From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:35:06 -0000 Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Monday, September 9, 2002
Today on SPACE.com -- Monday, September 9, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- ECLIPSE ALERT: Place yourself between the Earth and the Sun as daylight is replaced by the darkness of night in the Australian Outback! http://www.spaceadventures.com/terrestrial/eclipse/index_space.html -------------------------------------/ Featured Space Store Product * Shuttle Play Bed Tent Science/Astronomy: * ISS Spotting: Space Station Offers Brilliant Morning Views * Astronotes: Moon Dust Stolen From Sweden Museum * Earth's Gravitational Field Mapped * Experts: Slim Chance Asteroids Hitting Earth But Vigilance Needed SpaceFlight: * Daring Aeronaut Prepares For Super Jump From Space * Arianespace Sends Intelsat 906 into Earth Orbit * Boeing Delays First Flight of Delta 4 Several Weeks * U.S. Uses Internet/Satellite Images to State its Case Against Iraq Business/Industry: * Officials Say No Solution in Sight for Galileo Dispute Plus... * SpaceTV, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * Shuttle Play Bed Tent http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/ This Space Shuttle Tent is roomy enough for 2 or 3 "astronauts." ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * ISS Spotting: Space Station Offers Brilliant Morning Views http://www.space.com/spacewatch/spot_iss_020905.html Now might be a good time to go out and watch a sunrise. Those who get up early -- or go to bed very late -- could be rewarded with an extra special view of the International Space Station (ISS), which is visible over most of the United States in the pre-dawn sky. * Astronotes: Moon Dust Stolen From Sweden Museum http://www.space.com/news/astronotes-1.html Four grains of moon dust brought to Earth by the first manned lunar mission were stolen from a space exhibit in Sweden, a museum official said Saturday. * Earth's Gravitational Field Mapped http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/equator_bulge_020801.html Data gathered over two weeks by a pair of identical satellites have yielded one of the best-ever maps of the Earth's lumpy, bumpy gravitational field, scientists said Friday. * Experts: Slim Chance Asteroids Hitting Earth But Vigilance Needed http://www.space.com/spacewatch/asteroid_020907.html It wouldn't take a very big rock falling from space to cause widespread damage and death on the Earth. The chances of that happening are very remote _ perhaps once in thousands of years _ but the destruction would be so extreme that experts say humanity needs to find ways to defend itself. ----------------------------------- Today in SpaceFlight: * Daring Aeronaut Prepares For Super Jump From Space http://www.space.com/news/super_dive_020909.html A free-falling Frenchman is determined to jump from high in the stratosphere into the record books. Calling it the Le Grand Saut, or "The Super Jump", Michel Fournier is readying himself and the technology needed to attempt a skydiving record. * Arianespace Sends Intelsat 906 into Earth Orbit http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ariane4_launch_020906.html A powerful new communications satellite was sent into Earth orbit early Friday morning riding atop an Arianespace rocket launched from the edge of the Amazon Jungle in South America. * Boeing Delays First Flight of Delta 4 Several Weeks http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/delta4_delay_020905.html The maiden flight of Boeing's Delta 4 rocket has been postponed by several weeks, to late October or early November, due to a potential software glitch in ground support equipment that was spotted during a launch rehearsal, Boeing Launch Services President Will Trafton said Sept. 5. * U.S. Uses Internet/Satellite Images to State its Case Against Iraq http://www.space.com/news/iraq_satellite_020904.html The Bush Administration's attempt to build the case - at home and abroad - to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein includes the use of high-resolution satellite photos. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * Officials Say No Solution in Sight for Galileo Dispute http://www.space.com/spacenews/spacenews_businessmonday_020909.html Six months after European governments gave their approval for a $3 billion satellite navigation system similar to the one operated by the United States, these governments are no closer to settling their differences on how the money will be spent, European government and industry officials said. ------------------------------------ * 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 (Septemebr 9, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be low to moderate. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to unsettled. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 180, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 497 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 1.5 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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