Universe Today - September 29, 1999

Universe Today - September 29, 1999

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What goes up must come down, and if you're an Apollo astronaut, hopefully,
what lands will take off again, so you can go home. Floyd Bennett the
guest on SpaceWatch.com's weekly live Internet TV show, "Mission Control,
Over" made sure of it. As Chief of NASA's Lunar Landing Analysis Branch,
he selected lunar landing sites, designed touchdown trajectories, and
oversaw the Apollo 11-17 descents and ascents from the control room.
In gratitude, the Apollo 15 astronauts named a moon mountain near
their landing site after him.

Check it out: http://www.spacewatch.com

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Space News from SpaceDaily.com for today

India Reveals Ambitious Satellite Program
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/india-99d.html

LockMart Readies Defense Weather Sat
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/dmsp-99a.html

X-33 Aims For Vehicle Rollout Q1 2000
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/rlv-99w.html

Keeping A Straight Back In Space
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/spacemedicine-99a.html

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-- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY --

* Astronomers See Gravity Wobbles from Exosolar Planets
* Chandra Images Crab Nebula Pulsar
* Pioneer 10 Makes a New Discovery
* Panels Investigate Orbiter Accident


ASTRONOMERS SEE GRAVITY WOBBLES FROM EXOSOLAR PLANETS
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Although the star system Upsilon Andromedae was discovered to have
multiple planets in the spring of 1999, astronomers have been able to
observe the star actually wobble back and forth in the sky because of
the gravitational effect of the planets. This has allowed the team to
calculate the mass of the planets with a high degree of accuracy - the
largest has 10 Jupiter masses.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_459000/459889.stm


CHANDRA IMAGES CRAB NEBULA PULSAR
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The Chandra X-ray observatory continues to impress with its latest images
taken of the Crab Nebula - a supernova remnant. The image shows brilliant
ring around a pulsar at the nebula's center, and provides astronomers with
more information about how a pulsar reacts with the nebula around it.

http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/9909/28chandra/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_460000/460567.stm
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/28/crab.nebula/index.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/316778.asp
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/09/28a.html


PIONEER 10 MAKES A NEW DISCOVERY
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Even after it's left the solar system, Pioneer 10 is still continuing
to provide astronomers with valuable research. Researchers have calculated
that an object's gravity changed the spacecraft's trajectory for 25
days - they're still working on calculating the upper limits of its mass.
Pioneer 10 was launched in 1972, and is currently 11 billion kms
from the Earth.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_460000/460095.stm


PANELS INVESTIGATE ORBITER ACCIDENT
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NASA has formed three panels to investigate the loss of the Mars
Climate Orbiter, after it disappeared early Thursday. The panels
will consist of a review board appointed by NASA managers; a peer
review board to investigate the technical failure; and an independent
review panel. The space probe cost $125 million.

http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/28/mars.update/index.html

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