From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 9:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, October 8, 2002
Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, October 8, 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: * Shadow Moons: The Unknown Sub-Worlds that Might Harbor Life * Sky Surprises: Celestial Treasures Fit for a Queen * Nobel Honors 3 for Astrophysics Work SpaceFlight: * Mission Atlantis: Shuttle Begins Chase of Space Station * Crew begins busy day of preparation * Exhilaration, Fear Fill Astronauts Before Shuttle Launch Business/Industry: * Computer Sciences Corp. Ordered Off GPS 2F Program 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 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: * Shadow Moons: The Unknown Sub-Worlds that Might Harbor Life http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/shadow_moons_021008-1.html Mounting discoveries of planets around other stars are fueling anticipation among most astronomers that our solar system is a reasonable model for the kinds of objects that probably exist around many stars. If they are right, then the galaxy could be loaded with billions of planets -- and a far greater number of moons. * Sky Surprises: Celestial Treasures Fit for a Queen http://www.space.com/spacewatch/surprise_cassiopeia_021008.html Riding high in the northeast as darkness descends is a striking zigzag row of five stars marking the Queen of Ethiopia, Cassiopeia. Few star patterns have a shape so easy to remember: a neat "M" or "W" depending upon on its position and which way you're facing. * Nobel Honors 3 for Astrophysics Work http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/nobel_astrophysics_021008.html A Japanese and two American astrophysicists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for using some of the most obscure particles and waves in nature to increase understanding of the universe. ----------------------------------- Today in SpaceFlight: * Mission Atlantis: Shuttle Begins Chase of Space Station http://www.space.com/shuttlemissions/ Space shuttle Atlantis safely arrived in Earth orbit today, ending a four-month hiatus in launches from the Kennedy Space Center caused by cracked plumbing, broken crawler transporters and a hurricane that threatened Mission Control in Houston. * Crew begins busy day of preparation http://www.space.com/shuttlemissions/ The six-member flight crew of shuttle Atlantis were awakened this morning at 5:46 a.m. EDT and have begun their first full day in space. * Exhilaration, Fear Fill Astronauts Before Shuttle Launch http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/fl_sts112_preview_021006.html You are an astronaut. You are a small person in a big universe, one of a select few, the sum of brains, talent and years of hard physical training. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * Computer Sciences Corp. Ordered Off GPS 2F Program http://www.space.com/spacenews/ A key subcontractor on the troubled ground control segment for the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) 2F navigation satellites is being kicked off the program, according to industry officials. ------------------------------------ * 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 (October 8, 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 active levels through Wednesday. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 126, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 418 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 9.7 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] Share Your Space Forward this newsletter to your friends! ************************************************************************* NOTE: Gleason Sackmann is the owner and host of this list. All inquiries regarding this list and its contents should be directed to Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 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