Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 14:13:28 -0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, August 20, 2002 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, August 20, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- Capture the Solar System with the Coolpix System! http://www.nikoncoolpix.com/ -------------------------------------/ Featured Space Store Product * Astronaut Ice Cream Science/Astronomy: * SPECIAL REPORT: 2002 Leonid Meteor Shower * Behind the Pictures: Top 10 Voyager Facts * Mars-like Lab Conditions Support Life SpaceFlight: * Vigil for CONTOUR Spacecraft Continues * New Image Gallery: Voyager's Photo Legacy * Astronotes: Lance Bass Given Until August 23 to Produce Payment for ISS Trip Business/Industry: * Spot Names Replacement for Departing Chief Executive Plus... * SpaceTV, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * Astronaut Ice Cream http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/ Just what you need after a hard day on orbit! Just kick back and enjoy this freeze dried ice cream while the planet gently spins below you. Everyone loves this one! (one serving) ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * SPECIAL REPORT: 2002 Leonid Meteor Shower http://www.space.com/spacewatch/leonids_2002.html Fast on the heels of the summer Perseids, it's time to look ahead to the current king of meteor showers, the Leonids. While the 2002 peak on Nov. 19 won't equal last year's stunning display, it will still be a remarkable storm that even casual skywatchers should not miss. Unless you plan to wait for 2033. * Behind the Pictures: Top 10 Voyager Facts http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/top10_voyager_020820-1.html Looking back over the 25 years since the first Voyager launch on Aug. 20, 1977, the twin spacecraft are remembered first and foremost as our emissary eyes in deep space. * Mars-like Lab Conditions Support Life http://www.space.com/searchforlife/mars_conditions_020819.html A laboratory experiment simulating conditions on Mars found that certain terrestrial microorganisms called methanogens can survive in extreme Mars-like conditions involving low air pressure. ----------------------------------- Today in SpaceFlight: * Vigil for CONTOUR Spacecraft Continues http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/contour_vigil_020819.html The CONTOUR mission team clings to the hope they'll hear from the still-silent comet probe. The spacecraft is now more than 1.3 million miles (2.1 million kilometers) from Earth. * New Image Gallery: Voyager's Photo Legacy http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/ Younger generations might think of the twin Voyagers as two way-out-there spacecraft. But space buffs from the 70s and 80s remember Voyager for its unbelievable stream of pictures. * Astronotes: Lance Bass Given Until August 23 to Produce Payment for ISS Trip http://www.space.com/news/astronotes-1.html The Russian space agency has given 'N Sync singer Lance Bass five days to come up with payment for a trip to the international space station this fall, a spokesman said Monday. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * Spot Names Replacement for Departing Chief Executive http://www.space.com/spacenews/ Spot Image Corp. of Chantilly, Va., has tapped veteran company executive Neal Carney to replace Gene Colabatistto as its chief executive officer. ------------------------------------ * SpaceTV: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ * SpaceWatch: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ * Space Age Jobs http://www.spacejobs.com/ * Uplink: Share your opinion! http://uplink.space.com/ ------------------------------------- SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (August 20, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be moderate to high. Region 69 has the potential for major flare activity. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to active with a chance of isolated minor storming. Active levels are expected Monday. Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected Tuesday and Wednesday. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 308, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 505 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 8.4 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! 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