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China To Launch Own Permanent Space StationBeijing (AFP) May 18, 2004 
China will launch its own permanent manned space station within 15 years, but does not plan to send a man to the moon, the chief designer of the country's space program was cited as saying Tuesday.
Wang Yongzhi also revealed that China's manned space program has cost 18 billion yuan ($2.18B) over the past decade. |
 
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Rocks From High Heaven
Moffett Field (EXO) May 13, 2004Dr. Guy Consolmagno divides his time between Tucson, Arizona, where he observes asteroids and Kuiper Belt comets with the Vatican's 1.8 meter telescope on Mt. Graham, and Castel Gandolfo, Italy, home of the Vatican meteorites. The Vatican Observatory established a research branch in Arizona in 1981 when the growing population of Rome made the sky too bright for astronomical observations. Space Exploration Alliance Plans 'Moon-Mars Blitz' On Capitol Hill 
Washington (SPX) May 18, 2004Twelve leaders of the Space Exploration Alliance announced today that their organizations would join in launching a "Moon-Mars Blitz" on Capitol Hill July 11-13. During this event, the organizations will bring their members to Washington to visit as many congressional members and staff as possible with a single message: "Fund NASA's requests for FY 2005." |
A Bit Of Titan On Earth Helps In The Search For Life's Origins
Tucson (SPX) May 18, 2004While the Cassini spacecraft has been flying toward Saturn, chemists on Earth have been making plastic pollution like that raining through the atmosphere of Saturn's moon, Titan. Hypersonics Research Speeds Up 
Brisbane (SPX) May 18, 2004The world's fastest air-breathing engine will fly in Australia in 2005 in a collaborative two-nation experiment that is expected to provide a major boost to the fledgling scramjet technology. Climate: Sitting In The Catbird Seat? 
Boulder CO (UPI) May 17, 2004One of the advantages of being the world's only superpower is it seems to bestow a relative immunity to the prospective ravages of global warming. |
Satlynx S.A. And Alcatel Bring Broadband To Remote Areas
Paris (SPX) May 17, 2004Satlynx S.A. ('Satlynx') and Alcatel are working together to bring broadband Internet access to areas, which have poor or no opportunities to connect via traditional terrestrial networks. Study Cites Growing Reach Of Wi-Fi 
Washington (UPI) May 12, 2004As cell phones, pagers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and laptop computers flood consumer markets, the digital revolution may no longer be tethered to a phone jack or wall outlet. |
NASA Plans To Put An Aura Around The Earth
Greenbelt (SPX) May 18, 2004On June 19, NASA will launch Aura, a next generation Earth- observing satellite. Aura will supply the best information yet about the health of Earth's atmosphere. Worldsat Signs KT Corp for Northeast Asian Satellite Services 
Singapore (SPX) May 12, 2004Worldsat, and KT Corporation have entered into a long term framework agreement to provide services through several high-powered Ku-band transponders on Worldsat-1 (formerly known as AAP-1) satellite. |
Opportunity Samples The Blast Damage
Pasadena (JPL) May 18, 2004MER-B is sampling rocks ejected from a stadium-sized impact crater the rover is circling, and the very first one may extend our understanding about the region's suspected wet past billions of years ago. EESC Adopts Opinion On Space White Paper 
Brussels - May 18, 2004The European Economic and Social Committee adopted an Opinion on the White Paper on European Space Policy on 31 March 2004. As part of the European Union's institutional system providing a link between Europe and civil society, the EESC has a key role to play in the Union's decision-making process. |
AMC-11 Satellite Ready For Launch From Cape Aboard Atlas 2AS
Cape Canaveral - May 18, 2004The AMC-11 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES Americom of Princeton, NJ, is ready for launch May 19 from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas IIAS rocket provided by International Launch Services, a Lockheed Martin joint venture. Venus Transit Of Sun Live From The Backyard Or Online 
Washington (SPX) May 17, 2004"There will be no other till the twenty-first century of our era has dawned upon the Earth and the June flowers are blooming in 2004. What will be the state of science ? God only knows." - William Harkness, U.S. Naval Observatory 1882 |
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