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Houston - May 06, 2003On Tuesday, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) released their working scenario. At this stage the Board has not reached any final conclusions and has not determined the cause of the loss of the shuttle and crew. The board's final report will be issued later this summer. |
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GAO Reviews US Military Space
Washington - May 07, 2003The US Federal Government Accounting Office has undertaken a major review of US military activities in space. The review recommends that DOD develop a national security space strategic plan tied to overall department goals and performance measures; establish a strategic approach for space human capital; and designate a department-level entity to provide space program oversight and assess progress. Northrop Grumman Signs For Initial Solid State Laser Development 
Redondo Beach - May 07, 2003Northrop Grumman's Space Technology sector has received a U.S. Air Force contract for the first phase of a three-year program to develop the Strategic Illuminator Laser, or SILL -- a four-kilowatt-class, solid-state, pulsed laser with excellent beam quality. |
Northrop Grumman Given Approval To Design, Build X-47B Navy UCAV Demonstrators
El Segundo - May 07, 2003The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems sector an undefinitized contract modification worth up to $160 million to produce and demonstrate a minimum of two full-scale X-47B unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAV). Decision Agent Offers Secure Messaging At Pentagon 
Woodland Hills - May 07, 2003Northrop Grumman went live at the Pentagon April 1 with the secure organizational messaging services of the "Decision Agent" following several months of installation and testing by the company's California Microwave Systems business unit. |
Uncertainties In Satellite Data Hamper Detection Of Global Warming
Livermore - May 07, 2003Using a new analysis of satellite temperature measurements, scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have determined that uncertainties in satellite data are a significant factor in studies attempting to detect human effects on climate. Scientists To Probe Giant Storm Clusters Across Mid-Western States 
Arlington - May 07, 2003From the air and the ground, scientists this spring and summer will examine some of the world's largest thunderstorm complexes, behemoths that can spread hurricane-force wind and torrential rain for hundreds of miles across the U.S. Midwest. GALEX Unfurls Deep Time Mission 
Pasadena - May 07, 2003NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer successfully opened its telescope cover Tuesday at 4:32 am EDT. The cover deployment sequence involved the heating of a thermal actuator, which melted a wax pellet, opening a mechanical pin, which in turn released the cover. |
Photosynthesis In The Abyss
Moffett Field - May 07, 2003Deep-sea hydrothermal vents, with their black smokers, six-foot red tube worms and strange pale crabs and clams have become common features of biology textbooks, mainstream magazines, newspapers and TV nature shows. Explaining Thirty Years Of Fudge 
Sacramento - May 06, 2003After decades of NASA officials and its congressional supporters asserting on the public record that the shuttle can do this and that for X amount of money, the whole sordid truth is starting to come out as veterans of the manned space program give evidence to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board about what really happened decades ago when the key decisions were made. |
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