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Today on SPACE.com -- Monday, May 6, 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-themed Party Supplies Science/Astronomy: * Planet Alignment Peaks Sunday and Monday * Today on SPACE.TV: Black Hole Diving * Mars Odyssey's Picture of the Day: Crater Rim in Southern Arabia Terra Missions/Launches: * Shuttleworth Declares Voyage 'Wonderful Experience' After Return to Earth * NASA's Aqua Research Spacecraft Reaches Polar Orbit * French Imaging Spacecraft Lofted into Polar Orbit by Ariane 4 Business/Industry: * European Launch Industry Prepares For Reorganization 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-themed Party Supplies http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_gear-1.html Throw the ultimate galactic space party with all these cool party supplies and gift ideas. ----------------------------------- 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. * Today on SPACE.TV: Black Hole Diving http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ Astronomer David Meier on the Universe's Most Extreme Sport * Mars Odyssey's Picture of the Day: Crater Rim in Southern Arabia Terra http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_daily_020503.html The eastern rim of this unnamed crater in Southern Arabia Terra is very degraded (beaten up). This indicates that this crater is very ancient and has been subjected to erosion and subsequent bombardment from other impactors such as asteroids and comets. ----------------------------------- Today in Missions/Launches: * Shuttleworth Declares Voyage 'Wonderful Experience' After Return to Earth http://www.space.com/spacetourism/ Hurtling upside down through space, Mark Shuttleworth sped back to Earth on Sunday, bringing to an end a $20 million journey that the South African space tourist said he would willingly repeat anytime. * NASA's Aqua Research Spacecraft Reaches Polar Orbit http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/delta2_launch_020504.html Improved weather forecasts and a better understanding of the role water plays in our climate are two possible benefits of a $952 million science research mission launched by NASA early Saturday from California. * French Imaging Spacecraft Lofted into Polar Orbit by Ariane 4 http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ariane4_launch_020503.html A new Earth imaging satellite for the French Space Agency (CNES) is circling the planet's poles following its launch Friday night from the edge of the Amazon jungle in South America. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * European Launch Industry Prepares For Reorganization http://www.space.com/spacenews/spacenews_businessmonday_020506.html Europe's launch-vehicle sector is being readied for a potentially sweeping reorganization on orders from government ministers who are unhappy with its cost and competitiveness. ------------------------------------ * 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 6, 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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