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NASA Begins Rehearsals For Return To FlightCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 11, 2004 
Simulating a first-of-its-kind somersault that will expose the underside of the Space Shuttle for tile inspection, NASA has begun rehearsing its Return To Flight. |
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Keck Images The Weird Weather Of Uranus
Louisville KY (SPX) Nov 11, 2004Capitalizing on the incomparable optical capabilities of the Keck Telescope, scientists have gained an unprecedented look at the atmosphere of Uranus, providing new insight into some of the most enigmatic weather in the solar system. Keck Images Of Uranus Reveal Ring, Atmospheric Fireworks 
Louisville KY (SPX) Nov 11, 2004As summer draws to a close in the southern hemisphere of Uranus, storm clouds are brewing in the upper atmosphere, northern hemisphere winds are gusting to 250 miles per hour, and the planet's rings are getting brighter every day. |
Space Race 2: Half-Price Rockets
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Nov 10, 2004While Burt Rutan's team was busy staging back-to-back spaceflights of its SpaceShipOne, Elon Musk watched as his vehicle, the Falcon 1, was hoisted onto an oceanside launch pad 200 miles away from the the show. New Soyuz Model Successfully Launched 
Plesetsk, Russia (ESA) Nov 11, 2004The maiden flight of a Soyuz 2-1a launch vehicle took place on Monday 8 November 2004 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia at 21:30 Moscow time (19:30 Paris). Starsem, Arianespace and their Russian partners report that the mission was accomplished successfully. |
Pluto-Spitzer Astronomers Say KBO's May Be Smaller Than Thought
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 11, 2004Pluto's status as our solar system's ninth planet may be safe if a recently discovered Kuiper Belt Object is a typical "KBO", and not just an oddball. Astronomers have new evidence that KBOs (Kuiper Belt Objects) are smaller than previously thought. Keeping Messenger On Course To Mercury 
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2004Northrop Grumman's newest space navigation system is providing vital guidance and control information to NASA's Messenger spacecraft during its eight-year mission to Mercury, which began August 3 when it was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. |
Hypersonic Flight Set For Next Week
Hampton VA (UPI) Nov 10, 2004The U.S. space agency is preparing for the launch of a rocket-assisted jet so fast it would cover a coast-to-coast flight in 20 minutes. Known as a scramjet, NASA intends to break the aircraft speed record next week, by flying the craft 110,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean at speeds close about 7,200 mph. Russia, Ukraine Plan New Earth Satellite 
Moscow, Russia (UPI) Nov 09, 2004Russia and Ukraine plan to launch a new earth observation satellite later this year. Ukraine and Russia are planning to launch the Sich-1m satellite, designed to study Earth, in December 2004, a source in the Ukrainian National space agency told Interfax. |
Tugboat As Lifeboat
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2004Russell Schweikart is the Chairman of the B612 Foundation, an advocacy group endorsing 'a gentle push' approach to asteroid risk mitigation. Schweikart was an Apollo 9 astronaut and is using his experiences in mission planning to design a demonstrated diversion of incoming space debris by 2015. Taking A Cat Scan Of The Early Universe 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 09, 2004The invention of the CAT scan led to a revolution in medical diagnosis. Where X-rays give only a flat two-dimensional view of the human body, a CAT scan provides a more revealing three-dimensional view. To do this, CAT scans take many virtual "slices" electronically and assemble them into a 3D picture. |
Sandia Imagists Overcome Maelstrom Obscuring Z Machine's Drive Force
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Nov 11, 2004Peering into the center of Sandia National Laboratory's Z machine as it fires had been a feat unachievable for a decade. Other than a nuclear bomb, Z is the most powerful generator of X-rays on the planet. Last year, its central mechanism, called a Z-pinch, fused isotopes of hydrogen to create nuclear fusion. Sandia, Stirling To Build Solar Dish Engine 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Nov 11, 2004The National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories is joining forces with Stirling Energy Systems (SES) of Phoenix to build and test six new solar dish-engine systems for electricity generation that will provide enough grid-ready solar electricity to power more than 40 homes. |
Arctic Ice Cap Melt: A Boon For Shipping With New Northern Route
Reykjavik, Iceland (AFP) Nov 10, 2004The melting of the Arctic ice cap could in the future open a new northern waterway, creating a shorter route for ships sailing between Europe and Asia and providing a safe haven from piracy and terrorism, experts say. Ancient Creature Fossilized By The Bacteria That Ate It 
Denver CO (SPX) Nov 11, 2004High in the mountains of Antarctica, Ohio State University geologists unearthed the fossil remains of a 180-million-year-old clam-like creature that was preserved in a very unusual way: by the ancient bacteria that devoured it. There, they found the first fossil evidence of a new kind of bacteria that scientists were unsure even existed as fossils that long ago. |
GlobalSantaFe Selects Stratos And IDirect For Remote Broadband Services
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 11, 2004Stratos Global Wednesday announced a three-year contract to install and support a broadband data and voice communications system for approximately 60 GlobalSantaFe Corporation offshore drilling rigs and remote offices worldwide. Qualcomm Completes Assisted-GPS Test Calls For WCDMA/GSM/GPRS Networks 
San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2004Qualcomm Wednesday announced completion of test calls using its gpsOne assisted-GPS (A-GPS) technology on WCDMA (UMTS)/GSM/GPRS networks to help advance development of wireless location-based services for WCDMA markets. |
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