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Paris - Feb 10, 2002A sad event that should have been a celebration will this week underscore the fears of many that 2003 is turning out to be an annus horribilis for space exploration. The European Space Agency will stage the last launch of an Ariane-4, the reliable, versatile rocket that has made a great contribution to the satellite industry and provided the backbone of ESA's success. After more 23 years of service and for the 116th time, this workhorse of space will lift off on Wednesday from the agency's launchpad in French Guiana, carrying a 4.7-tonne Intelsat communications satellite. |
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Military Radar Saw Unidentified Object Near Shuttle Columbia
Houston - Feb 9, 2003Military radar picked up images of a small object still of unknown origin near the shuttle Columbia on the second day of its fatal mission, a NASA spokesman said Sunday. "It's only raw data coming in. We don't know whether it was a space debris that passed by the space shuttle or something that came off from the shuttle," Bill Jeffs said at Houston's Johnson Space Center. New Battery Could Power World's Smallest Devices 
Los Angeles - Feb 10, 2003Though many people have never heard of them, the emerging realm of micro-scale devices -- called micro electro mechanical systems, or MEMS -- could completely change the medical, automotive and aerospace industries, except for one thing. No battery yet exists that will provide long-lasting power and still fit inside devices smaller than the width of a human hair. Sea Floor Hot Springs As Teeming With Valuable Minerals And Microbes 
New Brunswick - Feb 10, 2003With only about 5 percent of the sea floor explored in detail, a picture is emerging of a vast system of natural undersea dynamos, fueled by hot springs, that produce not only valuable mineral deposits, but habitats for unique, heat-loving organisms that can provide materials for products ranging from detergents to pharmaceuticals. New Research Integrates Microfluidics With Nanotechnology 
San Jose - Feb 10, 2003Cutting edge research is setting the stage for the practical deployment of carbon nanotubes as flow sensors. Studies drawing on both electrokinetic phenomena and slip boundary conditions are offering in-depth understanding of microfluid flow in restricted microchannels. DARPA To Demonstrate Synthetic Aperture Ladar For Tactical Imaging 
Baltimore - Feb 10, 2003Northrop Grumman Corporation's Systems Development and Technology (SD&T) Division has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design, build and conduct a proof-of-concept airborne demonstration of a synthetic aperture ladar sensor that generates high-resolution two- and three-dimensional imagery. |
Planetary Scientists Welcome President's FY04 Budget Washington - Feb 07, 2003 
The Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society has welcomed the President's FY04 budget proposal and its vision towards implementing the recommendations made by the Decadal Survey Report issued in 2002 by DPS. The new initiative for a Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter will enable the Europa science studies that were given the highest priority in the Decadal Survey Report, along with a Pluto Kuiper mission which has also won funding support under the President's budget proposal and which is now expected to launch by 2006.Old Satellites May Gain New Voice 
Paris (ESA) Feb 06, 2003ESA engineers are proposing a technique to enable a digital satellite radio service for European drivers - without the need to launch a single new satellite into orbit. ESA Backs Interactivity For Consumers Via Satellite 
Paris (ESA) Feb 06, 2003The European Space Agency (ESA) has joined forces with a team led by SES Astra (Lux) on a SATMODE development contract totalling EUR 49 million. SATMODE is a satellite return link system providing 'always-on' connectivity between digital TV set top boxes -- the interactive version of commercial satellite TV receivers -- and content providers. |
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