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Sept 9, 2002
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 Sept 9, 2002
Space Proves Its Mettle As Emerging Battlefield
Nellis AFB - Sep 09, 2002
A recently concluded exercise has proven that space is rapidly improving all aspects of the battlefield operations, said the commander of last month's 11-day Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2002 . The exercise, a massive experiment in improving and refining those aspects, was centered at Nellis. It was the Air Force component of Millennium Challenge 2002, a joint warfighting experiment mandated by Congress and sponsored by U.S. Joint Forces Command.
TaikoBots Will Ride Shenzhou-4
The SZ-3 mission TakioBot getting strapped in before launch. Xinhua |
Beijing - Sep 6, 2002
When the two test dummies blast off into space on Shenzhou-4 (SZ-4) later this year or early next year, they will continue the role of their predecessors in the testing of the critical life protection and related subsystems on the manned spacecraft.
Astronaut Tests 'Virtual Glovebox' For Space Experiments
Moffett Field - Sept 2, 2002
This week, a NASA astronaut will 'test drive' a new 'virtual glovebox,' performing simple scientific manipulations in simulated microgravity.
Australia To Help Ease Deep Space Traffic Jam As Missions Ramp Up
Parkes - Sep 09, 2002
When six spacecraft besiege Mars in early 2004, CSIRO will help NASA catch as much data from them as possible.
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Doing It By The Atoms
Madison - Sep 09, 2002
In 1959, physics icon Richard Feynman, in a characteristic back-of-the-envelope calculation, predicted that all the words written in the history of the world could be contained in a cube of material one two-hundredths of an inch wide - provided those words were written with atoms.
Navigate Via The Web With The SisNet Receiver
Paris - Sep 09, 2002
Knowing your precise position anytime via the internet is now possible thanks to the Signal in Space through Internet (SisNet) technology developed by the European Space Agency.
Aurora Flight Sciences To Help Tool Up For Global Hawk Production
San Diego - Sept 2, 2002
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems sector, prime contractor for the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance system, has awarded two contracts to Aurora Flight Sciences for fabrication of the Global Hawk V-tails, aft fuselages, nacelles, fairings and for new tooling to be used in the fabrication of the composite hardware.
Tiny Smart Dust Particles Capable Of Detecting Bioterrorist And Chemical Agents
San Diego - Sep 09, 2002
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed dust-sized chips of silicon that allow them to rapidly and remotely detect a variety of biological and chemical agents, including substances that a terrorist might dissolve in drinking water or spray into the atmosphere.
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Livermore Chemist Dates First Objects To Form In The Solar System
Livermore - Sep 09, 2002
 A geochemist from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, teaming with researchers from the Royal Ontario Museum, the University of Hawaii and Moscow State University, has accurately dated Calcium Aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs), the oldest objects in our solar system, to be 4.57 billion years old.
Protecting A World Online
David - Sep 09, 2002
 The Internet and computer networks are now an essential part of most people's lives, yet remain exposed to attacks by hackers. Researchers at the University of California, Davis', Computer Security Laboratory are hard at work to protect these vulnerable networks and the functions they provide, from government services and corporate records to e-mail and e-commerce.
Mayo Clinic Surgeons Direct Robotic 'Hands' To Perform Surgery
Rochester - Sep 09, 2002
 For the first time, surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., can perform complex, yet minimally invasive surgery by directing robotic "hands" to assist in delicate surgery.
NASA Selects Team Leaders For New In-Space Propulsion Project
Washington - Sep 02, 2002
 In the future, NASA's fleet of robotic spacecraft might cruise among the planets like sailboats in space, or perhaps they will be propelled from planet to planet by advanced ion engines.
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