006 Mars is ready for its close-up. The highest-resolution camera ever to orbit Mars is returning low-altitude images to Earth from NASA's Mars...

Opportunity's View At The Rim Of Victoria: 'Just Breathtaking'.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CORNELL, N.Y., Oct. 3 (SPX) -- NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has rolled up to the rim of Victoria crater after a 21-month trek across the vast expanse known as Meridiani Planum. And 250 million miles away on Earth,...

RSC Energia Extraordinary Stockholders Meeting.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- As per the Articles of Association of Public Corporation RSC Energia after S.P. Korolev and the Law on Public Joint Stock Companies, the Corporation hosted extraordinary stockholders' meeting....

Schriever Airmen Assume Take Control Of New GPS Satellite.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SCHRIEVER AFB, Oct. 2 (SPX) -- Airmen from the 1st Space Operations Squadron here assumed launch and early orbit responsibilities for Global Positioning System IIR-M 15 shortly after it lifted off Sept. 25 from Cape...

Smoking Out Space Fires.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CLEVELAND, Oct. 2 (SPX) -- If you've ever burned your dinner, you know how startling a smoke alarm can be. Now, imagine you're 220 miles away from Earth in an orbiting lab when the alarm sounds. Fires are no laughing...

Solar flares Cause GPS Failures, Possibly Devastating For Jets And Distress Calls.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CORNELL, N.Y., Oct. 2 (SPX) -- Strong solar flares cause Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to fail, Cornell researchers have discovered. Because solar flares -- larger-than-normal radiation "burps" by the sun...

Spirent Communications Selected By DLR To Provide Advanced Galileo Test.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- Spirent Communications has been selected by DLR (German Aerospace Centre) for delivery of advanced GPS (Global Positioning System)/Galileo test systems. DLR will be using Spirent solutions in...

Spirit Powers Up As A Second Summer Beckons.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA CA (JPL) OCT, 02, 2006, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- Solar power levels on Spirit are slowly beginning to rise again following a winter low of 275 watt-hours on Martian day, or sol, 933 (Aug. 18, 2006). One hundred...

Station Crews Rotate After Hectic Few Weeks.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Oct. 2 (SPX) -- After six months aboard the International Space Station that included arrival of two space shuttle missions, resumption of construction of the orbiting laboratory and the restoration of a...

Stellar Birth Control In The Early Universe.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEW HAVEN, CN, Oct. 2 (SPX) -- An international team of astronomers based at Yale and Leiden University in The Netherlands found that "old stars" dominated many large galaxies in the early universe, raising the new...

Strong Winds In Upper Stratosphere Trigger Increase In Ozone-Destroying Gases.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 2 (SPX) -- Winds circling high above the Arctic have a much greater impact on upper stratospheric ozone levels than scientists had previously thought, according to a new report. In March 2006,...

Support Unit Stands Up At Vandenberg.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers VANDENBERG AFB, Calif., Oct. 3 (SPX) -- U.S. Strategic Command officials have split a single function into two in order to transform and enhance U.S. space capabilities. The Joint Functional Component Command for...

UP Aerospace Recovers Payloads After Inaugural Launch From New Mexico's Spaceport America.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HARTFORD, CN, Oct. 2 (SPX) -- UP Aerospace, Inc., reports it has found the landing site of its unmanned SpaceLoft XL vehicle. Company personnel are in the process of recovering the payloads and returning them back to...

Victoria Crater Marks Giant Cake For 1000 Sols On Mars.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 2 (SPX) -- On Mars, over the next few weeks, two robotic explorers will reach 1000 sols a piece. At a real cost that's now under $350,000 a day, the 2004 Mars Rovers have been an engineering and...

Winds Trigger Increases In Ozone Destroying Gases In Upper Stratosphere.
October 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 3 (SPX) -- A surprising new University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates winds circling high above the far Northern Hemisphere have a much greater impact on upper stratospheric ozone levels...

A Biocontrol Agent Which Doesn't Trigger Antibiotic Resistance.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MADISON, Wis., Oct. 6 (SPX) -- A failed experiment turned out to be anything but for bacteriologist Marcin Filutowicz. As he was puzzling out why what should have been a routine procedure wouldn't work, he made a...

