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2006 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 28, 2006 Scientists at the Hubble space telescope publish the largest and most detailed image they have yet produced. ... March 25, 2006 Australia: A scramjet jet engine designed to fly at 7 times the sonic speed has been successfully tested. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... Ongoing events Future events Upcoming releases Related pages About this page This page deals with current events in computer and video games. ... // World - global Current events Wikinews Africa Africa Asia and the Middle East China Hong Kong and Macao India Iraq Malaysia and Singapore Thailand The Americas Canada USA Oceania Australia and New Zealand Europe EU Poland Great Britain and Ireland Russia current events Categories: | ... // Culture 2006 in architecture 2006 in art 2006 in film 2006 in video gaming 2006 in home video 2006 in literature 2006 in music 2006 in television People Politics Science and nature 2006 in rail transport Disabilities 2006 is the International Aspergers Year marking the 100th anniversary of the... The Sun is the spectral type G2V yellow star at the center of Earths solar system. ... The following is a list of figures who died in 2005. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... Conceptual drawing of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter over Mars NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a multipurpose spacecraft, launched August 12, 2005 to advance knowledge of Mars through detailed observation, to examine potential landing sites for future surface missions, and to provide a high-data-rate communications relay for those... For the Roman god, see Mars (mythology). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... The Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is an El Segundo, California space transportation startup company whose stated goal is to improve the cost and reliability of access to space ultimately by a factor of ten. SpaceX is developing a family of mostly reusable two stage, kerosene/liquid oxygen launch vehicles. ... The Falcon 1 is a two stage to orbit RP-1 kerosene/liquid oxygen semi-reusable launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX. The lower stage includes one Merlin engine and the upper stage includes one Kestrel engine. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... Venus Express (VEX for short) is the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency. ... Adjective Venusian or (rarely) Cytherean (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ... See also: Other events of 2006 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 2005 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 2004 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 2003 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 2002 List of years in science . ... The following entries cover events of a science or technology related nature which occurred in the listed year. ...

March 25, 2006

• Australia: A scramjet jet engine designed to fly at 7 times the sonic speed has been successfully tested. The British designed HyShot III (on back of a two stage Terrier-Orion rocket) was launched at Woomera up to 314 km height; falling back to Earth, speed may reach Mach 7.6 (9,000 km/h). It is hoped the engine could reduce flight times between London and Sydney to only two hours. (BBC)

March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) is a variation of a ramjet where the flow of the air and combustion of the fuel air mixture through the engine is done at supersonic speeds. ... A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. ... A scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) is a variation of a ramjet where the flow of the air and combustion of the fuel air mixture through the engine is done at supersonic speeds. ... This article is about the woomera, a weapon. ... Mach number (Ma) (pronounced mack in British English and mock in American English) is defined as a ratio of the speed of an object or flow relative to the speed of sound in the medium through which it is travelling. ...

March 24, 2006

• The inaugural launch of Falcon 1 ends in failure shortly after the rocket engines are started. According to company sources it achieved about one minute of controlled flight before it was destroyed. (SpaceRef.com)(BBC)

March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Falcon 1 is a two stage to orbit RP-1 kerosene/liquid oxygen semi-reusable launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX. The lower stage includes one Merlin engine and the upper stage includes one Kestrel engine. ...

March 23, 2006

• The Abel Prize of 2006 is awarded to Lennart Carleson. (BBC)

March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Abel Prize is awarded annually by the King of Norway to outstanding mathematicians. ... Lennart Carleson (b. ...

March 21, 2006

• Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announce that the aggressive virus clade of the H5N1 bird flu has evolved into two distinct subtypes, sometime in 2005. (BBC)

March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, is recognized as the lead United States agency for protecting the public health and safety of people by providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships with state health departments and other organizations. ... The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) A bacteriophage virus A virus is a submicroscopic obligate parasitic particle that infects cells in biological organisms. ... A clade is group of organisms which share a common ancestor and which includes all decendents of that ancestor. ... H5N1 is an avian influenza virus subtype. ...

March 20, 2006

• Rising temperatures may partly explain increasing cases of malaria in regions of Africa, new research suggests.(BBC)

March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1856 to 2005 Mean temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is an observed increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans. ... Red blood cell infected with Malaria, derived from male aria (Italian for bad air) and formerly called ague or marsh fever in English, is an infectious disease which causes about 350-500 million infections with humans and approximately 1. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ...

