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July 31, 2002
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 July 31, 2002
Whitefish Wraps Multiple EO Snaps Into One Map
Bozeman - Jul 31, 2002
Like piecing a jigsaw puzzle together, Digital Images Made Easy (DIMETM), a new software product developed and marketed by Positive Systems, Inc., of Whitefish, Mont., can integrate a series of aerial or satellite snapshots into a single panoramic image, providing a cost-effective and time-saving new tool for urban and rural resource managers and planners.
Aussie Rocket Scientists Fly Successful ScramJet Test
Woomera - Jul 30, 2002
Rocket scientists from the University of Queensland are feeling confident they have achieved a world first with today's successful test flight of a fully configured supersonic combustion engine commonly refered to as a scramjet.
NASA Center To Train Students In UAV Science Applications
Moffett Field - Jul 31, 2002
NASA and Clark University are developing a system to train students to plan and conduct missions by remotely controlled aircraft capable of taking aerial images of natural disasters, crops and even of Mars and other planets.
Indian Untouchable Rockets To Presidential Heights
New Delhi (IPS) Jul 29, 2002
When the son of a boatman who once sold newspapers at a railway station was installed as India's president last week, it was yet another sign that social mobility does work in this democracy of billion-plus people.
Leave The Bugs At Home Please
Paris - Jul 31, 2002
When packing for a trip towards another planet, there are some things, such as microorganisms, that you do not want to include in your 'luggage'. For example, what if extraterrestial life is finally detected on Mars, and scientists realise afterwards that such life is actually terrestrial?
Work Starts On Assembling Beagle 2
London - Jul 31, 2002
A joint UK and European mission to find evidence of life on Mars took another giant leap forward this week when engineers started assembling the Beagle 2 lander.
World Communication Introduces Portable Comms Unit For Planes
Chandler, - Jul 29, 2002
World Communication Center (WCC) has introducing a worldwide, portable, satellite communication system designed specifically for general aviation aircraft. By tapping into the Iridium Satellite Network, WCC can provide real-time voice or data service to any aircraft, anywhere in the world, day or night.
Senate Looks To The Future Via Pluto
Los Angles - Jul 26, 2002
 Perhaps the single most significant chapter in the long-running saga of the possible 2006 US probe to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt has just been completed with a key Senate Subcommittee voting to fully fund the Pluto mission in the next NASA budget.
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Beware Of Buses From Deep Space
Sydney - Jul 31, 2002
 There was a flurry of interest by TV news studios and newspapers last week when it was realised there was a slight risk that a space rock, designated 2002 NT7, some two kilometres across might hit the Earth in 2019. As expected, by the end of the week additional observations had pinned down the orbit sufficiently for astronomers to rule out any possibility of an impact in 2019.
Asteroid Flyby Of Earth August 18
Huntsville - Jul 31, 2002
 A big space rock will soon come so close to Earth that sky watchers can see it through binoculars. But relax, there's no danger of a collision, but it will be close enough to see through binoculars: a big space rock, not far from Earth.
Boeing And Cargolifter To Explore Stratospheric Airship Concepts
St. Louis - July 30, 2002
 Boeing and CargoLifter AG have signed a contract to jointly explore stratospheric airship concepts. The contract, which provides for a detailed study of lighter-than- air stratospheric platforms, will enable Boeing and CargoLifter to coordinate efforts to bid as airship system suppliers for current and future programs.
Getting A Better Local Understanding With Globalstar
San Jose - Jul 31, 2002
 Micro space products developer AeroAstro has teamed with constellation operator Globalstar to successfully demonstrate a new, very low cost simplex modem that can be used for remote sensing and tracking by satellite.
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