Air Force Making Progress On Alternative Fuels.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (SPX) -- The Air Force is embracing an energy strategy that uses alternative sources of power and conservation, a top Air Force official said here recently. "I think we're making progress, but we...

Air Force Will Get New Bomber, Upgrades To Fighters.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (SPX) -- The Air Force is looking to get a "next generation" long-range bomber by 2018, according to the commander of Air Combat Command. During the Air Force Association's 2006 Air and Space...

An Amazing Andromeda.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 4 (SPX) -- The 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...

Arctic Fever Getting Hotter.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BREMERHAVEN, Germany, Oct. 5 (SPX) -- Several days ago, the 'Maria S Merian' returned from her second Arctic expedition with data confirming trends of Arctic warming. "Compared to last summer, the water that flows...

Arctic Sea Ice Declines Again In 2006.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 5 (SPX) -- While cool August temperatures prevented sea ice in the Arctic from reaching its lowest summer extent on record, 2006 continued a pattern of sharp annual decreases due to rising...

Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle First Stage Contract Modification.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 6 (SPX) -- NASA is extending a previous contract action with ATK Thiokol of Brigham City, Utah, to continue design and development of the first stage for the Ares I crew launch vehicle. The...

Astronomers Construct Largest-Ever 3D Map Of Galaxies And Their Motions.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, UK, Oct. 4 (SPX) -- An 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...

Astronomers Unite To Use Hawaii Telescope.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 5 (SPX) -- Astronomers from several major research institutions around the world have signed an agreement with astronomers at the University of Hawaii to make use of a revolutionary new survey...

Ball Aerospace Selects Velocity For Enterprise Process Execution System.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers EAGAN, Minn., Oct. 4 (SPX) -- Intercim, 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...

Boeing Developing New Smart Bomb Bay Capability For B-52.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4 (SPX) -- The Boeing Company has proven in a weapons integration laboratory for the first time that small-diameter bombs (SDB) can successfully be placed on a strategic rotary launcher in the bomb bay...

Chinese Lantern Technique Helps Track Clouds At Saturn.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 6 (SPX) -- A new image of Saturn demonstrates a technique that creates a 'Chinese lantern' effect, showing Saturn's deep clouds silhouetted against the planet's warm, glowing interior. Seen this...

Details Of Solar Particles Penetrating The Earth Environment Revealed.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Oct. 4 (SPX) -- Co-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...

Earlier Crop Plantings Could Curb Future Yields.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MADISON, Wis., Oct. 6 (SPX) -- In an ongoing bid to grow more corn, farmers in the U.S. Corn Belt are planting seeds much earlier today than they did 30 years ago, a new study has found. Poring over three decades of...

EU Defence Ministers Welcome Long-Term Vision For European Capability Needs.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LEVI, Finland, Oct. 4 (SPX) -- European 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...

Exploding Stars Influence Climate Of Earth.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct. 6 (SPX) -- A team at the Danish National Space Center has discovered how cosmic rays from exploding stars can help to make clouds in the atmosphere. The results support the theory that...

Ansari First Person To Be Granted An Honorary Doctorate While In Space.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers STRASBOURG, France, Oct. 6 (SPX) -- The International Space University (ISU) awarded Anousheh Ansari an Honorary Doctor of Space Achievement degree last week as she orbited the Earth over two hundred miles above the...

From Earth To Space And Back At IAC Valencia.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers VALENCIA, Spain, Oct. 4 (SPX) -- ESA 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...

Galaxy Gardening More Than Hobby For Future Moon And Mars Residents.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 6 (SPX) -- Long periods of total darkness and poor soil needn't stop an avid gardener - at least not one who's willing to go out of this world to grow plants. Lush lettuce is growing by...

General Dynamics Awarded Contract To Support Future Stryker Upgrades.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Oct. 6 (SPX) -- General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded a $3.3 million contract from the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command TACOM for the initial phase of the design, engineering...

GIOVE-A Laser Ranging Campaign Successful.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Oct. 4 (SPX) -- Fourteen 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...

Home, Home On The Range: How Much Space Does An Animal Really Need.
October 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CHICAGO, IL, Oct. 3 (SPX) -- Instead 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...