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Dione and Saturn Make For A Great Back DropPasadena CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2004 
The Cassini spacecraft has captured the moon Dione against the cloud tops of Saturn as it approached the icy moon Dec. 14, 2004. This natural color view shows the moon has strong variations in brightness across its surface, but a remarkable lack of color, compared to the warm hues of Saturn's atmosphere. |
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Ariane Rocket Puts Military Satellite Into Orbit
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) Dec 18, 2004An Ariane rocket on Saturday successfully placed into orbit the first in a new generation of French military satellites known as Helios II A. Northrop Grumman Awarded Meteorological And Oceanographic Support Contract 
Herndon VA (SPX) Dec 17, 2004Northrop Grumman has been selected by the U.S. General Services Administration to provide system engineering and program support for the U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command and Naval Oceanographic Office. |
AMC-16 Successfully Launched From Cape Canaveral; Atlas V Performs Flawlessly
Princeton NJ (SPX) Dec 17, 2004Against the pre-dawn sky from Cape Canaveral, the Americom-16 satellite of SES Americom roared into space onboard an Atlas V from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Friday morning at 7:07 a.m. Eastern Time. New Step For The Soyuz Launches From French Guiana 
Paris, France (AFP) Dec 17, 2004French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin announced that an agreement has been reached concerning the funding of Soyuz launch facilities in French Guiana. |
China Will Launch More Spacecrafts Next Year
Beijing (XNA) Dec 17, 2004China will launch more spacecrafts next year, including the famous Shenzhou 6 spaceship, China's second manned spacecraft. The year 2004 has marked great progress in China's space industry. US Raises Concerns Over China Arms Sales With Israel: Pentagon 
Washington DC (AFP) Dec 16, 2004The United States has raised concerns about arms sales to China with Israel but has not demanded the resignation of any Israeli official over reported transfers of sensitive weapons or technology to Beijing, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday. |
Spirit Finds Water-Signature
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 17, 2004Scientists have identified a water-signature mineral called goethite in bedrock that the NASA's Mars rover Spirit examined in the "Columbia Hills," one of the mission's surest indicators yet for a wet history on Spirit's side of Mars. The Silence Of The Space Cadets 
Chonan City, South Korea (SPX) Dec 17, 2004It's been nearly two months since the U.S. presidential election, and more importantly, it's been about a month since the U.S. Congress approved the full $16.2 billion that President Bush wanted for NASA's 2005 budget. |
U.S. Allies Look At Missle Defense
Washington (UPI) Dec 17 2004The failed test of the U.S. missile defense system on Wednesday has not kept the Bush administration from trying to sell the idea to as many potential buyers from Canada to Russia as it can find. Missile Test Failure Raises New Questions About System 
Washington (AFP) Dec 16, 2004The failure of the first US missile defense flight test in two years has again raised questions about a system President George W. Bush has promised to put on alert by year's end, analysts said. |
Nuclear War A Real Fear In South Asia
Washington (UPI) Dec 17 2004No conventional war between India and Pakistan will remain limited for long and will gradually lead to a full-scale war and ultimately to a nuclear conflict, warns a study by a Pakistani defense official. Outside View: Iran Can't Be Bought Off 
Los Angeles CA (UPI) Dec 15, 2004Can economics trump values? The European Community has placed a bet that they can. In a new round of negotiations France and Germany believe they can buy off Iran's ambitions to acquire nuclear weapons. |
Titan Weather: Storm Trackers
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2004Astronomers had seen storms around Titan's south pole before, but now they've been discovered at the moon's mid-latitudes as well. The discovery was made using the Gemini North and Keck 2 observatories, which have adaptive optics systems capable of resolving Saturn's largest moon with great detail. Gilat's Enters Into Turbo Code Licensing Program For DVB-RCS Applications 
San Diego (SPX) Dec 17, 2004Spectra Licensing Group announced today that France Telecom and Gilat Satellite Networks, have entered into a fee bearing patent license agreement under France Telecom's Turbo Code Licensing Program. |
Nano World: Nanomaterials Buyers Beware
New York (UPI) Dec 17 2004Some corporations investigating nanotechnology are beginning to buy from nanomaterials suppliers instead of whipping up basic building blocks from scratch. The problem is, experts told UPI's Nano World, the quality of the products often falls far short of what the customers thought they were paying for. Researchers Control Chemical Reactions One Molecule At A Time 
Riverside CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2004Scientists at the University of California, Riverside showed that L. P. Hammett's 1937 prediction of the strength of different acids is directly transferable to the activation of individual molecules on metal surfaces using the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) as a nanoscale actuator. |
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