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Pasadena CA - Sep 17, 2004Saturn's ring shadows appear wrapped in a harmonious symphony with the planet in this color view from the Cassini spacecraft. Saturn and its rings would nearly fill the space between Earth and the Moon. Yet, despite their great breadth, the rings are a few meters thick and, in some places, very translucent. |
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China's Space Managers Want New Heavy Lift Launcher Beijing, China (AFP) Sep 16, 2004 
China's space program is expecting government approval this year to build a new and more powerful rocket that will serve as the nation's vehicle to explore the moon, state media said Thursday. |
3rd Interceptor Placed In Alaska
Washington (AFP) Sep 16, 2004A third interceptor missile was lowered into an underground silo in Alaska this week, the latest addition to a ground-based missile defense system that will become operational this year, the US Defense Department said Thursday. |
NASA Facilities Weather Ivan
Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Sep 17, 2004Hurricane Ivan made landfall early this morning near the Alabama-Florida border, doing significant damage to coastal communities in its path. NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans were west of the worst of the storm, and initial reports indicate there is little or no damage to those facilities. Four Countries Create Space Corporation 
Almaty, Kazakhstan (UPI) Sep 16, 2004Four former Soviet republics said they will create a single rocket-and-space corporation, local media reported Thursday.  |
Genesis Team Hopeful About Samples
Dugway UT (SPX) Sep 17, 2004Genesis team scientists and engineers continue their work on the mission's sample return canister in a specially constructed clean room at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Dugway, Utah. Nanobac Life Sciences Announces Space Act Agreement With NASA 
Tampa FL (SPX) Sep 17, 2004Nanobac Life Sciences has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to collaborate on research on Nanobacteria and its nature and role in pathological calcification, including the detection and treatment of the pathogen. |
Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Development Linked To Ocean Temperatures And Co2
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2004New research published in the September 17 issue of the journal Science sheds light on the evolution of Earth's climate system by identifying changes in temperature, ocean circulation, and global carbon cycling associated with the rapid growth of Antarctic ice sheets approximately 14 million years ago. |
SiRF Joins iNavSat Consortium In Euro Galileo Concession Bid
San Jose CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2004Extending its horizon beyond GPS, SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. has joined the iNavSat Consortium in its bid to secure the estimated euro 2.2 billion concession to deploy and operate Europe's Galileo advanced satellite navigation system. |
ARINC And Telenor Complete Successful Ground Testing Of In-Flight GSM
Annapolis MD (SPX) Sep 17, 2004In an industry breakthrough, ARINC Incorporated and Telenor today announced they have successfully completed ground tests of a new mobile phone technology for use by passengers on commercial airlines. Stratos Beefs Up StratosOne To Improve Maritime Communications 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 17, 2004Stratos Global Corp. has launched its next-generation StratosOne service, an industry-leading, all-in-one messaging solution that provides a low-cost, efficient and reliable platform for satellite-based maritime messaging and communications. |
Globecomm Systems Awarded Multi-Year Chinese Ethnic Broadcasting Contract
Hauppauge NY (SPX) Sep 17, 2004Globecomm Systems has been awarded a multi-year Chinese ethnic broadcasting service contract valued at approximately $3.4 million from Atlanta DTH, Inc. (ADTH). |
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Cockroach-Like Robot Leads New Effort Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2004 
A cockroach-like robot named RHex is the starting point for a major project to understand animals' most distinguishing trait - how they move without falling over.Proving Shape-Shifting Robots Can Move It 
Arlington VA (SPX) Sep 17, 2004It started with tennis balls. As a former collegiate tennis player, Daniela Rus habitually rolls two tennis balls around in her hand as she paces her office. |
Mira Behind The Molecules
by Astrobiology MagazineMoffet Field CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2004 For more than 400 years, astronomers both professional and amateur have taken a special interest in observing Mira stars, a class of variable red giants famous for pulsations that last for 80-1,000 days and cause their apparent brightness to vary by a factor of ten times or more during a cycle. 
ASTRO-F Telescope Passes TestSagamihara Campus, Japan (JAXA) Sep 17, 2004 JAXA announced September 2 that the ASTRO-F telescope had passed its cryogenic vibration test. |
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