Universe Today - May 30, 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 30, 2001 - Issue #439 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 -- * Galileo Completes Callisto Flyby * Arm Problems Delay Next Shuttle Flight * Terra Watches Air Pollution From Space * Soyuz Launches Military Satellite GALILEO COMPLETES CALLISTO FLYBY ------------------------- NASA's Galileo spacecraft completed its closest approach to Jupiter's moon Callisto, when it passed only 138 kilometres above the surface of the moon earlier this week. Although the Galileo mission was supposed to wrap up in 1997, it's still working well, and has now completed 31 moon flybys, including several which were dangerously close to Jupiter's intense radiation field. In 2003, the spacecraft will be intentionally crashed into Jupiter to gather as much data as possible before it's crushed by the pressure. Original Source: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2001/callisto_success.html Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1357000/1357528.stm http://www.cosmiverse.com/space05290101.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/galileo_working_010525.html http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0105/26galileo/ Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/galileo.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/missions.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/jupiter.html ARM PROBLEMS DELAY NEXT SHUTTLE FLIGHT ------------------------- Problems with the International Space Station's new robot arm have forced NASA to push back the anticipated launch date of the space shuttle Atlantis to July. With the launch of STS-104 pushed back, the rest of the shuttle fleet will probably be pushed back as well; Discovery's STS-105 won't likely launch until August. After installation, the Canadian-built arm developed electronic problems in its elbow which have stopped astronauts from fully testing it. Original Source: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current.htm">Shuttle Status Report Internet Coverage: http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_space.jsp?view=story&id=news/sshut0530.xml http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/30/shuttle.delayed.02/index.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/580358.asp http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/exp2_update_010530.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/shuttle.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/nasa.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/spaceshuttle.html TERRA WATCHES AIR POLLUTION FROM SPACE ------------------------- NASA's recently launched Terra spacecraft have captured some of the most detailed images of air pollution ever taken. Circling the Earth 16 times a day, the Terra spacecraft monitors the atmosphere for sources of carbon monoxide (CO) produced through the burning of fossil fuels. These images show dramatic features, such as clouds of CO moving from grassland fires in Africa to Australia in fairly high concentrations. Original Source: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/GSFC/EARTH/Terra/co.htm Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1359000/1359917.stm http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/05/30/terra.pollution/index.html http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/aster_cities_010529-1.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/environment.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/earthobservation.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/nasa.html SOYUZ LAUNCHES MILITARY SATELLITE ------------------------- A Soyuz rocket launched Tuesday evening from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, carrying a classified Russian Kosmos 2377 military satellite. It's purpose is unknown, but military experts belive the bird is a reconnaissance satellite. Internet Coverage: http://space.com/news/spaceagencies/plesetsk_russia_010523.html http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0105/29soyuz/ 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/russia.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 |