Universe Today - May 22, 2001 |
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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. May 22, 2001 - Issue #437 http://www.universetoday.com info@universetoday.com An HTML version including pictures is available at: http://www.universetoday.com/html/misc/today.html For information on unsubscribing or changing your email address, check the bottom of this newsletter. ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Russia Launches Progress to Space Station * The Early Universe Was Spongy * X-40A Tests Wrap Up RUSSIA LAUNCHES PROGRESS TO SPACE STATION ------------------------- A Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome yesterday carrying a Progress M 1-6 transport ship enroute to the International Space Station. The unmanned cargo ship is carrying food, propellant and equipment for the space station astronauts, and is expected to dock early Wednesday morning. This is the first launch of the newly developed Soyuz FG rocket, developed in a partnership between France and Russia. Original Source: http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/news/news-2001/press_release_iss-11.shtml Internet Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/21/progress.launch.ap/index.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/463318.asp http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/soyuz_launch_010520.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/russia.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/russia.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/spacestation.html THE EARLY UNIVERSE WAS SPONGY ------------------------- New observations are supporting the theory that the early universe looked like the inside of a sponge, with galaxies forming in clumps along filaments. Using the Paranal Observatory in South America, astronomers determined the distances to very distant galaxies, and then plotted their positions on a three-dimensional map. These observations help to lend support to current Big Bang theories and the possibility that some dark matter makes up 95% of the mass of the universe. Original Source: http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2001/pr-11-01.html Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1345000/1345134.stm http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/spongy_universe_010522-1.html http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0105/22uniweb/ Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/astronomy.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/cosmology.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/astronomy.html X-40A TESTS WRAP UP ------------------------- NASA completed the seventh and final test of the X-40A technology demonstrator on Sunday, when the prototype vehicle was dropped from an altitude of over 4,500 metres above Edwards Air Force Base. The X-40A is an 85-percent scale model of the X-37; a prototype vehicle designed for the US Air Force to test future space vehicle technologies. Similar, unpowered tests of the X-37 are planned for next year, and NASA hopes to fly the actual vehicle in space by 2003. Original Source: http://www1.msfc.nasa.gov/NEWSROOM/news/releases/2001/01-181.html Internet Coverage: http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_space.jsp?view=story&id=news/sx40a22.xml http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/x37_final_test_010519.html http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0105/21x40a/ Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/airforce.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/military.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/nasa.html ------------------------- To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE !*EMAIL*!". If you just want to change your address, just reply to this email with a quick note on what your old and new email addresses are. It's actually a bit of a manual process. :-) All contents copyright (c) 2001 Universe Today |