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An Aura Around EarthMoffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2004 
The AURA satellite was launched into orbit Thursday, on a mission to study our own planet's atmosphere, assess climate change and better understand regional differences in air quality. After four technical delays and a month-long wait from its original launch date in mid-June, a towering Boeing Delta II rocket blasted from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, lifting the 2,967-kilogram satellite into the night sky at 3:02am (1002 GMT). |
 
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Lawrence Livermore Contributes To Mercury Messenger Mission
Livermore CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2004A team of scientists and engineers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in collaboration with UC Berkeley's Space Science Laboratory and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, have designed and built a high resolution gamma-ray detector that will enable NASA's Mercury Messenger to measure the elemental composition of the planet's crust. Sanswire Demonstrates "Stratellite" Idea 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 15, 2004Sanswire Networks demonstrated the communication capabilities of its new Stratellite concept in a live test held Wednesday in Atlanta. |
Cassini Exposes Saturn's Two-Face Moon
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 16, 2004The moon with the split personality, Iapetus, presents a perplexing appearance in the latest images snapped by the Cassini spacecraft. Huygens In Perfect Health 
Paris (ESA) Jul 16, 2004On the way to its final destination, Titan, ESA's Huygens atmospheric probe underwent an important health check-up yesterday. The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn on 1 July, crossing twice the planet's rings. |
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Fire On The Vomit Comet 
Park Campus CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2004Tiny pellets of fuel may be safer for hazardous places on earth and burn more efficiently in weightless space and low-gravity environments. |
Opportunity Reading Rocks Within Its Reach
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 16, 2004Opportunity has not moved (intentionally or otherwise) since its stabilizing maneuver on sol 158. The rover has been using the instruments on its arm and mast to study the rocks at its current location, which is in the sixth layer encountered on the way into "Endurance Crater." Spirit Reaches 180 Sols 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 16, 2004On sol 179, Spirit woke up at a new location and spent the day performing remote sensing with the miniature thermal emission spectrometer, including an overnight observation. |
Mystery Of Nanoparticles Concealed In The Blink Of An Eye
Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 16, 2004Scientists at the University of Chicago have discovered a better way to measure a confounding property of microscopic high-tech particles called quantum dots. Pressure Makes Pure Zirconium Glass 
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Jul 16, 2004Zirconium may not be a girl's best friend, but by squeezing the metal with roughly the same pressure needed to make diamonds, scientists made a pure glass that may prove nearly as valuable as real diamonds. |
DRS To Provide USAF With Test Range Air Combat Systems Support 
Parsippany NJ (SPX) Jul 16, 2004DRS Technologies announced Thursday that it is being awarded a new $69 million contract from the US Air Force to provide significant improvements to test and evaluation range capabilities under the Enhanced Range Applications Program (EnRAP). |
LockMart Adds JCSAT-10 To Integral Systems Contract
Lanham MD (SPX) Jul 15, 2004Integral Systems Wednesday announced a contract with Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems that expanded Integral's existing JCSAT-9 satellite control system contract to include the JCSAT-10 satellite. Telenor Doubles Teleport Services With New Skies 
The Hague (SPX) Jul 16, 2004New Skies Satellites has signed a new agreement with Telenor Satellite Services, to expand its teleport gateway services out of New Skies' Perth, Australia mediaport. |
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