Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:32:53 -0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, September 19, 2002 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, September 19, 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 * Buck, the Apollo Astronaut Science/Astronomy: * Search for Life at the Top of the World * Astronotes: Possible Water Detected in Extrasolar Planet * Scientists Create 'Star Trek' Antihydrogen in Quantity * An Inside Look at the Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project SpaceFlight: * Atlas 2AS Rocket Sends Spanish Satellite into Earth Orbit * NASA Kills 'Wounded' Launch System Upgrade at KSC * Independent Review Questions Space Station's Scientific Future Business/Industry: * Northrop Grumman Says Purchase of TRW On Schedule Plus... * SpaceTV, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * Buck, the Apollo Astronaut http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/ Place your pre-order now for this amazing 1/6th scale Apollo Astronaut Replica - the attention to detail is fantastic from the visor to the gloves to the boots! ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * Search for Life at the Top of the World http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_licancabur_020919.html The highest lake in the world hides near the summit of a dormant volcano, a small icy pool in a sleeping giant towering nearly 20,000 feet above Chile's Atacama Desert. The volcano's name is Licancabur, and its largely unexplored lake poses many questions that are directly relevant to space exploration and astrobiology. * Astronotes: Possible Water Detected in Extrasolar Planet http://www.space.com/news/astronotes-1.html A team of Italian astronomers, using a radio telescope, say they've found tantalizing signs of water in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet. If true, the finding would be of the landmark variety, other experts said. But they agreed the findings need to be verified by further work. * Scientists Create 'Star Trek' Antihydrogen in Quantity http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/generalscience/anti_hydrogen_020918.html European scientists say they have created enough antihydrogen -- a type of the mirror-image, antimatter stuff that fictionally powers spaceships on Star Trek -- to test a widely held basic model of the universe. * An Inside Look at the Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/mars_biosatellite_020918.html Yes, it's true. Mars needs women -- as well as men -- to carry out the first landmark expedition to the red planet. But before humans set boot on the far-off world, what's really mandatory are a few good mice. ----------------------------------- Today in SpaceFlight: * Independent Review Questions Space Station's Scientific Future http://www.space.com/news/iss_fin_020918.html NASA has work to do if the International Space Station (ISS) is to become a top-notch laboratory in space and a research outpost enabling long-duration human exploration in the future, according to an independent analysis. * NASA Kills 'Wounded' Launch System Upgrade at KSC http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/fl_clcs_020918.html Five years behind schedule and expected to go $300 million over budget, Kennedy Space Center's plan to upgrade its 1970s-era launch computers is now another example that NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe is not bluffing about financial accountability. * NASA Declares Shuttle Atlantis Ready to Fly Oct. 2 http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts112_frr_020917.html The date to start NASA's first space shuttle mission in four months was officially set for Oct. 2, the agency announced Tuesday. * Pepsi Deal on Space Tourism Sounds Sweet but Lacks Fizz http://www.space.com/news/pepsi_soyuz_020917.html Your chance to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, courtesy of Pepsi-Cola Co., might come in 2004 -- according to a report Monday by AdAge.com. But don't pack your bags just yet. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * Atlas 2AS Rocket Sends Spanish Satellite into Earth Orbit http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/atlas_launch_020918.html A commercial Atlas 2AS rocket launched Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station successfully carried a Spanish communications spacecraft into Earth orbit. * Ferrari Red Paint Set for Trip to Red Planet http://www.space.com/news/ferrari_red_020919.html Hoping to raise its public profile, the European Space Agency (ESA) is teaming with Italian race-car maker Ferrari to fly a few drops of Ferrari-red paint aboard ESA's Mars orbiter, scheduled for launch next summer on a mission to survey the surface and atmosphere of the red planet. * Independent Review Questions Space Station's Scientific Future http://www.space.com/news/iss_fin_020918.html NASA has work to do if the International Space Station (ISS) is to become a top-notch laboratory in space and a research outpost enabling long-duration human exploration in the future, according to an independent analysis. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * Northrop Grumman Says Purchase of TRW On Schedule http://www.space.com/spacenews/ Northrop Grumman Corp. formally notified the European Commission Sept. 13 of its intent to purchase TRW Inc. of Cleveland, and expects a European review of the proposed merger to be complete by Oct. 16, Northrop Grumman said in a statement. ------------------------------------ * 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 19, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be low to moderate through Friday. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's field is expected to be mostly unsettled through Friday. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 228, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 525 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 1.4 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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