From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 3 May 2002 05:35:45 -0700 Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Friday, May 3, 2002
Today on SPACE.com -- Friday, May 3, 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 * Space Journeys: A Virtual Visit to the NASA Johnson Space Center Science/Astronomy: * Planet Alignment Peaks Sunday and Monday * Swath of Deadly Maryland Tornado Visible From Space * First Photos from Hubble's New Camera Released Missions/Launches: * Nelson Mandela Chats With Shuttleworth; Millionaire Dodges Marriage * Lindbergh Lands in Paris After Flight to Support Space Tourism * NASA Mulls Future Space Shuttles with No Pilots Business/Industry: * SBIRS High Certified To Continue Plus... * SpaceTV, Space Age Gear, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs * SPACE.com Affiliate Program ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * Space Journeys: A Virtual Visit to the NASA Johnson Space Center http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_gear-1.html This CD-ROM lets you experience these fascinating programs like never before including 3D virtual tours of mission control rooms, videos and animation sequnences, interactive tutorials, spacecraft mockups along with audio and written commentaries. ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * Planet Alignment Peaks Sunday and Monday http://www.space.com/spacewatch/planets_align_020503.html The long-awaited gathering of the five naked-eye planets reaches its peak May 5-6 in the western evening sky. In a single glance you'll be able to see all five planets, a feat not possible again for decades. * Swath of Deadly Maryland Tornado Visible From Space http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/laplata_pics_020502.ht ml With a third of its businesses and more than 100 homes destroyed or severely damaged, this community south of the nation's capital is coping with being once again the site of the strongest tornado ever recorded in Maryland. * First Photos from Hubble's New Camera Released http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/hubble_acs_020430-1.html The Hubble Space Telescope outdid itself today with the release of the first pictures taken by a new camera mounted on the orbiting observatory in March. The images range from depicting sheer cosmic beauty, in classic Hubble style, to the surprise finding of thousands of distant and previously invisible galaxies. ----------------------------------- Today in Missions/Launches: * Nelson Mandela Chats With Shuttleworth; Millionaire Dodges Marriage Proposal From 14-Year-Old Fan http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/mandela_shuttleworth_020502.html Former South African President Nelson Mandela chatted warmly with his country's first space tourist in a live television linkup Thursday with the International Space Station. * Lindbergh Lands in Paris After Flight to Support Space Tourism http://www.space.com/news/lindbergh_lands_020502.html Erik Lindbergh arrived in France on Thursday after flying across the Atlantic Ocean to duplicate his grandfather's historic 1927 New York-to-Paris solo flight. * NASA Mulls Future Space Shuttles with No Pilots http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ap_sli_020502.html The replacement for NASA's aging space shuttles may take off like a plane, be propelled by booster rockets that fly back to Earth and, in one of the more radical moves, eliminate pilots. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * SBIRS High Certified To Continue http://www.space.com/spacenews/index.html The Pentagon's top acquisition official gave approval for work to continue on a troubled missile warning satellite program, but served notice that he will not hesitate to cancel it at a later date if problems persist. ------------------------------------ * 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 (May 3, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be low to moderate through the weekend. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to unsettled through the weekend. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 187, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 417 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 3.1 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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