24/7 Space News
May 6, 2004
Paid Links
psychologist therapist rehabilitation treatment center

North Korea Set To Test New Missile Engines: Report
Seoul (AFP) May 6, 2004
The United States has stepped up surveillance over North Korea as the Stalinist country is set to test engines for a ballistic missile capable of hitting US territory, a newspaper reported here Thursday. North Korea has restored facilities for missile engine testing destroyed by an explosion in December 2002, the JoongAng newspaper said, citing South Korean diplomatic and defense sources.

SUBSCRIBE TO SPACEDAILY NEWSLETTER
SubscribeUnsubscribe
  
Bringing Space Home, When Your Mission Depends On It
SPACE NEWS WIRE
Study May Cast Doubt On Some 1996 Evidence Of Past Life On Mars
Houston TX (SPX) May 06, 2004
The scientific debate over whether a meteorite contains evidence of past life on Mars continues to intensify, with colleagues of the team that announced the possibility in 1996 revealing new findings that may cast doubt on some of that earlier work.

Spirit Back On Station With Communication Problem Solved
Pasadena (JPL) May 05, 2004
Mission control at JPL for NASA's Mars Exporation Rovers reported Wednesday that the previous days communication problems have been resolved. Further details are expected to be provided during this Thursday's morning press briefing that will be broadcast via NASA TV.
JFK, Bush Space Plans Similar
 Washington (UPI) May 05, 2004
More than four decades ago, on May 5, 1961, a Navy commander squeezed into a spaceship seat the size of a bathtub and was blasted into outer space for a history-making trip. American astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. spent a scant 15 minutes in flight aboard his Mercury capsule, Freedom 7, but it was enough to electrify a nation.

Space: A Job For Man Or Machine?
Moffett Field (SPX) May 04, 2004
What martian scenery will greet the first human visitor? Chaikin noted that "Mars is a geological wonder, with canyons as long as the continental United States. With big volcanoes, sucha as the largest in our solar system--Olympus--which towers three times higher than Mount Everest."

LockMart Considers EELVs For Plan Bush
 Washington (SPX) May 05, 2004
John Karas, Lockheed Martin vice president for Space Exploration, said today that incremental, evolutionary development of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) family that began in the 1960s is a vital lesson that can yield important dividends well into the future.
Ultrafast Quantum Computing A Step Closer To A Superposition Dot
New York (UPI) May 06, 2004
New transistors possess microscopic parts capable of quantum computing, a potentially revolutionary property that governments and organizations worldwide are competing to acquire.

It's Time For Hubble-2
Honolulu - May 5, 2004
There are a lot of issues to debate right now about the future of space flight, and we Space Cadets are debating them furiously among ourselves.
Saturn All Up By Cassini One Last Time

Stunning Desktop Available
  • 1200 x 800   1024 x 768
  • 1280 x 1024   800 x 600
  • NASA image
  • Boulder - Apr 30, 2004
    Saturn and its rings fill the field of view of Cassini's narrow angle camera in this natural color image taken March 27. This is the last single 'eyeful' of Saturn and its rings with the narrow angle camera on approach to Saturn.

    NASA Genesis Spacecraft On Final Lap Toward Home
    Pasadena CA (SPX) May 06, 2004
    NASA's Genesis spacecraft flew past Earth on Saturday in a loop that puts it on track for home � and a dramatic mid-air recovery Sept. 8. The Genesis mission was launched in August of 2001 to capture samples from the storehouse of 99-percent of all the material in our solar system � the Sun.

    Life In The Universe Could Be Just About Everywhere
    Denver CO (UPI) May 06, 2004
    The chemistry that underlies life on Earth is abundant throughout the universe -- in comets, in the interstellar medium, in the atmospheres of planets, in the outer solar system bodies and in living organisms, an astrophysicist told United Press International.
    YESTERDAY'S SPACEDAILY HEADLINES
  • Sea Launch Company Puts DirecTV Satellite Into Orbit
  • Spirit Encounters New Communication Problem
  • It's Time For Hubble-2
  • Going Mobile Beyond LEO
  • Lockheed Martin Wins Big NASA "Plain Old IT" Contract
  • China's Fastest Computer To Serve Beijing Olympic Games
  • China, Germany Look To High-Tech To Deepen Economic Ties
  • Global Chip Sector Tipped To Grow Faster In 2004 On Robust Demand
  • ESA's Miniature Earth Observer Put To Many Uses
  • Laser Technique Used To Build Micro-Polymeric Structure On A Human Hair
  • Researchers Identify Key Immune Factors Associated With Sars
  • Boeing Acquires UAV Developer Frontier Systems Inc.
  • J-UCAS X-45A Destroys Target
  • DARPA Pursuing A Mobile Energy Recovery System For The Battlefield
  • Air Force Research Lab Contracts SAIC For Space Radar Study
  • Northrop Adds New Capabilities To Multi-Service ISR Systems Family
  • Pentagon Plans Test of Atmospheric Dispersion
  • Experts Play Out Nuclear Attack Scenario On NATO
  • China Inks Deal To Build Second Nuclear Plant In Pakistan
  • Showcase Unit Outlines Difficulty Of Russian Armed Forces Reform
  • US Troop Level To Stay At 138,000: Pentagon
  • Thousands Homeless After Strong Earthquake In China
  • North Korea Facing New Flood Disaster Due To Farming Practices: WFP
  • Sakhalin Energy Puts Off Pipeline Construction To Preserve Whales
  • Monkey Returns Home To Africa After Five Years In Chains In Singapore
  • China's Space Transportation System And Moon Probe Timetable
  • Endurance Crater Rocks With Opportunities
  • Interview With Beagle 2 PI Colin Pillinger
  • DARPA Selects Contractors For Self-Regenerative Systems Program
  • Arianespace: Back In The Black
  • The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2004 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement