Space Daily articles from September 2005

Space Daily archives from September 2005

Snowball Antarctica - Early Drake Passage Opening Led To Global Change.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, Aug. 31 (SPX) -- New results shed light on how Antarctica became the icy, barren continent that we know today. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists have discovered that 30-50 million years ago, South...

Dr. Leora Meridor To Serve As External Director On Gilat's Board of Directors.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Aug. 31 (SPX) -- Gilat Satellite Networks announced Monday that Dr. Leora Meridor was elected to serve as an external director by the Company's special meeting of shareholders. Dr. Meridor will...

Cassini Findings Suggest Complex Story Of Venting At Enceladus' South Pole.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- Evidence is mounting that the atmosphere of Enceladus, first detected by the Cassini Magnetometer instrument, is the result of venting from ground fractures close to the moon's...

Cassini Finds Enceladus Tiger Stripes Are Really Cubs.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers REGION. THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN DURING CASSINI'S CLOSE FLYBY OF ENCELADUS ON JULY, 14, 2005. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona., Sept. 1 (SPX) -- Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2005 The Cassini spacecraft discovered...

Looking For Shenzhou.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers SYDNEY, Aug. 30 (SPX) -- The launch of China's second manned space mission is only a few weeks away. In parallel to the recent launch of the space shuttle Discovery, another Return to Flight program has been taking...

Survey Of 4,000 Galaxies Finds "Downsizing" On A Cosmic Scale.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WATERLOO, Ontario, Aug. 31 (SPX) -- A comprehensive survey of more than 4,000 elliptical and lenticular galaxies in 93 nearby galaxy clusters has found a curious case of galactic "downsizing." Contrary to...

Poaching, Logging, Ebola Threaten Central African Gorillas, Chimpanzees.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (SPX) -- A combination of natural and man-made threats is killing gorillas and chimpanzees in Central Africa, and experts say $30 million is needed for special programs to save some of mankind's...

Moon Tennis.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- They call him the "Rocket Man." Tennis pro Andy Roddick holds the world's record for fast serves: 155 mph. By the time opponents realize where the ball is going, very often, it's...

Recovering From A Reset.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- On sol 560 (Aug. 21, 2005), Opportunity retracted the Moessbauer spectrometer from a rock target called "Lemon Rind" that had been brushed earlier with the rock abrasion tool. ...

On Top Of The Hill.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- After 581 sols and 4,810 meters (2.99 miles), Spirit reached the crest of "Husband Hill." The top of the hill is moderately flat and fairly easy to navigate. Even though sol 581...

NASA's Mars Orbiter Makes Successful Course Correction.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) successfully tested its main engines by making a successful trajectory adjustment for reaching the red planet on March 10, 2006. The...

Gold Bowties May Shed Light On Molecules And Other Nano-Sized Objects.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers STANFORD, Calif., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- One of the great challenges in the field of nanotechnology is optical imaging--specifically, how to design a microscope that produces high-resolution images of the nano-sized...

South Polar Ozone Hole Makes Big Comeback.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Aug. 31 (SPX) -- This season's Antarctic ozone hole has swollen to an area of ten million square kilometres from mid-August - approximately the same size as Europe and still expanding. It is expected to reach...

XCOR Aerospace Completes Successful Development Of Methane Rocket Engine.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOJAVE, Calif., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- XCOR Aerospace announced Monday that it has successfully completed its first series of tests on a 50 pound thrust rocket engine fueled by methane and liquid oxygen. "We are very...

Khrunichev Space Center Takes Out $50 Million Loan.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Aug. 31 (SPX) -- The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has taken out a $50 million syndicated loan, reports RIA Novosti. According to a press release by the International Moscow Bank,...

Orbital Receives Contract For Horizons-2 Commercial Communications Satellite.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers DULLES, Va., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- Orbital Sciences announced Monday that Horizons-2 Satellite, a 50/50 joint venture between PanAmSat and JSAT Corporation, has ordered one geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite,...

