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Cosmos 1 Solar Sail Passes New Milestone
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2004With the delivery of all electronic systems, Cosmos 1 - the world's first solar sail craft - achieved a critical milestone last Wednesday (August 11) in its countdown towards its launch later this year or early in 2005. Cosmos 1 is a project of The Planetary Society and is solely sponsored by Cosmos Studios. Just In Time For Olympic Lighting, Sun Lights Up The Skies 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2004On Friday, the Olympic flame in Athens was lit after a global torch relay covering 27 countries and traveling a distance of about 48,000 miles (78,000 km) total. Particles from the Sun had to travel a little further - 93 million miles - to light up the skies in states like Iowa, Michigan, California, and New York. |
Dust Clears, Mars Bright
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2004The eyes aboard the Mars rover Spirit are delivering ground truth. After more than six months of examining the photographic and spectral data from the rover, scientists have confirmed that the albedo indicates important variations in mineral and dust composition. Scientists Discover Ganymede Has A Lumpy Interior 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 16, 2004Scientists have discovered irregular lumps beneath the icy surface of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede. These irregular masses may be rock formations, supported by Ganymede's icy shell for billions of years. |
Intersil Releases Advanced Power and Control IC For Satellite TV Systems
Milpitas CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2004Intersil has announced the ISL6421A, a new highly integrated solution for providing power and control signals from advanced set-top box (STB) units to the satellite dish low-noise block (LNB) down converter. Intersputnik Provides Golden Telecom With LMI-1 Satellite Resource 
Moscow (SPX) Aug 16, 2004The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications and Golden Telecom, a leading independent telecommunication operator in Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), has signed a contract for the lease of two C-band transponders of the LMI-1 telecommunications satellite (75o East) for the duration of five years. |
Greenland Ice Core Project Yields Probable Ancient Plant Remains
Greenland (SPX) Aug 16, 2004A team of international researchers working on the North Greenland Ice Core Project recently recovered what appear to be plant remnants nearly two miles below the surface between the bottom of the glacial ice and the bedrock. ITT Completes Acquisition Of Kodak's Remote Sensing Systems 
White Plains NY (SPX) Aug 16, 2004ITT Industries last Friday (August 13) announced it has completed its purchase of the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) business from Eastman Kodak Company for $725 million in cash. |
Chandra Catches Early Phase Of Cosmic Assembly
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 16, 2004A NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory image has revealed a complex of several intergalactic hot gas clouds in the process of merging. The superb Chandra spatial resolution made it possible to distinguish individual galaxies from the massive clouds of hot gas. Nanotubes Eliminate Manufacturing Woe 
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2004Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered that the addition of carbon nanotubes to a common commercial polymer, polypropylene, leads to dramatic changes in how the molten polymer flows. Snapshots Of Moving Molecules, Taken In A billionth Of A Second 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2004A team of researchers including University of California, Riverside Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Ludwig Bartels has developed a technique to take extremely fast snapshots of molecular and atomic movement. The development is considered a significant advance in surface science, the study of chemical reactions taking place on the surface of solids. Raytheon's Thermal-Eye 3500AS Improves Firefighters' Ability To See The Unseen 
Dallas TX (SPX) Aug 13, 2004Thermal imaging technology is about to undergo a revolution. Raytheon Infrared introduces the Thermal-Eye 3500AS thermal imaging core with Thermal-Eye Advanced Image Processing technology. This new product provides sophisticated images and color capabilities unsurpassed in its class. Sun Solaris Compute Grid Powers NextGen Nuclear Reactor Design From The DoE 
Idaho Falls ID (SPX) Aug 13, 2004The Department of Energy and Sun Microsystems Thursday announced the development of a high performance computer cluster at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) in Idaho Falls, Idaho. |
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