March 19, 2006

• UK scientists from Norwich have used a plant virus to create nanotechnology building blocks. (BBC)

March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Norwich (pronounced variously Norritch, Norridge) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England, and the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. ... A mite next to a gear set produced using MEMS, the precursor to nanotechnology. ...

March 17, 2006

• Hackers have managed to get Microsoft's Windows XP operating system running on an Apple Intel Mac computer. The success ends a competition started to see if the feat was even possible when Apple unveiled computers that used Intel chips. (BBC)
• University of Texas scientists have developed artificial, super-strength muscles which are powered by alcohol and hydrogen. (BBC)
• Bill Gates publicly criticizes the $100 laptop project during the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum. (Reuters/YahooNews)

March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, SEHK: 4338) is an international computer technology corporation with 2005 global annual sales of close to $40 billion USD and about 64,000 employees in 85 countries and regions which develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. ... Windows XP is a major revision of the Microsoft Windows operating system created for use on desktop and business computer systems. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... The Intel Core Duo and Intel Core Solo mobile microprocessors are used in the Apple Macintosh Intel-processor based computers. ... Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is a U.S.-based multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... The University of Texas System comprises fifteen educational institutions in Texas, of which nine are general academic universities, and six are health institutions. ... William Henry Bill Gates III, (born October 28, 1955) is the co-founder, chairman, and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worlds largest software company. ... The $100 laptop is a design for an inexpensive laptop computer intended to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and modern forms of education. ...

March 16, 2006

• The WMAP collaboration publishes the first measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. Scientists expect to test the various models of the assumed inflationary period of the early universe with this data. (SpaceRef.com)

March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Artist depiction of the WMAP satellite at the L2 point The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) is a NASA satellite whose mission is to survey the sky to measure the temperature of the radiant heat left over from the Big Bang. ... In electrodynamics, polarization (also spelled polarisation) is a property of waves, such as light and other electromagnetic radiation. ... In cosmology, the cosmic microwave background radiation (most often abbreviated CMB but occasionally CMBR, CBR or MBR) is a form of electromagnetic radiation discovered in 1965. ... Cosmic inflation is the idea, first proposed by Alan Guth in 1981, that the nascent universe passed through a phase of exponential expansion (the inflationary epoch) that was driven by a negative pressure vacuum energy density. ... This article needs to be updated. ...

March 15, 2006

• The UK Biobank starts to collect DNA samples to create the world's largest study on the genetic and environmental origins of diseases. (BBC)

March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... UK Biobank is a long-term national project to build the world’s largest information resource for medical researchers. ... For other uses, see DNA (disambiguation). ... This stylistic schematic diagram shows a gene in relation to the double helix structure of DNA and to a chromosome (right). ... An environment is a complex of external factors. ... A disease is an abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person afflicted or those in contact with the person. ...

March 14, 2006

• The launch of the next space shuttle is delayed due to a faulty 10-year old fuel gauge in the external hydrogen tank. (AP/YahooNews)
• Using the microlensing effect, astronomers publish the discovery of an extrasolar planet at a distance of 9,000 light years and with the size of about 13 Earth masses. (BBC)

March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... A fuel gauge (or gas gauge) is an instrument used to indicate the level of fuel contained in a tank. ... Italic textLink titleLink titlelink titlelink titleBold text General Name, Symbol, Number hydrogen, H, 1 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 1, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 1. ... Gravitational microlensing is an astronomical technique used to find planet-sized bodies indirectly by means of their gravitational interaction with light. ... Infrared image of the star GQ Lupi (A) orbited by a planet (b) at a distance of approximately 20 times the distance between Jupiter and our Sun. ... A light year, abbreviated ly, is the distance light travels in one year: roughly 9. ... Earth is the third planet from the Sun. ...

March 13, 2006

• Scientists for the Stardust mission announce that they found the mineral olivine in the samples returned from the comet 81P/Wild. This and other minerals identified form only in high-temperature environments. (Spaceflight Now)
• Google unveils the web site mars.google.com, which presents a zoomable map of the planet Mars using data provided by researchers at Arizona State University. (SpaceRef.com)

March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An artists rendering of Stardust (NASA image) The Stardust capsule with cometary and interstellar samples landed at the U.S. Air Force Utah Test and Training Range at 10:10 UTC (15 January 2006) in the Bonneville Salt Flats. ... Olivine The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the formula (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 in which the ratio of magnesium and iron varies between the two endmembers of the series: forsterite (Mg-rich) and fayalite (Fe-rich). ... Comet Hale-Bopp For other uses, see Comet (disambiguation). ... An enhanced image of Comet 81P/Wild, from the Stardust spacecraft, showing surface detail and plumes of gas. ... For the search engine produced by this corporation, see Google search; for the underlying technology, see Google platform; for other uses see Google (disambiguation). ... For the Roman god, see Mars (mythology). ... Arizona State University (ASU) is currently (as of Fall 2005) the largest university, in terms of student enrollment, in the United States, with a main-campus student body of 51,612. ...

