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Apr 1, 2004
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Russian, American and Dutch astronaut to blast off on April 19

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MarsExpress Commissioning Now In Final Phase

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Orbimage Ramps Up Operations And Expands Staff

Space Technologies Aid Solar-Powered Global Flight Bid

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Taiwan asks to buy two early warning radars

China wants to name celestial body after space hero Yang Liwei

AeroAstro Awarded SBIR Contract For Reconfigurable Spacecraft

Smiths Introduces Innovative Autonomous Refuelling To The UK

Marines Hail New Lightweight Multi-band Satellite Terminals

New Marking Process Traces Spammers, Pirates And Hackers

The Web: A White House plan for broadband

Japan, China, SKorea to discuss Linux use

New members to be feted at NATO HQ, but Russia could spoil the party

Cricket spurs Indo-Pak trade bonhomie

US can deter any North Korean attack, says US military commander in SKorea

Britain, France, Germany condemn Iran's work on nuclear fuel cycle

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Toyota's Prius, VW's Lupus top France's green-car list

Commentary: Kremlin's anti-demonstration law

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America's Eyes In Orbit Will Play Key Role In Fight Against Terrorism
Malmstrom AFB - Oct 2, 2001
When the United States wages war against terrorism, it will fight looking through the eyes of Air Force Space Command. According to Gen. Ed Eberhart, the United States will never go to war without the space systems operated by AFSPC, which he's commanded since February 2000.

Space Warriors Add New Wrinkle To Red Flag
by 2nd Lt. Virgil Magee
Schriever AFB - Sept. 5, 2001
The pilot of an F-16 studied the dry hills and arroyos of southern Nevada under her as she banked in search of the target on the ground. This was no ordinary target she was seeking. The opposition force's space threat -- a truck loaded with sophisticated electronic warfare equipment -- was hiding along the desert floor.

Ground Up Approach To Space
Maxwell AFB (AFNS) Aug 20, 2001
Nothing like what he is doing now has ever been done before. There is little history to it. It is being developed from the ground up. And everyone is watching. That's why Maj. Smokey Reddoch, a doctrine writer for space operations, wants to ensure what he is doing now creates a legacy for the 37,200 airmen he serves in Air Force Space Command and for the armed services as a whole.

Army's First Space Operations Course Ends
Colorado Springs - Aug. 8, 2001
Fourteen officers graduated Aug. 3 from the Army's inaugural Space Operations Officer Qualification Course. "There is only a small cadre of space operational officers," said guest speaker Lt. Gen. Joseph M. Cosumano Jr., commanding general of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and U.S. Army Space Command, before a group of 75 military and civilian personnel during the graduation ceremony in the U.S. Air Force Space Command Headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

AFA Conference Brings Space Stars Together
Colorado Springs - June 25, 2001
The "stars" of military and industrial space gathered for an annual Air Force Association conference May 24 to discuss the future of space operations for the United States. In a one-day conference in Colorado Springs leaders of the aerospace industry mingled with the military men and women who will make sure the United States maintains its superiority in space.

Weather Directorate Strengthens International Relations
Washington (AFPN) May 26, 2001
The secretary of the Air Force for international affairs recently approved the Air Force Directorate Of Weather's request to release previously restricted weather data and software programs to many U.S. allies and coalition partners. This sharing of technology and information forges a new path in the international arena, weather officials said.

Rumsfeld To Reorganize Military Space Programs
 Washington (AFP) May 8, 2001
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is expected to assign the air force the task of training and equipping the US military for defensive and offensive space operations as part of a major reorganization of military space programs, defense officials said Monday.

Space Odyssey Just Beginning, Says Space Commander In Chief
Cape Canaveral - May 7, 2001
The future of America's military space program has never been brighter. But, America needs to rededicate itself to space. So said Gen. Ralph "Ed" Eberhart when he opened Space Congress 2001 in Cape Canaveral last Monday.

Space Critical For US Forces
 Washington - April 9, 2001
American military involvement in space will become more critical to national security in coming years, said U.S. Space Command's top officer.

Air Force Air Force Begins The Transformation Of Space
Washington (AFPN) May 9, 2001
The Air Force is stepping out to implement decisions from the Secretary of Defense to transform the way military space is managed and organized.

Russian Space Forces To Be Formed By June 1st
Moscow - April 4, 2001
The Russian Space Forces, which will be a new type of Russian armed forces, are expected to be finally formed by June 1st, a source with the Russian Strategic Missile Forces has told Interfax.

US Air Force Forms Counterspace Technology Unit
Peterson AFB - Jan. 22, 2001
Concepts of futuristic offensive and defensive counterspace weapon systems will soon be taken out of the lab and put to the test with the activation of the 76th Space Control Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base.

Commission Calls For Consolidation Of Space Functions
by Staff Sgt. A.J. Bosker
Washington - (AFNS) Jan. 12, 2001
A Jan. 11 report submitted to Congress by the Space Commission calls for the consolidation of space functions into a single organization to create a strong center of advocacy for space and an environment in which to develop a cadre of space professionals.

Working Today to Keep America Safe Tomorrow
Schriever AFB - Jan. 15, 2001
Most Americans don't spend much time thinking about what would happen if a "nation of concern" unexpectedly launched a missile carrying a nuclear, chemical or biological payload at North America.

Rumsfeld Commission Warns Against "Space Pearl Harbor"
Washington (AFP) Jan. 11, 2001
Warning that the United States could face a "space Pearl Harbor," Defense Secretary-designate Donald Rumsfeld and a commission he formerly headed unveiled a report Thursday advocating tighter security for American space systems.

New Squadron Trains For Space-Based Aggression
Schriever AFB - Oct. 25, 2000
Air aggressor squadrons are not new. Since the creation of the Air Force, these flying squadrons have played the villain of the exercise scenario, attacking fellow blue-suited pilots in war exercises to train them as effectively as possible for the time when they had to go up against the real thing. By using the doctrines and technology the enemy has and utilizing them, these aggressor squadrons sharpen our sense of the enemy's abilities and how to counteract them. The long-used nickname for these aggressors is "Gomers."


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