From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Friday, April 12, 2002 Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 05:31:44 -0700
Today on SPACE.com -- Friday, April 12, 2002 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- NEW! Add SPACE.com headlines to your website for free -- find out more now! http://www.space.com/php/syndication/index.php -------------------------------------/ Featured Space Store Product * U.S. Space Program Monopoly Game Science/Astronomy: * Viewer's Guide: Moon Joins the Great Planet Alignment * Asteroids Often Travel, and Strike, in Pairs * Mars Odyssey's Picture of the Day: Isidis Planitia Basin Missions/Launches: * Station Truss in Place as Spacewalkers Wrestle with Connections * Space Agency Chief: NASA At 'Critical Crossroad' * Europe To NASA: Get Your ISS Act Together Business/Industry: * Eutelsat Boosts Stake In Hispasat Plus... * SpaceTV, Space Age Gear, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI * Space Age Jobs * SPACE.com Affiliate Program ----------------------------------- Featured Space Store Product * U.S. Space Program Monopoly Game http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_gear-1.html In vivid color photography, all of the historic space moments are recreated in this unique version of the world's most popular board game. ----------------------------------- Today in Science/Astronomy: * Viewer's Guide: Moon Joins the Great Planet Alignment http://www.space.com/spacewatch/planets_moon_020412-1.html What is now being hailed as the finest gathering of all five bright planets in almost two decades is finally coming together in the western evening sky. The gap between the planets will noticeably contract with each passing night. * Asteroids Often Travel, and Strike, in Pairs http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/double_asteroids_02041 1.html When Earth is next hit by an asteroid, the impact may well be a double whammy, which might in turn be blamed on Earth itself. * Mars Odyssey's Picture of the Day: Isidis Planitia Basin http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_daily_020411.html Scientists are releasing a picture each weekday from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) captures the images as the craft orbits Mars. The photos are not yet fully calibrated for scientific use, and so no science findings are being discussed, said researchers who operate the camera from Arizona State University. ----------------------------------- Today in Missions/Launches: * Station Truss in Place as Spacewalkers Wrestle with Connections http://www.space.com/shuttlemissions/ The International Space Station grew 13 tons heavier Thursday with the addition of a $600 million truss segment, but it took some old fashioned muscle power by a pair of spacewalkers to prevent the possibilty of the hardware freezing beyond repair. * Space Agency Chief: NASA At 'Critical Crossroad' http://www.space.com/news/nss_okeefe_020411.html NASA wants to rekindle the spirit of space exploration, but finds its long-term future coming up short due to inadequate power and propulsion technologies. * Europe To NASA: Get Your ISS Act Together http://www.space.com/news/nss_pryke_020411.html European partners in the U.S.-led International Space Station program (ISS) continue to express concern regarding American actions about crew size onboard the facility and waylaying final construction of the orbiting outpost. ------------------------------------ Today in Business/Industry: * Eutelsat Boosts Stake In Hispasat http://www.space.com/spacenews/index.html Eutelsat S.A. of Paris has increased its ownership stake in Spanish satellite operator Hispasat to 27.69 percent from 21.15 percent and now has a third seat on Hispasat's board of shareholders, Eutelsat announced April 11. ------------------------------------ * SpaceTV: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ * Space Age Gear: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_gear-1.html * SpaceWatch: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ * Space Age Jobs http://www.space.com/php/careers/ * Uplink: Share your opinion! http://uplink.space.com/ ------------------------------------- SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (April 12, 2002) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be low to moderate. Region 9893/9901 complex has the potential for a major event. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be unsettled to active. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 235, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 422 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 7.4 protons per cubic centimeter. (Speed and density values are snapshots in time and change during the day.) http://www.space.com/spacewatch/space_weather.html ------------------------------------- Sign up to become part of the greatest search in history! Join TeamSETI: http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_science_page.html Be a desktop astronomer! Starry Night is the world's leading astronomy software -- choose between Beginner, Backyard, or Pro! http://www.starrynight.com/index.html NEW! Join the SPACE.com affiliate program. Click now for details! http://www.space.com/affiliate/ ------------------------------------- Feedback We welcome your comments and suggestions at [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: http://www.space.com/php/email/unsubscribe.php Share Your Space Forward this newsletter to your friends! ******************************************* For digest instead of individual postings, send the message: set k12newsletters digest to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] K12 Newsletters mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for K12 Newsletters can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=K12NEWSLETTERS **********************************************************
