Universe Today - August 13, 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. August 13, 2001 - Issue #467 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... If you want to add space-related news to your own personal or professional website, go ahead and use mine - it's completely free. You can use anything I write for any purpose you like whatsoever, all I ask is that you make a mention that the content came from Universe Today and link to my homepage (http://www.universetoday.com). Some people use the write-ups for newsletters or webpages, and I'm totally cool with it. My material is license free, but anything I link to may be copyright, or require a license, so check with the owners of the content before incorporating anything which isn't on the Universe Today website. If you want the process to be completely automated, check out my Syndicated Content Service: http://www.universetoday.com/html/syndicate/ Fraser Cain Publisher Universe today ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Back to the Future * Discovery Reaches Space Station * Flying Wing Aims for Altitude Record BACK TO THE FUTURE ------------------------- Australian astronomer Dr. Brian Schmidt has been involved in research which is measuring the rate at which the Universe is expanding, and believes that a mysterious 'dark energy' may be pushing it apart. He talks to Jennifer Laing about his award-winning work and interest in international astronomical projects, such as the Next Generation Space Telescope and Square Kilometre Array. http://www.universetoday.com/html/articles/2001-0813a.html DISCOVERY REACHES SPACE STATION ------------------------- After being in space for over two days, the space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station Sunday over the Indian Ocean at 1842 GMT (2:42pm EST). The hatches were opened two hours later, and the station crew welcomed their new guests: 4 astronauts, and the crew of Expedition 3, who will take over living on the station. Although mission STS-105's primary objective will be to exchange station crews, they will also install some additional equipment to help prepare for upcoming installation missions. Original Source: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/ Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1487000/1487975.stm http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/08/13/discovery.alpha/index.html http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20010813/station.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/612593.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 FLYING WING AIMS FOR ALTITUDE RECORD ------------------------- NASA is getting ready to attempt to beat the world altitude record with a giant, solar-powered, robotic flying wing called the Helios Prototype. If everything goes as planned, Helios will take off from Barking Sands, Hawaii on Monday and try to reach an altitude of 30 kilometres - three times higher than commercial jets fly. NASA hopes to use Helios as a prototype for future high-altitude autonomous aircraft which could provide a cheaper replacement for some satellites. Original Source: http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Projects/Erast/helios.html Internet Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/08/13/helios.flyingwing.ap/index.html http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/11/science/11HELI.html http://www.space.com/news/helios_flight_010812.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/nasa.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/nasa.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 |