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NASA Facing Few Choices To Build CEVWashington (UPI) Nov 11, 2004 
The decision by Boeing and Northrup Grumman to join forces in their bid to build NASA's next generation manned spacecraft, dubbed the crew exploration vehicle or CEV, significantly reduces the number of major aerospace players available to the agency. |
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NASA To Reverse Course As Rover Eyes Opportunity To Escape Endurance
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 12, 2004Operators of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity have determined that a proposed route eastward out of "Endurance Crater" is not passable, so the rover will backtrack to leave the crater by a southward route, perhaps by retracing its entry path. Mars Express Snaps Phobos Like Never Before 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 12, 2004Mars Express has taken some of the highest-resolution pictures so far of the Martian moon Phobos. The images show the Mars-facing side of the moon, taken from a distance of less than 200 kilometres with a resolution of about seven metres per pixel during orbit 756. |
Latest Adaptive Optic Images Of Uranus Surpass Hubble
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2004Recent observations of Uranus show a cloudy world as it approaches its southern equinox, which takes place in 2007. "We are stunned by the quality of these images," said Dr Chaffee, director of the Keck Observatory. First Space Tug Fully Funded 
London, UK (SPX) Nov 12, 2004Orbital Recovery has completed its second round financing for the ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (CX OLEV), marking a major program milestone that allows production of the first "space tug" to begin in early 2005, followed by the initial operational mission approximately 36 months later. |
GPS Gives Howitzers A New Lease On Life
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 12, 2004In a first-of-a- kind test earlier this month, the Raytheon Missile Systems and Bofors Excalibur team successfully fired a global positioning satellite-guided 155mm artillery shell, which guided to a target aim point 20 kilometers down range. The shell hit less than 11 feet from the aim point, well within the performance specification of Excalibur. Navicom GPS Offers New Fight Back Anti-Theft Program For Cadillacs 
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Nov 12, 2004Navicom is launching a new program for Cadillac Escalade owners. The Cadillac Escalade EXT is the most targeted vehicle by thefts for the second year in a row. |
Deep Impact Undergoing Final Preparations For Dec 30 Launch
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 12, 2004NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft arrived in Florida on Oct. 23 to begin final preparations for launch on Dec. 30. Deep Impact was removed from its shipping container and is now undergoing its Functional and Mission Readiness testing, scheduled for completion on November 23. Theorists Tackle Mysterious Wake Of Baby Planet Found By Astronomers 
Rochester NY (SPX) Nov 12, 2004In June, researchers from the University of Rochester announced they had located a potential planet around another star so young that it defied theorists' explanations. |
Solar Disturbances Spike Aurora Activity Across The Globe
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Nov 12, 2004A spot on the sun is bursting with large flares and tremendous coronal mass ejections, sending charged solar particles to Earth. The waves of particles descending on the planet are responsible for the aurora displays that have been visible as far south as the Carolinas. Space Science And Medical Technology: To See Or Not To See 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2004In two free public lectures to be held Nov 18/19, Dr. Wolfgang Fink, JPL senior research scientist and assistant professor in ophthalmology and neurosurgery, will describe tools for early detection, diagnosis and prevention of eye disorders in space and on Earth. |
Stratos Announces "Come Sail Away" Savings On Inmarsat Fleet Hardware
Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 12, 2004Stratos Global announced Thursday at the Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle, WA, the opportunity for maritime customers to "Come Sail Away", with savings of up to US$2000 on Inmarsat Fleet F33 and F55 maritime satellite terminals. Researchers Develop Breakthrough Silicon Measurement Technique 
New York NY (SPX) Nov 10, 2004Albany Nanotech and Advanced Micro Devices have entered into a joint R&D project to develop a new nanometrology capability for measuring the stress state in strained silicon, a material at the heart of high-performance microchips. |
NanoDoping Helps Nanocrystals Find The Short Route To Fundenmental Change
Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2004Just as the Microtechnology Age was built upon the introduction of impurities into crystals of semiconductor materials, so too, it appears that crystalline doping will be the bedrock upon which the Nanotechnology Age is built. 33-Year Hunt For Proof Of Spin Current Now Over- Spin Hall Effect Observed 
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2004In a paper published online Thursday in Science, a group of researchers led by David Awschalom, a professor of physics and electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, reports the observation of the spin Hall effect. |
Report: US Supercomputing Lead Erodes
New York (UPI) Nov 11, 2004Supercomputing in the United States needs better funding to continue to protect national security and boost the economy, experts told UPI. U.S. leadership in supercomputing technologies is eroding, and with it the broader scientific and technological progress underlying a strong economy. US Motorists Can Now Refuel With Hydrogen 
Washington (AFP) Nov 10, 2004Motorists here will be able to say "fill it with hydrogen" at a service station opening Wednesday, but analysts say large-scale use of fuel cell vehicles will take years. Oil giant Shell said it opened the first hydrogen dispenser at a gasoline station to service a fleet of six fuel cell vehicles from General Motors. |
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