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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 25, 2004 
NASA planners working on the next generation of spacecraft that will ferry cargo, robots and astronauts to the moon beginning in the next decade are seeking as inspiration the work of their predecessors, both in the space shuttle program and even going back to Project Apollo of the 1960s. |
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Satellite Phones On The Rise
Chicago IL (UPI) Aug 20, 2004Cathy Lewis speaks with her son, who serves in the Peace Corps in a remote locale in the tropical rainforest in Ecuador, every week. |
Inquiry Fails To Explain Beagle 2 Loss
London (AFP) Aug 24, 2004Any one of a number of technical malfunctions might have caused the loss of Beagle 2, the ill-fated British space probe that vanished while attempting to land on Mars, an investigation found on Tuesday. |
Periodic Dimming Of Bright Starlight Reveals Distant Planet
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 25, 2004Scientists have made their first direct discovery of a planet orbiting a bright star using a network of small telescopes and the "transit method" of detection. A periodic dimming of light from a bright star 500 light years away revealed the planet�s presence. Backyard Telescopes For New Planets. Is It Possible? 
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 25, 2004Fifteen years ago, the largest telescopes in the world had yet to locate a planet orbiting another star. Today telescopes no larger than those available in department stores are proving capable of spotting previously unknown worlds. |
Meteorites Supplied Earth Life With Phosphorus
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 25, 2004University of Arizona scientists have discovered that meteorites, particularly iron meteorites, may have been critical to the evolution of life on Earth. Space Houses On Earth 
Bremerhaven, Germany (ESA) Aug 25, 2004An ESA-designed house that uses technology designed for space could become the basis of the new German Antarctic station, Neumayer-III. The new station has to meet stringent laws set up to protect the Antarctic environment, which is where the use of space technology comes in. |
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