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Aug 16, 2002
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 Aug 16, 2002
Hyshot Program Secures Place In Flight History
scramjet on a slab |
Brisbane - Aug 16, 2002
University of Queensland researchers today (August 16) claimed success for the world's first flight test of supersonic combustion, the process used in an air-breathing supersonic ramjet engine, known as a scramjet. "Our honest understanding from preliminary data is that the experiment worked," said international HyShot program leader Dr Allan Paull, of UQ's Centre for Hypersonics. "We received data for the full length of the 10-minute flight. All indications are that supersonic combustion occurred. We'll now be submitting the results to international peer review."
Comet Mission Missing In Orbit
Contour has spent 25 days in orbit waiting for a final burn to leave Earth orbit and head into deep space. |
Laurel - Aug 15, 2002
Mission operators are looking for a signal from Contour, several hours after a scheduled maneuver to send the spacecraft from Earth's orbit onto a path to encounter multiple comets. Contour's STAR 30 solid-propellant rocket motor was programmed to ignite at 4:49 a.m. EDT and deliver 1,920 meter-per-second boost which Contour needed to escape Earth's orbit. At about 140 miles (225 kilometers) above the Indian Ocean, the spacecraft was too low for NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) antennas to track it at the scheduled time of the burn.
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Space Tech And Textiles
Paris - Aug 12, 2002
Earlier this month ESA's Technology Transfer Network met with 72 representatives of 53 European and Canadian textile companies in Lille, France. The idea -- to brainstorm how technology developed for space could improve textiles, fibre products, clothes and textile manufacturing equipment.
Variability In West Antarctic Ice Streams Normal
University Park - Aug 12, 2002
Variability in the speed of the ice streams along the Siple Coast of West Antarctica is not an indication the ice sheet is stabilizing, but rather, that capriciousness in the ice streams, their rates and the location of the grounding line is normal and will continue to occur, according to Penn State geoscientists.
Chemist Seeks To Make Outer Space Events Easy To Predict
Morgantown - Aug 12, 2002
A West Virginia University chemist and five other researchers have taken a quantum leap in predicting the orbits of celestial bodies, research that could one day help scientists accurately foretell if an asteroid or comet is headed for Earth.
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China Prepares Shenzhou-4 For Final Test Flight In December
Beijing - Aug 15, 2002
 China's Shenzhou spacecraft engineers and researchers recently conducted airdrop tests of its descent subsystem in preparation for what is expected to be the last unmanned Shenzhou test mission, Shenzhou-4, later this year - that one official hinted would take place in December according to reports last week in the Chinese language publication China Space News.
SLI Explores Flyback Booster Possibilities
Huntsville - Aug 12, 2002
 The Space Launch Initiative's Propulsion Office recently began a study to determine jet engine requirements to power several flyback booster concepts for a second generation reusable launch vehicle.
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