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Space entrepreneurs taste joy and danger
Mojave (UPI) June 22 ,2004Newly christened astronaut Mike Melvill, a 63-year-old test pilot and grandfather of four, stood atop SpaceShipOne and waved his arms during a victory lap along a Mojave Airport runway while hundreds of friends, space enthusiasts and colleagues applauded his successful venture into space -- the first by someone in a privately built spaceship. |
 
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The Valles Marineris Canyon
Paris (ESA) Jun 23, 2004On 2 May 2004, the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the ESA Mars Express spacecraft obtained images from the central area of the Mars canyon called Valles Marineris. Capps Space Science To Offer July 4 Flight Demonstrations 
Frederick OK (SPX) Jun 21, 2004Today a consortium of Frederick-based entities announces the formation of the Capps Space Science Center at Frederick. This Center will have as its mission partnerships between educational and scientific institutions and entrepreneurs developing new types of flying vehicles. |
Venus Transit 2004: A Tremendous Success 
Garching (SPX) Jun 22, 2004The Venus transit was without any doubt a resounding success. Reports received testify to an extremely large numbers of public events spread over all continents and it appears that even the VT-2004 National Nodes are struggling to get the full picture in their own area. UCF Research Aimed At Protecting Pilots, Soldiers From Blinding Lasers 
Orlando FL (SPX) Jun 21, 2004An enemy laser beam can reach and blind a pilot or soldier in about a billionth of a second. University of Central Florida researchers are trying to develop an eyeglass-like device that would react quickly enough to prevent such beams from blinding soldiers, pilots or police officers, potentially saving their lives. |
ViaSat To Add Another $154 Million to Its Shelf Registration
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2004ViaSat Inc. has filed a universal shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the future sale of up to $154 million of debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares and warrants. Sinovac Biotech Starts World's First Human Testing Of Sars Vaccine 
Beijing (SPX) Jun 21, 2004Sinovac Biotech Ltd. ("Sinovac") is pleased to announce that its Beijing-based operating subsidiary, Sinovac Biotech Co., Ltd. (also known in China as Beijing Kexing Bioproducts) has commenced Phase I human clinical trials of its SARS vaccine. Colorado To Study Noctilucent Clouds 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 16, 2004The University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratoryhas been selected by NASA to build two of the three instruments for a satellite that will launch in 2006 to study noctilucent clouds that form about 50 miles over Earth's polar regions each summer. |
Pathways To Chemical Evolution In Space
Green Bank WV (SPX) Jun 22, 2004A team of scientists using the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) has discovered two new molecules in an interstellar cloud near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. This discovery is the GBT's first detection of new molecules, and is already helping astronomers better understand the complex processes by which large molecules form in space. Fermilab Finds Puzzling New Particle 
Batavia IL (SPX) Jun 21, 2004Scientists at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced Friday, June 18, the observation of an unexpected new member of a family of subatomic particles called "heavy-light" mesons. COLSA To Build Apple Xserve G5-Based Supercomputer 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 22, 2004COLSA Corporation today announced Monday the purchase of 1566 dual processor 1U rack-mount 64-bit Xserve G5 servers from Apple to build a new supercomputer expected to be one of the fastest in the world. |
New Version Of Global Climate Model Released
Arlington VA (SPX) Jun 23, 2004The National Center for Atmospheric Research is unveiling a powerful new version of a supercomputer-based system to model Earth's climate and to project global temperature rise in coming decades. China Heating Up As Urbanization Intensifies 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 23, 2004Rapid urbanization in south eastern China in the past 25 years is responsible for an estimated warming rate much larger than previous estimates for other periods and locations, according to a new NASA study. |
Survival Of The Fastest: Scientists Selectively Breed Winning F1 Cars
London, UK (SPX) Jun 17, 2004Speed is the name of the game in the world of racing and now UCL scientists have developed a technique that 'breeds' winning Formula One cars. A New Route to Smaller 3-D Files 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2004A University of Southern California computer scientist has created a powerful and elegant algorithm to compress the large and ungainly files that represent 3-D shapes used in animations, video games and other computer graphics applications. |
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