NASA Assesses Hurricane Katrina Damage.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- NASA is marshaling agency resources to assist Gulf Coast-area facilities that suffered damage from Hurricane Katrina. The agency is preparing to provide help for NASA employees and...

Oysters: The Natural Way To Protect Our Shores.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- A study published in the latest issue of Restoration Ecology finds that in coastal Louisiana, oyster reefs help to deter erosion. Oyster reefs are self-sustaining, and are...

IDirect To Become Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Of Singapore Technologies.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers HERNDON, Va., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- iDirect Technologies announced Monday the company has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Vision Technologies Electronics (VTEE) to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of VTEE....

Denny's Selects Hughes To Provide Broadband To 550 Corporate Restaurants.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers GERMANTOWN, Md., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- Hughes Network Systems announced Monday that it has signed an agreement with Denny's to provide DirecWay satellite broadband service to 550 corporate restaurants. Denny's is one...

NGC, EADS, Indra Team To Pursue NATO Theatre BMD Contract.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MADRID, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman, EADS and Indra have announced that they have formed an international team to pursue a systems engineering and integration contract that is a key part of the new NATO...

Markus Payer Joins SES Astra As Vice President Media Relations.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers LUXEMBOURG, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- Markus Payer will join SES Astra in Luxembourg as Vice President Media Relations. In his newly created position, he will report to Ferdinand Kayser, President and Chief Executive Officer...

Fuel Cells Might Get Hydrogen From Water, Organic Material.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 1 (SPX) -- A novel technique for producing hydrogen from water and organic material has been found recently at Purdue University, a discovery that could help speed the creation of viable...

It's Electric: Cows Show Promise As Powerplants.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- A new study suggests that some of the microorganisms found in cow waste may provide a reliable source of electricity. Results showed that the microbes in about a half a liter of...

European Satellite Cryosat To Measure Ice Depth In Antarctic.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- The European satellite CryoSat, to be brought to the Plesetsk spaceport in the next few days, will measure the ice depth in the Antarctic and Greenland. "The European satellite will be...

Krunichev Space Center To Offer Bid In Satellite Tender.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- The Khrunichev Space Center, Russia's leading space research center, will bid in a tender to build and launch a satellite capable of sending back images with a resolution of less than one...

European Money Launches Spartan Project In Leicester.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers LEICESTER, England, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- The University of Leicester's Department of Physics and Astronomy has been recognised in a 1.6M Euros (approximately 1. 1M British Pounds) grant from the European Union to help...

New Techniques Study The Brain's Chemistry, Neuron By Neuron.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 1 (SPX) -- The human brain is composed of billions of cells, each a separate entity that communicates with others. The chemical interaction of those cells determines personality, controls...

US Removes Six Indian Facilities From Entity List.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- In a significant step that would help increase the Indo-US high-technology trade, the United States has removed six Indian nuclear and space facilities from its restricted entities list....

In Iran, Camera Traps Reveal Rare Asiatic Cheetahs.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers DAR-E ANJIR, Iran, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- Scientists working in an isolated region in the Dar-e Anjir Wildlife Refuge recently discovered that a remote camera set out to survey wildlife had photographed an entire family of...

New Genome Comparison Finds Chimps, Humans Very Similar At DNA Level.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers SEATTLE, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- The first comprehensive comparison of the genetic blueprints of humans and chimpanzees shows our closest living relatives share perfect identity with 96 percent of our DNA sequence, an...

Agreement Signed For European Instruments On Chandrayaan-1.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BANGALORE, India, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed an agreement on 27 June 2005 for including European instruments on board India's first...

SMART-1 Views Hadley Rille Near Apollo 15 Landing Site.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the Hadley Rille on the south-east edge of Mare Imbrium on the Moon. AMIE...

Solution To Clean Space Dust From Mars Exploration Vehicles.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BOONE, N.C., Sept. 1 (SPX) -- If keeping dust under control at your house is a challenge, imagine keeping clear the solar panels that power unmanned exploration vehicles on Mars. Sid Clements, a physics professor...

California's Sunny Future Under Last Minute Threat.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- On September 9, a critical piece of legislation will be voted on in the Cal. Assembly that will determine the immediate future of the solar electricity industry. Known as SB1, the...

Globecomm Signs 1 Year Contract Extension with Iraqi Telecom And Post Company.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Aug. 31 (SPX) -- Globecomm Systems announced Monday that it has a one-year contract extension with the Iraqi Telecom & Post Company. Globecomm will provide International Voice Services to the...

First Kazakh Satellite To Be Launched At The End Of Year.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- The first Kazakh communications satellite, KazSat, will be delivered to the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at the end of November, with a scheduled launch date of December 25, 2005, the...

Deep Magmatic Plumbing Of Mid-Ocean Ridges Revealed.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (SPX) -- Some of the highest quality images ever taken of the Earth's lower crust reveal that the upper and lower crust form in two distinctly different ways. A team led by researchers from Columbia...

Hubble Space Telescope Begins "Two-Gyro" Science Operations.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers GREENBELT, Md., Sept. 1 (SPX) -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope entered a new era of science operations this week, when engineers shut down one of the three operational gyroscopes aboard the observatory. The...

NASA Researchers Back Home After Costa Rica Tropical Storm Tracking Mission.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 1 (SPX) -- Researchers are drying off after a successful Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) mission. During the Costa Rica based mission, scientists tracked two major Atlantic Ocean...

SDS To Develop A Human-Computer Visualization Training System For US Army.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers ORLANDO, FA, Sept. 2 (SPX) -- SDS International has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the US Army to develop a PC-based, interactive, human-computer visualization training...

Lethal Needle Blight Epidemic May Be Related To Climate Change.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 2 (SPX) -- Biologists studying a lethal blight of lodgepole pines in northwestern British Columbia present strong evidence in the September issue of BioScience that climate change is...

Northrop Grumman Wins Contract To Develop High-Power Electronic Modules For DARPA.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BALTIMORE, Aug. 9 (SPX) -- A Northrop Grumman-led team will develop lightweight, compact, high-power electronic modules that may make the bulky, heavy transformers used to distribute electrical power on ships a thing...

NASA Hotlines Provide Info About Hurricane-Damaged Facilities.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers STENNIS, Miss., Sept. 2 (SPX) -- NASA has designated a telephone number (256/544-4700) for family members seeking information about people who may have sought shelter from Hurricane Katrina at NASA's Stennis Space...

Researchers Calculate Projected Damage Based On Wind Speeds, Wave Severity.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers ORLAND, Fla., Sept. 2 (SPX) -- About 86 percent of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and 59 percent of the natural gas output are being disrupted by Hurricane Katrina, according to a new prediction model developed...

Three ISRO Units Still On U.S. List.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BANGALORE, India, Sept. 2 (SPX) -- Even as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) expresses relief over the lifting of US curbs on three of its units, three other major units of the space agency remain on...

The Lure Of Europa.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 2 (SPX) -- The discovery that Jupiter's moon Europa most likely has a cold, salty ocean beneath its frozen icy crust has put Europa on the short list of objects in our solar system that...

Russian Insurance Centre Insures Dnepr Launch From Converted Missile Silo.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- The Russian Insurance Centre recently underwrote an insurance policy for the launch of a converted RS-20 rocket carrying the OICETS and INDEX Japanese satellites. The launch - as part of the...

SMART-1 Views Glushko Crater On The Moon.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows Glushko impact crater on the Moon. AMIE obtained this image from a distance of...

NASA'S Durable Spirit Sends Intriguing New Images From Mars.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA CA (JPL) SEP, 02, 2005, Sept. 5 (SPX) -- Working atop a range of Martian hills, NASA's Spirit rover is rewarding researchers with tempting scenes filled with evidence of past planet environments. "When...

Hubble Makes Movie Of Neptune's Dynamic Atmosphere.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers TUCSON, Sept. 2 (SPX) -- New NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of the distant planet Neptune show a dynamic atmosphere and capture the fleeting orbits of its satellites. The images have been assembled into a...

