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YESTERDAY'S SPACE
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Tucson - Apr 11, 2003Our Milky Way galaxy will produce about one new star this year. But other nearby galaxies will pump out hundreds of new stars, while other nearby galaxies gave birth to their last star about 10 billion years ago. To help answer why this might be so, astronomers will use the Space Infrared Telescope Facility that is scheduled for launch next Friday, April 18, aboard a Delta 2 from Cape Canaveral. |
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How Far Can A Dentist's Drill Go?
Paris (ESA) Apr 11, 2003When ESA's Mars Express reaches the Red Planet in December 2003, there will be a drill on board its Beagle 2 lander. This drill will dig into the surface to take samples of the Martian rocks. Who would imagine that the creativity of an enthusiastic dentist is behind a 'cosmic' drill? Pluto-Kuiper Mission Moves Ahead 
Laurel - Apr 11, 2003The solar system's farthest known planetary outpost is closer to getting its first visitor. This week, NASA authorized The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Southwest Research Institute and their partners to start full development of the first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. |
It's A Nova, It's A Supernova, No It's A Hypernova
Ann Arbor - Apr 08, 2003Two billion years ago, in a far-away galaxy, a giant star exploded, releasing almost unbelievable amounts of energy as it collapsed to a black hole. The light from that explosion finally reached Earth at 6:37 a.m. EST on March 29, igniting a frenzy of activity among astronomers worldwide. This phenomenon has been called a hypernova, playing on the name of the supernova events that mark the violent end of massive stars. Orbital Switchboard Celebrates 20 Years Of Service 
Greenbelt - Apr 08, 2003NASA's original Tracking and Data Relay Satellite launched from Space Shuttle Challenger in April 1983, went from almost being "lost in space," to a remarkable example of the agency's 'can do, never quit' attitude as TDRS-1 celebrated 20 years of outstanding service and 'firsts.' on April 4. |
Hunter UAV Scores Direct Hit With Viper Strike Munition
Huntsville - Apr 11, 2003The U.S. Army's new Viper Strike precision munition, supplied by Northrop Grumman Corporation and dispensed from its Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), scored seven direct hits in nine attempts against targets in demonstrations conducted March 29 and 30. Targets ranged from compact pickup trucks to multiple rocket and missile launchers to a counter measured tank. ILS Signs New Contract with Eutelsat for Proton Launch 
McLean - Apr 11, 2003International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat SA have signed a contract for launching the W3A satellite on a Proton rocket. First European Node For ISS Passes Acceptance Review 
Paris (ESA) Apr 11, 2003Node 2 will be formally delivered to the European Space Agency by ASI, the Italian Space Agency in mid-May 2003. Last week the first activity related to that delivery, the Acceptance Review, was successfully conducted at the Alenia Spazio facility in Turin, with the participation of ESA, ASI and NASA. |
Galileo Discovers Amalthea Rocks
Pasadena - Apr 11, 2003NASA's Galileo spacecraft serendipitously discovered seven to nine space rocks near Jupiter's inner moon Amalthea when Galileo flew past that moon five months ago. NASA Scientists To Drill For New, Exotic Life Near Acidic Spanish River 
Moffett Field - Apr 11, 2003NASA scientists will visit Spain April 10 through 12 to search for drilling sites where later this fall they plan to look for exotic life forms that may live underground near the Rio Tinto, a river in southwestern Spain. Beyond Buck and Wernher 
Scottsdale - Apr 08, 2003Space advocacy began a long lifetime ago, in the Depression-era rocket societies. Rather than progressing since those days, we seem trapped in them, endlessly assembling handfuls of local enthusiasts and dreaming of co-opting powerful financial or political patrons, writes John Carter McKnight. To abandon old 1930s Buck Rogers dreams and Wernher von Braun tactics for a spacefaring 21st Century, we need new projects and methods of leadership. |
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