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Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Sep 22, 2004 
Rick Searfoss has just a few minutes left before show time. He keeps an eye on the clock, knowing he still has to change into his stage clothes, but his voice remains steady, his concentration focused. With seconds to go, he slips behind a closed door and steps into his blue flight suit. It is a relic of times past when he used to be a NASA astronaut and a space-shuttle commander. |
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Pushing To Be A Player
Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Sep 21, 2004For years, Brazilians have aspired to possess one of the world's international commercial spaceports. They have sought to do so by using their Alcantara launch center - located near the equator on the Atlantic coast in the state of Maranhao - not only to launch their own VLS rocket, but also the rockets and commercial payloads of other nations, writes Frank Braun. Body Clock Hurts Space Travel Prospects 
London, United Kingdom (UPI) Sept 20, 2004British researchers say they believe the human body clock might be a hindrance to the long-endurance flights necessary for distant space exploration. Alaskan Volcanoes And Glacier Focus Of NASA Science Mission 
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Sep 22, 2004Seven active Alaskan volcanoes are being studied in an airborne campaign this week by NASA and university scientists to gather data to evaluate volcanic hazards. In addition to volcanoes, instruments on board NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory are studying the Hubbard Glacier, Alaskan forests and sea ice. |
Rover Missions Renewed As Mars Emerges From Behind Sun
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 22, 2004As NASA's Spirit and Opportunity resumed reliable contact with Earth, after a period when Mars passed nearly behind the sun, the space agency extended funding for an additional six months of rover operations, as long as they keep working.  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 22, 2004Saturn's moon Prometheus is seen shepherding the inner edge of Saturn's F ring. Prometheus is 102 kilometers (63 miles) across and was captured in a close-up view by the Cassini spacecraft near the time of orbital insertion at Saturn PIA06098. A number of clumps are visible here along the arcing F ring. US Can Eliminate Oil Use In A Few Decades 
Snowmass CO (SPX) Sep 22, 2004Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) Monday released Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and Security, a Pentagon-cofunded blueprint for making the United States oil-free. |
Space Elevator Now Subject Of Research By Cadets At USAF Academy
Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 22, 2004Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) are doing research on the space elevator, one of the latest scientific concepts to emerge for sending cargo into space. Review Of Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 22, 2004The Cosmic Vision workshop at UNESCO on 15-16 September 2004 showed that Europe is richer than ever in ideas for what should be done in space science in the coming years. This workshop brought us a major step forward in developing the vision of the future for Europe's space science that we expect to present next spring. Steve Walker: Flight Controller Readies Shuttle For First Flip 
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 22, 2004A decade in Mission Control for native Texan Steve Walker has seen him help steer the Space Shuttle to historic destinations. Among them were the Russian Mir Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station. |
Putin Promises To Help South Korea Train First Astronaut
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 22, 2004Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to his South Korean counterpart, Roh Moo-hyun, that Russia would help train the first South Korean astronaut for a space flight, local media reported Tuesday. California Scientists Wage Joint War On Internet Plagues 
San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2004Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego and the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), affiliated with UC Berkeley, have joined forces to launch a full-scale assault on viruses, worms and other plagues afflicting the Internet. Northrop Grumman Begins Testing Advanced EHF Nulling Antenna 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2004Northrop Grumman has begun testing its Advanced EHF Nulling Antenna for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military satellite communications system. |
Researchers Discover 'Hole' In Global Warming Predictions
St Louis MO (SPX) Sep 22, 2004In the future, global warming might not be as severe in the central United States as in other parts of the country, according to scientists at Saint Louis University and Iowa State University (ISU). Antarctic Glaciers Accelerating In Response To 2002 Ice Sheet Collapse 
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 22, 2004Glaciers in Antarctica's most rapidly warming region have quickened their pace following the collapse of a Delaware-sized ice shelf in March 2002, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. |
Scientists Explore Genome Of Methane-Breathing Microbe
Rockville MD (SPX) Sep 22, 2004The first complete genome sequence of a methane-breathing bacterium has revealed a surprising flexibility suggesting an ability to live in environments previously thought to be beyond its reach. Scientists Find New Marine Habitat In Alaska 
Prince William Sound AK (SPX) Sep 22, 2004While researchers in Alaska this summer used high-tech submersibles and huge ships to plumb the deep-ocean depths in search of new species, a team of scuba diving scientists working from an Alaska fishing boat has discovered an entirely new marine habitat just a stone's throw from shore. |
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