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ISS Crew Prepare For Station Handover And Return To EarthWashington - Apr 20, 2004 
Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri have spent the past week preparing ISS for their replacement crew's arrival, packing for the trip home after six months on orbit, and wrapping up work on several experiments. The Delta Soyuz mission now on route to ISS will dock at 05:00 UT on 21 April, with the hatch opening at 06:25 UT. |
 
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Delta 2 Launches Gravity Probe B
Vandenberg - Apr 20, 2004NASA's Gravity Probe B (GP-B) space vehicle, built, integrated and tested by Lockheed Martin, roared into space this morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Stanford University is the GP-B prime contractor. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Manages the program. StockerYale To Supply BAE With Specialized Lasers For Missile Countermeasures 
Salem NH - Apr 20, 2004StockerYale has received an order from BAE SYSTEMS to supply lasers that are integral to an airborne military missile defense system. The specialized lasers are part of the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasure system, which is the next-generation countermeasure system designed to protect military aircraft from infrared-guided missiles. |
PanAmSat's PASport Takes Broadcasters Anywhere and Everywhere around the Globe
Las Vegas - Apr 20, 2004PanAmSat has launched PASport, a global, on-the-spot broadcasting service for the transmission of breaking news and live events around the world via PanAmSat's 24-satellite fleet. Missoula Crater In Sight 
Pasadena - Apr 19, 2004Spirit had a busy weekend, culminating with a 75-meter (246-feet) drive toward "Missoula Crater" on sol 103, which ended at 2:33 a.m. PST on April 18. The sol before the drive, Sol 102, which ended at 1:54 a.m. on April 17, was an easier day for Spirit. |
Cubic Wins Navy UAV Services and Support Contract
San Diego - Apr 20, 2004The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded the defense segment of Cubic Corp. a five year, $5 million contract to supply instructional services and maintenance support for the Navy's Pioneer UAV program. UNESCO Welcomes China's Contribution To Oceanographic Research 
Hangzhou - Apr 20, 2004A senior official of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)spoke highly Monday of China's contribution to the world's development in oceanographic science. |
Dell Contributes 448 Gflops Of Computing Power To Online Database Of Earth Images
Round Rock - Apr 20, 2004GlobeXplorer is using Dell server technology to speed up internet access to the vast library of aerial and satellite images at its growing Earth image data center. Trimble R7 Tracks New Block IIR-M GPS Satellite Before Launch 
Nashville - Apr 20, 2004Trimble reports that the company's next generation R-Track technology was used to verify the interoperability of the new Block IIR-M Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite payload with current and modernized survey equipment. |
NanoMarkets Releases New White Paper on the Nanotech Industry
Glen Allen VA - Apr 20, 2004NanoMarkets, LC, a leading nanotechnology market research and analysis firm based here, today announced the release of the second in its series of white papers that examines business and market trends for the emerging nanotech space. Tegal Announces High-K Nano Layer Deposition JV With American Laboratories 
Petaluma CA - Apr 20, 2004Tegal Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of plasma etch and deposition systems, and Sharp Laboratories of America have entered into an agreement to collaborate on a focused joint development program (JDP) to accelerate the adoption and integration of next generation high-K dielectrics. |
Wet Scans
Rehovot - Apr 20, 2004The "scanning electron microscope" (SEM) has been a basic research tool for fifty years, and for those fifty years, scientists have been looking for better ways to observe biological samples under its beam. Get Your Own "Desktop" Synchrotron 
Palo Alto - Apr 20, 2004A new technological development promises to shed light - synchrotron light, that is - on structural genomics. Crystallographers will soon be able to perform state-of-the-art protein structure determination in their own laboratory with a new miniature synchrotron light source capable of producing high-intensity, tunable, near-monochromatic X-rays. |
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