Universe Today - October 10, 2000 |
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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. October 10, 2000 - Issue #321 http://www.universetoday.com info@universetoday.com An HTML version of this newsletter including pictures is available at: http://www.universetoday.com/html/misc/today.html ************************************** Did you know that every week around 300 to 400 NEW SPACE JOBS are advertised throughout the industry? Subscribe to the free weekly Space Careers newsletter and be the first to know who is hiring in the space industry. http://www.spacelinks.com/SpaceCareers/newsletter.html?ut ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * High Winds Threaten the Shuttle Again * Cassini Takes its First Colour Pictures of Jupiter * First ISS Crew Holds Press Conference HIGH WINDS THREATEN THE SHUTTLE AGAIN ------------------------- A second day of high winds at Cape Canaveral are threatening to keep the space shuttle Discovery on the launchpad for another day. Yesterday, gusts of more than 80 kph prevented technicians from moving a vent hood in position over top of the external fuel tank - the hood removes venting oxygen from the top of the tank, and is critical to the fueling process. If the winds die down, Discovery will launch tonight at 11:40pm GMT; otherwise, it will take off Wednesday. Original Source: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current.htm Internet Coverage: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/shuttle_discovery001010.html http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/10/10/shuttle.01/index.html http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20001010/sp_ap_shuttle.2.html http://www.foxnews.com/science/100900/shuttle.sml Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/shuttle.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/spaceshuttle.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/spaceshuttle.html CASSINI TAKES ITS FIRST COLOUR PICTURES OF JUPITER ------------------------- The Cassini spacecraft, with Saturn as its final destination, is just passing Jupiter now, and had the chance to take some beautiful colour pictures of the largest planet in the solar system. The images, which were captured by the probe on October 4, when it was 80 million kilometres away, are very similar those taken by the Voyager probes more than 21 years ago. Original Source: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pictures/jupiter/ Internet Coverage: http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20001010/sp_jupiter.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/463318.asp Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/cassini.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/missions.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/saturn.html FIRST ISS CREW HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE ------------------------- The first crew of the International Space Station held a press conference in Moscow yesterday to talk about their upcoming trip to the station to become its first permanent inhabitants. The three man crew, consisting of American astronaut William Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, will be responsible for breaking in the station and assisting in its ongoing assembly. They are scheduled to launch to the station on board a Soyuz on October 30. Original Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/releases/n00-48.html Internet Coverage: http://www.msnbc.com/news/474440.asp http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/10/10a.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/spacestation.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/spacestations.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/spacestations.html ************************************** More space related sites... WWW Space and Mystery - http://spaceandmystery.tripod.ca/ News and Information from mainstream and alternative sources. ------------------------- To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE !*EMAIL*!". All contents copyright (c) 2000 Universe Today |