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St. Louis - Apr 01, 2003A Boeing Delta II rocket successfully deployed a Global Positioning System satellite Monday for the U.S. Air Force. GPS IIR-9 was launched aboard a Delta II launch vehicle from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Northrop Grumman And Raytheon To Compete For Kinetic Energy Interceptors 
Washington - Apr 01, 2003A team composed of Northrop Grumman Corporation and Raytheon Company was awarded a contract today by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to proceed to the next phase of the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) program competition. Yuri's Night 2003 
Sydney - Mar 31, 2003For the third time, space enthusiasts around the globe will gather on April 12 to celebrate the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight into space. Major Yuri Gagarin became the world's first space traveler when his spacecraft, Vostok 1, was launched into orbit on April 12, 1961. |
British Company To Fly Manned Rocket Capsule
London - Apr 01, 2003British independent rocket builder Starchaser Industries will publicly unveil their new "NOVA" rocket capsule this week in Hyde, Cheshire. The event will take place Thursday April 3 at the Village Hotel, Captain Clarke Road, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 4QG. XCOR Successfully Tests New Engine 
Mojave - Apr 01, 2003Today XCOR Aerospace announced that it has successfully completed multiple test firings of their new LOX/kerosene rocket engine, the XR-4K5. The new engine is considerably more powerful than the previous isopropyl alcohol fueled rocket engine used in the EZ-Rocket. The new engine produces 1,800 pounds of thrust, and runs at two and a half times the chamber pressure of the previous engine. Space Shuttle Columbia � ESA Note #4 
Paris (ESA) Mar 28, 2003The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) continues their work into the investigation of the accident and a number of hearings are now being held in public. The chairman of the NASA Columbia Task Force (the body that supports the CAIB) gave a detailed briefing a few days ago to ESA and the other International Partners on the status to date. |
Putting Space In Your Wardrobe
Paris (ESA) Apr 01, 2003Whether you find yourself in the icy wastes of Antarctica or caught in the midst of a scorching hot fire, you could stay safe and comfortable in either extreme -- provided you are dressed in the right clothes. Deep Space 1 Team Receives National Award 
Pasadena - Apr 01, 2003The team that developed and flew NASA's Deep Space 1 spacecraft will receive the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' prestigious Space Systems Award. The award will be presented on April 2, 2003, during the Responsive Space Conference in Redondo Beach, Calif. Black Holes Really Are Holes, Say Astronomers 
Durham - Apr 01, 2003Black holes really are holes - objects without a surface - say Drs Christine Done and Marek Gierlinski in a paper accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. |
Yearly Arctic Ozone Levels Fluctuate
Pasadena - Apr 01, 2003Ozone depletion over Earth's Arctic region varies widely from year to year in its amount, timing and pattern of loss. That's the conclusion of a research team using data from the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) on NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. The Nuclear Heart of Planet Earth 
Brisbane - Mar 31, 2003What would we find if we were to dig a hole all the way down to the centre of the Earth? According to high school science books we would discover a liquid iron alloy core and a smaller solid inner core at the center. For ten years, geophysicist J. Marvin Herndon has presented increasingly persuasive evidence that at the very centre of the Earth, within the inner core, there exists a five mile in diameter sphere of uranium which acts as a natural nuclear reactor. In this extended interview Wayne Smith talks with Dr Herndon about this theory and its implications for planetary science. |
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Hubble Catches Echo Of Star Blowing Up Baltimore - Mar 31, 2003
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