Universe Today - July 18, 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. July 18, 2001 - Issue #456 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. ************************************** * * * * STS-104 MISSION SHIRTS * * * * Celebrate the succcess of the STS-104 Space Station assembly mission with a mission shirt from Countdown Creations. Their shirts are just like what the astronauts where. In fact, some of their best customers are NASA astronauts and mission planners. http://tracker.clicktrade.com/tracker/tracker.dll?to='http://www.countdown-creations.com/embroidery/sts104.htm'&ad=146954.0&lp=335180 ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Astronauts Complete Second Spacewalk * Jupiter's Clouds Puzzle Astronomers * Solar Sail is Ready to Fly ASTRONAUTS COMPLETE SECOND SPACEWALK ------------------------- Astronauts Mike Gernhardt and Jim Reilly spent six and half hours in space Tuesday night, as they added supply tanks to the new airlock they installed on the International Space Station over the weekend. The spacewalk went very smoothly, despite come computer glitches at the beginning, and the had enough time to install an extra tank. The crews of both the station and the shuttle will have another day to prepare for the third and final spacewalk on Friday night. Atlantis is expected to return back to Earth on July 24. Original Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts104/STS-104-13.html Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1444000/1444133.stm http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/07/18/alpha.atlantis/index.html http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20010716/station2.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/598045.asp 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 JUPITER'S CLOUDS PUZZLE ASTRONOMERS ------------------------- NASA technicians have assembled a kaleidoscopic movie from 1,200 images taken by the Cassini spacecraft as it flew by Jupiter earlier this year. This movie shows that storms in the polar regions are just as stable as those around the equator. This is different from what the astronomers were expecting, as photos of Jupiter generally show the poles to be a much more mottled in appearance. Original Source: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2001/release_2001_146.html Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1443000/1443825.stm http://www.cosmiverse.com/space07170102.html http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20010716/jupiter.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/cassini_jupiter_010717.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/jupiter.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/nasa.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/jupiter.html SOLAR SAIL IS READY TO FLY ------------------------- Despite setbacks earlier this year, the Planetary Society is nearly ready to launch an unmanned solar sail on board a converted intercontinental ballistic missile from a Russian nuclear submarine. The 30-second suborbital flight will test how the lightweight sail sections unfurl in the sunlight, and will pave the way for future tests later this year. The launch is scheduled for Thursday from the port at Severomorsk. Original Source: http://www.planetary.org/html/news/articlearchive/headlines/2001/launch_go.htm Internet Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/07/18/solar.sail.ap/index.html http://www.cosmiverse.com/space07180105.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/601650.asp Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/amateur.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/spaceexploration.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/spaceexploration.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 |