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Summer Showdown Looms For Bush Space PlanWashington (UPI) May 25, 2004 
A political showdown is looming this summer and fall over NASA's fiscal year 2005 budget request, which contains $866 million in new funding, with some $136 million of the proposed boost earmarked to start President Bush's new space exploration proposals reports UPI's Frank Sietzen. |
 
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All Dressed Up And Ready To Explore
Edmonton (SPX) May 26, 2004As if getting to Mars wasn't hard enough, astronauts also have to worry about what to wear when they arrive. Their concerns are not fashion pundits but exposure to micrometeor sandstorms, radiation, and a hyper-cold climate. UK Govt and ESA Keep Beagle 2 Report Partly Secret London (UPI) May 24, 2004 
The British government and the European Space Agency have refused to reveal the detailed findings of an inquiry into the loss of the Beagle 2 Mars lander that was lost on arrival at Mars on Christmas day 2003 - despite investigators being unable to pinpoint a single failure or shortcoming in the mission. |
ISS Ready For Some More Progress
Houston TX (SPX) May 25, 2004A Progress robotic resupply ship launched Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver cargo to the residents of the ISS. Dinosaurs Died Within Hours Of Asteroid Hit 
Boulder CO (SPX) May 26, 2004According to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder a giant asteroid that hit the coast of Mexico 65 million years ago probably incinerated all the large dinosaurs that were alive at the time in only a few hours, and only those organisms already sheltered in burrows or in water were left alive. Connexion Uses ViaSat To Connect 
Seattle FL (SPX) May 26, 2004Connexion by Boeing will use Viasat to develop and make 55 airborne broadband terminals for the business aviation market. |
Cassini Captures Pandora and Prometheus Near F Ring
Pasadena - May 25, 2004Two of Saturn's moon's Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across) and Pandora (84 kilometers, or 52 miles across), are seen here shepherding the planet's narrow F-ring. Prometheus (left) overtakes Pandora in orbit around Saturn about every 25 days. Slightly above the pair and to the right is another moon, Epimetheus (116 kilometers, or 72 miles across). |
China Wireless Communications Signs Distribution Agreement With China Satellite
Hong Kong (SPX) May 25, 2004China Wireless Communications Inc announced on Monday that it has signed a distribution agreement with China Satellite Communications Beijing Branch. The agreement grants China Wireless the distributorship of Internet Phone services for China Satellite Communications. |
Nanoscale Optimizes Adhesion
Germany (SPX) May 26, 2004The nanometer size of hairs (spatulae) on the feet of geckos and many insects may have evolved to optimize adhesion strength, according to new research conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart. Scaling Friction Down To The Nano/Micro Realm 
Washington - May 25, 2004An improved method for correcting nano- and micro-scale friction measurements has been developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The new technique should help designers produce more durable micro- and nano-devices with moving parts, such as tiny motors, positioning devices or encoders. |
NASA To Launch THEMIS Constellation In October 2004
Washington (SPX) May 24, 2004Swales Aerospace has been notified by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that its work on the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions (THEMIS) program, which consists of building five identical, small satellites, has been confirmed for an October 2006 launch. Study Helps Satellites Measure Great Lakes Water Quality 
Columbus OH (SPX) May 26, 2004Ohio State University engineers are helping satellites form a clearer picture of water quality in the Great Lakes. The study - the first ever to rate the effectiveness of various computer models for monitoring the Great Lakes - might also aid studies of global climate change. |
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