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Huygens Is Go For Final Titanic DescentPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2005 
This map illustrates the planned imaging coverage for the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer, onboard the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during the probe's descent toward Titan's surface on Jan. 14, 2005. The Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer is one of two NASA instruments on the probe. |
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ESA Says Huygens Got a Good Start
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 12, 2005On Christmas Day 2004, the Cassini spacecraft flawlessly released ESA's Huygens probe, passing another challenging milestone for Cassini-Huygens mission. But, with no telemetry data from Huygens, how do we know the separation went well? VIMS Shows Iapetus Surface Composition 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 11, 2005This color composite image of Saturn's moon Iapetus from Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer was obtained on Dec. 31, 2004, an hour and a half before the New Year, at a distance of 121,000 kilometers (75,186 miles), with a spatial resolution of about 60 kilometers (37 miles). |
Sedna May Have Formed Far Beyond Pluto
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 12, 2005Recently, astronomers reported the surprising discovery of a very large diameter Kuiper Belt planetoid - (90377) Sedna - on a distant, 12,500-year-long, eccentric orbit centered approximately 500 astronomical units from the Sun. Hubble's Infrared Eyes Home In On Suspected Extrasolar Planet 
Cerro Paranal, Chile (SPX) Jan 11, 2005Unique follow up observations carried out with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope are providing important supporting evidence for the existence of a candidate planetary companion to a relatively bright young brown dwarf star located 225 light-years away in the southern constellation Hydra. |
New Clues Found In Ongoing Mystery Of Giant Galactic Blobs
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2005Astronomers have numerous technical terms and numbering systems for describing the universe, but one type of mysterious object has yet to be classified. For now, these oddities are named for their strange appearance. They are called blobs. Good News From Big Bad Black Holes 
Livermore CA (SPX) Jan 11, 2005Astronomers have discovered how ominous black holes can create life in the form of new stars, proving that jet-induced star formation may have played an important role in the formation of galaxies in the early universe. |
Team Me Up, Scotty
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 11, 2005Weakened bones, radiation-damaged cells, spacecraft malfunctions - when you think of journeying through space, these are the threats that come to mind. Yet, there's another issue equally critical. That issue is teamwork. AMC-12 Satellite Arrives In Kazakhstan 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Jan 12, 2005The Americom-12 (AMC-12) satellite, formerly known as Worldsat-2, of SES Americom, an SES Global company, has been delivered to Baikonur, Kazakhstan to prepare the spacecraft for its scheduled Proton/Breeze M launch on February 3, 2005. |
NASA Details Earthquake Affects On Earth
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 11, 2005NASA scientists using data from the Indonesian earthquake calculated it affected Earth's rotation, decreased the length of day, slightly changed the planet's shape, shifted the North Pole by centimeters, as well as changing the Earth's rotation. China Speeds Up Building Of Disaster Warning, Relief Network 
Beijing (XNA) Jan 11, 2005China plans to build an eight-satellite system for round-the-clock disaster monitoring by 2010, as part of its efforts to improve its disaster warning and relief network. |
Japan Eyes Smaller Spy Satellite
Tokyo (SPX) Jan 11, 2005Japan will start research in fiscal 2005 on scaling down the size of its spy satellites to enhance their maneuverability, aiming to launch a small fourth-generation satellite by around fiscal 2010. Japan To Consider Joint Study On Airborne Anti-Missile Laser System 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 10, 2005The Japanese government is consdering a US proposal for joint research on an anti-missile laser weapon designed to be part of a missile defense shield, a press report said Monday. |
Queen's Discovery Sheds New Light On Ancient Temperatures
Kingston ON (SPX) Jan 11, 2005A new discovery by a team of Queen's University scientists suggests that ancient earth was much colder than previously thought, a discovery that has broad implications for those studying the earth's climate. Drought's Growing Reach: NCAR Study Points To Global Warming 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 11, 2005The percentage of Earth's land area stricken by serious drought more than doubled from the 1970s to the early 2000s, according to a new analysis by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. |
LockMart Completes Testing Of Aegis BMD Initial Engagement Capability
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jan 11, 2005Lockheed Martin successfully completed land-based testing of the first deployable Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) engagement capability. This marks a significant milestone toward an initial, sea-based capability to defend the United States. Croatian Vodatel And SES Astra Introduce Internet And Video Services 
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Jan 11, 2005SES Astra and Vodatel are pleased to announce the conclusion of an agreement for satellite Internet services via Astra 23.5 degrees East and new interactive entertainment services for Croatian households under the brand name eTV. |
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