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Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, April 2, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- New micro circuitry puts a digital camera, video camera and webcam in your shirt pocket for under $80 http://www.space.com/promo/letter/technoscout.html -------------------------------------/ Featured Space Store Product * STS-110 Mission Patch Science/Astronomy: * Rare Planet Alignment in April and May * Mars Odyssey's Picture of the Day: Ganges Chasma Landslide * Mystery of Black Water off Florida Solved Missions/Launches: * ISS's Uncertain Future: International Partners Watch and Wait * NEW! Satellite Views from Space * China's Shenzhou 3 Capsule Returns to Earth Business/Industry: * XM Satellite Radio Adds 48,000 Subscribers During First Quarter Plus... * SpaceTV, Space Age Gear, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs * SPACE.com Affiliate Program ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * STS-110 Mission Patch http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_gear-1.html Get the official mission patch for STS-110. ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * Rare Planet Alignment in April and May http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/planets_align_020402-1 html Several planets are assembling toward a rare alignment later this month, when five of them will crowd into a patch of sky small enough that all will be visible in a single glance. The setup will provide a planet-watching opportunity that won't be repeated for a century. * Mars Odyssey's Picture of the Day: Ganges Chasma Landslide http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_daily_020401.html Scientists released the first of many raw images of Mars, provided by the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, that they plan to provide in coming weeks. Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) captures the images as the craft orbits Mars. * Mystery of Black Water off Florida Solved http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/blackwater_solved_0202 29.html A mysterious patch of black water off the Florida coast, the extent of which was detailed by satellite images, is most likely the result of a bloom of algae, officials said today after examining the results of water tests. ----------------------------------- Today in Missions/Launches: * ISS's Uncertain Future: International Partners Watch and Wait http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts110_preview_020402-1.html Shuttle Atlantis is ready to launch on a mission that should give the International Space Station (ISS) some "backbone" -- both from a hardware standpoint and as a way to shore up politics between the United States and the outpost's multi-national partners. * NEW! Satellite Views from Space http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagepump/index.php View the new collection of satellite views, including this closeup of Epcot Center. * China's Shenzhou 3 Capsule Returns to Earth http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/shenzhou_touchdown_020401.html The aerospace workers in red jumpsuits leaped into the air and cheered. The military officials, all in a row at mission control, nodded approvingly. And the odd, bowl-shaped craft sat intact upon the Mongolian grassland, carrying a country's hopes for a spaceborne future. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * XM Satellite Radio Adds 48,000 Subscribers During First Quarter http://www.space.com/spacenews/index.html XM Satellite Radio Inc. attracted more than 48,000 subscribers during the first three months of 2002, 15 percent more new customers than the company had expected to add during the period, according to an XM statement. ------------------------------------ * SpaceTV: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ * Space Age Gear: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_gear-1.html * SpaceWatch: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ * Space Age Jobs http://www.space.com/php/careers/ * Uplink: Share your opinion! http://uplink.space.com/ ------------------------------------- SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (April 2, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be moderate. Region 9885 may produce another M-class flare as it decays further. A low-level M-flare is also possible in Region 9887. 3-Day Aurora Forecast The current sunspot number is 133, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 732 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 1.3 protons per cubic centimeter. (Speed and density values are snapshots in time and change during the day.) http://www.space.com/spacewatch/space_weather.html ------------------------------------- Sign up to become part of the greatest search in history! Join TeamSETI: http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_science_page.html Be a desktop astronomer! Starry Night is the world's leading astronomy software -- choose between Beginner, Backyard, or Pro! http://www.starrynight.com/index.html NEW! Join the SPACE.com affiliate program. 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