March 12, 2006

• Managers of the Galileo positioning system project declare the GIOVE-A satellite a full success and delay the launch of GIOVE-B, which was on a "hastened" schedule to secure the allotted frequency. (BBC)

March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Galileo positioning system is a proposed satellite navigation system, to be built by the European Union (EU) as an alternative to the US military-controlled Global Positioning System and the Russian GLONASS. The system should be operational by 2010, two years later than originally anticipated. ... GIOVE is the name for each satellite in a set of four being built to validate the Galileo positioning system in orbit. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ...

March 11, 2006

• The fourth launch of the heavy lift version Ariane 5ECA sucessfully places two satellites in orbit. (BBC)
• A large oil spill is discovered at Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska. It is estimated that about 267,000 gallons of crude oil leaked from a corroded pipeline before it was fixed. (BBC)

11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ariane 5 lifts off with the Rosetta probe on 2 March 2004. ... A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). ... Volunteers cleaning up the aftermath of the Prestige oil spill An oil spill is the intentional or unintentional release of oil (generally, petroleum) into the natural environment as a result of human activity. ... Prudhoe Bay (pronounced Prue-toe) is a census-designated place located in North Slope Borough, Alaska. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 1st 663,267 mi² / 1 717 854 km² 808 mi / 1300 km 1,479 mi / 2380 km 13. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and elaion – oil or Latin oleum – oil ), crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold or Texas Tea, is a thick, dark brown or greenish liquid. ...

March 10, 2006

• The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter sucessfully reaches orbit around the planet Mars. (BBC)
• Researchers report that the newly discovered Laotian Rock Rat, at first placed into a new family of the Laonastidae, is most likely a member of the Diatomyidae family, which was believed to be extinct for 11 million years. (AP/YahooNews)

March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Conceptual drawing of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter over Mars NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a multipurpose spacecraft, launched August 12, 2005 to advance knowledge of Mars through detailed observation, to examine potential landing sites for future surface missions, and to provide a high-data-rate communications relay for those... For the Roman god, see Mars (mythology). ... Binomial name Laonastes aenigmamus Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson, Timmins, 2005 The Laotian rock rat or kha-nyou (Laonastes aenigmamus), sometimes called the rat-squirrel, is a rodent species of the Khammouan region of Laos. ... In zoology, a taxon is usually assigned to a rank in a hierarchy. ... Laotian Rock Rat - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Genera Laonastes †Diatomys †Fallomus †Willmus Diatomyidae is a family of hystricomorphous, sciurognathous rodents found in Asia. ...

March 9, 2006

• Mission scientists for the Cassini-Huygens mission publish their conclusion in Science that they found liquid water close to the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. (AP/YahooNews)
• Microsoft unveils the "Ultra Mobile PC" with a Windows XP derived operating system, previously called Project Origami. (AFP/YahooNews)

March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is an artists concept of Cassini during the Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) maneuver, just after the main engine has begun firing. ... A girl in a swimming pool full of water Water (from the Old English waeter; c. ... Adjective Saturnian Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 140 kPa Hydrogen >93% Helium >5% Methane 0. ... [5] Atmospheric characteristics Pressure trace, significant spatial variability [6] Water vapour 65% [7] Hydrogen 20% [8] Other CO2, CO, N2 [9] Enceladus (en-sel-ə-dəs, IPA , Greek Εγκέλαδος) is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, discovered in 1789 by William Herschel [10]. Despite its small size, Enceladus has a wide... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, SEHK: 4338) is an international computer technology corporation with 2005 global annual sales of close to $40 billion USD and about 64,000 employees in 85 countries and regions which develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. ... Samsung Q1 UMPC, using Touch Pack Interface. ... Windows XP is a major revision of the Microsoft Windows operating system created for use on desktop and business computer systems. ... An operating system is a special computer program that manages the relationship between application software, the wide variety of hardware that makes up a computer system, and the user of the system. ...

