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US Aborts Plans To Repair Hobbled Hubble: ReportsWashington DC (AFP) Jan 22, 2005 
The future of the Hubble Space Telescope hangs in the balance, after the White House declined to approve the necessary funding to repair and upgrade the apparatus, US media reported. |
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Spirit At 'Peace'
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2005Spirit is healthy, but reduced sunlight has been reaching the rover through the atmosphere due to a possible dust storm identified from orbital data. Despite limited energy during the period from sol 367 through sol 373, Spirit made good progress by driving about 20 meters closer to top of "Cumberland Ridge." Spirit is investigating a rock called "Peace." Opportunity Tracks Seen From Orbit 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 25, 2005This enhanced-resolution image from the Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter is the only picture obtained thus far that shows the tracks made by Opportunity. |
ISS Crew To Take First Space Walk Jan 26
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2005The Expedition 10 crewmembers are marking their 100th day in space today, ending a workweek focused on preparations for their first spacewalk Jan. 26. Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov are scheduled to leave the Pirs Docking Compartment airlock at 2:25 a.m. EST Wednesday. Spacewalkers To Outfit Station's Exterior 
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2005The Expedition 10 crew is getting set to venture outside the International Space Station for the first of the mission's two spacewalks. |
Moonlander: Let It Rain
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2005Since the landing of the Huygens probe on the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, the community of planetary scientists has wondered anew about the discovery prospects in our own solar system. Titanic Rainmaker 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2005As part of the Cassini Imaging team studying the atmosphere on Saturn, NASA's Anthony Del Genio explained in this part of his interview, how to make sense of a moon potentially making methane rain. |
Iraq's Votes Define U.S. Future
Washington (UPI) Jan 24, 2005This week may see the decisive battle of America's future. Six days from now, Iraqis go to the polls to elect what may or may not be seen as a legitimate new government. U.S. Contingency Plan For Pakistani Nukes 
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 19, 2005Secretary of State-nominee Condoleezza Rice has revealed that the United States maintains a contingency plan to prevent Pakistani nuclear weapons from falling into the hands of Islamist fundamentalists if they came to power. |
Swirls In The South
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 24, 2005The turbulent boundaries between dark belts and bright zones are seen prominently in this processed image of Saturn's southern atmosphere. Delta IV Heavy Launch Failure Investigation Continues 
Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2005The Boeing Company and the Air Force continue to make solid progress in their investigation into the premature Main Engine Cut-Off on the Delta IV Heavy Lift Vehicle demonstration mission that was launched Dec. 21, 2004. |
Shanghai Plans Space City To Assist China's Bid For More Astronauts
Beijing (AFP) Jan 23, 2005Shanghai plans to build a "space city" to assist China's ambitious astronaut program, which includes a space walk within the next few years, state media said Sunday. China To Launch Communication Satellite 
Beijing (XNA) Jan 24, 2005China will send a communication satellite owned by a Hong Kong company into space during the first half of this year. |
New Imaging System Detects Fractures In NASA Shuttle Wing Panel Test
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 25, 2005NASA is evaluating a new tool that has the potential to look through shuttle wings and can "see" subtle, potentially fatal defects invisible to current nondestructive testing and imaging systems. DNA Molecules Used To Assemble Nanoparticles 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jan 24, 2005University of Michigan researchers have developed a faster, more efficient way to produce a wide variety of nanoparticle drug delivery systems, using DNA molecules to bind the particles together. |
Disaster Forecasting System To Be Upgraded
Beijing (XNA) Jan 24, 2005An early warning system for weather disasters, a key part of China's meteorological strategic research programme, will be ambitiously upgraded this year. Globalstar Introduces Turnkey Service To Track Assets Via Satellite 
Ilpitas CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2005Globalstar recently announced the commercial availability of Globalstar Quick Locate Service, which enables businesses and individuals to reliably and affordably track assets that are remotely located or in areas that are not covered by traditional wireless services. |
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