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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 2, 2000 - Issue #334 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 ************************************** A note from the publisher With the Expedition 1 crew now on board the International Space Station, there's going to be all kinds of stuff going on with NASA television. As always, you can watch it on the web from any of the locations listed on this page: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/ntvweb.html Watch them work, hang out, and talk. It'll be like Big Brother... in space. Fraser Cain Publisher Universe Today ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Immunity in Space - Getting Close to Your Neighbours * Expedition 1 Enters Their New Home in Space * When Galaxies Collide IMMUNITY IN SPACE - GETTING CLOSE TO YOUR NEIGHBOURS ------------------------- One of the research programs led by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute is examining the effect on the immune system of long-duration space flight and weightlessness. This research will have important implications for the feasibility of manned missions to Mars and beyond, as well as benefiting human healthcare here on Earth. Jennifer Laing looks at this research program and its use of Australian Antarctic researchers as a parallel to those living and working in space. Read the special article. A Universe Today Exclusive http://www.universetoday.com/html/special/immunityspace.html EXPEDITION 1 ENTERS THEIR NEW HOME IN SPACE ------------------------- The first permanent inhabitants of the International Space Station entered their new home today when their Soyuz spacecraft linked up at 11:00am GMT. William Shepherd, Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko entered the station, turned on the lights and life support systems, and proceeded to set up a live television link with the Russian mission control to confirm that the move-in was going well. They'll remain on the station for the next four months, when they're replaced by the next crew. Original Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2000/iss00-47.html Internet Coverage: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/spacestation001102.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_999000/999675.stm http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/11/02/space.docking.02/index.html http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20001102/sp_ap_station.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/spacestation.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/nasa.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/spacestations.html WHEN GALAXIES COLLIDE ------------------------- New photographs taken with the Hubble Space Telescope show a sideswipe collision between a large spiral galaxy and a smaller irregular galaxy. Located 206 million light years away in the direction of the constellation Lyra, the collision is actually pretty safe for all the individual stars involved - because of the vast distances between the stars, their chance of colliding is very small. Internet Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/11/02/hubble.galaxy.collision/index.html http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20001102/sp_hubble.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/hubble.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/astronomy.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/hubble.html ------------------------- To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE !*EMAIL*!". All contents copyright (c) 2000 Universe Today |