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Next Steps On Mars
Sacramento CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2005The path of America's Mars exploration through 2009 is well set. Beyond 2009, however, our plans for Mars exploration are still extremely vague and flexible. Going To Mars In Earth Orbit 
Washington (UPI) March 09, 2005Many Americans have questioned the usefulness of the ISS, but it stands as NASA's only gateway at the moment to the rest of the solar system. Without the station - or something comparable - it will be difficult if not impossible for U.S. engineers and scientists to do the research necessary to make interplanetary travel possible. Young Universe Like "Vegetable Soup" 
Cambridge, MA (SPX) Mar 10, 2005What did the universe look like when it was only 2 to 3 billion years old? Astronomers used to think it was a pretty simple place containing relatively small, young star-forming galaxies. Researchers now are realizing that the truth is not that simple. |
Pluto's Horizon Gets Page One Treatment
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2005In March 1930 the Lowell Observatory in Arizona announced the discovery of a small, odd world, roaming beyond the known planets in a region barely visible through the most powerful telescopes. Messenger Probe Deploys Magnetometer 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 10, 2005Mercury-bound Messenger is now cruising with its sunshade facing the Sun and its Magnetometer extended, after a pair of long-planned and successful operations today. Messenger was about 47 million kms from Earth during the operation, speeding around the Sun at 112 374 km/hr. Scientists Solve Mystery Of Meteor Crater's Missing Melted Rocks 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 10, 2005Scientists have discovered why there isn't much impact-melted rock at Meteor Crater in northern Arizona. |
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Advanced Research Aircraft To Arrive At Colorado Facility This Week
Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 10, 2005A new aircraft with exceptional research capabilities is scheduled to arrive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Colo., this Friday. Canada's Shrinking Ice Caps 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 10, 2005Earth's ice-covered polar regions help to keep our climate cool and hold tremendous amounts of fresh water locked up in their glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets. The ice contained in these vast freshwater reservoirs is the equivalent of nearly 220 feet of sea level. Airbus, Space Activities Lift EADS 2004 Profit By 60 Percent 
Munich (AFP) Mar 09, 2005The European aerospace giant EADS raised net profit by 60 percent last year with a strong performance from Airbus and a switch into profit by its space activities. |
Rosetta Captures Moonrise Above Pacific
Paris (ESA) Mar 10, 2005During last Friday's Earth-skimming fly-by, Rosetta's Navigation Cameras captured images looking down and ahead. While cloud formations, coastlines and continents are clearly visible, the best photo shows the Moon rising above the Pacific, taken as the craft headed away from our home planet and out into space. Double Volcanic Eruption In Eastern Russia 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 11, 2005Acquired from orbit 800 kilometres away, this Envisat image shows two volcanoes erupting simultaneously on Russia's snowy Kamchatka Peninsula this week. FY-3 Weather Sat To Be Put Into Use 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 10, 2005China will put into service a new meteorological satellite in 2007 to gather meteorological information at high altitude around the globe, said a chief engineer with China's meteorological satellite center on Tuesday. |
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