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Deep Impact Lifts Off For Comet EncounterCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 13, 2005 
The Deep Impact spacecraft lifted off on-time aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 1:47:08.574 p.m. EST (Jan 12). Deep Impact has successfully begun its mission to investigate comet Tempel 1. |
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Spirit Continues Climbing Husband Hill
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 13, 2005With one eye on the weather, Spirit continued work on "Husband Hill," making detailed observations of a rock called "Champagne," using the full suite of instruments. Engineers continue to have difficulty getting the rover to make significant progress toward a ridgeline destination due to high slippage that Spirit experiences on the sandy, sloped terrain. SwRI Radiation Hazard Instrument Selected For Next Mars Rover Mission 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 13, 2005An instrument that will characterize the radiation at the surface of Mars has been selected by NASA for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The mission, part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, will explore the viability of the surface of the red planet as a potential habitat for past or present life. |
US Missile Test Failure Caused By 'Minor' Glitch: General
Washington DC (AFP) Jan 12, 2005The first flight test of the US ground-based missile defense system in more than two years failed last month because of a "very minor software glitch," the head of the US Missile Defense Agency said Wednesday. Russia, US Near Agreement On Controls For Portable Surface-To-Air Missiles 
Washington DC (AFP) Jan 12, 2005Russia is tightening export controls on portable surface-to-air missiles and is nearing a deal with the United States to share data on foreign missile transfers, Russia's defense minister said Tuesday. |
NOAA Scientists Able To Measure Tsunami Height From Space
Silver Spring MD (SPX) Jan 13, 2005After reviewing data from four Earth-orbiting radar satellites, NOAA scientists Wednesday announced they were able to measure the height of the devastating tsunami that erupted in the Indian Ocean. NASA/French Satellite Data Reveal New Details Of Tsunami 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 13, 2005For the first time, orbiting satellites have observed and measured a major tsunami event in open ocean, the Indian Ocean tsunami that resulted from the magnitude 9 earthquake on December 26. |
Surrey Satellite Technology Sells Stake To SpaceX
Surrey, UK (SPX) Jan 13, 2005Surrey Satellite Technology has announced the sale of a ten percent stake to California-based commercial rocket company SpaceX. Russian-US Firm Plans Seven Space Launches From Baikonur In 2005 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 11, 2005The Russian-US space launch firm International Launch Services is planning seven commercial launches in 2005 from the Russian space base Baikonur in Kazakhstan, ITAR-TASS said Tuesday. |
Spitzer Space Telescope Reads Solar System's 'Rosetta Stone'
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jan 13, 2005When our solar system was young, its biggest babies -Jupiter and Saturn - threw tantrums by the trillion. The huge planets hurled ice-covered rocky bodies from the inner solar system far past the orbit of Pluto. Super-Star Clusters May Be Born Small And Grow By Coalescing 
Champaign IL (SPX) Jan 13, 2005A trio of massive, young star clusters found embedded in a star cloud may shed light on the formation of super-star clusters and globular clusters. |
US Submarine Ran Into Apparently Uncharted Undersea Mountain
Washington DC (AFP) Jan 11, 2005The nuclear-powered US submarine that ran aground in the Pacific last week, causing the death of a sailor and injuring 23 others, ran head-on into an undersea mountain that apparently was not on the navy's charts, a US defense official said Tuesday. Raytheon to Build First Global Hawk Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2005Raytheon has been awarded a low rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 3 contract to produce three Global Hawk Integrated Sensor Suites. |
Listening For ET: Two Decades
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2005The SETI Institute predicts that we'll detect an extraterrestrial transmission within twenty years. If that turns out to be true, it'll probably be the folks at UC Berkeley's Hat Creek radio observatory who will have heard the call. More Than Monkey See, Monkey Do? 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2005Mammals other than humans can distinguish between different speech patterns. Neuroscientists in Barcelona report that rats, like humans and Tamarin monkeys, can extract regular patterns in language from speech cues. |
Using Soda-Straw-Like Tubes To Solve Sensing Problems
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jan 13, 2005There you are, tapping your fingers on the cold steering wheel as your windows cloud over from your breath. How could you have known your car battery was that low? Apple Releases 99-Dollar iPod Shuffle 
San Francisco CA (AFP) Jan 11, 2005Apple unveiled Tuesday a 99-dollar version of its hot-selling iPod digital music player, the gadget that catapulted the firm back into big profits, and a cheap mini-desktop. |
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