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Iran To Launch First Satellite As Missile Program ExpandsTehran, Iran (UPI) Oct 7, 2004 
An Iranian military official said Thursday his country would launch its first homemade satellite into space during the next Persian year, which starts in March. |
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Brazil In Space: Gaudenzi Plots A Strategy
Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Oct 7, 2004Brazil will hold a national conference in November to re-consider the future of its space program, according to Sergio Gaudenzi, the president of AEB, Brazil's space agency. Space Spuds To The Rescue 
Delavan WI (SPX) Oct 08, 2004What could NASA, potatoes and China possibly have in common? The answer might be as close as your next order of fries. Using NASA technology and a Chinese technique for growing seed potatoes, Quantum Tubers are a Space Age answer to growing more and better potatoes worldwide. SpaceDev Awarded $1.5M Phase II Small Launch Vehicle Contract 
Poway CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2004SpaceDev has been awarded approximately $1.5 million to proceed with Phase II of its Small Business Innovation Research contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to continue its hybrid rocket motor-based small launch vehicle project. |
Mars Rovers Probing Water History At Two Sites
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 08, 2004NASA's Spirit and Opportunity have been exploring Mars about three times as long as originally scheduled. The more they look, the more evidence of past liquid water on Mars these robots discover. Team members reported the new findings at a news briefing today. Mars Water, Escher-style Puzzle 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2004NASA's Spirit and Opportunity have been exploring Mars about three times as long as originally scheduled. The more they look, the more evidence of past liquid water on Mars these robots discover. Team members reported the new findings at a news briefing today. Ophir Chasma, Part Of Valles Marineris 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 06, 2004This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, shows the Ophir Chasma, a northern part of the Valles Marineris canyon. |
Sea Launch Completes Investigation of In-Flight Anomaly
Long Beach CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2004The Sea Launch Independent Review Board (IRB) has concluded its review of the Telstar 18 mission on June 28, which released the satellite short of its intended target apogee. Sea Launch is now ready to return to flight. NASA Software Enables Satellite Self-Service Options In Space 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2004NASA scientists recently successfully radioed artificial intelligence (AI) software to a satellite. They tested the software's ability to find and analyze errors in the spacecraft's systems. Normally, troubleshooting is done on the ground. |
Space Watch: Beckwith on Hubble
Baltimore MD (UPI) Oct 7, 2004For the man in charge of what he calls the most innovative scientific facility in the world, the Hubble Space Telescope is no ordinary instrument for unlocking the secrets of the universe. It is an extension of the human eye, Steven Beckwith, the director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, told UPI's Space Watch. Armchair Astronomers Revel In Comet's Path 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 08, 2004Catching this week's comet is as easy as flipping the switch on your computer. As of today, a comet is visible within the live images sent back from a spacecraft stationed one million miles away. You can be a part of the action in real-time by downloading the Solar Media Viewer or checking the SOHO web site. |
Radio Astronomers Remove The Blindfold
Manchester, UK (SPX) Oct 08, 2004UK radio astronomers at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, working with colleagues from Europe and the USA, have demonstrated a new technique that will revolutionise the way they observe. To create the very best quality images of the sky, they routinely combine data from multiple telescopes from around the world � a technique called Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). Motion Of Primordial Universe Unveiled 
Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 08, 2004New results from an instrument located high in the Chilean Andes are giving Canadian, American and Chilean researchers a clearer view of what the universe looked like in the first moments following the Big Bang. |
Segovia Builds IP Network Support Army's 'Connect The Logistician Program'
Herndon VA (SPX) Oct 07, 2004Segovia announced Thursday that it is building a government-owned, contractor-operated global IP network that is an integrated part of the Army's LandWarNet, in support of the "Connect the Logistician" initiative, a key component of the focus areas of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (G4). Northrop Grumman Conducts First Flight of First Navy Global Hawk 
Palmdale CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2004Northrop Grumman conducted the first flight of the first RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle slated for the Navy's Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD). |
Volcanic Gas May Have Played A Significant Role In Life's Beginning
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 08, 2004Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies are reporting a possible answer to a longstanding question in research on the origins of life on Earth - how did the first amino acids form the first peptides? |
Earth's Bow Shock: Origin of Ion Beams Revealed
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 08, 2004One hundred and thirty space scientists from around the globe gathered to discuss the most recent scientific achievements and goals of the Cluster mission, and chart out its next phase. |
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