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Bezos' Life Beyond AmazonCape Canaveral FL (UPI) Jan 18, 2005 
For years, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has been laboring in secret at his Seattle headquarters on a space-related project known only as Blue Origin. |
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AAS Endorses Hubble Options Report
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 18, 2005In a statement released Tuesday, the American Astronomical Society has endorsed the National Research Council Report on "The Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of Hubble Space Telescope", which calls for a servicing mission to repair it using astronauts and the space shuttle. SMART-1 Approaching Final Lunar Orbit 
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 18, 2005While approaching its final operational orbit around the Moon, SMART-1 interrupted the Electric Propulsion operations on Monday 10 January 2005. The reason for this delay before reaching the target orbit is to estimate the remaining fuel and plan accurately for a mission extension. |
Huygens Lands In Titanian Mud
Paris (ESA) Jan 19, 2005Although Huygens landed on Titan's surface on 14 January, activity at ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, continues at a furious pace. Scientists are still working to refine the exact location of the probe's landing site, seen above. More Of Titan's Secrets To Be Unveiled On Friday 
Paris (ESA) Jan 19, 2005One week after the successful completion of Huygens' mission to the atmosphere and surface of Titan, the largest and most mysterious moon of Saturn, the European Space Agency is bringing together some of the probe's scientists to present and discuss the first results obtained from the data collected by the instruments. |
Space Tourism: The Next Steps
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 19, 20052004 was a significant year for the fledgling space tourism industry, despite the fact that no fee-paying space tourist has flown in years. Events ranging from business projects to the debut of private human spaceflight have all moved the industry forward. Titan Success Raises Curtain On Big Year In Space 
Paris (AFP) Jan 17, 2005The breathtaking success of the probe Huygens, which landed on the Saturnian moon Titan last Friday after a seven-year trek across the Solar System, kicks off what promises to be a bumper year for space. |
Intelsat Reports Loss Of IS-804 Satellite
Pembroke, Bermuda (SPX) Jan 16, 2005Intelsat announced Monday that its IS-804 satellite experienced a sudden and unexpected electrical power system anomaly on January 14, 2005, at approximately 5:32 p.m. EST that caused the total loss of the spacecraft. Calipso Launch Delayed Until May 2005 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 18, 2005The Calipso (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infra-Red Pathfinder Satellite Observations) mission, a collaborative effort between NASA and CNES dedicated to clouds and aerosols observation, has been delayed from April 15, 2005 until May 26, 2005. |
Analysis: Missile Defense Semantics
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 17, 2005With the failure of the latest test of the U.S. national missile defense system in December, the Pentagon seems to now be engaged in semantic gymnastics, declining to say whether the system is operational or not, and suggesting it never promised it would be. Better Real-Time Recon Info Will Help Soldiers In Urban Combat 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jan 18, 2005Soldiers in urban battle zones could receive more timely and complete information about enemy forces from low-flying UAVs with technologies being developed by Northrop Grumman. |
Media Left Lost On Titan
Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Jan 18, 2005The money shot is what they call it. While usually applied to less salubrious sectors of "film making," in this case we are talking about a mostly static 98 frame view of the surface of Titan. Scientists Get To Work On Early Warning System After Tsunami Disaster 
Kobe, Japan (AFP) Jan 18, 2005Scientists from about 150 countries got to work Tuesday on an action plan to save lives during disasters through planning and warnings amid the shock over the Asian tsunami catastrophe. |
Walker's World: Struggle For Mastery In Asia
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 17, 2005Since BP and Chevron began drilling in the Caspian basin after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the term the new Great Game became popular to describe the discreet tussles between Moscow and the West over the massive oil and gas reserves of this region OptiStreams Awarded Federal GSA Schedule 
Fresno CA (SPX) Jan 18, 2005OptiStreams announced today it has been awarded a GSA schedule from the federal government's General Services Administration. |
Wireless World: RFID Becoming Must-Use
Chicago IL (UPI) Jan 18, 2005More and more food and other product manufacturers and distributors are successfully embedding wireless radio frequency identification devices in unobtrusive labels and affixing them to boxes and containers. Trimble Unveils New Surveying Tool 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jan 18, 2005Trimble introduced Monday the Trimble S6 Total Station, an advanced surveying instrument based on a completely new design platform. The cable-free Trimble S6 Total Station includes innovative features never before available for surveying applications. |
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