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Cassini On Course For Titan Flyby
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 24, 2004The Cassini spacecraft successfully completed a 51-minute engine burn that will raise its next closest approach distance to Saturn by nearly 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles). The maneuver was necessary to keep the spacecraft from passing through the rings and to put it on target for its first close encounter with Saturn's moon Titan on Oct. 26. |
Spirit Probes Deeper Into Clovis Outcrop
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 24, 2004Spirit continued work over the past nine sols at a rock called "Clovis." The rover used its rock abrasion tool, microscopic imager, alpha particle X-ray spectrometer, and Moessbauer spectrometer to probe deeper into the history of this rock. Martian Basin Dune 
Paris (ESA) Aug 24, 2004This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, shows a Martian crater with a dune field on its floor. |
Layer Of Material Ejected From Chesapeake Bay Meteor-Strike Discovered
Athens GA (SPX) Aug 24, 2004People in Georgia's Dodge and Bleckley counties have for years picked up small pieces of natural glass called "Georgiaites," which were produced by an unknown asteroid or comet impact millions of years ago. Just where these small, translucent green objects came from, however, was unclear. Bringing Home The Solar Dust 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2004When the Genesis capsule comes back to Earth with its samples of the sun, helicopter pilots will be waiting for it, ready to snag it out of the sky. This dramatic mid-air rescue will prevent the collector materials from being broken or damaged, which could happen if the capsule parachute-landed to the ground. |
Navy Researchers Test Polymers To Help Fuel Tanks 'Heal' When Shot
Philadelphia PA(SPX) Aug 24, 2004For a fighter pilot, sealing a punctured fuel tank even temporarily can mean the difference between making it back to base, ditching a $60-million aircraft and its highly trained personnel, or worse. Applied Perception Announces Diverse Set Of Unmanned Ground Vehicle Software 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Aug 24, 2004Applied Perception, a company that develops and licenses robotics-related technology company announced Monday the availability of a wide range of standardized software components that provide mobility and related capabilities for unmanned ground vehicle platforms. |
Loral's Telstar 18 Satellite Enters Full Commercial Service Over Asia
New York (SPX) Aug 24, 2004Loral said Monday that Telstar 18 has completed its in-orbit testing and is now fully operational. |
Collaboration Of Manned, Unmanned Aircraft Demonstrated For UCAR Program
Owego NY (SPX) Aug 24, 2004Lockheed Martin successfully completed a demonstration of manned and unmanned aircraft collaboration as one of the advanced command and control concepts it is developing for its Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) program. |
Scientists Meet To Review Envisat Operation Results
Paris (ESA) Aug 24, 2004From 6 to 10 September in Salzburg, Austria, over 700 scientists from 50 countries worldwide will meet to review and discuss the early results of the European Space Agency�s Envisat satellite mission. Navigauge Launches New Standard Of Broadcast Measurement 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Aug 24, 2004Navigauge, a media and market intelligence company, announced Monday the launch of a new standard for broadcast radio measurement that could have a significant impact on the buying behavior of advertisers and the selling strategy of broadcasters who participate in the growing $19.6 billion radio advertising market. SiRF Powers Navman's Integrated GPS Pocket PC Navigation Device 
San Jose CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2004SiRF Technology, a supplier of GPS semiconductor and software solutions, announced Monday that its SiRFstarIIe/LP GPS technology provides the location platform for Navman's sleek new PiN (Personal Interactive Navigation) device. Portable Muscle Monitoring 
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 24, 2004On Earth as in space, muscle monitoring has been given a boost in the arm from NASA-developed technology. In the past, the only way muscle performance could be monitored was with bulky, complicated and cumbersome equipment. In space it was nearly impossible to use the traditional electromyography (EMG) machines. Deepest Image Of Exploded Star Uncovers Bipolar Jets 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 24, 2004A spectacular new image of Cassiopeia A released today from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has nearly 200 times more data than the "First Light" Chandra image of this object made five years ago. The new image reveals clues that the initial explosion, caused by the collapse of a massive star, was far more complicated than suspected. |
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