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Mission controllers said Sunday they have not given up on the missing US CONTOUR space probe in spite of indications it may have been destroyed when it tried to fire its engines. Telescope images showing two objects traveling along a path close to CONTOUR's trajectory mean controllers "know where to look now," said Robert Farquhar, CONTOUR mission director at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Yorktown Heights - August 8, 2002IBM and Nion Co. researchers have developed innovative technology to peer deep inside materials and view atoms interacting in different environments at a resolution never before possible. With computer-chip features shrinking to atomic scales, this breakthrough addresses scientists' urgent need to see more clearly the details of materials used in manufacturing semiconductors. One Small Step .. But Only On An Hospitable Planet! 
Paris - Aug 19, 2002Around the world, there is renewed interest in sending a manned mission to other planets in our Solar System. What conditions await future astronauts? Space science provides many clues. Bringing Space Technology Back Down To Earth 
Paris - Aug 19, 2002New uses for smart materials drew much interest last month at the Farnborough International Air Show 2002, for a range of applications from astronauts' gloves to kids' braces. Satellites Track Major Changes In Ocean's Food Chain 
Suitland - Aug 19, 2002Since the early 1980s, ocean phytoplankton concentrations that drive the marine food chain have declined substantially in many areas of open water in Northern oceans, according to a comparison of two datasets taken from satellites. Asian Climatic Future Very Hazy 
London - Aug 19, 2002A vast blanket of pollution stretching across South Asia is damaging agriculture, modifying rainfall patterns including those of the mighty Monsoon and putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk a new study suggests.
Greenbelt - Aug 19, 2002New NASA land cover maps are providing scientists with the most refined global picture ever produced of the distribution of Earth's ecosystems and land use patterns. High-quality land cover maps aid scientists and policy makers involved in natural resource management and a range of research and global monitoring objectives. Envisat's Night Eye Supports Icebound Ship Rescue In Antarctica 
Paris - Aug 19, 2002A German supply vessel and its crew are stuck in Antarctica until October after severe winds and ice fields 7 metres high forced an Argentinian rescue ship to retreat. A radar image from ESA's Envisat is helping the icebreaker plot its route to safety. Aeroflex Offers 16Bit Radhard Microcontroller 
Colorado Springs - Aug 19, 2002Aeroflex UTMC has introduced the industry's first radiation-hardened version of the MCS-96 compatible 16-bit MicroController, the UT80CRH196KD, in 1997. The UT80CRH196KD was guaranteed to 100Krads(Si) with an Onset LET threshold of 14.4MeV-cm2/mg and has a proven track record for space applications ranging from LEO to GEO orbits. Hyshot Program Secures Place In Flight History 
Brisbane - Aug 16, 2002University 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.
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Cape Canaveral - Aug. 16, 2002  The first Atlas V launch vehicle, designated AV-001, stands ready to make history next Wednesday (Aug. 21) for International Launch Services (ILS), Lockheed Martin Corp. and the U.S. space launch industry.The Spacefaring Web: Barsoom's Legacy Scottsdale - Aug 19, 2002  For many space cadets both young and old, their life long fascination with space began with the pulp fiction of writers from the mid 20th century who helped create world's of inspiration. Many of these authors went far beyond the thin plot lines of rescuing space princesses to encompass complex social and political issues that for some people, made science fiction the only relevant form of fiction in the modern age.Batting Them Out Of The Sky Huntsville - Aug 19, 2002  The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corporation's Land Combat Systems business unit have announced the successful deployment of a recoverable Pre-Planned Product Improved (P3I) Bat submunition at White Sands Missile Range,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. |
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