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Impact Turned Earth Inside Out Toronto (SPX) Jun 04, 2004 
A devastating meteorite collision caused part of the Earth's crust to flip inside out billions of years ago and left a dusting of a rare metal scattered on the top of the crater, says new University of Toronto research.China To Launch 2 Takionauts In Late 2005 
Beijing - Jun 04, 2004China will send at least two astronauts into orbit in the later part of 2005 for a one week, reported Thursday's The Beijing News, citing Yang Jiachi of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. |
Cassini Will Unlock Saturn's Secrets
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2004The international Cassini-Huygens mission is poised to begin an extensive tour of Saturn, its majestic rings and 31 known moons. After a nearly seven-year journey, Cassini is scheduled to enter orbit around Saturn at 7:30p.m. PDT (10:30 p.m. EDT) June 30, 2004. UK Scientists To Map Magnetic Fields 
London (SPX) Jun 04, 2004Researchers at Imperial College London will be anxiously awaiting the first signals that all has gone to plan during a 90-minute engine burning procedure known as Saturn Orbit Insertion, or SOI, and that their mission to definitively map the magnetic fields around Saturn has finally begun. |
Searching Venus's Atmosphere For Signs Of Water Vapor
Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 04, 2004On June 8 Earth-based solar telescopes will follow a tiny black orb as it appears to travel effortlessly across a wrinkled, brilliant sea. Timothy Brown, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), will not sit idly by as Venus traverses the Sun for the first time in 122 years at an angle visible from Earth. Gulf Stream Migration Routes Affects Biological Productivity 
Providence RI SPX) Jun 04, 2004Situated between the continental shelf of the eastern United States and the north wall of the Gulf Stream flowing eastward from Cape Hatteras, the Slope Sea is a transition region between the productively rich coastal waters and the productively static open ocean. |
Continents Played Key Role In Collapse And Regeneration Of Earth's Early Greenhouse
Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2004If a time machine could take us back 4.6 billion years to the Earth's birth, we'd see our sun shining 20 to 25 percent less brightly than today. Without an earthly greenhouse to trap the sun's energy and warm the atmosphere, our world would be a spinning ball of ice. Life may never have evolved. A "Swarm" Of Satellites For A Unique Look Inside The Earth 
Brussels - Jun 04, 2004ESA's Earth Observation Programme Board has just decided which of the six Earth Explorer candidate missions, presented earlier in April at the User Consultation Meeting, will be developed and launched. Swarm, an Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission, is a constellation of satellites which will study the Earth's magnetic field. |
Smoking Gun Found For Gamma-Ray Burst In Milky Way
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2004Combined data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory andf infrared observations with the Palomar 200-inch telescope have uncovered evidence that a gamma-ray burst, one of nature's most catastrophic explosions, occurred in our Galaxy a few thousand years ago. The supernova remnant, W49B, may also be the first remnant of a gamma-ray burst discovered in the Milky Way. FUSE Pierces The Veil 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2004The Veil Nebula, a delicate network of glowing gaseous filaments in the northern constellation of Cygnus the Swan, has long been a favorite of both amateur and professional astronomers. |
Fazoli's Selects Connexstar By Gilat's Spacenet Subsidiary For Broadband Retail Network
Israel (SPX) Jun 03, 2004Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced on Monday that its U.S. subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., has been chosen by Fazoli's Management, Inc. to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to Fazoli's restaurants in 33 states nationwide. Orbcomm To Develop Automatic ID System For US Coast Guard 
Dulles VA (SPX) Jun 04, 2004Orbcomm Inc., said announced Thursday that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to develop and supply Automatic Identification System (AIS) capability over the Orbcomm satellite network. |
DirecTV Ends National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative Exclusive Agreement
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2004DirecTV Inc., a unit of The DirecTV Group, Inc. and provider of the nation's leading digital multichannel television service, announced Tuesday that it and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) have agreed to end the NRTC's exclusive DirecTV service distribution contract effective immediately. Quantum Connections Offers Satellite Broadband To Michigan And Indiana 
St Joseph MI (SPX) Jun 03, 2004Quantum Connections recently announced the launch of its satellite based high-speed Internet access to southern Michigan and northern Indiana. The service will initially be offered in these two areas due to the lack of broadband solutions currently provided. Skyreach Release 1.0 Now Available Throughout The Americas 
Bedminster NJ (SPX) Jun 03, 2004Loral Skynet today announced Tuesday that SkyReach, the company's Internet Protocol (IP) enabled service that provides two-way broadband services for secure private networks or high-speed Internet access, is now commercially available throughout the Americas. Proton Energy Systems Developing Fuel Cells For Naval Reseach Lab 
Wallingford CT (SPX) Jun 03, 2004Proton Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp. announced on Monday the receipt of $1.1 million in additional funding to continue its Phase II project with the Naval Research Laboratory, or NRL, for advanced fuel cell technology development. Fluid "Stripes" May Be Essential for High-Temp Superconductivity 
Upton NY (SPX) Jun 03, 2004Scientists from the US, Japan and the UK have discovered evidence supporting a possible mechanism for high-temperature superconductivity that had previously appeared incompatible with certain experimental observations. LockMart To Use FlexComm For Advanced Military Communications 
Columbia MD (SPX) Jun 03, 2004Spectrum Signal Processing Inc., a leading provider of high performance solutions for wireless signal processing applications, announced Tuesday that its flexComm SDR-3000 software reconfigurable platform has been selected by Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the development of advanced communications systems. LockMart Wins Compact Kinetic Energy Missile Program 
Dallas TX (SPX) Jun 04, 2004Lockheed Martin has won the competition to produce the U.S. Army's Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) program. CKEM is the next generation hypervelocity anti-tank weapon to support the service's Future Force. |
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