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Missile Defense Test AbortedWashington (AFP) Dec 15, 2004 
The US Missile Defense Agency said Wednesday that a planned missile defense flight test over the Pacific Ocean had failed as the interceptor missile did not take off and was automatically shut down. |
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Trekking Toward Husband Hill
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 15, 2004Spirit drove five of the last seven days, continuing its trek towards the top of "Husband Hill." Spirit's intermediate goal is a ridge dubbed "Larry's Lookout," which is roughly 75 meters away. Out Of Endurance 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 15, 2004Opportunity has finished its work inside "Endurance Crater" and climbed out. Before leaving, the rover examined a transition point between dark and light rock layers about 20 meters (about 66 feet) from the rim of the crater. |
NASA Picks Two IU Devices To Go To Mars
Bloomington IN (SPX) Dec 16, 2004Two of the eight instruments selected to go on a Mars rover have Indiana University Bloomington geologists behind them, NASA announced yesterday. NASA Selects Investigations For The Mars Science Laboratory 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 15, 2004NASA has selected eight proposals to provide instrumentation and associated science investigations for the mobile Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2009. |
United States GPS Industry Welcomes New GPS Policy
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 16, 2004The United States GPS Industry Council (USGIC) welcomes the announcement of the new Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Policy signed by President Bush. The policy sets forth a forward- looking framework for the management of GPS and its augmentations. Successful Flight Test Of Initial NLV Development Vehicle 
Long Beach CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2004A joint industry - academic team achieved an important milestone on Dec 4 2004, when they conducted their initial launch and recovery of a full-scale flight development unit for a proposed Nanosat Launch Vehicle. |
Shenzhou: Eye in the Sky
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 16, 2004Events in China's Shenzhou human spaceflight program don't really proceed at a rapid pace. Having waited several years for the first manned mission in 2003, we have still moved barely more than halfway to the second Chinese astronaut launch, slated for late 2005. But periodically, China releases tidbits of information to remind us that Shenzhou is still moving ahead. China Will Upgrade Weapons Technology If EU Lifts Arms Embargo 
Beijing, Chian (AFP) Dec 15, 2004China is ratcheting up pressure for the lifting of its EU arms embargo to remove the stigma of sanctions but also because it needs the technology to upgrade its existing systems, analysts say. |
Milestone For Australian Satellite As Space Effort Hits Wall
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 15, 2004The Australian research satellite FedSat has worked almost flawlessly and has circled the Earth a distance equivalent to eight hundred return trips to the Moon since it was launched two years ago. However hopes for building an Australian space program have fallen. China Builds "Small Satellite" Engineering Center 
Beijing, China (XNA) Dec 15, 2004China wrapped up construction of a national engineering and research center on small satellites, and their application, in Beijing Tuesday, paving the way for large-scale development of small satellites. |
Space Race 2: Selling Space
by Irene KlotzCape Canaveral FL (UPI) Dec 14, 2004 The successful conclusion of the $10 million X Prize this fall not only brought prospects for commercial passenger spaceflight several steps closer to reality, it also set in motion one of the giant wheels of modern-day commerce: advertising. CNES Gives Green Light To Multitude Of Exploration Missions 
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 13, 2004CNES announced on December 3 that it will be strongly involved in four major space exploration missions, whose development will begin this year and which will be launched between 2008 and 2012. |
Shutdown Of Circulation Pattern Could Be Disastrous: Researchers
Champaign IL (SPX) Dec 15, 2004If global warming shuts down the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean, the result could be catastrophic climate change. The environmental effects, models indicate, depend upon whether the shutdown is reversible or irreversible. NASA Tracks Impact Of Trees And Insects On Carbon Dioxide Levels 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2004Winds and changing climate converted parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Texas into a giant 'dust bowl' in the 1930s. In response, the 1937 'Shelterbelt Project' involved the planting of trees to reduce erosion and provide relief from the biting winds that blew soil from farms and drove people west to California. |
Researchers Discover First Evidence Of Microbes Living In A Rock Glacier
Arlington VA (SPX) Dec 15, 2004Scientists have discovered evidence of microbial activity in a rock glacier high above tree line in the Rocky Mountains, a barren environment previously thought to be devoid of life. Earth's Safe Zone Became Hot Zone During Legendary Solar Storms 
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 16, 2004The beauty of science is that nothing is for certain. Occasionally scientists think they have something figured out and then nature throws them for a loop. Such an event happened last fall when the Sun erupted in some massive, record-shattering explosions that hurled billion of tons of electrified gas toward Earth. |
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