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Analysis: O'Keefe's Exit May Save HubbleWashington DC (UPI) Dec 16, 2004 
The timing of NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe's sudden announcement Monday that he was resigning from the space agency to return to the academic world suggests his reasons were more complicated than he stated in public. |
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Saturn System Driven By Ice, Says University Of Colorado Researchers
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 17, 2004Ice particles are key players in the ever-changing panorama at Saturn, according to a new study using an instrument on the Cassini spacecraft now at the ringed planet. New Evidence That Saturn's Outer Rings Could Be Disappearing 
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 17, 2004A massive eruption of atomic oxygen from Saturn's outer rings, seen by Cassini's ultraviolet camera as the spacecraft neared its destination, may be an indication that the planet's wispy E ring is eroding so fast that it could disappear within 100 million years if not replenished. |
Understanding The Spatial Scale Of High-Speed Flows In The Magnetotail
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 16, 2004High-speed flows of plasma, propagating from the magnetotail to the Earth at velocities higher than 300 kms-1, are the carriers of decisive amounts of mass, energy and magnetic flux. Second Flyby Gets A Clearer View Of Titan 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 16, 2004This image was taken during Cassini's very close approach to Titan on Dec. 13, 2004. Bright streaks of cloud in Titan's southern hemisphere are visible. Linear clouds such as these have appeared intermittently in this region of Titan. |
Satellites Plus Software Equal Best-Ever Mediterranean Heat Map
Southampton, UK (SPX) Dec 16, 2004The most detailed ever heat map of all 2 965 500 square kilometres of the Mediterranean, the world's largest inland sea is being updated on a daily basis as part of ESA's Medspiration project. Strange Ocean Wave Patterns Raise Questions About Beach Erosion 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2004Engineers who were studying beach erosion got more than they bargained for recently when they discovered unexpected wave behavior in the water along an east coast shoreline. |
GeoHelix GPS Antenna To Boost Alltigo's Asset Management Solution
Wellingborough UK (SPX) Dec 17, 2004Sarantel has been chosen by Alltigo to provide its GeoHelix GPS antenna in a new Assisted-GPS enabled asset management tagging solution. Allied Defense Announces New TeraScan Antenna Systems 
Vienna VA (SPX) Dec 16, 2004The Allied Defense Group announced Wednesday the formation of a new Antenna Division and a new line of antenna products for satellite communications developed by the Company's California-based subsidiary, SeaSpace Corporation. |
NASA Eyes Effects Of A Giant 'Brown Cloud' Worldwide
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2004NASA scientists recently announced that a giant, smoggy atmospheric "brown cloud" that forms over South Asia and Indian Ocean has intercontinental reach, and has effects around the world. The Secret Life Of Acid Dust 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2004Dry dust reacts with air pollutants to form dewy particles whose sunlight-reflecting and cloud-altering properties are unaccounted for in atmospheric models. |
Diving For Life Under Antarctic Ice
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2004Dale Andersen is a biologist at McGill University, the SETI Institute and NASA Ames. His research focuses on Mars analogs, locations on Earth that resemble Mars in one or more ways. Major Climate Change Occurred 5,200 Years Ago: History Could Repeat Itself 
Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 16, 2004Glaciologist Lonnie Thompson worries that he may have found clues that show history repeating itself, and if he is right, the result could have important implications to modern society. |
Orbcomm Announces Application Development Agreement With VeriChip
Fort Lee NJ (SPX) Dec 16, 2004Orbcomm announced Wednesday that it has executed an agreement with VeriChip to be its provider of satellite and telecommunication services for applications to be developed for use with the world's first implantable RFID microchip. NOAA's National Weather Service Connects With Communication Network 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 16, 2004NOAA is working with the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System to establish a new communication link with NOAA's National Weather Service to increase public safety through improved dissemination of weather forecasts and warnings. |
Orbital Completes Third Flight Test For US Navy's 'Coyote' Target Missile
Dulles VA (SPX) Dec 16, 2004Orbital Sciences announced Wednesday that it successfully flight-tested the U.S. Navy's GQM-163A "Coyote" Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target (SSST) system for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on December 14, 2004. US Navy Commissions Northrop Grumman-Built Aegis Destroyer 
Charleston SC (SPX) Dec 14, 2004The U.S. Navy commissioned the Aegis guided missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) in a ceremony at Naval Weapons Station here on Saturday. The ship is the 21st Arleigh Burke class destroyer built by Northrop Grumman. |
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