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Seeing, Touching, Smelling A Cyrogenic, Primordial WorldParis, France (ESA) Jan 21, 2005 
On 14 January ESA's Huygens probe made an historic first ever descent to the surface of Titan, 1.2 billion kilometres from Earth and the largest of Saturn's moons. Huygens travelled to Titan as part of the joint ESA/NASA/ASI Cassini-Huygens mission. |
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Titan: A Living World?
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2005University of Hawaii astronomer Toby Owens spoke with Astrobiology Magazine shortly after the successful Huygens mission had completed. In this third part of the interview, Owens talks about the possibility that there is life on Titan. Rings Around The Pole 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 24, 2005Atmospheric features in Saturn's north polar region are revealed in spectacular detail in this Cassini image, taken in the near infrared spectral region, where methane gas is not very absorbing. |
US Faces Limited Military Options In Iran
Washington (AFP) Jan 22, 2005With the bulk of its ground forces tied down in Iraq, the United States has compelling reasons to avoid military action against neighboring Iran even while stepping up pressure to halt its nuclear program, analysts said here. Duet Chinese To Orbit Earth This Autumn 
Beijing (XNA) Jan 20, 2005Two Chinese astronauts may be orbiting Earth as early as September, this time spending five days aloft in the nation's second manned venture into outerspace, China's space agency chief confirmed Thursday. |
DuPont Electronic Materials Connect Mars Rovers' "Brains" To Their Parts
Wilmington DE (SPX) Jan 24, 2005One year to the month after Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars, the Rovers are still roaming the planet, sending back crystal-clear images of the Martian surface. Their durable parts help keep them going, enabled by DuPont science. Martian Rock Not From Mars 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 24, 2005Over twenty meteorites from Mars have been discovered in Antarctica, so why shouldn't it be possible to find other chunks of our solar system sitting somewhere on Mars too? But the martian surprise of finding an off - world sample while driving has scientists inching towards a closer look. |
Analysis: China A New Factor In Oil Market
Los Angeles CA (UPI) Jan 19, 2005The dragon has been stirring in the world oil markets this winter raising the possibility that prices for crude, and eventually gasoline pump prices, won't be declining for much longer before the summer driving season begins in the United States. The Transformation of the Satellite Services Industry 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 24, 2005The satellite communications industry is currently undergoing dramatic changes in the types of capacity and services implemented over the United States. These capacity trends are nothing short of transformational and will lead to changes in the roles and relationships of industry players. |
Sensor System To Gauge Effects Of Cosmic Rays On Lunar Explorers
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 24, 2005Boston University Professor Harlan Spence recently learned that his proposal for CRaTER, an instrument that will measure and characterize the potential biological effects of cosmic radiation on humans, was one of six selected by NASA for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission scheduled for fall 2008. New Evidence Indicates Biggest Extinction Wasn't Caused By Asteroid Or Comet 
Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 24, 2005For the last three years evidence has been building that the impact of a comet or asteroid triggered the biggest mass extinction in Earth history, but new research from a team headed by a University of Washington scientist disputes that notion. |
Cablevision To Sell Rainbow To EchoStar for $200 Million
Bethpage NY (SPX) Jan 24, 2005Cablevision Systems has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for Rainbow DBS Company to sell its direct broadcast satellite and certain other related assets to a subsidiary of EchoStar Communications for $200 million in cash. Gilat Announces SkyEdge Deal With IsNet 
Petah Tikva, Israel (SPX) Jan 24, 2005Gilat Satellite Networks has announced an agreement with IsNet in Turkey for the supply of a SkyEdge network to include two hubs and 1,500 VSAT terminal sites. The satellite-based remote sites will be dispersed throughout Turkey. |
'Evil Twin' Hotspots Are A New Menace For Internet Users
Cranfield, UK (SPX) Jan 24, 2005'Evil Twin' hotspots are the latest security threat to web users, according to wireless internet and cyber crime experts at Cranfield University, an academic partner of the Defence Academy of the UK. Scientists Find Evidence Of Electrical Charging Of Nanocatalysts 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 24, 2005Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Technical University Munch have discovered evidence of a phenomenon that may lead to drastically lowering the cost of manufacturing of materials from plastics to fertilizers. |
Northrop Grumman Begins Testing In New X-47B J-UCAS Systems Integration Lab
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2005Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun acceptance testing the first of four new workstations that will allow it to reduce the time and cost to develop operational flight software for the Department of Defense's Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) program. Galileo Avionica Develops High-Performance Mini-UAV 
Rome, Italy (SPX) Jan 24, 2005Galileo Avionica's Simulation and UAV Business unit is developing a new air-launched high-performance mini-unmanned air vehicle, named Locusta (Locust). |
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