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Hubble Supernova 1987A Has Another BurstBaltimore - Feb 20, 2004 
Since its launch in 1990, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has watched a celestial drama unfold at a stellar demolition site. A shock wave unleashed during a stellar explosion, called Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), has been racing toward a ring of matter encircling the blast site. Astronomers used Hubble to monitor the ring for signs of the impending bombardment. |
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Opportunity Examines Trench As Spirit Prepares To Dig One
Pasadena - Feb 20, 2004By inspecting the sides and floor of a hole it dug on Mars, NASA's Opportunity rover is finding some things it did not see beforehand, including round pebbles that are shiny and soil so fine-grained that the rover's microscope can't make out individual particles. Was Mars Born Bone Dry 
Moffett Field - Feb 18, 2004The MER rovers Spirit and Opportunity, now traveling on the surface of Mars, are exploring a geography drier than the driest desert on Earth. Despite the polar ice caps and suspected pockets of liquid water beneath the martian surface, the amount of water on Mars is but a teaspoon compared to the vast watery reserves of Earth. Why is Mars so dry? Can People Go To Mars 
Huntsville - Feb 19, 2004"It's a question of radiation," says Frank Cucinotta of NASA's Space Radiation Health Project at the Johnson Space Center. "We know how much radiation is out there, waiting for us between Earth and Mars, but we're not sure how the human body is going to react to it." |
Should The Space Shuttle Be Grounded Forever? Honolulu - Feb 19, 2004 
Yes, believe it or not, it's now 19 February 2004 - a date NASA once chiseled in stone as when US Core Complete would be achieved. The CAIB harshly criticized NASA for adopting a rigid schedule for Shuttle launches that took no account of the harsh technical reality that the Shuttle is too complex and fragile to ever keep to a rigid schedule writes Jeffrey F. Bell.Entrepreneurs Lift Off With ESA's Business Incubator 
Paris - Feb 18, 2004European entrepreneurs with innovative ideas now have help in getting their businesses started, thanks to a recent ESA initiative called the European Space Incubator. Its goal is to stimulate and promote new venturing as a means to transfer space technology or use space systems in non-space markets. |
Department of Energy Unveils 20-Year Vision For The Future Of Basic Research
Washington - Feb 16, 2004The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science has unveiled its Strategic Plan, which charts a course for science over the next two decades that promises dramatic increases in knowledge and scientific achievements. |
New Tools Could Enable Practical Home Fiber-Optic Lines
Seattle - Feb 16, 2004A Cornell University researcher is developing techniques for making photonic microchips -- in which streams of electrons are replaced by beams of light -- including ways to guide and bend light in air or a vacuum, to switch a beam of light on and off and to connect nanophotonic chips to optical fiber. |
Raytheon Brings Joint Common Missile Production To Huntsville
Waltham - Feb 16, 2004Raytheon Company plans to increase its workforce in Huntsville, Ala., with manufacturing work if awarded the contract for the Joint Common Missile (JCM) program later this year. MiniSAR Will Aid Reconnaissance And Precision-Guided Weapons 
Albuquerque - Feb 19, 2004Within a year the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories will be flying the smallest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ever to be used for reconnaissance on near-model-airplane-sized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and eventually on precision-guided weapons and space applications. |
Lockheed Martin Receives $505 Million for PAC-3 Missile Production
Dallas - Feb 20, 2004Lockheed Martin has received production contracts totaling $505 million for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missiles and related support equipment. The battle- proven PAC-3 Missile is currently the world's only fielded hit-to-kill, pure kinetic energy air defense missile. Rugged PDA Line-up Tool for Mission Critical VSAT Communications 
Washington - Feb 18, 2004IntegraSys has announced a new military version for its Satellite Terminal Line-up Tool based on Itronix rugged PDA model Q100, specifically built to operate under demanding environmental conditions in the battle field. |
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