April 18, 2005

April 18, 2005

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Rocket Boosters

By AMY BUTLER6 min

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Accelerator

By FRANK MORRING6 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Back Down to Earth

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA4 min

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Rocket Boosters

To prop up domestic rocket industry, Air Force abandons competition

By AMY BUTLER6 min

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Accelerator

Griffin lifts off at NASA with calls for speeding shuttle replacement, reopening Hubble decision

By FRANK MORRING6 min

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Back Down to Earth

Europe scales back next Mars mission, but still hopes for sample-return role

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA4 min

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Enter the Dragon

New border pact tackles long-simmering defense issues between India and China

By NEELAM MATHEWS4 min

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Return Vision

Japan’s space agency counts ISS at center of 20-year road map

By EIICHIRO SEKIGAWA4 min

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Hobson’s Choice

Esterline deal deemed critical to Leach’s growth

By ROBERT WALL3 min

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Let’s Work Together

WASHINGTON Civil-military space cooperation, which never seemed to take off under past NASA leadership, finally may get a big boost under newly confirmed Administrator Michael D. Griffin. That’s important not just for the broader policy implications, but because it could give him another option for one of the thorniest problems he faces coming into office-what to do about the aging Hubble Space Telescope.

By FRANK MORRING3 min

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Rendezvous Trials

XSS-11 will test autonomous approach and miniature proximity sensors

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM2 min

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P-8a Wind Tunnel Tests

SAN FRANCISCO A Boeing team has concluded 1,300 hr. of high-speed wind tunnel tests at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., of the U.S. Navy P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA). The P-8A is based on the commercial 737-800 airframe with a -900 wing.
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Meteorit Spotting

MOSCOW Russian missile manufacturer NPO Mashinostroyenia has finally released a test image of its 3M25 Meteorit strategic cruise missile. The air-launched variant of the Meteorit, probably designated Kh-80, is shown being dropped from an inboard pylon of a Tupolev Tu-95 Bear bomber.
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