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Final Ion Thrust Puts Smart-1 On Track For Lunar CaptureParis (ESA) Oct 19, 2004 
From October 10 to 14 ESA's Smart-1 carried out a final Ion engine thrust manoeuvre in a last major push that will get the spacecraft to the Moon capture point on November 13. |
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Teams Selected To Research Critical Issues In Electric Propulsion
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 19, 2004NASA announced the selection of four teams to conduct research into critical issues in electric propulsion in support of the Vision for Space Exploration. Total value of the three year work is $6 about million. Brazil Signs Space Agreement With Russia 
Los Angeles CA (UPI) Oct 18, 2004Brazil and Russia are about to expand their cooperation in space, officials at AEB, the country's space agency, told United Press International. Both countries plan to sign a memorandum of understanding during Russian President Vladimir Putin's scheduled visit to Brazil in late November. |
Mission To Mars: Risky Business
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2004The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission has sent back groundbreaking information about the history of Mars. The most important result is the discovery of salt deposits that indicate that some regions of the planet were once "drenched" in water. Gourmet Cooking On The Way To Mars 
Paris (ESA) Oct 19, 2004Technologies from space provide new solutions for food handling on Earth. In exchange, travellers in space will get gourmet menus from Earth to cheer them up during long space missions. At the International Food Exhibition SIAL in Paris this week, ESA presents an exchange of ideas between food and space, including recipes for travellers to Mars. |
Double Star 2 Starts Operations
Paris (ESA) Oct 19, 2004The second satellite in the China-ESA Double Star project was declared ready to study the Earth's magnetosphere. The Double Star project consists of two spacecraft that orbit the Earth and study the Earth's magnetosphere, in concert with ESA's four spacecraft Cluster mission. The Double Star spacecraft are known as TC-1 and TC-2, or translating to English, as Explorer-1 and 2. South Korea Screening Astronaut Hopefuls 
Seoul (UPI) Oct 17, 2004South Korea's first two astronauts will be chosen next May, the Korea Times reported Sunday. The Ministry of Science and Technology said the two will be recruited through a four-step selection process, starting with screening of written applications in December. |
Decaying Antenna Farm Hints At Glorious Radioastronomy Past
Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2004The Dish is Stanford's most famous antenna. But on the other side of Highway 280, down a dirt road and over a wooden bridge, five smaller dishes languish in obscurity, the remnants of radioastronomy experiments terminated in the '70s. Nonetheless, they've managed to attract some attention - that of the university's fire inspector, David Conrod. Astronomers Discover Planet Building Is Big Mess 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 19, 2004Planets are built over a long period of massive collisions between rocky bodies as big as mountain ranges, astronomers announced Monday. New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveal surprisingly large dust clouds around several stars. |
NASA Spacecraft Moves One Step Closer To Fall Launch
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2004NASA's Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (Dart) spacecraft is scheduled to launch Oct. 26, at 2:13 p.m. EDT, from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Calif. China Joins Galileo Project 
Beijing (XNA) Oct 18, 2004China and Europe will strengthen cooperation in developing a satellite positioning and navigation system. China has officially joined Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system project after the country signed an agreement with the European Union Saturday, October 10, in Beijing, China Radio International reported. |
Chinese Scientists To Explore Highest Icecap In Antarctica
Beijing (XNA) Oct 18, 2004A 12-man Chinese expedition will leave Shanghai for Antarctica on October 25, targeting the highest polar icecap peak- 4,039 meters above sea level- in preparation for setting up the third Chinese scientific research station on the continent. How To Use Math And A CT Scanner To See How Trees Intercept Light 
Montreal QC (SPX) Oct 19, 2004What do trees and statistics have in common? Pierre Dutilleul, a statistician and professor in McGill's Department of Plant Science (Montreal, Canada), will tell you that many natural systems can be better understood using equations and models, provided appropriate data are collected. |
Scientists Develop World's Longest Electrically Conducting Nanotubes
Irvine CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2004UC Irvine Monday announced that scientists at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering have synthesized the world's longest electrically conducting nanotubes. These 0.4 cm nanotubes are 10 times longer than previously created electrically conducting nanotubes. A Nanowire With A Surprise 
Upton NY (SPX) Oct 19, 2004Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that a short, organic chain molecule, with dimensions on the order of a nanometer conducts electrons in a surprising way: It regulates the electrons' speed erratically, without a predictable dependence on the length of the wire. |
SI International Awarded ID/IQ Air Force Space Command Contract
Reston VA (SPX) Oct 19, 2004SI International Monday announced that the Air Force Space Command has awarded SI International an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for Advisory and Assistance Services and Engineering Technical Assistance. Titan Wins $170M NORAD/NORTHCOM IT Support Contract 
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2004The Titan Corporation announced Monday that it has been awarded the NORAD Northern Command Information Sharing, Infrastructure, Architecture, Integration and Implementation and Operations Support contract. |
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