From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 7 May 2002 04:54:19 -0700 Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, May 7, 2002
Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, May 7, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- ** Float like an astronaut... with one! ** How can Space Adventures improve upon our already exciting zero-gravity flight adventure? How about bringing a former Space Shuttle pilot along for the ride: join two-time flyer Guy Gardner on our June 12 - 14, 2002 trip! http://www.spaceadventures.com/zerog/index_space.html -------------------------------------/ Featured Space Store Product * Classic NASA Videos Science/Astronomy: * Simulating the Fate of Our Milky Way * Star's Hyperactivity Revealed When it Vanishes * Mars Odyssey's Picture of the Day: Cerberus Wind Streaks Missions/Launches: * Shuttleworth's Desire to Buy Soyuz Spacecraft Faces Obstacles * Shuttleworth Declares Voyage 'Wonderful Experience' After Return to Earth * NASA's Aqua Research Spacecraft Reaches Polar Orbit Business/Industry: * TRW Will Open Its Books To Northrop Grumman Plus... * SpaceTV, Space Age Gear, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs * SPACE.com Affiliate Program ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * Classic NASA Videos http://www.space.com/nasavideos/ Buy one or build a collection of the best NASA videos in the galaxy ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * Simulating the Fate of Our Milky Way http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/galaxy_collides_020507-1 html When cars collide, it's an accident. When galaxies collide, it's Nature at work. Many astronomers believe such crashes are part of the natural evolution in the lives of galaxies and galaxy clusters, now scientists are blending scientific research and high-powered computer visual effects into vivid models of how they occur. * Star's Hyperactivity Revealed When it Vanishes http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/neutron_eclipse_020507.h tml Sometimes in astronomy an object has to disappear before you can take its full measure. Just ask Michael Nowak, who has examined the changing output of a wild and crazy star as it dimmed, brightened and blinked out completely every few hours. * Mars Odyssey's Picture of the Day: Cerberus Wind Streaks http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_daily_020506.html Cerberus is a dark region on Mars that has shrunk down from a continuous length of about 622 miles (1000 km) to roughly three discontinuous spots a few 65 miles (100 kms) in length in less than 20 years. There are two competing processes at work in the Cerberus region that produce the bright and dark features seen in this THEMIS image. ----------------------------------- Today in Missions/Launches: * Shuttleworth's Desire to Buy Soyuz Spacecraft Faces Obstacles http://www.space.com/spacetourism/ South African space tourist Mark Shuttleworth's dream of purchasing the Soyuz TM-33 capsule in wich he landed on May 5 will most probably not come true, an official in the Russian Aerospace Agency's press service told Interfax on Monday. * Shuttleworth Declares Voyage 'Wonderful Experience' After Return to Earth http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/soyuz_pm_020505.html 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. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * TRW Will Open Its Books To Northrop Grumman http://www.space.com/spacenews/index.html TRW and its corporate suitor, Northrop Grumman, have entered into a confidentiality agreement under which Northrop Grumman will have access to TRW's nonpublic financial information. ------------------------------------ * 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 7, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be at low levels. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 187, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 317 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 9.9 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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