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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. June 29, 2001 - Issue #448 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. ************************************** A note from Fraser... One of the big advantages of doing space-related news is that I get license to images and artwork totally free (NASA lets you use any of their images for any purpose whatsoever... well, not anything, check their guidelines http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/guideline.html), and that fits my budget perfectly. However, I much prefer to showcase images taken by readers and individuals when I can. If you want me to showcase your images, send 'em in and I may publish them on the site. Before you send in everything you've ever taken, here's the deal: I've got no money for this. None. So all I can give you is credit and fame - a link to your site, your name on Universe Today, etc. But, I won't make any money off your work either, so we'll all maintain an even karma balance. I'm also looking for stuff that isn't readily available on the web, hard to get, or recent. Did you get a great shot of the space shuttle while on a tour in Florida? Catch a photo of the Buran in storage? Grab a great snapshot of Mars when it reached its closest point? Snap the Northern Lights? Ride on the Vomit Comet? etc. Send it along, and I may use it to go with a future story. Fraser Cain Publisher Universe Today ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * New NASA Probe Will Look Back in Time * Atlantis Will Launch July 12 * Russia Planning to Bring Back its Space Shuttle NEW NASA PROBE WILL LOOK BACK IN TIME ------------------------- Once it launches on Saturday, NASA's $145 million Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) spacecraft will map the afterglow radiation of the Big Bang in incredible detail. Scheduled to be launched on board a Boeing Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, the spacecraft will swing past the moon's orbit to the Earth's second Lagrange Point - a point that requires very little fuel for a spacecraft to maintain its position. Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1413000/1413707.stm http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/06/29/map/index.html http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d286/status.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/nasa.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/missions.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/nasa.html ATLANTIS WILL LAUNCH JULY 12 ------------------------- NASA has finalized July 12 as the next launch date for the space shuttle Atlantis. Mission STS-104 will carry Atlantis into orbit with a crew of five astronauts, will dock with the International Space Station and install a new airlock onto the Unity module which will enable station residents to make easier spacewalks. The mission has been delayed for a month due to wet shuttle tiles and problems with the station's robotic arm. If everything goes as planned, the shuttle should return to Earth on July 23. Original Source: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/release/2001/71-01.htm Internet Coverage: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/sts104_frr_010628.html http://spaceflightnow.com/station/stage7a/010628frr/ 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 RUSSIA PLANNING TO BRING BACK ITS SPACE SHUTTLE ------------------------- Russian space officials are thinking of pulling the Buran space shuttle out of mothball and putting it into service. Designed to compete with the US space shuttle, the Buran was designed with more advanced technologies; unfortunately, it only flew once before the program ran out of money and the spacecraft was shelved. With increasing demand for heavy payloads and public interest in space tourism, Russia thinks it might be a good time to start launching the Buran. Internet Coverage: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/russia-space-general-01m.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/593951.asp http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/buran_010628.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/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 |