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Cape Canaveral (UPI) Sep 01, 2004 
The front-runner in a $10 million race to fly a private ship to space is calmly preparing for its opening volley in less than a month, while the closest competitor is hustling to complete its vehicle and run through at least a minimum series of tests to be ready to fly. |
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LockMart Completes Land-Based Testing Of Initial Deployment Aegis BMD Capability
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Sep 01, 2004Marking a significant milestone toward an initial capability to defend the nation from a long-range ballistic missile attack, Lockheed Martin successfully completed land-based testing of the first deployable Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Long Range Surveillance and Tracking capability. |
Spirit Etches Into Ebenezer
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2004During sols 219 through 223, Spirit completed science observations at the "Clovis" rock outcrop. So Spirit packed up and slowly moved on. Winter is approaching and temperatures continue to drop. Power is always a major concern as available energy fluctuates between 300 and 400 watt-hours per sol, but Spirit continues the quest, climbing ever higher into the Columbia Hills. |
Spacewalk: Pump Panel To ATV Prep
Houston (SPX) Sep 01, 2004International Space Station Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA ISS Science Officer Mike Fincke will replace and install equipment during their fourth and final Expedition 9 spacewalk. Some of that equipment, three new antennas, will help guide the new Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to its first docking to the Station late next year. Farming For The Future 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 01, 2004Unlike travelers on Earth who have the convenience of roadside diners and fast-food restaurants, the dining options for space travelers are limited. |
Scientists Discover First Of A New Class Of Extrasolar Planets
Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2004Astronomers announced today the first discovery of a new class of planets beyond our solar system about 10 to 20 times the size of Earth - far smaller than any previously detected. The planets make up a new class of Neptune-sized extrasolar planets. ET, Don't Phone Home; Drop A Line Instead 
Piscataway NJ (SPX) Sep 01, 2004Were ET really interested in getting in touch with home, he might be better off writing than phoning, according to Christopher Rose, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. |
Iapetus: Light and Dark
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2004The dark material that coats one hemisphere of Saturn's moon Iapetus is very dark, as these two processed views of the same image demonstrate. Choices In The Quantum Universe 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2004"It was a blast," said Persis Drell, director of research at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), "the most fun committee I've ever been on." |
Whipple's Flying Sandbank
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2004The most cited astronomy papers date back to the early fifties, when astronomer Fred Whipple proposed that comets were dirty snowballs. His legacy will live long beyond the passing of America's oldest astronomer. Ignition Threshold For Impact Fires 
San Antonio CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2004Large impacts can blast thousands of cubic kilometers of vaporized impactor and target sediments into the atmosphere and above, expanding into space and enveloping the entire planet. |
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