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Hovering Over TitanPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 24, 2004 
A mosaic of nine processed images recently acquired during Cassini's first very close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on Oct. 26, 2004, constitutes the most detailed full-disc view of the mysterious moon. |
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Battered And Grooved Tethys
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2004Having passed closer to Tethys than the Voyager 2 spacecraft, Cassini has returned the best-ever natural color view of this icy Saturnian moon. As seen here, the battered surface of Tethys has a neutral hue. The image here is a mosaic of two footprints. Mercury Mission Milestone 
Moffett Field Field CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2004The Mercury mission, Messenger, completed its third trajectory correction maneuver since launch - and its last of 2004 - trimming its speed and tweaking its course toward the Earth flyby next August. |
Space Race 2: Congress Weighs In
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Nov 23, 2004It lacks the panache and the publicity of SpaceShipOne's sprints beyond Earth's atmosphere, but legislation revived last weekend from near-death might do as much for bolstering a commercial human spaceflight industry as Burt Rutan's winged wonder. Next ISS Crew Named 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 24, 2004Veteran NASA astronaut John Phillips and seasoned Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev are the next crew of the International Space Station. Their six-month mission is set for launch in April 2005. |
First European Moon Mission Captures Stunning Portrait Of Earth And Moon
Udaipur, India (AFP) Nov 23, 2004A spectacular portrait of earth and its satellite, the moon, together has been captured for the first time during an eclipse by a space camera, the European Space Agency said Tuesday. Chile's Atacama Desert From Space 
Paris (ESA) Nov 24, 2004This Envisat image was acquired over northern Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth outside of the Antarctic dry valleys. Bounded on the west by the Pacific and on the east by the Andes, the Atacama Desert only knows rainfall between two and four times a century. |
Precocious Supermassive Black Holes Challenge Theories
Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 24, 2004NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has obtained definitive evidence that a distant quasar formed less than a billion years after the big bang contains a fully-grown supermassive black hole generating energy at the rate of twenty trillion suns. In the Stars: Searching For Armageddons 
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 23, 2004The universe was regarded even until the early 20th century as a stable and eternal place, but evidence collected in the intervening years has shown the cosmos is anything but placid. It is seething with activity, some of it entirely hostile to life. |
GlobeTel Announces Update On Stratellite
Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Nov 24, 2004GlobeTel Communications announced Tuesday that Sanswire Networks, its wholly owned subsidiary, is on track to launch the prototype of the Stratellite being built in California towards the end of January 2005. New Mini Generator To Run Electronics 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Nov 24, 2004It may be tiny, but a new microgenerator developed at Georgia Tech can now produce enough power to run a small electronic device, like a cell phone, and may soon be able to power a laptop. |
UK Official Silence On Rumored Attacks
London (UPI) Nov 23, 2004Rumors that security forces have thwarted a Sept. 11-style terrorist attack in London are escalating in the British media after reports emerged this week that a senior source had leaked news of the plot. US Agrees To Japan's Licensed Production Of PAC-3 Missiles: Report 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 23, 2004The United States has agreed in principle to Japan's licensed production of US-developed surface-to-air missiles which will become the core of a joint missile defence system, a report said Tuesday. |
Dinosaurs In Bullet-Proof Vests
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 17, 2004Their armour was perfect; even their eyelids consisted of plates of bone. What are known as ankylosauruses are among the best armoured animals known to us. Purdue Researchers Align Nanotubes To Improve Artificial Joints 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 24, 2004Researchers at Purdue University have shown that artificial joints might be improved by making the implants out of tiny carbon tubes and filaments that are all aligned in the same direction, mimicking the alignment of collagen fibers and natural ceramic crystals in real bones. |
Marine Mysteries Off The Alaskan Coast
San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2004A summer voyage to investigate the causes of one of the most devastating tsunamis in United States history has uncovered new mysteries about biological and geological processes off Alaska. New Skies Adds Flexibility For Mobile Comms Throughout Pacific, Atlantic 
The Hague, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 24, 2004New Skies Satellites Tuesday announced a new service for Broadband Maritime which allows their customer vessels to transition autonomously between the NSS-5 Pacific Ocean region and NSS-7 Atlantic Ocean region satellites. |
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