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End Not In Sight For RoversWashington (UPI) Jul 6, 2004 
At a NASA-sponsored briefing for journalists last December, scientists with the Mars Exploration Rover missions described the various hazards that could cut short the planned, twin 90 (Earth) day operations on the red planet and limit the amount of data shipped home by the robotic vehicles from their respective landing sites. |
 
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UV Images Of Rings Hint At Their Origin And Evolution
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 08, 2004The best view ever of Saturn's rings in the ultraviolet indicates there is more ice toward the outer part of the rings, hinting at ring origin and evolution, say two University of Colorado at Boulder researchers involved in the Cassini mission. |
Opportunity Tests Its Mettle On Slopes Of Endurance Crater
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 08, 2004Sol 154 consisted of Opportunity completing activities on the target "Kettlestone," including a long Moessbauer integration, some microscopic images and placement of the arm for a little early morning alpha particle X-ray spectrometer integration to occur on the morning of Sol 155. The rover then went to sleep. |
GE Develops High Performance Carbon Nanotube Diode
Niskayuna NY (SPX) Jul 08, 2004GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company, announced the development of the world's best performing diode built from a carbon nanotube, which will enable smaller and faster electronic devices with increased functionality. The nano-diode is one of the smallest functioning devices ever made. Building One-of-a-Kind Robot to Test in Zero-Gravity 
Springfield MO (SPX) Jul 8, 2004Will a cat still land on its feet in zero gravity? That's the question four Drury students are attempting to answer when they travel to the Johnson Space Center as part of NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunity Program this July. |
Globalstar's Simplex Pricing Meets The Demands Of The Trucking Industry
Milpitas CA (SPX) Jul 08, 2004Globalstar announced Wednesday that it will introduce lower simplex data airtime pricing that can be used with "mobile" based Globalstar approved, simplex modem product solutions. This pricing is to take effect on July 15, 2004. Navman Expands Product Line With Release Of The iCN 635 
Foothill Ranch CA (SPX) Jul 08, 2004Navman, a leading designer and manufacturer of world-class global positioning systems (GPS), communication and marine products, announced Tuesday the expansion of its product line designed for the consumer electronics and automotive personal navigation markets. |
Antarctica's Lake Vostok Has Two Distinct Parts
Washington (SPX) Jul 08, 2004Deep in the Antarctic interior, buried under thousands of meters [more than two miles] of ice, lies Lake Vostok, the world's largest subglacial lake. Scientists believe that the waters of Lake Vostok have not been disturbed for hundreds of thousands of years, and there are tantalizing clues that microbes may exist there that have been isolated for at least as long. Climate Searching For The 'Dread Factor' 
Boulder, CO (UPI) Jul 6, 2004Many scientists and environmentalists would list global climate change among the most important issues facing the world today, but the general public seems to regard the subject as tedious. |
The Perseid Meteor Shower
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 06, 2004The annual Perseid meteor shower is coming, and forecasters say it could be unusually good. The shower begins, gently, in mid-July when Earth enters the outskirts of a cloud of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle. Dust-sized meteoroids hitting the atmosphere will streak across the night sky, at first only a sprinkling, just a few each night, but the rate will build. Herschel Mirror On The Move 
Turku, Finland (SPX) Jul 08, 2004The Herschel telescope primary mirror blank has now been machined to its final shape and thickness. After the machining was completed, the mirror blank was thoroughly tested and inspected to check the integrity of its construction. |
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