Universe Today - December 6, 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. December 6th, 1999 - Issue #132 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 ************************************** DEEP SKY A Special 1-hour Deep Sky with Steve Gorevan and Michael Allison As part of SpaceWatch.com's extended coverage of the mission to Mars, Michael and Andy will be talking with robotics engineer Steve Gorevan from Honeybee labs in New York City. Steve's research team is building a highly precise diamond-tipped drill for the next mission to Mars. Their sample-return technology will bring back pill-sized cores that NASA hopes will contain signs of life! We'll also be talking to Michael Allison, a Mars Climatologist from the Goddard Institute for Space Science. Michael consulted on the Mars Polar Lander project, and he'll take your questions in chat about tomorrow's historic landing! Check it out at http://www.spacewatch.com ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Polar Lander Remains Silent * Clerical Error Could Delay Shuttle Launch Again * French Satellite Launched by Ariane 4 POLAR LANDER REMAINS SILENT ------------------------ Although the Mars Polar Lander arrived at the Red Planet on Friday, NASA hasn't heard a peep out of it. After trying to communicate with the lander via its main antenna on Friday, they switched to try communicating through a different antenna relayed by the Global Surveyor - no luck either. NASA hasn't heard from the twin microprobes which were crashlanded into the surface on Friday. They'll attempt to continue to contact the Lander, but the possibility of success decreases every day. http://abcnews.go.com/ABC2000/abc2000science/marspolar_silence991205.html http://www.astronomynow.com/mars/mpl/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_551000/551566.stm http://cnn.com/1999/TECH/space/12/05/mars.lander.04/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/120499/pm_mars.sml http://www.msnbc.com/news/304520.asp http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/stories/1999b/120599a.htm http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/mars-polar99-99q.html http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/12/05c.html CLERICAL ERROR COULD DELAY SHUTTLE LAUNCH AGAIN ------------------------ While repairing faulty wiring on the Space Shuttle Discovery, work crews neglected to record whether a specific wire had been fixed. Not willing to take any risks, they'll have to recheck Discovery while it's on the pad - this could cause another delay, and push the launch back from December 11th. http://www.msnbc.com/news/330873.asp FRENCH SATELLITE LAUNCHED BY ARIANE 4 ------------------------ The French Helios 2 reconnaissance satellite, built by Matra Marconi, was launched on board an Ariane 4 booster rocket from the Ariane launch site in French Guiana. The satellite was launched on Friday, Dec. 3rd at 16:22 UT. No problems were reported with the launch. http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/12/03c.html ************************************** Space News from SpaceDaily.com for today Silence From Mars http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/mars-polar99-99q.html Pegasus Deploys 7 Orbcomm LEO Birds http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/orbcomm-99i.html Ariane Sends French Spysats Into Orbit http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/ariane-99x.html To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE NEWSLETTER". All contents copyright (c) 1999 Universe Today |