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Cassini's First Surpise Reveals Phoebe As A Frozen Ice Ball
Saturn's outermost moon Phoebe has delived on its promise to reveal new wonders to Cassini by showing probable evidence of an ice-rich body overlain with a thin layer of dark material. Cassini mission scientists say the layering might occur during crater formation, when ejecta thrown out from the crater buries an icy mantle. |
 
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Early images returned from the first detailed reconnaissance of Saturn's small outer moon, Phoebe, show breathtaking details in the moon's pockmarked surface that already have imaging scientists puzzling over the body's history. The images are only a preview of what to expect from the high resolution images to be examined later today which will show details about 10 times smaller. |
Mojave CA (UPI) Jun 12, 2004SpaceShipOne, a stubby rocket plane, is slated to put a human in space for the first time without any government involvement. Space Commission Urges NASA Streamlining 
Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2004A commission chartered by President George W. Bush recommends streamlining the NASA bureaucracy, relying more heavily on the private sector. The commission, which Bush to convened advise him on implementing the new space exploration plan he announced last January, also urges maintaining more oversight of the nation's space program at the White House. |
Spirit Clocks Up Three Kilometers
Pasadena (JPL) Jun 11, 2004During sols 148 through 151, Spirit advanced significantly closer to the "Columbia Hills" and now sits only 220 meters (722 feet) from its first target at the base, a location informally named "Spur B." Sol 148 was a driving sol, with Spirit completing a 64.7-meter (212. 3 feet) engineer-directed drive. This put the rover in position for some sol 149 work with the robotic arm, and provided a great view of the Columbia Hills. |
First Chinese Woman To Enter Space By 2010, But Not Behind The Controls
Beijing (AFP) Jun 14, 2004China plans to send its first woman into orbit by 2010, but the country, which prides itself as an equal-opportunity society, does not plan to let her sit in the driver's seat, state media said Monday. Dr Doolittle In The Doghouse 
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2004 If we encountered another intelligent species on another planet, could we understand them? In turn, could aliens decipher one of our eight-thousand terrestrial languages in use today? |
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