Did A Rain Of Cosmic Particles Destroy Dino World Bonn - June 5, 2002 A shower of matter from space millions of years ago could have led to drastic changes in the Earth's climate, followed by the extinction of life on a massive scale, which also killed off the dinosaurs. This at least is a theory put forward by scientists from the University of Bonn.
Environmental Change And Global Security Stanford - Jun 4, 2002 Hijackings, bioterrorist attacks and suicide bombings aren't the only human-induced threats to global security. Climate change, dwindling resources and the unintentional spread of microbial pests also have the potential to cause political destabilization, according to former university president Donald Kennedy, now editor-in-chief of the journal Science.
Sea Launch Sails For June 15 Launch Long Beach June 4, 2002 The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Sea Launch Home Port, for the launch of the Galaxy IIIC satellite for PanAmSat Corporation. Liftoff is scheduled for June 15, in a 44-minute launch window that opens at 3:39 pm PDT (10:39 pm GMT).
Boeing 702 Satellite Set To Launch With New Solar Array Design Seal Beach - June 4, 2002 The June 15 launch of Galaxy IIIC, a Boeing-built 702 satellite, will be the seventh in the Boeing 702 series and will be the first Boeing 702 to carry Boeing's latest in solar array technology.
Io Surface Captured in Full Motion Albuquerque -June 3, 2002 The highest resolution infrared global images ever taken of Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, are now available from the W.M. Keck Observatory and UC Berkeley in a unique animated movie and 3D Java applet. The images provide a complete survey of Io's surface during one full rotation and demonstrate the power of adaptive optics, enabling astronomers to study phenomena from the Earth that previously could be studied only from space.
Space Station Using GPS In Attitude Control Houston - Jun 05, 2002 The Global Positioning System, used in a wide variety of applications on Earth, is performing a new task in space. It is determining the attitude, position and speed of the International Space Station.
Odyssey Completes All Hardware Deployment Pasadena - June 4, 2002 Flight controllers for NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft completed the last major technical milestone today in support of the science mission by unfurling the boom that holds the gamma ray spectrometer sensor head instrument.
Early Defense Microsat Reenters Boulder - Jun 05, 2002 DARPASAT, a microsatellite built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and launched in 1994, recently re-entered the atmosphere after more than eight years in orbit.
Northrop Grumman To Study Space-Based Radar Antenna Technology Baltimore - June 5, 2002 Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to investigate innovative concepts for lightweight, space-based, deployable radar antennas designed to address the tactical tracking of ground moving targets.
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