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The loss of the Contour comet probe will soon put the investigative spotlight on the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland as a NASA appointed panel seeks to find out what went wrong with the $180 million probe as it fired its main engine to leave Earth orbit on August 15.
Moffett Field - Aug 26, 2002Researchers from NASA and other institutions have developed an atmospheric model lending insights to decades-old mysteries surrounding Saturn's moon Titan that could shed light on the chemical processes that may have jump-started life on Earth.
Tucson - Aug 26, 2002From an ecological perspective, cities are stressed out. Urban trees struggle to stay alive as they contend with concrete-encrusted roots and the pounding of automobile traffic. Normal water flows are redirected under buildings and roads into concrete channels. Habitats are severely fragmented and energy and nutrient cycles are disrupted. Ocean Depths Critical To Sequestering Co2 
Livermore - Aug 26, 2002Researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have determined that the depth of an injection of carbon dioxide into the deep ocean is a good predictor of how effective that location is at sequestering carbon away from the atmosphere. From Steel Foundry To Microgravity Glove Boxes 
Huntsville - Aug 26, 2002 As a young woman, Sharon Cobb was fascinated as she watched molten metal become huge steel shapes at the foundry where her father worked. Today, she is the lead scientist developing an important facility for studying materials in the world's only space-based laboratory � the International Space Station. Learning To Deep Drill On Earth 
Morgantown - Aug 26, 2002"Deeper" and "smarter" will likely be the watchwords of America's natural gas industry in the coming years. Already, more than 70 percent of gas produced in the continental United States comes from wells deeper than 5,000 feet. Natural-Born Killers Enlisted In Battle To Defeat Anthrax 
New York - Aug 26, 2002Researchers at The Rockefeller University have hit upon a promising method for rapidly and effectively treating people infected with the deadly anthrax bacterium - including feared drug-resistant strains. Satellites Show Overall Increases In Antarctic Sea Ice Cover 
Greenbelt - Aug 26, 2002While recent studies have shown that on the whole Arctic sea ice has decreased since the late 1970s, satellite records of sea ice around Antarctica reveal an overall increase in the southern hemisphere ice over the same period. Discovery Could Bring Widespread Uses For 'Nanocrystals' 
West Lafayette - Aug 26, 2002Researchers at Purdue University have made a surprising discovery that could open up numerous applications for metal "nanocrystals," or tiny crystals that are often harder, stronger and more wear resistant than the same materials in bulk form.
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Moffett Field - Aug 26, 2002  Scientists preparing for NASA's next Mars mission, the twin Mars Exploration Rovers scheduled for launch in June and July 2003, are now able to view more than 44,000 high-resolution images of Mars collected by the Mars Global Surveyor. Some show detail at less than three meters per pixel.Bugs Can Grow Martian Air Pressure Levels Fayetteville - Aug 26, 2002  Using a unique device known as the Andromeda Chamber to simulate conditions found on Mars, University of Arkansas researchers discovered that certain microorganisms called methanogens could grow at low pressures.The Spirit of Mars Scottsdale - August 26, 2002  For nearly a century Mars has been the blue screen onto which we project, in scientific speculation as well as literature, two powerful concepts: the West and the Other. Looking at the sequence of imagined Marses (see the previous edition of this column, "Barsoom's Legacy), we the evolution of American hopes and fears. In turn, these projections continue to shape the meaning of Mars for us.NASA's Kennedy Space Center: Old, Worn Out And Cash Starved Washington (AFP) Aug 22, 2002  Modern and cutting edge in the 1960s, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the home of the US space program, is showing its age -- and as it slows, so does the space program, with NASA having to postpone launches because of failing equipment, which, in many cases, dates back to the Apollo program on the 1960s.Atlantis Launch Pushed Back To October 2 Washington (AFP) Aug 23, 2002  NASA announced Thursday it was postponing the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis to October 2 to allow engineers more time to repair the two crawler transporters that move shuttles to their launchpad. Earlier this month NASA engineers found cracks in the bearings of the two aging crawler transporters, giant flatbed vehicles with tractor-like treads.
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