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March 27, 2002
DRAGON SPACE
Shenzhou 3 Orbiting Smoothly:
Landing Maybe Saturday

The Shenzhou 3 Dashboard up on the big screen at the Aerospace Command and Control Center in Beijing
Beijing - Mar 27, 2001
 Scientists at the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center said Wednesday that China's unmanned spacecraft was orbiting smoothly, state media reported. The Shenzhou III (Divine Vessel III), launched on Monday from the northwestern province of Gansu, is the third unmanned test flight in China's fledgling space program. Sui Qisheng, a leading scientist at the center, said the spacecraft had orbited earth 30 times by 7:00 pm (1100 GMT) Wednesday, Xinhua reported.

GPS NEWS
Europe Approves Rival GPS Network
 Brussels - Mar 26, 2001
 EU transport ministers agreed unanimously Tuesday to go ahead with the Galileo satellite navigation program, which will operate alongside the American GPS system from 2008. Sources said the 15 transport ministers took less than 30 minutes to reach their decision. They also agreed that Galileo's headquarters would be in Brussels.
  • EU Dismisses US opposition to Europe's Rival GPS
  • US steps up offensive against European rival to GPS
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    SPACEMART
    TRW Offer Boosted And Rejected
     Los Angeles (AFP) Mar 26, 2002
     Northrop Grumman, the defense giant engaged in a hostile bid for TRW, said Tuesday it was prepared to boost its six billion dollar bid if TRW could show that a higher bid "is warranted." But TRW rejected the approach, calling it "nothing new."
  • Africa Can Lift Itself Out Of Poverty, ICT Entrepreneur Says
  • France Telecom Sells SatTV Stakes Following Record Loss
  • DirecTV Powers Ahead With New Subscribers
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    TECH SPACE
    Smarter Ground Based Exo Planet Methods
     Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2002
     To see a dim planet around a bright star is like looking for a candle flame next to a searchlight. To solve this problem, scientists have developed the concept of nulling interferometry, one of the smartest methods to date in the search for extrasolar planets.
  • Scientists Say "Grace" In Bid To Divine Water
  • Robotic Eye Will Save Millions Automating Drill Core Sampling
  • Scientists Do First DNA Field Tests on Antarctic Microbes

    • EARTH OBSERVATION
    Deep Southern Ocean Losing Oxygen
     Sydney - Mar 18, 2002
     The depths of the Southern Ocean are slowly being starved of oxygen, Australian climate scientists have found.
  • ESA Kicks Off Global Action Plan
  • Taiwan To Receive Chinese Weather Sat Data
  • Global Observations Tools Key To Understanding Earth's Climate

    • MISSILE DEFENSE
    LockMart To Study Big Target Rocket Concepts
     Sunnyvale - March 27, 2002
     Lockheed Martin has been awarded a four-month, $600,000 contract by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command to study the development of a flexible family of reliable, target launch vehicle concepts to support the US missile defense program.
  • US Army Tests Research Missile BAT
  • Pac-3 Missile Defense Scores Successful Intercepts
  • Wolfowitz Says Missile Defense Shows "Impressive Success"
  • US Might Buy Russian Missiles

    • SPACEWAR
    Stratos To Provide US Govt Agencies Global SatComm Support
     Bethesda - Mar 26, 2002
     Stratos, a leading global provider of remote communication solutions and services, today announced that it has been selected by ADC International, LLC, a provider of complete satellite communications solutions, as a subcontractor for their Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) contract.
  • China Hails Own Strategic Nuclear Missile Force
  • Boeing To Update GPS 2F Satellites

    • EARLY EARTH
    Meteorites Tell Of Shocking Experience In Planetary Formation
      Washington - Mar 27, 2002
     The search for Earths around other stars is one of the most pressing questions in astrophysics today. To home in on what conditions are necessary for Earth-like bodies to form, however, scientists must first solve the mystery of how our own Earth arose.
  • All Alone A Million Years Ago
  • "Columbia" Once Ruled Earth
  • Global Warming Helped Early Mammals Arise

    • TERRADAILY
    Riverways Create As Much Pollution As Highways
     Newark - Mar 19, 2002
     Large riverside cities like Portland, St. Louis, Nashville and New Orleans should look beyond road traffic to an important but usually overlooked source of air pollution � river traffic.
  • Growing More Food With Less Water Critical
  • Earth Kills 250,000 People A Year
  • Predicting Evolution's Next Step

    • NUKEWARS
  • Chill Settles Over US-China Relations
  • US 'Deadly Serious' About Iraq Not Acquiring Nukes
  • China Hails Own Strategic Nuclear Missile Force
  • Russia Lays To Rest The Last Sailors From The Kursk

    • CIVIL NUCLEAR
  • Greens Miffed With Jospin Over Nuclear Energy
  • Sweden Wrestles With Nuclear Phase-Out
  • Russia Awash In Nuclear Leftovers

    • SPACEART
  • Bright Comet Graces Northern Skys
  • A Near-Infrared View of Uranus, Its Ring system, and Two Satellites
  • A Bow Shock Near A Young Star

    • EL NINO WATCH
  • Wind Shift Fans El Nino
  • The Cost Of El Nino
  • El Nino Awakens

    • NANO TECH
  • Flexible Ceramics At The NanoScale
  • Growing Nanowires By The Branch
  • New World Of Nanoelectronics May Arrive Soon

    • EXO WORLDS
  • Life Buried Deep Beneath the Ocean Floor
  • World's Purest Water Can Be Explored Without Contamination
  • Exploring Lake Vostok Without Destroying It

    • ROCKET SCIENCE
  • Atlas 5 Rolled Out For Pad Tests
  • Unexpected Explosion Keeps Pakhomov "Waiting"
  • Ion Engines Slowly But Surely Salvage Artemis

    • SPACE.WIRE