Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:25:13 -0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Monday, September 23, 2002 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Today on SPACE.com -- Monday, September 23, 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 * STS-112 Mission Pin Science/Astronomy: * Worldwide Focus on Going to the Moon * New Mars Eagle Has Flown, and Landed, in Oregon Test * Harvest Moon for Skywatchers, Birdwatchers and Farmers SpaceFlight: * Sea Launch Studying Use of Baikonur Cosmodrome * Lance Bass to Resume Cosmonaut Training, Won't Fly Until April at Earliest * Hurricane Isidore No Threat to Florida's Space Coast Business/Industry: * NASA Aims to Set ISS Science Priorities by End of Year Plus... * SpaceTV, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * STS-112 Mission Pin http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/ A great collectible from the upcoming Shuttle mission! ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * Worldwide Focus on Going to the Moon http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/moon_next_020923-1.html Earth's scuffed up and trampled Moon is once again targeted for high-tech visitors. Robotic spacecraft from several nations, as well as NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense, will be first to chalk up lunar return mileage. * New Mars Eagle Has Flown, and Landed, in Oregon Test http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/mars_winging_020920.html High above the Oregon coast yesterday, a futuristic class of Mars exploration technology took wing. * Harvest Moon for Skywatchers, Birdwatchers and Farmers http://www.space.com/spacewatch/harvest_moon_020920.html The Full Moon of Saturday, Sept. 21 also carries the title of the Harvest Moon for those living in the Northern Hemisphere. It has a long history of importance for farmers and birdwatchers, which we'll explain below. First, let's look at what's different about a Harvest Moon. ----------------------------------- Today in SpaceFlight: * Sea Launch Studying Use of Baikonur Cosmodrome http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sealaunch_baikonur_020920.html Sea Launch is exploring the possibility of launching a version of their Zenit rockets from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, company officials confirmed Friday. * Lance Bass to Resume Cosmonaut Training, Won't Fly Until April at Earliest http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/bass_resumes_020920.html Pop star Lance Bass will resume his training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, but he will not fly to the International Space Station (ISS) this October, a Russian space official said today. * Hurricane Isidore No Threat to Florida's Space Coast http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/isidore_020920.html Packing winds of 105 mph, Hurricane Isidore is expected to wreak havoc on the western end of Cuba during the next 24 hours. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * NASA Aims to Set ISS Science Priorities by End of Year http://www.space.com/spacenews/spacenews_businessmonday_020923.html NASA hopes to finalize the research priorities for the international space station by the end of the year so that decisions on the outpost's configuration can be reflected in the agency's 2004 budget request. ------------------------------------ * 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 23, 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 quiet to unsettled through Wednesday. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 218, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 409 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 0.8 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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