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Cassini Enters Saturn OrbitPasadena - Jun 30, 2004
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Iowa U: Plasma Noise Burst Welcomes Cassini To Saturn 
Iowa City (SPX) Jun 30, 2004Although the Cassini spacecraft is scheduled to officially arrive at the planet Saturn on June 30, scientists studying the planet's magnetosphere received an official welcome on June 27 when a burst of plasma wave noise indicated that Cassini had crossed the planet's bow shock. Winds Measured On Saturn's Moon Titan To Help Robot Lander 
Los Angeles (SPX) Jun 30, 2004On top the windswept summit of a Hawaiian volcano, a NASA instrument attached to the Japanese Subaru telescope measured distant winds raging on a strange world - Titan, the giant moon of Saturn - to help the robotic Huygens probe as it descends through Titan's murky atmosphere next January. Saturn's Rotation Period Is A Puzzle 
Pasadena (JPL) Jun 29, 2004On approach to Saturn, data obtained by the Cassini spacecraft are already posing a puzzling question: How long is the day on Saturn? |
Space Age Still Fresh On Kazakh Steppes
Baikonur (UPI) Jun 29, 2004It is about the least imposing observation point to watch a space rocket launch that you could imagine - just a corrugated iron shack about 25 feet long by 10 feet deep. And the only refreshments available are bottles of water to stave off the shimmering heat of the burning summer Kazakh steppe. New Ideas For Mobile Lunar Bases 
Moffett Field (SPX) Jun 30, 2004Lunar bases that can travel on wheels, or even legs, will increase landing zone safety, provide equipment redundancy and improve the odds of making key discoveries by enabling crews to visit many lunar sites, according to Marc Cohen, a researcher at NASA's Ames Research Center, in California's Silicon Valley. |
Opportunity Update: RAT Hops From Virginia To London
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 30, 2004While Opportunity is hard at work inside "Endurance Crater," engineers at JPL are busy testing engineering models in the Lab's simulated martian environment. A tilt platform is being used to determine Opportunity's ability to climb back up over the "curb" below its current location. |
USGS Awards Contract For Commercial Satellite Imagery To DigitalGlobe
Longmont CO (SPX) Jun 29, 2004DigitalGlobe, provider of the world's highest resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, announced that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded DigitalGlobe a portion of a $15 million multi-year contract for the acquisition of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery. |
Contrasting View: Columbus And Isabela Are Pretty Good Role Models
Austin TX (SPX) Jun 29, 2004Isabela and Columbus were recently discussed by Jeffrey Bell in Space Daily. Bell's dissection of Columbus's business plan is interesting reading. Isabela and Columbus, however, achieved something great together that will not soon be forgotten. Isabela and Columbus were not such bad people. I got the skinny on them from the resident Columbus expert in my family, Professor Emeritus of History, Dr. Robert J. Dinkin, aka Dad. American Research Facing Growing Challenge 
Dallas (UPI) Jun 29, 2004The president of one of the nation's leading research universities said Tuesday the United States must make a new commitment to basic research if it is to stay ahead of growing global competition in science and engineering. |
Anteon Awarded $45M Contract To Support Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Program
Fairfax VA (SPX) Jun 29, 2004Anteon International Corporation, a leading information technology and systems engineering and integration company, announced Monday that it has been awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement by the US Navy Naval Sea Systems Command to provide technical and management support to the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program Directorate. The BPA has a 16-month period of performance and is valued at approximately $45 million. Hunter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle To Be Powered By Heavy-Fuel Engine 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2004The U.S. Army's RQ-5A Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be able to climb faster, operate at higher altitudes, and spend less time being serviced thanks to the integration of a heavy-fuel engine on the air vehicle by Northrop Grumman Corporation, the Hunter prime contractor. |
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