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Spectrum Of Stormy Saturn
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2004Just as the world looks different through sunglasses, the Cassini spacecraft's cameras are able to pick up different features on Saturn and its many moons depending on which color filter is available. A recent image sequence highlights the contrast between short ultraviolet to long infrared wavelengths. Ultraviolet South Pole 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 23, 2004This ultraviolet view shows wavy cloud bands near Saturn's south polar region. Though the region has some visible features, strong contrast between light and dark cloud bands is notably absent, as are bright and dark spots. |
Driving Into The Sunset
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2004Hang-gliding pilots will tell you that in late afternoon, good flying is found when hopping across the horizon from one rising thermal to another. These hotspots act like visual transponders to navigate towards good air. Finding Gusev's Water 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2004Now that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is finally examining bedrock in the "Columbia Hills," it is finding evidence that water thoroughly altered some rocks in Mars' Gusev Crater. |
A Nuclear Shi'ite Empire?
Paris UPI) Aug 21, 2004European colleagues joke that German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer's attractive new Iranian lady friend gives him particular insight into the thinking in Tehran. They could be right. Fischer has been saying for the last two years that Iran would be the big winner from the Bush administration's war on Iraq and the overthrow of Tehran's old enemy, Saddam Hussein. |
Telenor Satellite Services Purchases GMPCS Personal Communications
Oslo, Norway (SPX) Aug 23, 2004Telenor Satellite Services has purchased GMPCS Personal Communications, based in Pompano Beach, Florida. |
NASA Working On Early Version Of Star-Trek-like Main Ship Computer
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2004All that is known about future spaceships will be in their main computers, say NASA scientists who are busy creating 'tools' that may one day evolve into a main computer system much like that found in Star Trek. |
China's Glaciers Being Flushed Down The Yellow River
Beijing (AFP) Aug 23, 2004Global warming is causing China's highland glaciers, including those covering Mount Everest, to shrink by an amount equivalent to all the water in the Yellow River every year, state media said Monday. |
It's A Bird, It's A Planet..
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2004Have humans ever engineered an eclipse? The month of June featured a rare celestial reminder that eclipses are not just about our moon blocking the Sun. The first Venus transit of the Sun in over a century (since 1882) was watched around the world. When viewed from a terrestrial vantage point, the solar crossing of Venus dimmed our star. New Science Aboard The ISS  Houston TX (SPX) Aug 23, 2004The International Space Station (ISS) crew focussed last week on the new equipment and supplies that arrived the previous Saturday aboard a Russian cargo spacecraft. |
Whirly Bird Catches The Urn Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2004How will Genesis end? The question may seem phrased nonsensically, since genesis refers to a beginning. But the NASA Genesis mission to sample solar wind will end September 8th in a dramatic finish. Taking Charge Of Molecular Wires 
Upton NY (SPX) Aug 23, 2004Scientists from the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Florida have uncovered information that may help "molecular wires" replace silicon in micro-electronic circuits and/or components in solar energy storage systems. |
Have Blood, Will Travel
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 23, 2004In the time it takes you to read this sentence, more than 10 million red blood cells in your body will die. Don't be alarmed; it's natural, and stem cells in your bone marrow are constantly making enough new cells to replace the dying ones. Charter Sets Satellites On Call For The World's Disasters 
Paris (ESA) Aug 23, 2004Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, flooding, forest fires�when major catastrophes strike, emergency operations require first and foremost precise information to act efficiently. Reacting swiftly and in the most urgent areas is paramount. This week ESA's EuroNews finds out how satellites can help. SSWM Bio-Raptor Demonstrates Its Solvents & Rocket Pollution Solution 
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2004Sub-Surface Waste Management of Delaware, a subsidiary of US Microbics, recently announced it has successfully completed a full-scale, paid demonstration of its Bio-Raptor treatment system technology for the rapid cleanup of soils impacted with Perchlorates at a confidential client's former rocket fuel manufacturing facility. Why Fear Won't Sell Space 
Honolulu (SPX) Aug 20, 2004Jim Oberg has written an excellent article that clears away a lot of mythology about the Golden Age of American manned spaceflight in the 1960s. He cuts right to the heart of the Apollo program.. Fear! NASA Mission Returns With A Piece Of The Sun 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 20, 2004In a dramatic ending that marks a beginning in scientific research, NASA's Genesis spacecraft is set to swing by Earth and jettison a sample return capsule filled with particles of the Sun that may ultimately tell us more about the genesis of our solar system. |
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