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April 22, 2002
ROCKET SCIENCE
Faster, Better, Cheaper Coatings For Hot And Dangerous Work

A Titan 4 demonstrates the power of material science
University Park - Apr 21, 2002
 Solar powered rocket engines, heat exchangers, space and missile propulsion systems, hot gas valves -- even hip joint replacements -- could benefit from a coating technology shown to be many times faster and at least 50 percent cheaper than other options by Penn State Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) materials scientists.
  • Robot Ship "Jules Verne" Set To Head Into Space
  • Doing Maintenance Work Seven Billion Miles From The Office
  • New Breed Of Auxiliary Propulsion Being Tested
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    LAUNCH PAD
    Titan 2 Destacked For Other Launch
     Vandenberg AFB - Apr 21, 2002
     After numerous problems with a Titan II rocket carrying a military weather satellite, and with another Titan II launch fast approaching, the 2nd Space Launch Squadron decided to take an unprecedented route.
  • Boeing Announces Delta IV Heavy Launch Assignment
  • SeaLaunch Awaits Powerful New PanAmSat Bird For May Launch
  • Russia Launches Molnya Rocket With Military Satellite

    • EARTH ORBIT
    NASA Axes Orbital Debris Office
     Los Angeles - Apr 21, 2002
     Budget overruns are prompting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to end its 23-year-old Orbital Debris Program Office on Oct. 1, space agency officials admitted on Friday, even though orbital debris is acknowledged as a serious problem for the space shuttle, International Space Station and satellites in low-Earth orbit. full story at UPI
  • Missile Defense Will Increase Orbital Debris Count

    • EARTH OBSERVATION
    Changing Antarctica Viewed By NASA Satellite
     Los Angeles - Apr 21, 2002
     NASA instruments flying on the Terra satellite have observed the calving of an iceberg and the breakup of an ice shelf in Antarctica, roughly 2,100 kilometers (1,300 miles) from one another. Last month, a large crack developed in the Thwaites Tongue, a large sheet of glacial ice that extends from the West Antarctica mainland into the southern Amundsen Sea.
  • World First In Satellite-Based Monitoring Of Large Lake Areas
  • India Takes Stock With Swedish Fresh Air Monitor
  • Civilian EO Birds Help Plan Afghanistan Attacks
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    TERRADAILY
    Research Team Says "Recent" Warming Trend Is Global
     Ann Arbor - Apr 21, 2002
     A team of Michigan and Canadian researchers has found that over the past half-century, the rocks of Earth's continental crust have warmed significantly, similar to the warming of the oceans, atmosphere and ice reported by other investigators last year.
  • Climate Monitoring Goes Mobile
  • Fresh Water Supplies Will Be Critical Issue For Earth This Century
  • Islands Threatened By Deepening El Nino Tides
  • West Coast Earthquakes Ongoing

    • MARSDAILY
    Greenhouse For A Red Planet
      Washington - Apr 21, 2002
     Discovery channel partner SpaceRef Interactive has donated an experimental greenhouse to the SETI Institute's Center for the Study of Life in the Universe. The donation will support research activities on Devon Island, Nunavut, in the Canadian high Arctic, conducted under the auspices of the NASA Haughton-Mars Project that is developing research concepts for the human exploration of Mars.
  • Building A Case For Life On Mars
  • The Beagle Will Land
  • Odyssey's Begins Posting Daily Images

    • CYBERWAR
    Defending The Data
     Fayetteville - Apr 21, 2002
     War is being waged around the globe, but the target is neither people nor buildings -- it is data. Stored in networked computers, huge databases enable everything from business transactions to military operations, medical research and Internet browsing. But in information warfare adversaries attack these databases and modify or delete data. The damage can range from loss of money to loss of lives.
    VSAT NEWS
    Inauguration of Karnataka Telemedicine Project
     Bangalore - Apr 21, 2002
     The Karnataka Telemedicine Project was inaugurated earlier this month by Shri S M Krishna, Chief Minister of Karnataka at a function organised at Narayana Hrudayalaya, Hosur Road, Bangalore.
  • PanAmSat Brings VSAT Internet To Upper Amazon
  • Gilat Does $200 Million Euro Deal To Sell Internet Via VSAT

    • SPACEMART
    Eutelsat's Increases Hispasat Investment To 27%
     Paris - April 21, 2002
     Eutelsat S.A. has increased its stake in Hispasat to 27.69 per cent from 21.15 per cent, thereby reinforcing its position as a key strategic shareholder in Spain's national satellite operator.
  • The Outer Space and Moon Treaties and the Coming Moon Rush
  • An International Market Place For Space Technology
  • France And Chile Sign Space Cooperation Agreement

    • TECH SPACE
  • MDA Awarded $18 Million To Support Station Robots
  • Thinner More Flexible Silicon Panels
  • Getting Power From The Moon
  • Preparing For The Venus Express

    • TRW WATCH
  • Northrop Grumman Increases Offer For TRW To $53; Expires May 3
  • DOJ Wants More Data On Northrop Grumman's Plan To Buy TRW
  • Northrop Grumman Optimistic TRW Will Share Non-Public Info

    • SPACEWAR
  • Titan Wins Contract To Simulate Missile Threat
  • Milstar 2 Team Cut On Orbit Costs
  • Military SatComms System Delivered To German Armed Forces
  • Harris To Supply Additional Antenna Payloads For Gapfiller Birds

    • EXO WORLDS
  • Evidence For Young Planets Found In Dusty Orbit About Close Star
  • Flares Illuminate The Secret Life Of A Quiescent Black Hole
  • Where Are The Other Earths Beyond The Solar System?

    • DRAGON SPACE
  • Shenzhou-5 May Carry Out First Chinese Manned Mission
  • China To Put Man In Space Within Two Years
  • Shenzhou: Half Way There - Analysis by Morris Jones

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    OPINION SPACE
  • Can Aurora Become Europe's New Age Of Planetary Discovery
  • Microspace Vs. Terror

    • EARLY EARTH
  • Atlanta Puts Life In The Spotlight
  • Meteorites Tell Of Shocking Experience
  • All Alone A Million Years Ago

    • GPS NEWS
  • Aeroastro Leverages Globalstar To Build Low-Cost Asset Tracker
  • Nomad Helps Keep Defense Personal
  • Europe Approves Rival GPS Network

    • UAV NEWS
  • US Air Force Moves Ahead With Production Of Global Hawks
  • Spy Drone Crashes While On Patrol In Southern Philippines
  • Pegasus Prepares For First Flight

    • SPACE.WIRE