Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 13:44:32 -0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, September 12, 2002 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, September 12, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- Win a Star-Studded Getaway to Florida's Space Coast! Space.com is offering our readers a chance to win a star-studded family vacation to Florida's Space Coast. One lucky winner will receive an out-of-this-world vacation: seven days and six nights filled with space, ecological, sports and shopping activities. http://www.space.com/php/promo/fsc_contest.php -------------------------------------/ Featured Space Store Product * NASA Long Sleeve T-Shirt Science/Astronomy: * The Pulse of Life: Music of Our World and Beyond * Earth's Newest Satellite Could Hit Moon Next Year * Evidence Helps Confirm Existence of Powerful Magnetars SpaceFlight: * India Launches METSAT into Orbit with Improved PSLV Rocket * NEW! SPACE.com Postcards! * Aldrin Says He Was Defending Himself Business/Industry: * Japanese Space Station Module Delayed One Year Plus... * SpaceTV, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * NASA Long Sleeve T-Shirt http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/ NEW! This great long sleeve t-shirt is light gray with NASA in collegiate lettering. Lightweight 99% pre-shrunk cotton/1% polyester. ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * The Pulse of Life: Music of Our World and Beyond http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_music_vakoch_020912.html As the deep, rich drone of a didgeridoo continued to emanate from a portable CD player, American composer Andrew Kaiser wrapped up his argument for the role of music in interstellar communication. Speaking at a recent workshop in Paris, Kaiser echoed the sentiments of others at the meeting, stressing the fruitful interplay of art and science in constructing interstellar messages. * Earth's Newest Satellite Could Hit Moon Next Year http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_object_020912.html NASA scientists say a recently discovered satellite of Earth is probably a Saturn V third stage rocket booster that has been travelling around the Sun in Earth's vicinity for decades and was only recently captured by Earth's gravity in April. * Evidence Helps Confirm Existence of Powerful Magnetars http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/magnetars_020911.html Astronomers have found new evidence for the existence and variety of magnetars, powerful stellar corpses noted for their extreme magnetic fields. ----------------------------------- Today in SpaceFlight: * India Launches METSAT into Orbit with Improved PSLV Rocket http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/pslv_launch_020912.html India's first satellite dedicated to weather observations was launched into Earth orbit Thursday riding atop an improved version of the nation's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), according to news media reports in India. * NEW! SPACE.com Postcards! http://www.space.com/php/postcards/ Send a SPACE.com postcard to a friend! New images available every week. * Aldrin Says He Was Defending Himself http://www.space.com/news/aldrin_incident_020911.html Buzz Aldrin was defending himself when he swung at a man who asked him to swear on a Bible that he had been to the moon, the former astronaut's publicist said. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * Japanese Space Station Module Delayed One Year http://www.space.com/spacenews/ Japan's primary contribution to the international space station will be delayed one year due to budgetary problems, NASA and Japanese 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 12, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to remain at moderate levels. A chance for an isolated major flare event exists for Region 105. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to active. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 226, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 439 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 11.8 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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