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June 22, 2005

• ESA announces that the MARSIS radar experiment on board the Mars Express Orbiter is operational. (YahooNews/AFP) (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050622/sc_afp/spaceeuropemars/nc:2117)

June 21, 2005

• The first specifically designed solar sail craft, Cosmos 1, a joint private project between Planetary Society, Cosmos Studios and the Russian Academy of Science, is launched from a Russian submarine. The rocket, however, fails 83 seconds after the launch and the chance of mission failure is "significant". (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4110912.stm) (SBS) (http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=114306&region=3)

June 20, 2005

• The BLAST telescope lands safely in the Canadian arctic after four days of taking data, while held aloft by a balloon. (CBSNews) (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/20/tech/main703077.shtml)

June 18, 2005

• The supply craft Progress docks at the International Space Station, after cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev takes over control of the spacecraft. (spaceflightnow) (http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0506/18progress18p/)

June 16, 2005

• ESA announces that the deployment of the second MARSIS boom on the Mars Express Orbiter was a full success. (ESA) (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMT1T1DU8E_index_0.html)
• IBM and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne are working on a computer model of the brain, creating a 3-D simulation of the Neocortex. (CNN Money) (http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/06/technology/ibm_brain.reut/index.htm?section=cnn_tech)

June 15, 2005

• The second MARSIS antenna boom of the Mars Express Orbiter is being deployed. Mission engineers are evaluating the success of this operation. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4096102.stm)
• The space shuttle Discovery returns to the launch pad in Cape Canaveral for a planned launch on July 13. (YahooNews/AP) (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050615/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle)

June 14, 2005

• An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 strikes about 80 miles (130 kilometers) off the coast of northern California on Tuesday night, briefly prompting a tsunami warning along the Pacific coast but with no immediate reports of damages or injuries. (AP) (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-06-14-california-quake_x.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclude=Juno)

June 13, 2005

• A 7.9 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Andes mountains, Chile, killing at least eight persons and injuring several others. (Yahoo News) (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050614/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/chile_quake;_ylt=Avj5b7GYI2xwNMqzre7ReFis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2NzN0azRvBHNlYwN3bA--) (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4090388.stm)
• Astronomers announce the discovery of the smallest exoplanet, yet, with about 7.5 times Earth's mass. It orbits the star Gliese 876, where two Jupiter-like planets were previously detected. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4089534.stm)
• Red Hat releases Fedora Core 4. (ZDNet) (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5744512.html)

June 10, 2005

• Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta was awarded the World Food Prize for his development of low-cost fish farming techniques. World Food Prize (http://www.worldfoodprize.org/Laureates/05Laureate/index.htm)

June 9, 2005

• Tinkerers and innovators have devised a way to link useful data graphically using Google Maps. Vital information such as crime statistics, gas prices, dark alleyways, housing prices, and potentially much more could be displayed as pinpoints on a Google Map. Efforts to improve the technology are currently underway. (CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/06/09/google.map.hacks.ap/index.html)
• The first Atlantic Tropical storm of the 2005 season develops south of Cuba. (CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/06/09/tropical.depression.ap/index.html) (CBSnews) (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/09/tech/main700662.shtml)

June 8, 2005

• The Mars Express Orbiter detects an aurora on Mars. (spaceflightnow) (http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0506/08marsaurora)

June 6, 2005

• Debian GNU/Linux: Version 3.1, codenamed sarge, is released. (Press release) (http://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050606)
• Apple Computer announces they will change the processors for their Macintosh computer lineup from IBM PowerPCs to Intel-made CPUs. (Ziff Davis) (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-5733756.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed) (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4612951.stm)

June 4, 2005

• After 5 weeks of slow progress Mars Rover Opportunity is freed from the sand dune that it got stuck in in April. (CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/05/mars.rover.ap/index.html)

June 3, 2005

• Scientists claim they have sequenced the DNA of an extinct cave bear. It was extracted from the remains of animals that died about 40,000 years ago in Austria. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4602739.stm)

June 1, 2005

• A new type of sauropod has been discovered with a short, stubby neck. Unlike all other known sauropods, whose long necks could get up to four times the length of their backs, Brachytrachelopan's neck was shorter than its backbone. This species was also unable to lift its neck and head above horizontal. (National Geographic) (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0601_050601_stubby_dino.html)
• Astronomers announce the results of the most detailed simulation of the evolution of the Universe, using supercomputers, called the Millennium Run. (BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4600981.stm)
• A JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft of the Swedish Air Force's Blekinge Air Force Wing (F 17) crashes over Hanö Bay in the Baltic Sea during a military exercise. The pilot, having ejected and been taken to hospital by rescue helicopter, is not seriously hurt, according to military spokespersons. (The Local) (http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=1527&date=20050601)

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