Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:04:57 -0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Wednesday, September 25, 2002 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Today on SPACE.com -- Wednesday, September 25, 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 * Little Astronaut Set Science/Astronomy: * NASA Invention Pinpoints Lightning Strikes * Astronotes: Space Chimp Descendants Rescued * The Search for the Missing Amazon Meteor SpaceFlight: * Galileo Spacecraft Prepared for Flyby of Tiny Jovian Moon Almathea * Task Force Recommends Independent Shuttle Safety Group * NASA Underwater Crew Includes Flight Director on Mission Business/Industry: * APT Drops Demand To Launch Apstar 5 Satellite From China Plus... * SpaceTV, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * Little Astronaut Set http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/ Ready for Halloween? The Little Astronaut Set includes a full body astronaut suit and a realistic space helmet. The suit comes complete with genuine NASA, American flag and Space Shuttle patches. ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * NASA Invention Pinpoints Lightning Strikes http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/lightning_strikes_020925.html If lightning really never struck twice in the same place, Dr. Pedro Medelius's job would be a lot easier. But since bolts from the blue can hit wherever they please, figuring out what's been zapped within the 140,000 acres of NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) could seem hopeless. * Astronotes: Space Chimp Descendants Rescued http://www.space.com/news/astronotes-1.html A court ruling has allowed the Florida Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care to take over a facility in New Mexico that houses 266 chimpanzees, including 16 Air Force chimps descended from the first of their kind that went into space. Conditions at the primate testing facility, called Coulston Foundation, were said to be less than stellar, according to an article in Discovery online. Animal rights groups had accused the facility of mistreating the primates. * The Search for the Missing Amazon Meteor http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/crater_expedition_020924-1.htm l The Araona people wanted $1 million before they would let the NASA scientists pass through their territory in the remote Bolivian Amazon. Given a budget of $20,000 for their entire expedition, the scientists resorted to negotiating, and the indigenous people eventually agreed to a payment of $500, plus 500 rounds of .22 ammunition and 200 D-cell batteries. ----------------------------------- Today in SpaceFlight: * Galileo Spacecraft Prepared for Flyby of Tiny Jovian Moon Almathea http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/almathea_flyby_020925.html The Galileo spacecraft is being prepared for one of its final tasks, a close flyby of Jupiter's moon Amalthea set for Nov. 5. * Task Force Recommends Independent Shuttle Safety Group http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/fl_shuttle_020924.html As NASA contemplates handing over more space shuttle operations to private companies, a task force assigned to study the subject recommends an independent safety organization no matter how the agency handles privatization of its manned spaceflight programs. * NASA Underwater Crew Includes Flight Director on Mission http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/neemo_020923.html A NASA flight director on Monday went where none have been before and became part of a crew serving on a different sort of risky mission. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * APT Drops Demand To Launch Apstar 5 Satellite From China http://www.space.com/spacenews/ Loral Space & Communications has struck a deal with its Hong Kong-based customer to launch the Apstar 5 satellite on a non-Chinese launch vehicle if the U.S. government fails to approve the export of the satellite by Sept. 30. ------------------------------------ * 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 25, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be low to moderate through Friday. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to unsettled through Friday. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 240, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 525 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 0.2 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! Starry Night is the world's leading astronomy software -- choose between Beginner, Backyard, or Pro! http://www.starrynight.com/ ------------------------------------- Feedback We welcome your comments and suggestions at [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: http://www.space.com/php/email/unsubscribe.php Share Your Space Forward this newsletter to your friends! ************************************************************************* NOTE: Gleason Sackmann is the owner and host of this list. 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