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YESTERDAY'S SPACE
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 Mars Scientists Blown Away As Opportunity Shows Its Colors
Scientists received the first color pictures of the Martian surface from the rover Opportunity on Monday, as engineers worked to bring its ailing twin back to health. Opportunity bounced to a stop on Mars at 0505 GMT Sunday inside a small crater in an area known as the Meridiani Planum. British scientists said meanwhile that renewed attempts over the weekend had failed to establish contact with the Beagle 2 probe, which was supposed to have landed Xmas Day but has not been heard from. |
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Smart-1 Ready For Payload Commissioning
Paris - Jan 27, 2004The spacecraft is now in its 194th orbit, in good status and with all functions performing nominally. As in previous weeks, the ion drive has only generated thrust around the perigee point to fine-tune the altitude of the apogee point. This strategy has produced a noticeable increase in apogee height, see plot below, which is necessary to minimize the duration of eclipse periods that will occur during March. SwRI Goes Suborbital In Search Of Mercury And The "Vulcanoids" 
Boulder - Jan 27, 2004A new major scientific payload flew in space last week after launching aboard a NASA suborbital Black Brant rocket. The payload, consisting of a telescope/spectrometer combination and an image-intensified imaging system, successfully explored the ultraviolet spectrum of the planet Mercury and also searched for the long-sought belt of small bodies called "Vulcanoids." |
A Colorful Life In The Outer Planets
Baltimore - Jan 27, 2004Atmospheric features on Uranus and Neptune are revealed in images taken with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. A wider view of Uranus reveals the planet's faint rings and several of its satellites. The observations were taken in August 2003. 
Bethesda - Jan 27, 2004Marco Polo. Alexander the Great. They were some of history's most prolific explorers, each trekking across sweeping stretches of Europe and Asia in their lifetimes. But these greats of world history have nothing on you, thanks to a new topographic data set from NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. |
Pasadena (JPL) Jan 27, 2004Busy as she has been with work, JPL's Dr. Joy Crisp, project scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, found time a few weeks ago to do a little shopping. The new necklace she bought is a simple string of dark grey beads and wasn't expensive. What makes it significant is that it is made of specular hematite, which for Mars scientists like Crisp may prove to be more special than diamonds. Bush Speech Opens Door: The Future Is Up To Us 
Pasadena - Jan 27, 2004On January 14, President George Bush gave a speech at NASA headquarters outlining a new strategic orientation for the American space agency. While some of the initial ideas for implementing the new space policy can and should be substantially improved upon, the policy overall clearly represents a significant and long-overdue step in the right direction for the American space program. |
Pasadena (JPL) Jan 27, 2004During the second day on Mars for NASA's Opportunity rover, key science instruments passed health tests and the rover made important steps in communicating directly with Earth. Opportunity Bounces Down On To Mars Marking Back to Back Success
Pasadena - Jan 25, 2004Opportunity, the second of two roving US Mars probes, transmitted its first images of the Martian surface Sunday as NASA scientists tried to resurrect its crippled twin. |
India and Brazil Sign Agreement for Cooperation in Space
Bangalore - Jan 27, 2004India and Brazil signed a Framework Agreement Jan 25, 200 in New Delhi for cooperation in the field of outer space. The agreement was signed Mr Yashwant Sinha, India's Minister of External Affairs, and Celso Amorim, Brazil's Minister of External Relations NASA Connects To Everyday Life 
Washington - Jan 21, 2004You probably used a mouse to click your way to this Web page. But you probably don't know the NASA connection. |
Maxwell Makes Rover Chips Extra Hardy For Martian Hotzone
San Diego - Jan 27, 2004Radiation mitigation technologies developed by Maxwell Technologies were able to expand the menu of components available for use on the Mars Rovers by making commercial semiconductors suitable for use in space. Northrop Grumman Software Helps Design USAF Upper-Stage Engine 
Redondo Beach - Jan 27, 2004Northrop Grumman has won a contract to develop the critical first step for a new upper-stage rocket engine designed to eventually succeed the RL-10 that has helped lift spacecraft into orbit for nearly 40 years. |
Spot Image Developing Automatic Orthoimage Production System
Paris - Jan 21, 2004Spot Image and the French Space Agency have define a detailed design of an integrated system for automatic production of orthoimages with two development contracts signed with industry partners. |
NASA Scientists Use Yeast To Understand Microgravity
Moffett Field - Jan 27, 2004NASA scientists will study brewers yeast --typically used to make bread and beer -- to better understand how microgravity affects genes, and gain insight into the genetic basis of how humans respond to microgravity. |
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