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London (AFP) Sep 27, 2004 
British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan Monday for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send "thousands" of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years. |
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By Toutatis! Monster Asteroid Flyby Excites Doomsters, Skygazers
Paris (AFP) Sep 26, 2004In less than two decades, perception of the threat posed to Earth from space rocks has changed from one of sci-fi to that of a real - if remote - peril on which serious money should be spent. X-43A Captive Carry Rehearsal Flight Set For Sept 27 
Edwards AFB (SPX) Sep 26, 2004The captive carry flight of NASA's X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, originally scheduled earlier this month, was reset to Sept. 27 (today). Should weather or other concerns force a postponement, the captive carry mission could be flown the following day, Sept. 28. |
Postcards From The Grander Canyon
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2004If the martian canyon, Valles Marineris, were on Earth, it would stretch from New York to Los Angeles. It is the largest canyon in the solar system (more than 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) long with 5 to 10 kilometers (3 to 6 miles) relief from floors to tops of surrounding plateaus). Atacama Rover Helps NASA Learn To Search For Life On Mars 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2004A dedicated team of scientists is spending the next four weeks in northern Chile's Atacama Desert. They are studying the scarce life that exists there and, in the process, helping NASA learn more about how primitive life forms could exist on Mars. |
China Retrieves 19th Recoverable Satellite
Chengdu, China (XNA) Sep 27, 2004China on Saturday recovered its 19th recoverable sci-tech experimental satellite 27 days after the satellite orbited in space. VMU-1 Pioneer UAV Provides Birds Eye View Of Combat Zone 
Al Taqaddum, Iraq (SPX) Sep 27, 2004The fog of war clouding the modern battlefield is getting a whole lot thinner. Marines fighting an insurgency through the maze-like streets of Iraqi cities like Ar Ramadi and Fallujah are finding the enemy more easily thanks to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, Marine Aircraft Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. |
Expedition 9 Prepare ISS For Its Next Residents
Houston (SPX) Sep 27, 2004With less than a month remaining in their stay aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke are preparing the orbiting laboratory for its next residents. India's Unmanned Moon Mission Going Smoothly: Official 
New Delhi, India (SPX) Sep 27, 2004India's unmanned moon mission - Chandrayan - is expected to take place in 2007-08, and is progressing smoothly, the country's space agency chief G. MadhavanNair said here Sunday. |
Nano World Printing At Its Ultimate Limit
New York NY (UPI) Sept 24, 2004The invention of printing about a thousand years ago transformed history, much as nanotechnology - science and engineering at the molecular scale - is expected to trigger a second Industrial Revolution. Now, nanotechnology and printing are converging in a technique growing in popularity worldwide that brings printing to its fundamental limit of detail only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide. Nanotubes That Can Change Color, Form 'Nanocarpet' And Kill Bacteria 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Sep 27, 2004University of Pittsburgh researchers have synthesized a simple molecule that not only produces perfectly uniform, self-assembled nanotubes but creates what they report as the first "nanocarpet," whereby these nanotubes organize themselves into an expanse of upright clusters that when magnified a million times resemble the fibers of a shag rug. On-Off Switch For Buckyball Toxicity 
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 27, 2004Researchers at Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) have demonstrated a simple way to reduce the toxicity of water-soluble buckyballs by a factor of more than ten million. |
Japan Plans To Develop Advanced Spy Satellite
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 27, 2004The Japanese government plans to develop an advanced spy satellite for launch in 2010. Government sources say the satellite will be able to distinguish objects on Earth as small as 50 centimeters. Taser Receives First Municipal Lease For Its X26 Energy Weapons 
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Sep 24, 2004Taser announced Wednesday that it received its first municipal lease order for 324 Taser X26 conducted energy weapons and accessories from the Indianapolis Police Department in Indiana. Indianapolis Police utilized this lease program to supplement the 100 units currently deployed by the department. Bush Says Iran Will Not Get Nuclear Weapon 
Crawford TX (AFP) Sep 26, 2004US President George W. Bush says "all options are on the table" for making sure Iran dismantles its nuclear program, and that Washington will never let Tehran acquire atomic weapons. |
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