Universe Today - August 1, 2001 |
|
the U N I V E R S E T O D A Y Space Exploration News From Around the Internet Updated Every Weekday. August 1, 2001 - Issue #464 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 quick note, I'm coming to Helsinki, Finland and need a place to stay. My new job is sending me to Helsinki, Finland from Aug. 5th to Aug. 9th to do some consulting work. I was originally supposed to return on the 9th, but my wife convinced me that if I was flying all the way to Helsinki from Vancouver, I might as well stay a couple of extra days and be a tourist, so now I'm flying out on the 12th. I've got a hotel until the 9th, but then I'm on my own from then on. I figured, why not see if a Universe Today wants a guest for a few days. So, if you live in Helsinki, and can offer up a spare room, couch, or even a chunk of floor, please reply to this email and let me know. And, when you come to Vancouver, Canada, you'll have a place to stay in exchange. :-) Fraser Cain Publisher Universe Today ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Bad Weather Keeps Genesis on the Ground * Movie of Asteroid Landing Released * Persied Meteor Shower Peaks August 12th BAD WEATHER KEEPS GENESIS ON THE GROUND ------------------------- Thick, high clouds over the Cape Canaveral launch site kept the Genesis spacecraft and its Boeing Delta II rocket firmly on the ground. The spacecraft was originally supposed to launch on Monday, but it was delayed because of suspected problems with a power supply. Once it does get into space, Genesis will travel to the L1 Lagrange Point and collect material from the solar wind, and then return it to Earth in 2004. NASA is tentatively planning another launch attempt for Thursday, but poor weather is expected to persist until the end of the week. Original Source: http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/ Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1464000/1464437.stm http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/08/01/genesis/index.html http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d287/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 MOVIE OF ASTEROID LANDING RELEASED ------------------------- NASA/JHUAPL has released a timelapse movie of the last images taken by the NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) spacecraft as it landed on Asteroid Eros on February 12, 2001. The 64-frame movie starts at an altitude of 5km and ends when the spacecraft was only 128 metres above the surface, and images as small as a golfball are visible. Original Source: http://near.jhuapl.edu/iod/20010731/index.html Internet Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/08/01/near.movie/index.html http://www.cosmiverse.com/space08010106.html http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/eros_movie_010801.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/asteroids.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/asteroids.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/asteroids.html PERSIED METEOR SHOWER PEAKS AUGUST 12TH ------------------------- The annual Persied meteor shower, visible from the Northern Hemisphere is expected to peak on August 12th, at which point you'll be able to see dozens and even hundreds of meteors streak across the night sky every hour. Experts predict that the light of the full moon is going to drown out the shower a little bit, but keep your eyes peeled from midnight to dawn on August 12th, and the sky should still put on quite a show. Original Source: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast31jul_1.htm Internet Coverage: http://www.cosmiverse.com/space08010101.html http://www.space.com/spacewatch/perseids_2001_010731-1.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/meteorites.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/meteorshowers.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/meteorshowers.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 |