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Terraforming Mars, The Noble Experiment?Moffet Field CA (SPX) Jul 13, 2004
Mars Society founder, Robert Zubrin, talks to Astrobilogy Magazine about how to terraform the red planet. His engineer's eye reveals his robust plans for not just getting to a new home, but also how to build one from scratch. |
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Saturn Passes Behind Sun With Cassini On Station For Four Year Tour
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2004The Cassini spacecraft emerged from behind the Sun today after being in solar conjunction since July 5. The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Deep Space Network's Goldstone tracking station near Barstow, Calif. Starburst Produces A Galactic Shower
Madison (SPX) Jul 12, 2004Combining images from orbiting and ground-based telescopes, an international team of astronomers has located the eye of a cosmic hurricane: the source of the 1 million mile-per-hour winds that shower intergalactic space from the galaxy M82. |
Freeze-Dried Water, Magnetic Dust
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2004Mars is a dusty place and some of that dust is highly magnetic. Magnetic minerals carried in dust grains may be freeze-dried remnants of the planet�s watery past.
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 13, 2004A US Army unmanned aerial reconnaissance system supporting the war on terrorism recently achieved a significant operational milestone by reaching the 30,000 total flight-hours mark. |
Scientists Successfully Observe Elusive Neutrino Oscillation
Irvine CA (SPX) Jul 08, 2004A new analysis of atmospheric neutrino data by a team of international scientists has shown for the first time the distinctive pattern of neutrino oscillation that has eluded researchers until now. ATK To Acquire Space Systems Company
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jul 13, 2004ATK has agreed in principle to acquire the PSI Group, which includes Pressure Systems, Programmed Composites, and Able Engineering Company. PSI Group is a leading manufacturer of satellite components and propellant tanks. |
Scaled Aims For Late Sept X Prize Flights
Los Angeles - Jul 09, 2004During an interview on US news network MSNBC this week, SpaceShipOne pilot Mike Melvill told Deborah Norville that Scaled Composites is planning to shortly give the required 60 days notice that it will fly back to back X Prize qualified flights in an attempt to win the $10 million X Prize. An International Space Scrap-yard
Honolulu HI (SPX) Jul 12, 2004It's time to face the facts about the International Space Station. The ISS is deteriorating so rapidly that there is an excellent chance that it will die before the Space Shuttle is back in service. |
The Good, The Bad, And The Ozone
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2004A powerful new instrument heading to space this week is expected to send back long-sought answers about greenhouse gases, atmospheric cleansers and pollutants, and the destruction and recovery of the ozone layer. |
Detecting Single Biomolecules
by Astrobiology MagazineMoffet Field CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2004 Research aimed at teasing apart the workings of RNA enzymes eventually may lead to ways of monitoring fat metabolism and might even assist in the search for signs of life on Mars, according to University of Michigan researcher Nils Walter. |
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