Universe Today - November 19, 1999 |
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the U N I V E R S E T O D A Y Space Exploration News From Around the Internet, Updated Every Weekday. November 19th, 1999 - Issue #126 http://www.universetoday.com info@universetoday.com To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE NEWSLETTER". An HTML version of this Newsletter is available at: http://www.universetoday.com/html/misc/today.html ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Russian and Kazakhstan Agree on Rocket Launch Deal * Commercial Space Deal Between Ukraine and Brazil * Space Holidays Might Only Be 20 Years Away * More Shuttle Wiring Problems Found * Galileo Probe Helps Reveal Secrets of Jupiter's Origins * Distant Galactic Cluster Observed by Chandra RUSSIAN AND KAZAKHSTAN AGREE ON ROCKET LAUNCH DEAL ------------------------ Government officials from Russia and Kazakhstan have reached an agreement regarding launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome. The two countries have agreed that Kazakhstan may only ban launches from rockets which have exploded - such as the two recent Proton crashes. This will allow an upcoming Globalstar launch on board a Soyuz rocket to proceed as planned. http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9911/18/russia.kazakstan.rockets.ap/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/111999/rocket_ruckus.sml http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/kazakhstan-99a.html COMMERCIAL SPACE DEAL BETWEEN UKRAINE AND BRAZIL ------------------------ If a new deal works out, Ukrainian rockets could soon be launching from Brazil. Officials from the two countries recently announced a broad cooperation agreement to launch Ukrainian Tsyklon-4 rockets from Brazil's equatorial cosmodrome in 2001. 12 launches a year are planned as part of this 10-year deal. http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9911/18/space.ukraine.brazil.reut/index.html SPACE HOLIDAYS MIGHT ONLY BE 20 YEARS AWAY ------------------------ The World Tourism Organization believes that you could take a trip into space in as soon as 20 years. A variety of private commercial ventures are planning ways to get people into space, and even at $100,000 a ticket, people are already lining up to buy. http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9911/18/leisure.space.reut/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/111999/spaceholiday.sml MORE SHUTTLE WIRING PROBLEMS FOUND ------------------------ With only a few weeks to go before its launch to fix the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA engineers have discovered more wire damage on the space shuttle Discovery. All the work can be done on the launch pad, so it's unknown whether the damage will cause any additional delays past the Dec. 6th scheduled launch. http://www.msnbc.com/news/330873.asp GALILEO PROBE HELPS REVEAL SECRETS OF JUPITER'S ORIGINS ------------------------ When the Galileo spacecraft first passed the planet Jupiter, it released a small probe designed to parachute through the gas giant's atmosphere, and return data about its descent. Before the probe was crushed under the immense temperature and pressure, it provided key data that astronomers are still working - data that could provide clues to the formation of gas giants. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/jupiter991119.html http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/9911/17jupiter/index.html http://explorezone.com/archives/99_11/17_jupiter_elements.htm http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/11/17c.html DISTANT GALACTIC CLUSTER OBSERVED BY CHANDRA ------------------------ The Chandra X-ray observatory was recently focused on a distant object known as 3C295 - a globular galaxy cluster 5 billion light years away. Over two million light years across, the cluster contains a hundred galaxies. It's believed the cluster suffered a massive explosion a million years ago. http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/9911/18chandra/index.html http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/space/astronomy/news/1999/ds/991117.html ************************************** Space News from SpaceDaily.com for today DoD Issues Next-Gen Satcom Study Contract http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/satcom-99m.html Wish Upon A Star In Deep Space http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/deep1-99zb.html Top Bureaucrat Nuked By Rocket http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/h2-99g.html Io makes Dante's Inferno Seem Like Paradise http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/galileo-99n.html Kazakhstan Lifts Ban On All But Protons http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/kazakhstan-99a.html To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE NEWSLETTER". All contents copyright (c) 1999 Universe Today |