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NASA to make "significant" announcement on Mars mission![]() NASA said it will make a "significant" announcement on Tuesday from its landmark Mars mission. "Significant findings from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, now exploring Meridiani Planum on Mars, will be announced at a press briefing Tuesday," said space agency spokesman Don Savage. Mars Sunset Clip Tells Dusty Tale ![]() Dust gradually obscures the Sun during a blue-sky martian sunset seen in a sequence of newly processed frames from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. "It's inspirational and beautiful, but there's good science in there, too," said Cornell's Jim Bell and lead scientist for the Rovers' panoramic cameras. Shenzhou 6 May Spend A Week In Orbit ![]() Shenzhou VI, China's second manned space flight to be launched next year, is scheduled to fly five to seven days, says Wang Yongzhi, chief designer of China's manned space program. |
Ariane 5 Launches Rosetta On 10 Year Journey To Comet Landing![]() A European rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, Friday at the start of a 10-year mission to explore a comet, one of the most ambitious and costliest projects in the history of space exploration, a live television feed from the launch base showed. My Shuttle's In The Shop ![]() Flying into space puts huges stresses on the Shuttle orbiters. So every few years, each orbiter goes through a routine but invasive series of inspections and special tests called the Orbiter Maintenance Down Period (OMDP). "It's basically an overhaul of the whole vehicle," said Stephanie Stilson, NASA vehicle manager for Discovery. NASA Planning Steps To Moon, Mars And Beyond Washington (UPI) Mar 01, 2004 ![]() |
Lunar Convoys As An Option For A Return To The Moon![]() The scientific community now believes there is water on the Moon. To some, this suggests a grand opportunity, and so it can be. However, the Moon's water, if there, is thought to be located near the poles, in deep, permanently-shadowed craters, as ice that is possibly buried, or at least mixed with lunar regolith writes William H. Knuth. China Launches Lunar Probe Project ![]() Luan Enjie, director of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), has been appointed chief commander of China's project to launch a lunar probe satellite, sources with the administration said Friday. |
Paleontology Museum Launches New Web Site On Evolution![]() The debut this month of a new University of California, Berkeley, Web site devoted to evolution provides a much-needed resource for teachers as schools across the nation are being challenged to kick evolution out of the classroom or pair it with instruction in non-scientific alternatives, such as "intelligent design." Biosphere Under the Glass ![]() The $150 million Biosphere 2 first opened in 1991 as a massive closed system that would last for 100 years of testing nature, technology and human endurance. |
How Many Satellites Are Enough![]() Bethesda - Mar 01, 2004 The satellite industry has experienced many profound changes over the last decade: the expansion of the Direct-To-Home television market, the rise and fall of the low Earth orbit telecommunications systems, and the development of the Internet as a source of demand, to name just a few. |
Quantum Dots Deliver Photons One At A Time![]() A National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientist has demonstrated efficient production of single photons---the smallest pulses of light---at the highest temperatures reported for the photon source used. |
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