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Today on SPACE.com -- Friday, April 26, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- The NEW Pentium(r) 4 Processor-M designed for notebooks. Experience accelerated video, multimedia and gaming. http://mds.centrport.net/mdsefc?a27250041;MIHC107C1782P80586B80587S0;B80 587;1 -------------------------------------/ Featured Space Store Product * Autographed Buzz Aldrin Framed Photo Science/Astronomy: * Mercury Joins Great Planet Alignment * Last Chance to See Bright Comet Ikeya-Zhang * X Prize Lands in New York; Rocket at Rockefeller Center * In New Theory of Universe, Time Never Ends Missions/Launches: * Soyuz Rocket Launches Shuttleworth into Orbit, Space Station Next Stop * Weekend Wallpapers * Aqua Satellite Planned to Examine Changing Earth Business/Industry: * SES Global Seeks Approval for DBS Service in the U.S. Plus... * SpaceTV, Space Age Gear, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs * SPACE.com Affiliate Program ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * Autographed Buzz Aldrin Framed Photo http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_gear-1.html This dramatic, full color photograph of Dr. Buzz Aldrin on the Moon's Sea of Tranquillity was created from the NASA archive negative and is personally hand-signed by Dr. Aldrin, pilot of the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Module Eagle. ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * Mercury Joins Great Planet Alignment http://www.space.com/spacewatch/planet_align_020426.html We are yet another week closer to the climax of the Great Planet Alignment of 2002, and now the final element of the mix is in place. * Last Chance to See Bright Comet Ikeya-Zhang http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ikeya_zhang_020426.html It's time to bid farewell to the brightest comet to appear in five years. Ikeya-Zhang, discovered Feb. 1, will soon end its run as a naked-eye object. It will then zoom to the outer reaches of the solar system, not to return for another 341 years. * X Prize Lands in New York; Rocket at Rockefeller Center http://www.space.com/news/x_prize_020425.html A Canadian spaceship rolled into Rockefeller Plaza Thursday as Erik Lindbergh, the grandson of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, came to Manhattan to promote space tourism with plans to follow his family legacy across the Atlantic Ocean. * In New Theory of Universe, Time Never Ends http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/new_universe_020425.html Paul Steinhardt's universe is a lot like the workaday world of many people, a cycle of early vigor, spent energy, exhausted return, and new beginnings. However, in Steinhardt's universe, there is absolutely no end to the cycle. ----------------------------------- Today in Missions/Launches: * Soyuz Rocket Launches Shuttleworth into Orbit, Space Station Next Stop http://www.space.com/spacetourism/ The world's second space tourist lifted off Thursday on a Russian rocket from the Baikonur launchpad in Central Asia, heading for the International Space Station. * Weekend Wallpapers http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/ Enjoy these wonderful new wallpaper downloads from Space Artist Michael Eaton. * Aqua Satellite Planned to Examine Changing Earth http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/aqua_satellite_020423.html NASA officials said yesterday that the planned launch later this spring of the Aqua satellite would mark a major milestone in understanding Earth, and its water cycles, and the changing global climate. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * SES Global Seeks Approval for DBS Service in the U.S. http://www.space.com/spacenews/index.html SES Global, operator of the world's largest fleet of commercial telecommunications satellites, is asking U.S. regulators for approval of a direct-broadcast television service that ultimately will also provide high-speed Internet connections to U.S. consumers. ------------------------------------ * 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 26, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be low with an outside chance for an isolated moderate (M-class) flare. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels on Friday. Unsettled to active levels are expected through the weekend. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 208, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 405 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 5.0 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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