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June 25, 2002
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 June 25, 2002
Columbia Delayed For Urgent Check On Engine Cracks
KSC - Jun 24, 2002
NASA announced Monday that it is pushing back the space shuttle Columbia's launch date by several weeks after small cracks in the main propulsion system were found in other shuttles. The launch was slated for July 19, but the delay will enable engineers to closely examine Columbia's propulsion system to see if there are cracks similar to those found in the Atlantis and Discovery shuttles..
Titan 2 Lofts NOAA Bird
Sunnyvale - June 24, 2002
A Titan 2 has launched NOAA-M, the latest US weather satellite, into a polar orbit. Launch was at 11:23am PST (1823 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Iridium Deploys Two More Spares
Arlington - Jun 25, 2002
Iridium Satellite now has two spare birds on orbits following last week's successful launch from Russian's Plesetsk Cosmodrome onboard a Rockot launch vehicle.
Boeing Picks Melco For Next-Gen Internet Antenna
Tokyo - Jun 25, 2002
Connexion by Boeing today announced the selection of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation to design and produce the next-generation antenna for the Boeing business unit's high- speed data and Internet service.
Gilat Dominating Indian VSAT Market
Petah Tikva - June 18, 2002
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has expanded its business operations in India to the point of being India's leading VSAT provider. According to the May 2002 issue of India's Voice & Data magazine, Gilat captured nearly 70 percent of the market for Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) VSATs for the period April 2001 through March 2002.
The Role Of Science In A World Made Vulnerable By Terrorism
Washington - Jun 25, 2002
The nation is ill-prepared for a terrorist assault on its information systems, and lacks the public health structure necessary to address a major attack of bioterrorism, according to a report published recently by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Down Into The San Andreas Fault
Parkfield - Jun 25, 2002
In Parkfield, California you can walk up to a ranch fence and see how it has become crooked over time by the movement of the San Andreas fault (SAF).
Bringing Astronomy Into Sharper Focus
Cambridge - Jun 25, 2002
Scientists from the University of Cambridge's Astrophysics Group have today (21 June 2002) announced a collaboration with teams based in New Mexico, Puerto Rico and at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC to design, install and operate a novel type of astronomical telescope for ultra-high angular resolution observations of stars, galaxies and quasars.
Aqua Said To Be Alive And Well
Greenbelt - Jun 25, 2002
NASA's newest Earth Observing System satellite, Aqua, is successfully providing data and engineering images. After more than six weeks on-orbit, the spacecraft and its six instruments are almost midway through their checkout period and are performing extremely well.
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EU And ESA Need Closer Working Relations
Paris (ESA) Jun 25, 2002
 In Edinburgh in November 2001, Mr Romano Prodi became the first European Commission president to attend an ESA ministerial Council meeting, the forum where Europe's major space programmes are decided.
Give Up And Sell Pleads Northrop Grumman As TRW Offer Extended
Los Angeles - June 24, 2002
 Northrop Grumman Corporation announced Monday that it has extended the expiration of its pending exchange offer for all outstanding shares of common and preferred stock of TRW Inc. (NYSE: TRW) from June 21, 2002, to Friday, June 28, 2002, at midnight EDT.
USAF Helps Boosts Starcraft With Research Contract For RLV Booster
Houston - June 25, 2002
 Starcraft Boosters, Inc. (SBI) said Monday that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL-Kirtland AFB) to explore innovative technologies and approaches that address Small Launch Vehicle (SLV) responsiveness and affordability.
Sun-Like Star, Dust Eclipse Offers Clues to Origins of Our Sol
Middletown - Jun 25, 2002
 Astronomers say they discovered that a sun-like star is being eclipsed in a way never before seen -- not by another star, planet or moon, but by dust grains, rocks and maybe even asteroids orbiting it in a clumpy circumstellar disk.
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