March 8, 2006

• The world's biggest expo on information technology, CeBIT, opens in Hanover, Germany. (news.com)
• Three research teams publish their analyses of the gamma ray burst GRB 050904 in Nature. It is estimated to be about 12.8 billion light years away, which makes it the most distant GRB detected up to now. (Reuters/YahooNews)
• Purdue University starts an investigation into alleged scientific misconduct by Rusi P. Taleyarkhan, who pioneered the research of bubble fusion. At the same time, Nature publishes an interview with several colleagues of Taleyarkhan, detailing some alleged conduct. (Reuters/YahooNews)

March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Exhibition is a word with several meanings. ... Information technology (IT) or Information and communication(s) technology (ICT) is a broad subject concerned with technology and other aspects of managing and processing information, especially in large organizations. ... A crowded exhibition hall during CeBIT 2000. ... Hanover (German: Hannover []), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... Optical afterglow of gamma ray burst GRB-990123 (the bright dot within the white square and in the enlarged cutout) on 23 January 1999. ... GRB 050904 is the most distant gamma ray burst observed as of 2005. ... A light year, abbreviated ly, is the distance light travels in one year: roughly 9. ... See also Purdue University System. ... January 4, 2006 Astronomers announce new data on Plutos moon Charon obtained during an occultation of a star in July 2005. ... Bubble fusion or sonofusion is the common name for a nuclear fusion reaction hypothesized to occur during sonoluminescence, an extreme form of acoustic cavitation; officially, this reaction is termed acoustic inertial confinement fusion (AICF) since the inertia of the collapsing bubble wall confines the energy causing a rise in temperature. ... First title page, November 4, 1869 Nature is one of the oldest and most reputable scientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869. ...

March 7, 2006

• JAXA announces it has successfully contacted the Hayabusa spacecraft, located close to the asteroid 25143 Itokawa. (AP/YahooNews)
• A storm, designated Oval BA, in the cloudy atmosphere of Jupiter has strengthened and turned red. It is now nicknamed Red Jr since it resembles the Great Red Spot storm, which has been observed for centuries. (BBC)

March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) is Japans national aerospace agency. ... Hayabusa (はやぶさ - peregrine falcon) is an unmanned space mission led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to collect a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa (dimensions 540 meters by 270 meters by 210 meters) and return the sample to Earth for analysis. ... An Ariane 5 expendable launch vehicle lifts off with the Rosetta spacecraft on March 2, 2004. ... An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... 25143 Itokawa is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid. ... The cloud pattern on Jupiter is the visible system of coloured cloud tops in the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter, remarkable for its stability. ... Adjective Jovian Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 70 kPa Hydrogen ~86% Helium ~14% Methane 0. ... The Great Red Spot as seen from Voyager 1 in 1979. ...

March 6, 2006

• For the first time, NASA scientists publish a prediction of the next sunspot cycle. It estimates the new cycle to start between late 2007 and early 2008, and to be about 30 to 50 % stronger than the cycle that just ended, which peaked in 2001. (AP/YahooNews)

March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NASA logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... 20 years of solar irradiance data from satellites Solar variations are fluctuations in the amount of energy emitted by the Sun. ...

March 4, 2006

• The companies Research In Motion and NTP agree on a settlement in their highly publicized patent dispute. (Reuters)

March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Research In Motion Limited (RIM. TSX: RIM, NASDAQ: RIMM) is a Canadian wireless device company. ... NTP, Inc. ... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or composition of matter (substance) (known as an invention) which is new, inventive, and...

March 3, 2006

• The WMO announces the detection of the onset of a La Nina event in the Pacific Ocean. (Reuters/YahooNews)
• The government of Peru announces it will sue Yale University to recover artefacts taken from the Machu Picchu site. (BBC)

March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 187 Member States and Territories. ... Chart of ocean surface temperature anomaly [°C] during the last strong El Niño in December 1997 ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) is a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon. ... Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... I archaeology, an artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human culture, and often one later recovered by some archaeological endeavor. ... View of Machu Picchu Machu Picchu (Quechua: Old Mountain; sometimes called the Lost City of the Incas) is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located on a high mountain ridge, at an elevation of about 2,350 m (7,710 ft). ...

