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India "A Step ahead" Of China In Satellite Technology: Space Chief
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 28, 2005India is "a step ahead" of China in satellite technology and can surpass Beijing in space research by tapping the talent of its huge pool of young scientists, India's space research chief said Monday. EU To Announce Galileo GPS Winner 
Brussels (AFP) Feb 28, 2005Organizers of Europe's new satellite-based European navigation system Galileo will announce Tuesday who has been chosen to run the system for the next two decades, a spokesman said Monday. ISS Crew Test New Remote Control Robotic Arm Software 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2005The crew members aboard the International Space Station are winding down a week that saw them preparing for the arrival of a new cargo spacecraft and helping achieve a milestone in Station robotics operations that has the potential for long-term exploration applications. |
Spirit's Intelligence Increasing
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2005Spirit is getting new software for increased brainpower, but the rover is not using it quite yet. On sol 394, Spirit drove to a safe spot for good communications with Earth during upload of new software. Glacial, Volcanic Activity On Mars 
Paris (ESA) Feb 28, 2005These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, were released at the First Mars Express Science Conference this week. They show the areas of focused research - water, ice, glaciers and volcanism. Rainbows On Titan 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 28, 2005When the European Space Agency's Huygens probe visited Saturn's moon Titan last month, the probe parachuted through humid clouds. It photographed river channels and beaches and things that look like islands. |
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SKorea Agrees North Launched Satellite In 98, Now Developing Rocket Engine
Seoul (SPX) Feb 28, 2005South Korea's leading intelligence agency has admitted that North Korea launched a satellite in 1998, overturning a previous assessment that the communist country fired a long-range missile. Odin Operations Prolonged - 5th Year For A Unique Mission 
Kiruna, Sweden (SPX) Feb 28, 2005Swedish Space Corporation has been commissioned with operating its scientific satellite Odin an additional fifth year, until April 2006. Four years of successful operations - twice the design goal lifetime - were celebrated on February 20. ASRC Aerospace To Provide R&D To NASA Human and Robotic Tech Initiative 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 28, 2005ASRC Aerospace will provide technical R&D support as a co-investigator to NASA on a new project entitled "Reconfigurable Scalable Computing for Space Applications", or RSC. |
Calipso, CloudSat Dance Around Earth
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2005Most of us only pay attention to clouds when trying to plan a picnic or an outside activity. But to scientists, they mean much more. Clouds affect temperatures and air quality across the globe and play a crucial role in the planet's climate. Alaskan High Schoolers Help NASA Record, Share 'Earth Music' 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 28, 2005"Space weather" - like solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which can cause dazzling auroral light displays and other disturbances in Earth�s own magnetic field - make the polar regions more favorable sites for VLF systems to pick up natural Earth sounds. Space Imaging Provides IKONOS Satellite Imagery To Southern Company 
Denver CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2005Space Imaging has announced that Southern Company has completed a three-year project with Space Imaging for the collection of high-resolution IKONOS satellite imagery of large, environmentally-sensitive areas in the Southeast United States where Southern Company has property or distribution assets. |
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