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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.