Boeing Completes First Airborne Test Of Wedgetail Aircraft's Radar.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers ST LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 2 (SPX) -- Boeing has successfully conducted the first in-flight test of the Northrop Grumman Multi-mode Electronically Scanned Array radar aboard a 737 airborne early warning and control aircraft...

Telenor And BBC World Service Enter Agreement For Digital Broadcasting.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers FORNEBU, Norway, Sept. 2 (SPX) -- Telenor-owned Norkring has entered into an agreement with the BBC World Service for digital broadcasting over short wave, DRM. As part of the agreement, the BBC will be among the...

Optus Satellite Celebrates Twenty Years In Space.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers SYDNEY, Sept. 2 (SPX) -- Optus has reached a significant milestone, commemorating 20 years of satellite operation. Since the launch of its A1 Satellite in 1985, Optus has grown to become the leading satellite...

NASA Uses Unique Undersea Lab To Prep For Future Exploration.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- NASA is sending three astronauts and a Cincinnati doctor to test new space medicine concepts and extravehicular techniques in a unique underwater laboratory off the Florida coast. NASA...

Astronomers Discover Fastest Intergalactic Space Traveller.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers HARVARD, Mass., Sept. 2 (SPX) -- A speeding, superdense neutron star somehow got a powerful "kick" that is propelling it completely out of our Milky Way Galaxy into the cold vastness of intergalactic space. Its...

How to Build A Big Star.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 1 (SPX) -- The most massive stars in our galaxy weigh as much as 100 small stars like the Sun. How do such monsters form? Do they grow rapidly by swallowing smaller protostars within crowded...

XMM-Newton Probes Formation Of Galaxy Clusters.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers GARCHING, Germany, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- ESA's X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has for the first time allowed scientists to study in detail the formation history of galaxy clusters, not only with single arbitrarily selected...

Giant Optical Telescope In Africa Comes Online.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MADISON, Wis., Sept. 2 (SPX) -- Five years after breaking ground on a South African mountaintop near the edge of the Kalahari desert, astronomers today (Sept. 1, 2005) released the first images captured by the...

AEA Technology To Supply Lithium-Ion Battery For NASA Solar Science Spacecraft.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers GREENBELT, Md., Sept. 5 (SPX) -- Building on successful battery contracts with NASA Johnson Space Center and NASA Glenn Research Center, AEA Technology Space has been selected by NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center to...

Researchers Find Clue To Start Of Universe.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 5 (SPX) -- If you want to hear a little bit of the Big Bang, you're going to have to turn down your stereo. That's what neighbors of MIT's Haystack Observatory found out. They were asked to...

Mysterious Enceladus.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Sept. 5 (SPX) -- Evidence is mounting that the atmosphere of Enceladus, first detected by the Cassini Magnetometer instrument, is the result of venting from ground fractures close to the moon's...

China Issues White Paper On Arms Control.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BEIJING, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- China issued a white paper Thursday on the Chinese Government's policies and positions on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation and on China's involvement in the international arms...

Macao To Postpone Crackdown On Illegal Satellite TV Transmission.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MACAO, China, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- The Macao government is to postpone the crack-down on unlicensed satellite TV transmission till Nov. 7, local media reported on Thursday. The Macao Post Daily quoted Tou Veng Keong,...

Russia, Canada To Use Space Technologies For Rescue In Arctic.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Sept. 5 (SPX) -- Russia and Canada could use advanced space technologies to help conduct rescue operations in the Arctic region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told RIA Novosti at a news conference...

Orbimage Releases New Satellite Images of Katrina Aftermath Over the Gulfcoast.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers DULLES, Va., Sept. 5 (SPX) -- Orbimage has collected new imagery yesterday of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast with its high resolution satellite OrbView-3. Some of the first satellite images seen...

CryoSat Arrives Safely At Plesetsk Launch Site, In Russia.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PLESETSK, Russia, Sept. 5 (SPX) -- After leaving the Space Test Centre in Germany on 29 August, CryoSat has safely arrived at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 800 km north of Moscow, Russia. CryoSat is scheduled for...

