Universe Today - September 4, 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. September 4, 2001 - Issue #473 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, As this was so well received last time, I've processed the latest Hubble images of the Rotten Egg Nebula for use as your computer wallpaper. Here's the story: http://www.universetoday.com/html/dailyarchive/article2001-0827.html People wanted different resolutions last time, so that's just what I've done. Pick the one that's right for you, and once it comes up in your browser window, right-click the image and choose "Set as Wallpaper": 1024x768 - http://www.universetoday.com/html/wall/rottenegg-1024x768.jpg 800x600 - http://www.universetoday.com/html/wall/rottenegg-800x600.jpg 640x480 - http://www.universetoday.com/html/wall/rottenegg-640x480.jpg Enjoy. Fraser Cain Publisher Universe Today ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * Mars Society Plans Artificial Gravity Experiment * NASA Sees Nile Flooding From Space * Survivor 3 Camp Spotted MARS SOCIETY PLANS ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY EXPERIMENT ------------------------- One of the challenges of long-term space flight is the effect weightlessness has on the human body, including bone and muscle loss. The Mars Society believes that artificial gravity can prevent this damage, using a rotating spacecraft, similar to a centrifuge. A test flight, scheduled to fly as early as 2003, would carry a crew of mice for two months at .38 gravity (Mars-level gravity), giving them time to reproduce and for the babies to reach maturity. The spacecraft would then return to Earth and scientists would uncover what effect the low gravity had on the mice. Original Source: http://www.marssociety.org/bulletins/08.28.01.translife.html Internet Coverage: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/09/03/astromice.mars/index.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/621237.asp Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/mars.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/mars.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/mars.html NASA SEES NILE FLOODING FROM SPACE ------------------------- Thousands of people in the Sudan lost their homes this year when the Nile river reached its highest point in over two decades. NASA's Terra satellite captured several images of the great river at various stages before and after the flooding. The spacecraft acquires images of the Earth at 9-angles simultaneously, using cameras pointed ahead, straight down and backward along its flight path. Original Source: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2001/release_2001_181.html Internet Coverage: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0109/02nile/ 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/earthobservation.html SURVIVOR 3 CAMP SPOTTED ------------------------- A new photo taken by the IKONOS satellite shows a location, confirmed by CBS, of the new tribal camps for Survivor 3 - currently being filmed in Kenya's Shaba National Reserve. The location was provided to Space Imaging by the webmaster of Survivor Maps, and a photo was taken during one of IKONOS' passes overhead at an altitude of 680 kilometres. Original Source: http://www.claycritters.com/map/survivor_3_map.htm Internet Coverage: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0109/03survivor3/ 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/earthobservation.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 |