March 2, 2006

• The Dawn spacecraft mission slated to visit two minor planets is cancelled by NASA. (SpaceRef.com)

March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dawn spacecraft, powered by ion thrusters The Dawn Mission is a NASA unmanned space mission that will send an orbiting space probe to examine the asteroids Ceres and Vesta. ... Minor planets, or planetoids are minor bodies of the Solar system orbiting the Sun (or of other planetary systems orbiting other stars) that are larger than meteoroids (the largest of which might be taken to be around 10 meters or so across) but smaller than major planets (Mercury having a... NASA logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

March 1, 2006

• The asteroid 2004 VD₁₇ is upgraded to level two on the Torino Scale and becomes the highest rated known space object on that scale. (SpaceRef.com)
• An attempt to launch Arabsat 4A into orbit fails, when the final booster stage does not work properly. Russian mission engineers are investigating the cause for the mishap. (AP/YahooNews)
• The Royal Society of Chemistry opens its archive of journal articles to users in Africa for free. (BBC)

March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... 2004 VD17 (also written 2004 VD17) is a near-Earth asteroid with a low but non-zero probability of impacting Earth in 2102. ... The Torino Scale is a method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets. ... A booster in space-related applications is usually a solid rocket booster: a solid fuel rocket of which two or more are attached to the main rocket to provide the main thrust in the initial phase of the rockets flight. ... Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of advancing the chemical sciences. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ...

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(For earlier science and technology events, see October 2004 and preceding months) See also: Other events of 2006 List of years in science . ... January 4, 2006 Astronomers announce new data on Plutos moon Charon obtained during an occultation of a star in July 2005. ... 2006 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December February 28, 2006 Scientists at the Hubble space telescope publish the largest and most detailed image they have yet produced. ... See also: Other events of 2005 List of years in science . ... Featured articles Tsunami. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Todays featured article Tsunami. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Todays featured article Tsunami. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in April • 22 – Philip Morrison Events Hannover Messe Fair, April 11-15 Technology-Innovation-Automation NAB2005 Convention in Las Vegas Worlds Largest Electronic Media Show Robonexus 2005 in Silicon Valley Related pages • 2005 in science... Todays featured article • Tsunami Deaths in May • None entered Other recent deaths Ongoing events • None entered Upcoming events • None entered Related pages • 2005 in science • 2004 in science • 2003 in science • 2002 in science • 2001 in science Other Years in Sci Tech May 20, 2005 South Korean scientists led... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Todays featured article • Technetium Deaths in June • June 20: Charles D. Keeling • June 20: Jack Kilby Other recent deaths Events • 2005 Atlantic hurricane season • 2005 Pacific hurricane season • 46th Paris Air Show: June 13-19 Related... Todays featured article • Technetium Deaths in July • None entered Other recent deaths Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic hurricane season • 2005 Pacific hurricane season Upcoming events • None entered Related pages • 2005 in science • 2004 in science • 2003 in science • 2002 in science • 2001 in science Other Years in Sci Tech July... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Todays featured article • Technetium Deaths in August • August 21: Robert A. Moog • August 17: John N. Bahcall Other recent deaths Events • August 9: Landing of STS-114 • August 12: Launch of MRO spacecraft • 2005 Atlantic hurricane... Todays featured article • Technetium Deaths in September • None entered Other recent deaths Events • None entered Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic hurricane season • 2005 Pacific hurricane season Upcoming events • None entered Related pages • 2005 in science • 2004 in science • 2003 in science • 2002 in science • 2001 in science Other Years in... Todays featured article • Technetium Deaths in October Other recent deaths Events • None entered Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic hurricane season • 2005 Pacific hurricane season Upcoming events • October 13: Launch of Shenzhou VI Related pages • 2005 in science • 2004 in science • 2003 in science • 2002 in science • 2001 in science Other... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Todays featured article • Technetium Deaths in November • 16 - Henry Taube Other recent deaths Events • 9: Launch of Venus Express • 19: First Hayabusa touchdown • 26: Second Hayabusa touchdown and sample collection • 2005 Atlantic hurricane season • 2005 Pacific... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → December 31, 2005 A leap second is added to UTC at midnight GMT to keep clocks worldwide synchronized with the Earths rotation. ... See also: Other events of 2004 List of years in science . ... Science and technology news. ... Featured articles Hydrogen car. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: October 2004 in sports Deaths in October • 29 HRH Princess Alice • 25 John Peel • 24 James Cardinal Hickey • 23 Robert Merrill • 19 Paul Nitze • 18 K. M. Veerappan • 16 Pierre Salinger • 10 Christopher Reeve • 9...

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