CryoSat Flight Control Team In Intensive Training.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers DARMSTADT, Germany, Sept. 5 (SPX) -- As CryoSat comes ever close to flight, the flight control team at ESOC are going through a demanding series of training simulations for launch. The CryoSat flight control team...

Satellite Navigation Tracks Rally Cars.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers TRIER, Germany, Sept. 5 (SPX) -- EGNOS makes the difference. This is what was demonstrated at the German round of the World Rally Championship, where some competitors had their paths through the rally stages tracked...

Orbital Contracted For Vehicle Tracking By Culver City, California.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers DULLES, Va., Sept. 5 (SPX) -- Orbital Sciences has announced that its Transportation Management Systems division (Orbital TMS) has been selected by Culver City, California for a $3.5 million contract to provide a...

NASA's Science Resources Help Agencies Respond to Katrina.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers GREENBELT, Md., Sept. 5 (SPX) -- NASA science instruments and Earth-orbiting satellites are providing detailed insight about the environmental impact caused by Hurricane Katrina. Images and data are helping...

First Brazilian Astronaut To Join Russian Space Mission.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 5 (SPX) -- The first Brazilian astronaut will go on a mission aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft next spring, a Russian space official said Friday, RIA Novosti has reported. Viktor...

Deep-Sea Exploration Beneath Katrina's Wake.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 2 (SPX) -- Despite having to evade hurricane Katrina, a team of scientists from Harbor Branch and other institutions is returning to port this Sunday with new tales from the deep after...

Metal Storm Has Been Awarded ARDEC Order.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 5 (SPX) -- Metal Storm has announced that the US Army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) has selected the Company's Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)...

DOE Should Consider Enhancing Cleanup And Stabilization.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (SPX) -- Tanks containing radioactive waste at the U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Site, a nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina, should not necessarily be sealed as soon as the bulk...

CCTV Launches High-Definition Digital Channel.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 1 (SPX) -- Hangzhou viewers can enjoy high-definition television (HDTV) programs via a new movie channel launched by China Central Television (CCTV) beginning Thursday. The channel, the...

Northrop Grumman To Deploy Two More Global Hawks In Global War On Terrorism.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers SAN DIEGO, Sept. 5 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to deploy two production RQ-4A Global Hawk aerial reconnaissance systems early this fall. The air vehicles will join an...

Two Boeing X-45As Complete Graduation Combat Demonstration.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers ST LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 5 (SPX) -- Two Boeing Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) X-45A unmanned aircraft successfully completed a graduation exercise when they flew their most challenging simulated combat mission...

Cyber Defense Successfully Tests New Propulsion System For Mid Altitude Airships.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers ST PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 5 (SPX) -- Cyber Defense Systems has announced the introduction and successful testing of a revolutionary new propulsion system. Cyber Defense's propulsion systems for the Mid Altitude...

Hesperides To Set Sail To Study Life On Antarctic Ocean Floor.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers ALAVA, Spain, Sept. 5 (SPX) -- A research team - including a biologist from the University of the Basque Country, is to set sail for the second time on an oceanographic campaign to study the biodiversity of the seas...

Alain Charmeau Appointed CEO of EADS Space Transportation.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers LES MUREAUX, France, Sept. 6 (SPX) -- Alain Charmeau, 49, has been appointed as EADS Space Transportation's new CEO on 1 September 2005. He succeeds Herve Guillou who has taken on new responsibilities within the EADS...

Cassini Shows Saturn Rings In New Detail.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Sept. 6 (SPX) -- Cassini scientists studying Saturn's rings have made several new findings that further our knowledge of how this beautiful and dynamic system continues to evolve before our...

Cassini Discovers Saturn's Dynamic Clouds Run Deep.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 6 (SPX) -- Cassini scientists have discovered an unexpected menagerie of clouds lurking in the depths of Saturn's complicated atmosphere. "Unlike the hazy, broad, global bands of clouds...

New Observations Show Dynamic Particle Clumps In Saturn's A Ring.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 6 (SPX) -- New observations from the Cassini spacecraft now at Saturn indicate the particles comprising one of its most prominent rings are trapped in ever-changing clusters of debris that are...