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4.20pm Wednesday December 6, 2006 (The New Zealand Herald)
Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:35:41 GMT
FORT WORTH - Two British-based pilots set off into a blue Texas sky today on their second attempt to fly around the world via the North and South poles in a helicopter.
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Globalstar signs contract for new satellite constellation (Spaceflight Now)
Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:17:31 GMT
Globalstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSAT), a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, government and individuals, and Alcatel Alenia Space, the European leader for satellite systems, announced that the two companies have signed a contract under which Alcatel Alenia Space will design, manufacture and deliver the Globalstar second-generation constellation of 48
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What the Bay Told Me (New Bay Times)
Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:32:11 GMT
Over the year, I meditate on nature and life. I do it so I can find out what nature’s saying to me and how I’m changing along with it.
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LIVING SPACE (Daily Mirror)
Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:50:00 GMT
THE SCIENCE fiction dream of a base on the Moon took a step closer to reality yesterday.
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Explorer champion of climate change (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:25:38 GMT
A British polar adventurer, dubbed the "Human Icebreaker", is using his record setting experiences to alert people to the threat of climate change and melting ice caps.
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Russia to launch major lunar mission in 2012 (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:20:54 GMT
MOSCOW, December 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will launch its first major mission to the Moon, Luna-Glob, in 2012 after a 30-year break from lunar exploration, a space agency spokesman said Thursday.
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Elsevier launches new journal with the National Institute of Polar Research (EurekAlert!)
Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:23:15 GMT
Amsterdam, 7 December 2006 -- Elsevier, in partnership with the National Institute of Polar Research, proudly announce the 2007 launch of a new international peer-reviewed publication called Polar Science.
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Spacecraft Fleet Zeroing In On Martian Water Reserves (Science Daily)
Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:13:56 GMT
The discovery of bright deposits on Mars, announced this week by NASA, could indicate that liquid water has recently flowed on a few locations on the planet. The new data help planetary scientists involved with several missions orbiting the Red Planet focus their quest to understand the Martian water cycle.
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The Atmosphere (BBC News)
Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:13:50 GMT
The weather systems originate from the processes of the atmosphere with the oceans constantly acting to redistribute heat and energy around the globe.
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Space agencies to intensify efforts to probe Martian water reserves (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:01:57 GMT
Paris, Dec 8 (ANI): The discovery of bright spots on Mars by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor has led to a flurry of activity by NASA and the ESA to probe how much liquid water is present on the Red Planet. A researcher said while it is a known fact that water exists on Mars, the big question is how much of it is in liquid form, adding that the newly discovered deposits will now help planetary
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