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Titan's Strange SurfacePasadena - Jul 05, 2004 
Cassini spacecraft instruments have peered through the orange smog of Titan and glimpsed the surface below. Images sent back to Earth reveal dark areas and lighter, fuzzy areas. Data from the Visual Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) indicate that the dark areas are pure water ice. The bright fuzzy regions have several different types of non-ice materials, and may include organic materials such as hydrocarbons. |
 
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An Alien Earth In Saturn's Backyard
Pasadena - Jul 05, 2004When the Cassini mission's Huygens probe plunges through the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, it will provide a glimpse behind the veil of what many astronomers consider the most Earthlike body in our solar system. |
Moving On From Pot-of-Gold
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 07, 2004On sol 171, Spirit continued its investigation in "Hank's Hollow" and the rock target "Pot-of-Gold." The rober successfully completed observations of the abraded area with the microscopic imager and alpha particle X-ray spectrometer. |
DARTing Into Space
Dulles VA (SPX) Jul 07, 2004Imagine this: As a modern spacecraft slowly approaches the International Space Station (ISS), it makes small corrections to make sure it's perfectly on course. Finally, the docking connectors meet with an amazing level of precision. The hatch to the vehicle opens, and out steps - no one. The extremely accurate rendezvous and docking was carried out completely by computer. Italy Hosts Europe's First Satellite Navigation Control Centre 
Ciampino (ESA) Jul 07, 2004Italy takes on a prominent role in European satellite navigation with the opening on 13 July of a master control centre for EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service), the first European satellite navigation system, at the air traffic control centre in Ciampino, near Rome, operated by ENAV, the Italian agency for air navigation services. |
Inmarsat Partners With Stratos For BGAN Mobile Satellite Service
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 07, 2004Stratos Global Corp., a leading global communications services and solutions provider, announced Tuesday it has been chosen by Inmarsat Ltd. as a prospective Launch Partner for Inmarsat's forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, scheduled for commercial launch in 2005. FAA Fuel-Tank Safety System Tested At NASA 
Cleveland OH (SPX) Jul 07, 2004An aircraft normally used to transport the Space Shuttle has been pressed into service to test technology to make airliners safer. |
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