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Edging Out Of EndurancePasadena CA (JPL) Dec 07, 2004 
Opportunity has completed its super-high-resolution imaging and other remote sensing operations from the base of "Burns Cliff," collecting more than 985 megabits of telemetry. Due to the large number of observations, the data management team has been working hard to manage available memory. Opportunity has now begun its journey out of "Endurance Crater." |
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Spirit Ain't Taking No Holiday As First Birthday Approaches
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 08, 2004During the 19 sols ending on sol 325 (Dec. 1), Spirit continued to explore in the "Columbia Hills." Spirit reached a position northeast of a ridge called "Machu Picchu" and began crossing a 200-meter-wide (656-foot-wide) flat saddle area. Proof Of Water On Mars 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2004One of the primary goals of the rover missions was to learn once and for all if liquid water ever existed on the red planet. That question has now been answered, indicates Mark Lemmon of Texas A&M University's College of Geosciences. |
Second Space Christmas For ESA: Huygens To Begin Final Journey To Titan
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 08, 2004At 1.25 billion km from Earth, after a 7-year journey through the Solar system, ESA's Huygens probe is about to separate from the Cassini orbiter to enter a ballistic trajectory toward Titan, the largest and most mysterious moon of Saturn, in order to dive into its atmosphere on 14 January. How The Early Universe Got Dusty Remains A Mystery 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 08, 2004Astronomers who think they know how the very early universe came to have so much interstellar dust need to think again, according to new results from the Spitzer Space Telescope. |
Shuttles May Fly Without Heat Shield Fix
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Dec 07, 2004Astronauts may be back in space before NASA has a reliable fix for damaged tiles on the shuttle's heat shield, USA Today reported Tuesday. Program manager William Parsons told the newspaper NASA was working on a repair plan, but added future missions would continue even if a plan were not in place. Space Race 2: Inflatables Take Shape 
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Dec 07, 2004There are no motors, no wings, not even a hint of a cockpit aboard the craft Brian Feeney plans to use as the first stage of his effort to get to space. Rather than rockets or aircraft, Feeney's ride into the sky is a helium balloon. |
Team GoldenEye To Develop Organic Air Vehicle For DARPA
Manassas VA (SPX) Dec 08, 2004Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that an industry team it leads has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for an award under the Organic Air Vehicle - II (OAV-II) competition. LockMart Contracted By USAF To Produce Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile 
Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 08, 2004Lockheed Martin has just received a U.S. Air Force contract totaling more than $112 million for continued production of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, the world's first stealthy cruise missile. |
Russia To Launch Indonesian Satellite
Moscow, Russia (UPI) Dec 07, 2004Russia will put an Indonesian satellite into orbit around the Earth in 2007 using an air-launch system, local media reported Tuesday. The system offered by the Russian Air Launch Aerospace Corporation includes an Antonov An-124-100AL carrier aircraft as a flying launch pad, a Polyot two-stage launch vehicle and an upper stage booster. Orbimage Adds GPS Ocean Tracking Buoys To Its SeaStar Service Products 
Dulles VA (SPX) Dec 08, 2004Orbimage announced Tuesday that its SeaStar Fisheries Information Service has released a new OrbBuoy product line. The low profile buoys are designed to be stealthy to avoid loss, but can easily be retrieved through the use of high- accuracy GPS positioning, two-way communications (via the Inmarsat D+ satellite network), and a user-activated high intensity recovery beacon. |
Russia Won't Supply Nuke Subs To India
New Delhi, India (UPI) Dec 02, 2004Russia has offered India a strategic defense partnership to jointly develop high-tech weapon systems but ruled out supplying nuclear submarines to New Delhi. Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said: We are prepared to transfer high-tech frontier technology to India in a strategic tie-up based on a new pattern of defense cooperation. BAE Systems Awarded $16.6 Million Precision Tracking Contract 
Rockville MD (SPX) Dec 07, 2004BAE Systems has been awarded a $16.6 million contract for the Time Space, Position Information Replacement System at the Primrose Lake Evaluation Range. The contract is to replace the existing cinetheodolite constellation at the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment, in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, with a modern, automated tracking system capable of testing modern ammunition such as precision guided munitions. |
G2 Satellite Solutions To Launch IP Networking Service On NSS-7 Satellite
The Hague, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 08, 2004New Skies Satellites announced Tuesday that G2 Satellite Solutions, a subsidiary of PanAmSat, has selected the NSS-7 satellite to launch a new, fully managed IP-networking service in the African and Middle East regions for government and military customers. Tachyon Networks And Xplornet Launch Satellite Broadband Services In Canada 
Vienna VA (SPX) Dec 08, 2004Tachyon Networks and Xplornet announced Tuesday a strategic partnership leveraging Tachyon's network infrastructure and Xplornet's sales, customer service and installation services. |
Idaho Lab, Utah Company Achieve Major Milestone In Hydrogen Research
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Dec 08, 2004Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory are reporting a significant development in their efforts to help the nation advance toward a clean hydrogen economy. Molecular Chains Line Up To Form Protopolymer 
University Park PA (SPX) Dec 08, 2004A new chemical state, designated a "protopolymer," has been observed by Penn State researchers in chains of phenylene molecules on a crystalline copper surface at low temperature. |
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