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Aug. 5, 2004 - Here is a sampling of recent news
stories about Cornell:
* Space journeys -
- Watch for - CNN's Miles O'Brien will
examine the search for life in the universe in "Is Anybody Out There?" scheduled
to air Sunday, Aug. 8, at 8 p.m. He talks to professor Steve
Squyers and visits the Arecibo radiotelescope to interview Jill Tarter
'65, director of the Center for SETI Research. Also appearing are
Frank Drake, former Cornell professor of astronomy and director of the
Arecibo observatory and Christopher Chyba '91 Ph.D, who holds SETI's Carl
Sagan Chair for the Study of Life in the Universe. Read about the Arecibo visit at
<http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/08/04/miles.obrien/index.html>.
- The Aug. 6 issue of the journal Science is a special publication featuring 11 papers and 120 authors describing findings from rover Spirit's journey across the Martian surface. Professor Steve Squyres writes an overview article and professor James Bell describes Spirit's pancam images at Gusev Crater. - The Mars rovers are "still alive long after their expected lifetimes, but ... are experiencing some aging problems," the Associated Press reports Aug. 5. NASA reports Spirit has climbed higher into the Columbia Hills to explore a bedrock exposure named Clovis. Opportunity has driven about 20 meters into Endurance Crater, examining increasingly older layers of bedrock as it advances. Both rovers have recently sent error messages back home, but engineers are working around the problems. For the latest coverage of Cornell on Mars and Cornell's involvement in the Cassini mission, go to <http://www.news.cornell.edu>. |
Title: CORNELL NATIONAL NEWS 8/5/04
