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British Scientists Announce Successor To Ill-Fated BeagleLondon (AFP) Nov 3, 2004 
The British team behind the ill-fated Beagle 2 probe to Mars, which vanished without trace last December while attempting to land on the Red Planet, unveiled plans Wednesday for a possible successor mission. |
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India Test-Fires Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile From Warship
Bhubaneshwar, India (AFP) Nov 03, 2004India on Wednesday test-fired for a sixth time the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which it has developed jointly with Russia, defence officials said. On Land And At Sea Russia Stays In The Nuclear Game 
Moscow (XNA) Nov 04, 2004The Russian military successfully test-launched two ballistic missiles on Tuesday, Itar-Tass news agency reported. In the first test launch Tuesday, the RS-12M Topol missile fired from Plesetsk space launching area hit a set target on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. |
Spirit Heading Towards One Year On Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 04, 2004Spirit employed its full instrument suite on Sols 285 through 291 to study "Uchben," an interesting rock encountered on the way into the Colombia Hills. The engineering team continued to diagnose and study work-arounds for a problem with the steering brake relay. Mars Express Makes Desktops Out Of Chasmas 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 04, 2004This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, shows the western end of the Valles Marineris Canyon system on Mars. |
China's Space Age A Mere 20 Years Away
Beijing (AFP) Nov 04, 2004The Chinese people "are expected to realize their dream of space travel in 20 years," said a senior official with China's space industry at a symposium Tuesday. Space Outfits For Shenzhou VI Light, Removable 
Beijing (XNA) Nov 04, 2004Space outfits for China's second manned space flight capsule "Shenzhou VI," scheduled to launch in September next year, will be lighter and removable, the Beijing Morning Post reported. |
Four Shining Years Of Humans In Space
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 04, 2004The International Space Station - the world's largest orbiting laboratory - shines in the night sky as humans live and work aboard for 1,460 consecutive nights and counting. Enceladus In The Distance 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 04, 2004Cassini spied the moon Enceladus in the distance beyond Saturn's south pole in this image from Sept. 19, 2004. This view was taken in wavelengths of ultraviolet light where gas molecules in Saturn's high atmosphere scatter a great deal of sunlight. |
Is Shiva Another K-T Impact Zone From 65 Million Years Ago
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2004According to the Earth Impact Database, there are two craters - the 180 kilometer-wide Chicxulub crater in Yucatan, Mexico and the much smaller Boltysh crater in eastern Ukraine - that date back to the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) extinction 65 million years ago. Ecosystem Remodelling Among Vertebrates During Permian-Triassic Extinction 
Bristol, UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2004The biggest mass extinction of all time happened 251 million years ago, at the Permian-Triassic boundary. Virtually all of life was wiped out, but the pattern of how life was killed off on land has been mysterious until now. |
Possible Origin Of Cosmic Rays Revealed With Gamma Rays
Wiltshire, UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2004An international team of astronomers has produced the first ever image of an astronomical object using high energy gamma rays, helping to solve a 100 year old mystery - the origin of cosmic rays. X-43A Set To Go Hypersonic Again 
Edwards AFB (SPX) Nov 04, 2004Due to scheduling conflicts for use of the U.S. Navy's test range off the coast of Southern California, the final flight of the X-43A hypersonic technology demonstration aircraft has been postponed to no earlier than Monday, Nov. 15. |
Tiger Workshop Puts Focus On Space For African Water Management
Pretoria, South Africa (ESA) Nov 04, 2004A TIGER Initiative offer to make ESA satellite data available for monitoring African water resources sparked an enthusiastic take-up by researchers across the continent, and beyond it. Some 95 proposals have been received, 65 of which are accepted for discussion during next week's annual TIGER Workshop in Pretoria, South Africa. Wind Turbine Debate Finds New Way To Heat Up 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Nov 04, 2004Wind farms can change the weather, according to a model of how these forests of giant turbines interact with the local atmosphere. And the idea is backed up by observations from real wind farms, reports this week's New Scientist. |
Lockheed Martin Delivers Airborne Laser Flight Turret Assembly
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2004Lockheed Martin Wednesday announced it has delivered the Airborne Laser (ABL) Flight Turret Assembly (FTA) to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for integration into the aircraft. This event follows Lockheed Martin's delivery of its ABL Beam Transfer Assembly and Multi-Beam Illuminator earlier in the year. Food Shortages Threaten Antarctic Wildlife 
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2004Antarctic whales, seals and penguins could be threatened by food shortages in the Southern Ocean. Numbers of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a shrimp-like crustacean at the heart of the food chain, are declining. The most likely explanation is a dramatic decline in sea-ice. |
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