Friday, March 29, 2013

Daily News: Reuters Science News Headlines - Sicily revokes permission for military satellite station

Friday, Mar 29, 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Sicily revokes permission for military satellite station 
Friday, Mar 29, 2013 12:57 PM PDT
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - The Sicilian regional government in Italy has revoked permission for the United States to build a military satellite station on the island, its governor said on Friday, after protests by residents who said it could pose a health risk. The planned ground station is part of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), an ultra high-frequency satellite network aimed at significantly boosting communications capacity for the U.S. military and its allies. ...
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Russian-American crew taking short cut to space station 
Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 10:24 PM PDT
The Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew blasts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodromeBy Steve Gutterman and Irene Klotz MOSCOW/CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut took a short cut to the International Space Station on Thursday, arriving at the orbital outpost less than six hours after their Soyuz capsule blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The express route, used for the first time to fly a crew to the station, shaved about 45 hours off the usual ride, allowing NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin to get a jumpstart on their planned 5.5-month mission. ...
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