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Shuttle's Safe Return IllusoryWashington (UPI) Nov 05, 2004 
The latest post-ponement of the space shuttle's return to flight has left many wondering whether NASA's launch window in late May 2005 is realistic. It may be, but with more risk than anticipated, writes Bob Zimmerman for United Press International. |
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NASA Grows Ice For Space Shuttle Tests
Washington (SPX) Nov 08, 2004NASA is simulating conditions typical of Space Shuttle launch days to see what kinds of ice and frost form on the foam insulation of the super-cooled External Tank. Engineers are trying to understand better how much ice can safely accumulate on the tank without becoming a debris hazard. The tests are under way at NASA's Stennis Space Center. X Prize Awarded To Space Pioneers 
St Louis MO (UPI) Nov 07, 2004Mojave Aerospace Ventures has won the Ansari X Prize and has been presented with a $10 million prize in St. Louis, Mo. The winners, lead by Burt Rutan and Paul Allen, were presented with their prize Saturday at the St. Louis Science Center. |
Radar Image Shows Titan's Surface Live And In "Color"
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 08, 2004Saturn's moon Titan shows a sharp contrast between its smooth and rough edges in this new false-color radar image. Titan's surface lies beneath a thick coat of hazy clouds, but Cassini's radar instrument can peer through to show finer surface features. Over The Wall 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 08, 2004All the scientific tools on NASA's two Mars Exploration Rovers are still working well, a full 10 months after Spirit's dramatic landing. The ones on Spirit are adding fresh evidence about the history of layered bedrock in a hill the rover is climbing. |
China's Space Program Achieves String Of 40 Continuous Launch Successes
Beijing (XNA) Nov 08, 2004With the third "ZY-2" research satellite successfully put into orbit Saturday morning, China has now achieved 40 satellite launches since October 1996, marking China's space technology standing firmly on top world level. China Launches Third ZY-2 Resource Satellite 
Taiyuan (XNA) Nov 08, 2004China successfully put its third ZY-2 earth resource satellite into orbit with a Chinese Long-March 4-B rocket that blasted off at 11:10 am Saturday, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. |
New ISS Crew Get Busy With Science And Maintenance Activities
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 08, 2004Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov are picking up the pace of scientific, maintenance and familiarization activities aboard the International Space Station. Tumbleweeds Good For Uranium Clean-Up 
Socorro NM (SPX) Nov 08, 2004A new study reveals that tumbleweed and some other weeds common to dry Western lands, have a knack for soaking up depleted uranium from contaminated soils at weapons testing grounds. |
Military Soyuz Test Launch Delayed Again
Moscow (AFP) Nov 06, 2004Russia was forced Saturday to once again postpone the test-launch of a new generation rocket after new defects were discovered in its software, Russian news agency reports said. India Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile 
Bhubaneshwar, India (AFP) Nov 07, 2004India on Sunday tested a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead off its eastern coast, defence sources said. The Indian-made Dhanus, with a strike range of 250 km, was test-fired from a naval ship at 12:20 pm, in the Bay of Bengal. |
Future NOAA Spacecraft Will Improve Management Of America's Coastal Waters
Corvallis OR (SPX) Nov 08, 2004US scientists will use advanced imaging systems being built for a new generaton of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites to track red tides, oil spills, upwelling and coastal water management issues more effectively. NOAA Offers Ionospheric Products 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2004NOAA recently released new experimental ionosphere products to help emergency managers and other users quickly assess the effects of solar storms on GPS applications. |
Honeybees Defy Dino-Killing Nuclear Winter
New Orleans LA (SPX) Nov 08, 2004The humble tropical honeybee may challenge the idea that a post-asteroid impact "nuclear winter" was a big player in the decimation of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Counting On Toes 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2004Our four-legged, five-toed ancestors conquered the land earlier and more independently than expected, say paleontologists studying newfound 345 to 359-million-year-old tracks at an eroding beach in eastern Canada. |
China Developing New MagLev Train
Shanghai, China (SPX) Nov 08, 2004A Shanghai physics professor says he has the technology for the first magnetic train fully developed in China. Underwater Robot Crosses Gulf Stream 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Nov 08, 2004A small ocean glider named Spray is the first autonomous underwater vehicle to cross the Gulf Stream underwater, proving the viability of self-propelled gliders for long-distance scientific missions. |
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