SPACE> Today on SPACE.com -- Tuesday, October 28, 2003

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Science/Astronomy:
* Major Flare Today: Sun Kicks Up Biggest Storm in Years
* Step by Step: SMART-1's Slow Path to the Moon
* New Image Gallery: Slow Ride to the Moon
* Image of the Day: The California Fires
* NEW! Daily Space Trivia

Spaceflight:
* NASA: On the Road to Ruin ... or Recovery?
* Soyuz Crew Makes 'Dream Landing,' Glad to be Home
* House Committee Urges NASA To Halt Work on Orbital Space Plane
* Astronotes: Space Coast College Dorms to be Named for Columbia Crew

NEW! Entertainment: A Special Section created in partnership with 
Cinescape Magazine!
* ALIEN: The Director's Cut Opens in Time for Halloween
* Spotlight: A new PHANTOM Film
* 'Scary Movie 3' Conjures Up Nearly $50M
* Halloween Descending

Recent Headlines:
* The Great Storm: Solar Tempest of 1859 Revealed
* Huge Sunspots Fuel More Space Storms
* Columbia Board to Release Additional Report Volumes
* Final Concorde Flight Lands in Great Britain
* Astronaut Reveals Truth About Ball Point Pens in Space
* U.S. Air Force Moves Ahead With Studies On Air-Breathing Engines
* China May Send Two Into Space Next Time

Plus...

* Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky
* Starry Night, TeamSETI

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Science/Astronomy:

* Major Flare Today: Sun Kicks Up Biggest Storm in Years
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solar_flare_031028.html

The Sun today unleashed one of the most powerful flares in years, a 
storm of charged particles that could hit Earth Thursday with more 
effect than any since 1989, when power was knocked out to an entire 
Canadian province.

* Step by Step: SMART-1's Slow Path to the Moon
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/smart1_route_031028.ht
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In the slowest trip to the Moon ever attempted, the SMART-1 robotic 
spacecraft has completed 50 orbits around the Earth as mission 
managers work on a glitch in a craft they purposely designed to 
frustrate.

* New Image Gallery: Slow Ride to the Moon
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/archive.php?category=
ss

A step-by-step look at the 18-month journey of Europe's SMART-1 lunar 
orbiter.

* Image of the Day: The California Fires
http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_031028.html

The wildfires ravaging southern California are even impressive from 
240 miles above the Earth. NASA astronaut Ed Lu took still photographs 
of the fires through the windows of the International Space Station 
Sunday.

* NEW! Daily Space Trivia
http://www.space.com/php/trivia/

One of Today's 5 New Questions: Which crew suggested the nickname 
'Humpty Dumpty' for their launch booster rocket?

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Spaceflight:

* NASA: On the Road to Ruin ... or Recovery?
http://www.space.com/news/nasa_future_031028-1.html

NASA has taken on the look of a lost-in-space agency. Its shuttle 
fleet is stuck on the ground. A multi-billion dollar international 
space station project seems to some observers more a pork barrel 
claptrap than a hoped-for "world class" research laboratory.

* Soyuz Crew Makes 'Dream Landing,' Glad to be Home
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/exp7_lands_031028a.html

A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American, a Russian and a Spaniard 
to Earth from the International Space Station landed smoothly and on 
target in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, but bad weather delayed the crew's 
return to Moscow

* House Committee Urges NASA To Halt Work on Orbital Space Plane
http://www.space.com/news/osp_congress_031027.html

The leadership of the House Science Committee, the Congressional panel 
that authorizes NASA programs, wants NASA to halt work on the Orbital 
Space Plane, because of budget issues and concerns over the direction 
of the agency's human space flight program.

* Astronotes: Space Coast College Dorms to be Named for Columbia Crew
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html

Florida Tech, a university founded by scientists with deep roots in 
America's space program, will dedicate a new residence hall complex in 
memory of the space shuttle Columbia and her crew today.

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NEW! Entertainment:
http://www.space.com/entertainment/

* ALIEN: The Director's Cut Opens in Time for Halloween
http://www.space.com/entertainment/alien_directorcut_031028.html

For ALIEN fans who've been anxiously anticipating seeing Ridley 
Scott's classic monster movie return to the silver screen, Wednesday 
is their big day.

* Spotlight: A new PHANTOM Film
http://www.space.com/entertainment/spotlight.html

There may be another PHANTOM movie coming soon. Film producing 
companies Crusader Entertainment and Hyde Park are teaming up with 
screenwriter Mel Stewart to work on a new film version of THE PHANTOM, 
based on the superhero of the same name.

* 'Scary Movie 3' Conjures Up Nearly $50M
http://www.space.com/entertainment/box_office_031027.html

The "Scary Movie" franchise has risen from the grave, with part three 
of the horror-spoof series opening as the top weekend flick with $49.7 
million, the best October debut ever.

* Halloween Descending
http://www.space.com/entertainment/tv_wasteland.html

Booga Booga Cinescapers! Well it looks like the greatest Holiday ever 
is about to arrive and you know I'm talking about All Saints Day

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Recent Headlines:

* The Great Storm: Solar Tempest of 1859 Revealed
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_031027.html

* Huge Sunspots Fuel More Space Storms
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/space_storms_031027.html

* China May Send Two Into Space Next Time
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/shenzhou6_update_031026.html

* Columbia Board to Release Additional Report Volumes
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/caib_new_volumes_031024.html

* Final Concorde Flight Lands in Great Britain
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/concorde_031024.htm
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* Astronaut Reveals Truth About Ball Point Pens in Space
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/exp8_mission_page.html

* U.S. Air Force Moves Ahead With Studies On Air-Breathing Engines
http://www.space.com/spacenews/businessmonday_031027.html

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http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/

* NightSky:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/

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http://uplink.space.com/

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