From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:18:38 -0000 Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, September 17, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- NEW! Be the first to get the NEW Starry Night Version 4.x! Find out more now! http://www.starrynight.com/new/ -------------------------------------/ Featured Space Store Product * Space Masters Astronaut Series Science/Astronomy: * Northern Lights Continue to Impress Lucky Viewers * Newfound Planet in Circular Orbit around Another Star * Earth Might Have Been a Ringed Planet, Like Saturn SpaceFlight: * NASA Boss Names Whitson ISS 'Science Officer' * NEW! Wallpaper Downloads for your Desktop * Japanese Satellite Limps into Final Orbit Using Backup Thrusters Business/Industry: * Arianespace Wins Spainsat Launch Contract Plus... * SpaceTV, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * Space Masters Astronaut Series http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/ Approximately 4" high, these astronaut figures represent the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle Astronauts. ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * Northern Lights Continue to Impress Lucky Viewers http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/aurora_watching_020917-1.html Waves and ripples of otherworldly light continue to grace the night skies, leaving residents of the northern United States and Europe in awe. The multicolored Northern Lights appear to have revived two years beyond the peak in an 11-year cycle of activity that fuels them. * Newfound Planet in Circular Orbit around Another Star http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/new_planet_020917.html Finding planets around other stars is getting to be old hat for a handful of astronomers who make it their business. But the newest discovery is among the minority found in a relatively circular orbit, adding to the likelihood that Earth-like planets could exist. * Earth Might Have Been a Ringed Planet, Like Saturn http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/earth_rings_020917.html Earth may once have been surrounded by temporary rings of debris, much like Saturn, according to a new computer model that finds the rings might have cast parts of the planet into a twilight glow all day long. ----------------------------------- Today in SpaceFlight: * NASA Boss Names Whitson ISS 'Science Officer' http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/science_officer_020916.html NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe officially named astronaut Peggy Whitson as the International Space Station program's first "science officer" on Monday. * NEW! Wallpaper Downloads for your Desktop http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/ More great images from Space Artist Bret Little * Japanese Satellite Limps into Final Orbit Using Backup Thrusters http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/japan_h2a_020912.html Japan's space agency said it steered a new satellite near its planned orbit Saturday using backup thrusters, after the main engines stalled. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * Arianespace Wins Spainsat Launch Contract http://www.space.com/spacenews/ Arianespace will launch Spain's first dedicated military telecommunications satellite, dubbed Spainsat, in 2004 under a contract announced Sept. 16. ------------------------------------ * 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 17, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be low to moderate through Wednesday. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels through Wednesday. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 168, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 390 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 6.4 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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