The space shuttle Discovery successfully docked with the International Space Station today, after carrying out an unprecedented back-flip to allow the crew members to photograph the shuttle's heat shield.

The maneuver followed a decision by NASA on Wednesday to suspend further flights of the space shuttle fleet after determining that a large piece of insulating foam had broken off the external fuel tank of the Discovery shortly after liftoff on Tuesday morning, the same problem that doomed the Columbia and its seven astronauts in the last mission, two and a half years ago.

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NASA Suspending Shuttle Program Over Foam Debris

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - 25 July 2005 - Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT), a global leader in wireless communications and mobility, has expanded its strategic focus to bring comprehensive WiMAX (802.16e) solutions quickly to market to fulfill the rapidly growing demand for fixed and mobile wireless broadband solutions. The initiative includes a combination of increased R&D, resources, and technology relationships; and the introduction of the Moto Wi4 product portfolio that will take operators to the 4th generation of mobile wireless networks.

It sorta sounds like they're talking about a pure IP cell network.

Motorola WiMax/4G

SCHAUMBURG, IL., 26 July 2005 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced that it is joining forces with Cisco Systems to deliver a seamless enterprise mobility solution that will include Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN) Internet Protocol (IP) telephony and cellular phone technologies. By blending key features and benefits of mobile cellular, 802.11 wireless and enterprise fixed networks, the Motorola-Cisco solution will provide a single mobile communications device that bridges the physical and virtual-office environments to enable anytime, anywhere communications for mobile business professionals.

About bloody time!

Motorola and Cisco Announce Cell/WiFi Roaming

The federal government announced yesterday it has developed an improved genetic method to supersize supermarket trout.

Government Plans to Supersize Trout

The six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis opened here today with the top American negotiator stating that the United States recognized the sovereignty of the North Korean government as a "matter of fact" and had "absolutely no intention" of launching a military attack against the Stalinist regime.

Apparently, someone in the administration finally got a clue that their old tactic wasn't working too well...

U.S. Reassures North Korea at Opening of 6-Party Talks

The Discovery was launched today as planned at 10:39, embarking on the first shuttle journey since the loss of Columbia and its crew of seven astronauts over Texas on Feb. 1, 2003.

Shuttle Launches as Planned, Starting 12-Day Journey in Space

Here's a challenge for you: Using only what you can find lying around your house, put together an experiment to test a question in science that's never been answered.

Researchers have dreamed up some ingenious experiments using odds and ends onboard the International Space Station

The House overwhelmingly endorsed President Bush's vision of sending people back to the Moon and eventually to Mars as it passed a bill on Friday to set NASA policy for the next two years.

House's NASA Bill Embraces Bush Plan - New York Times

Yet in a twist emblematic of the companies' shifting prospects, Sony has increasingly been looking to Samsung to revive its sagging fortunes. Samsung, long seen as a low-end electronics maker, is now being courted by Sony for its manufacturing prowess and innovative technology.

Samsung and Sony, the Clashing Titans, Try Teamwork

Like an increasingly creaky baby boomer who can still run a marathon, the space shuttle is a delicate organism that can do miraculous things. But as the Discovery prepares to lift off Tuesday morning on the first shuttle mission since the loss of the Columbia two and a half years ago, it is clearly feeling its age.

Not much news here. Everyone cross your fingers tomorrow.

High Tech in the 70's, Shuttles Feel Their Age