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A Titanic SurpriseMoffett Field (SPX) Oct 28, 2004 
The Cassini probe has sent back the most detailed images ever captured of the surface of Saturn's giant moon, Titan, revealing a major new mystery. There's a huge cloud formation over the moon's south pole, spanning 1000 km at its widest. That's no surprise; scientists expected it to be there. But they also expected it to be made of methane. But it isn't. |
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Cassini Begins To Peel Back Titan's Shroud
Washington (AFP) Oct 27, 2004The US-European spacecraft Cassini-Huygens has beamed to Earth the first images of Saturn's moon Titan after a historic flyby skimming its hazy atmosphere, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced. As many as 500 images were taken by the visible light camera. A Pirouette Puts Cassini On Track Over Titan 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2004Imagine an oil drum the size of a school bus with an antenna on top. That description paraphrases how Cassini points mechanically at Saturn and its moons. During Cassini's most complex maneuvers so far, nearly a dozen scientific instruments moved rigidly as the spacecraft shifted its orientation. |
Forget The Big Foot, It's The Little Foot
Paris (AFP) Oct 28, 2004In one of the most spectacular fossil finds in decades, anthropologists are to announce on Thursday they have found the bones of a tiny human who may have been a twig in mankind's family tree. Obliquity Keeps Mars Ice Caps Moving 
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 28, 2004Martian obliquity variations are chaotic and much more significant than on Earth. The Martian obliquity is estimated to vary between 15 deg and 45 degrees. At high obliquity, the northern cap becomes unstable and looses a few centimeters of ice each year that is deposited in equatorial zones. When the obliquity decreases the process reverses. |
Russia To Build South Korean Launch Pad
Moscow (AFP) Oct 27, 2004Russia is to build a space launch pad in South Korea by 2007, Itar-Tass news agency reported Wednesday, quoting Vyacheslav Davidenko, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roskosmos. A contract covering "construction of a rocket launch pad for civilian use and space exploration" was signed by both countries. Air Taxis Could Clear London Grid Lock 
London, UK (SPX) Oct 28, 2004"Real Air Taxis will soon be on their way into major cities," says London based AVCEN. Avcen is to bring its innovative Jetpod aircraft design off the drawing board and into proof-of-concept build and flight trials. |
Getting On Course For Lunar Capture Took A Smart Move
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 28, 2004On 25 October SMART-1 fired, for the last time, the electric propulsion engine. This small correction manoeuvre of about 4 hours was necessary to correct the slight over-performance of the engine during the last long burn of 100 hours (10-14 October) during the 'third resonance". NASA Sets New DART Launch Date 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2004NASA announced Thursday is the next launch attempt for the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology spacecraft. A 5 minute 44 second launch window opens at 14:16:13 EDT. |
Contract Signed For GOCE Data Analysis And Modelling
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 28, 2004An important milestone was reached this week in the development of ESA's GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) mission, when a contract was signed between ESA and the Institute for Astronomical and Physical Geodesy. Europe's GRID To Sift Solar Data 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 28, 2004Following the success of its space missions, the European solar community is facing the rather common problem of exploiting in the most effective way the wealth of data of different natures and origins. Tackling this issue is of major importance for solar physicists if they want to get the most out of future missions like SDO. |
Stellar Survivor From 1572 A.D. Explosion Supports Supernova Theory
Paris (ESA) Oct 28, 2004An international team of astronomers is announcing today that they have identified the probable surviving companion star to a titanic supernova explosion witnessed in the year 1572 by the great Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and other astronomers of that era. Chandra's Find Of Lonely Halo Raises Questions About Dark Matter 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 28, 2004Dark matter continues to confound astronomers, as NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory demonstrated with the detection of an extensive envelope of dark matter around an isolated elliptical galaxy NGC 4555. |
Research on "Holes" May Unearth Causes of Superconductivity
Upton NY (SPX) Oct 28, 2004Scientists at the U.S. DOE's Brookhaven National Lab have uncovered another possible clue to the causes of high-temperature superconductivity, a phenomenon in which the electrical resistance of a material disappears below a certain temperature. Watts From Wastewater: New Device Produces Power While Treating Sewage 
University Park PA (SPX) Oct 28, 2004A new technology is being developed that can turn raw sewage into raw power. The device, called a microbial fuel cell, not only treats wastewater, but also provides a clean energy source with the potential for enormous financial savings, according to scientists at Pennsylvania State University. |
RT Logic Delivers Baseband Systems To Skynet Integrator
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Oct 28, 2004RT Logic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Wednesday today announced that EADS Astrium (England) has completed the final stages of operational testing with the RT Logic provided Telemetrix satellite baseband systems. Loral Skynet Adds IDirect Equipment For Its Private Networking Services 
Herndon VA (SPX) Oct 28, 2004IDirect Technologies Wednesday announced that Loral Skynet has agreed to implement four iDirect broadband IP hub chassis products as part of Loral Skynet's global IP-based private networking services. |
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