Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:15:17 -0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, August 29, 2002 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, August 29, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- Deep Space Explorer Wins Prestigious Parents' Choice Gold Award! Deep Space Explorer has been awarded a Parent's Choice Gold Award in the software category for ages twelve and older from the Parents' Choice Foundation, the nation's oldest and most respected authority on children's media. http://www.starrynight.com/ -------------------------------------/ Featured Space Store Product * Adult NASA Glow-In-The-Dark T-Shirt Science/Astronomy: * Featured Book: Seeing in the Dark - How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space And Guarding Earth From Interplanetary Peril * The Meaning of Life * Pluto Involved in Rare Celestial Dance * Earth Deemed Older, Calling Moon Formation Theory into Question SpaceFlight: * Cape Canaveral Spaceport Leaders Unveil 50-Year Master Plan * Ariane 5 Carries Weather and Communications Satellites into Earth Orbit * Lance Bass Flight Moves Closer To Go-Ahead Business/Industry: * XM Will Be Dealer-Installed Option In Some Honda Automobiles Plus... * SpaceTV, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * Adult NASA Glow-In-The-Dark T-Shirt http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/ A 100% preshrunk cotton short-sleeve navy blue t-shirt with the NASA vector logo that glows in the dark! Available in Children's Clothing as well. ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * Featured Book: Seeing in the Dark - How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space And Guarding Earth From Interplanetary Peril http://www.space.com/spacelibrary/books/library_seeing_020829.html Seeing in the Dark is author Timothy Ferris' love letter to the skies and a stirring report on the revolution now sweeping amateur astronomy, in which backyard stargazers linked globally by the Internet are exploring deep space and making discoveries worthy of the professionals. * The Meaning of Life http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_shostak_020829.html "Oh my God, it's alive!" * Pluto Involved in Rare Celestial Dance http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/pluto_occultation_020828.html Pluto was the star of a rare celestial phenomenon that occurred twice within the past month, the European Southern Observatory reported Wednesday. * Earth Deemed Older, Calling Moon Formation Theory into Question http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/older_earth_020828.html A pair of new studies has helped pin down how long it took Earth to form, breaking down the final barrier of disagreement over the precise timing but creating a problem for the leading theory of the Moon's formation. ----------------------------------- Today in SpaceFlight: * Cape Canaveral Spaceport Leaders Unveil 50-Year Master Plan http://www.space.com/news/fl_50plan_020829.html In 50 years, Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station may have landing strips for rocket planes going to the International Space Station, rockets launching every 36 hours, hotels near the Visitor Complex and even space tourists flying out of Brevard County. * Ariane 5 Carries Weather and Communications Satellites into Earth Orbit http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ariane5_launch_020828.html A pair of European communications and weather satellites were successfully hurled into Earth orbit Wednesday riding atop an Ariane 5 rocket launched one day late from South America. * Pop Star Lance Bass 'N Fusing NASA http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ap_bass_020828.html Quicker than a hot boy band sinks, NASA is being 'N fused with much-needed kid appeal this week as its first celebrity space tourist, pop star Lance Bass, trains to become the youngest and coolest person ever to hit orbit. * Lance Bass Flight Moves Closer To Go-Ahead http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bass_MCOP_020827.html Pop singer, Lance Bass of the boy band *NSYNC, is in synch with the International Space Station's Multilateral Crew Operations Panel (MCOP), receiving a formal go-ahead today for a late October flight. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * XM Will Be Dealer-Installed Option In Some Honda Automobiles http://www.space.com/spacenews/ XM Satellite Radio will be available as a dealer-installed option on some Honda automobiles, including the Honda Accord, beginning Oct. 1, both companies reported Aug. 28. ------------------------------------ * 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 29, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be moderate to high. Region 69 remains capable of producing a major event. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be predominately quiet to unsettled. Unsettled to active conditions are possible Saturday. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 205, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 396 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 6.5 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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