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Mojave (AFP) Sep 29, 2004 
The world's first private manned spacecraft was launched Wednesday in a bid to snatch a $10 million prize aimed at kickstarting commercial space travel. SpaceShipOne reached 337,000 feet - high enough for the first of two X Prize qualifying flights - and landed 8.34 PDT (15.34 UTC) at America's first inland "Spaceport" at Mojave, California. |
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MEADS International Awarded $3 Billion System Development Contract
Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 28, 2004MEADS International received a $3 billion Design and Development letter contract to design and develop the Medium Extended Air Defense System. The contract was awarded by NAMEADSMA, a chartered organization of NATO, to develop MEADS. Northrop Grumman Demos Advanced EHF Success With Phased Array Uplink 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Sep 28, 2004Northrop Grumman has demonstrated technology for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency payload that will greatly improve warfighters' access to military satellite communications while increasing the range of missions the system can support. |
Toutatis To Zoom Safely Past Earth Wednesday
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 28, 2004A 3-mile-wide hunk of space rock known by the unremarkable name Asteroid 4179 Toutatis will pass within 1 million miles of Earth's surface Wednesday, affecting the planet not one whit, but presenting an uncomfortable reminder of how ill-prepared humanity remains to deal with potentially catastrophic threats from errant heavenly bodies. Researchers Use Semiconductors To Set Speed Limit On Light 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 28, 2004In a nod to scientific paradox, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have slowed light down in an effort to speed up network communication. |
NASA Explores Future Space With Advanced Concept Awards
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 28, 2004The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) has announced its 2004 Phase 1 awards. Twelve proposals to boldly go beyond the frontiers of space exploration were selected for a six-month study period beginning in October 2004. Atlas Launch Facilities Withstand Hurricanes; ILS Readies Next Vehicle 
Cape Canaveral (SPX) Sep 28, 2004International Launch Services (ILS) and Lockheed Martin are preparing for the final Atlas mission of the year, having come through a series of hurricanes with launch facilities relatively unscathed. |
Supernova Warning System Will Give Astronomers Earlier Notice
Durham NC (SPX) Sep 28, 2004A Supernova Early Warning System (SNEWS) that detects ghostlike neutrino particles that are the earliest emanations from the immense, explosive death throes of large stars will alert astronomers of the blasts before they can see the flash. Searching The Sources Of Mysterious Particles From The Universe 
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2004The H.E.S.S. Telescope system, a new scout to the high-energy universe, was opened September 28, 2004 in the vicinity of the Gamsberg/Namibia |
Yukos Didn't End Russia's Energy Boom
Washington DC (UPI) Sep. 27, 2004After so much bad news in recent months, last week Russian President Vladimir Putin succeeded in netting $4 billion in investments from South Korea, with the prospect of $12 billion more from China to follow. American Superconductor Achieves Full Power Of 5MW Ship Motor 
Westborough MA (SPX) Sep 28, 2004American Superconductor Corporation, an electricity solutions company, today announced that its prototype 5-megawatt (MW) High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) ship propulsion motor has been demonstrated successfully at full load, under steady state operational conditions, at the Center for Advanced Power Systems at Florida State. |
TALON Robot Detects Chemicals, Gases, Radiation and Heat
Waltham MA (SPX) Sep 28, 2004Foster-Miller announced today that its newest TALON robots are equipped with chemical, gas, temperature, and radiation sensors that can be read simultaneously, remotely and in real time via one integrated hand-held display unit invented by Foster-Miller. Towards Molecular Electronics 
Evanston IL (SPX) Sep 28, 2004Silicon chips have undergone relentless miniaturization during the past 30 years, but the end of that road is fast approaching, and scientists and engineers have been investigating another promising avenue: using individual molecules as functional electronic devices. |
News Corporation Acquires Telecom Italia's Stake In Sky Italia
London, UK (AFP) Sep 28, 2004Australian-based media giant News Corp. is to buy out the last remaining minority shareholder of Sky Italia and assume full control of the satellite broadcaster. FT reported on its website that News would pay Telecom Italia 60 million euros for its 19.9 percent stake in Sky Italia. Thomson Signs Advanced Set-Top Box Agreement with BSkyB 
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 28, 2004Thomson has signed a manufacturing agreement with BSkyB for the production of its newest version of the Sky+ digital satellite receiver and integrated digital video recorder (DVR) in October of this year. |
Ball Aerospace Wins Global Precipitation Study Contract
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 28, 2004NASA has selected Ball Aerospace for a study to develop a satellite bus for the Global Precipitation Measurement mission. The study will conclude in November, in anticipation of final selection in January 2005. Satellite Imagery Assists Hunt For Infectious 'Kissing Bugs' 
Matagalpa, Nicaragua (ESA) Sep 29, 2004In the midst of crammed slums in the Nicaraguan district of Matagalpa, aid workers are hunting house-to-house for hidden killers, their search guided by high-resolution satellite imagery supplied through an ESA-backed project. |
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