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Congress Warms To New Space Plan
by Frank SietzenWashington (UPI) Apr 06, 2004 In the 1983 movie, "The Right Stuff," astronaut Gordo Cooper points toward a space capsule and asks a NASA scientist, "Do you know what makes this bird go up?" Cooper answers his own question: "Funding makes this bird go up!" At which point, astronaut Gus Grissom chimes in: "No bucks? No 'Buck Rogers!'" SOHO Sees Its 750th Comet 
Paris - Apr 07, 2004On 22 March 2004, the ESA/NASA SOHO solar observatory spacecraft discovered its 750th comet since its launch in December 1995. SOHO comet 750 was discovered by the German amateur astronomer Sebastian H�nig, one of the most successful SOHO comet-hunters. It was a part of the Kreutz family of 'sungrazing' comets, which usually evaporate in the hot solar atmosphere. |
Spirit of Success At 90 Sols
Pasadena - Apr 06, 2004Spirit woke up on sol 91, which ended at 6:38 p.m. PDT on April 5, 2004, as if it were any other martian day, but this one was special. Finishing 90 sols of surface operations since landing day marked completion of the last of the official success criteria for Spirit's prime mission. US Broadband Market Reaches Critical Mass 
Scottsdale AZ - Apr 07, 2004With close to 27 million U.S. business and residential subscribers at the end of 2003, broadband is now clearly a mainstream service, reports In-Stat/MDR. |
Titan Casts Revealing Shadow
Cambridge MA - Apr 06, 2004A rare celestial event was captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory as Titan -- Saturn's largest moon and the only moon in the Solar System with a thick atmosphere -- crossed in front of the X-ray bright Crab Nebula. The X-ray shadow cast by Titan allowed astronomers to make the first X-ray measurement of the extent of its atmosphere. Einstein's Theory To Get Field Tested 
Cambridge MA - Apr 06, 2004When NASA's Gravity Probe B (GP-B) satellite launches on April 17th, it will begin a rigorous test of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The result will either support or challenge one of the fundamental tenets of modern physics. |
Environmentally Friendly Nano Devices Inspired By Ancient Greeks
Warwick - Apr 07, 2004A new generation of materials inspired by the ancient Greeks have been developed by scientists for use in miniaturised devices. The materials are robust, flexible films with perforations on the nano scale and have nano coatings. They are environmentally safe and will enable ultra-fast optoelectronic communication. Pentagon Seeks Looser Pollution Controls 
Washington (UPI) Apr 06, 2004The Pentagon Wednesday asked Congress for relief from environmental laws like the Clean Air Act that it says threaten all 525 military training ranges in the United States. |
NASA Spacecraft Locks The Vault On Its Sapphire, Diamond Payload
Pasadena - Apr 06, 2004Since October 2001 NASA's Genesis spacecraft has exposed specially designed, collector arrays of sapphire, silicon, gold and diamond to the sun's solar wind. That collection of pristine particles of the sun came to an end last week, when NASA's Genesis team at JPL ordered the spacecraft's collectors deactivated and stowed. Water Molecules Clump More Loosely Than Previously Thought 
Stanford - Apr 07, 2004The physicist of antiquity called it one of nature's fundamental elements; third-graders know its chemical formula; and all known forms of life need it to exist. Yet what water really is - at least in its liquid form - is still, to a large extent, a mystery. |
Coachmen RV Offers KVH TracVision On New Motorhomes
Middletown - Apr 07, 2004Coachmen Recreational Vehicles will offer KVH's TracVision LF in-motion satellite TV antenna and TracVision SF stationary automatic satellite TV antenna as optional equipment on all new Sportcoach Elite diesel motorhomes. Murdoch Relocates News Limited To US: Eyes Fortune 500 Revaluation 
by T.K. MaloyWashington - Apr 06, 2004 News Corporation, Ltd., Australian-based media empire headed by Rupert Murdoch, is moving its place of incorporation and its stock listing to the United States in order to access more capital on the American market -- though the company leader said there are no plans for any major acquisitions. |
ATK'S MRM-KE Autonomously Searched, Guided And Hit Tank
Minneapolis - Apr 06, 2004Alliant Techsystems (ATK) is the first company to score a direct hit for the Mid-Range Munition program. In a test firing yesterday at the Yuma Proving Grounds, ATK's guided Kinetic Energy projectile (MRM-KE) autonomously searched for, guided to, and hit a tank more than three miles away. Insect Eyes Can Improve Optical Systems 
New York (UPI) Apr 06, 2004The next generation of smart weapons may sport artificial versions of insect eyes, say scientists funded by the U.S. Defense Department. The new technology uses diffractive optics -- lenses that actually scatter light waves instead of focusing or reflecting them. Astronomers Take Search For Earth-Threatening Space Rocks To Southern Skies 
by Lori StilesTucson AZ - Apr 07, 2004 The hunt for space rocks on a collision course with Earth has so far been pretty much limited to the Northern Hemisphere. But last week astronomers took the search for Earth-threatening asteroids to southern skies. Latest GPS Satellite Fully Operational 
Colorado Springs - Apr 07, 2004A US Air Force and Lockheed Martin team has completed on-orbit checkout of the upgraded Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite launched successfully March 20 from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft, designated GPS IIR-11, has been declared fully operational for navigation users around the globe. SES Americom Signs Deal to Acquire Verestar Assets Out of Bankruptcy 
Princeton NJ - Apr 06, 2004SES Americom has received U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval to acquire the assets of Verestar Inc., for a total cash consideration of $18.5 million. The Fairfax, VA-based company focuses on managed solutions for satellite communications in government, broadcast, enterprise, and international services markets with strategically located teleport facilities in the U.S. and abroad. Closing In On Saturn Moffett Field - Apr 05, 2004 
As Cassini closes in on Saturn, its view is growing sharper with time and now reveals new atmospheric features in the planet's southern hemisphere. The spacecraft's narrow angle camera took several exposures on March 8, 2004 which have been combined to create this natural color image. |
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