SPACE> Today on SPACE.com -- Wednesday, October 22, 2003

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Science/Astronomy:
* Astronotes: Huge Sunspot Could Send Storm Earthward
* Image of the Day: Running on Photons
* SOHO's Greatest Hits: Vote for Your Favorite Sun Image
* Mystery Asteroid, Hermes, May Have a Partner
* Meteor Shower Could Make Morning Skies Sparkle Tuesday & Wednesday

Spaceflight:
* The Phoenix Scout: Red Planet Detective
* Chinese Astronaut an Instant Hero But Where is He?
* Sci-Fi Weapons Closer Than Most Think
* Making History: China's First Taikonaut Flies
* Russian Craft Fills U.S. Shuttle Void
* China's Long March 4B Sends Satellite Pair to Orbit

NEW! Entertainment: A Special Section created in partnership with 
Cinescape Magazine!
* Spotlight: From Hobbits to HOOLIGANS
* Begun, the CLONE WARS Hype Has
* Comic Book Review -- Hulk: Gray
* 'Indiana Jones' Flicks Debut on DVD
* DVD Review -- The Matrix Reloaded

Recent Headlines:
* Lost & Found: Near-Earth Asteroid Spotted after 66 Years
* Space Mailbag: What Makes Stars Shine?
* Brazil's Space Dreams Are Now in Limbo
* Soyuz Craft Docks With International Space Station
* China's First Taikonaut Gets a Promotion
* China Studies Returned Space Capsule
* U.S. Breathes Life into Hypersonic Rocket Endeavor
* Tech Today: Honey, I Shrunk the Laptop
* Monsterfest is upon us
* 'Chainsaw' Massacres Box Office Rivals
* 'Angel' May Resurrect 'Buffy' Characters


Plus...

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

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Science/Astronomy:

* Huge Sunspot Could Send Storm Earthward
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html

Solar astronomers and amateur skywatchers are monitoring a large and 
growing sunspot that unleashed a powerful burst of solar radiation 
recently and could send a storm hurtling toward Earth in coming days.

* Image of the Day: Running on Photons
http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_031022.html

Why deal with gas prices at the pump when you can just take your fuel 
from the Sun? That's the idea in the World Solar Challenge, where 
teams from around the world compete in a race across Australia with 
Sun-powered vehicles.

* SOHO's Greatest Hits: Vote for Your Favorite Sun Image
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/soho_vote_031021-1.html

If robots had reality shows, SOHO would be the Space Survivor, a craft 
that surpassed all expectations in the most challenging circumstances.

* Mystery Asteroid, Hermes, May Have a Partner
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/hermes_binary_031021.html

Astronomers have apparently discovered an interesting twist to one of 
the greatest asteroid mysteries of all time. Hermes, a space rock lost 
to science for 66 years and recently rediscovered, could actually be a 
pair of orbiting asteroids, new radar observations suggest.

* Meteor Shower Could Make Morning Skies Sparkle Tuesday & Wednesday
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/meteor_orionids_031020.html

A minor meteor shower could provide worthwhile viewing for skywatchers 
in the predawn hours Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Spaceflight:

* The Phoenix Scout: Red Planet Detective
http://www.space.com/marsrover/

As a flotilla of Mars-bound probes nears their target, scientists and 
engineers have begun work on the Mars Phoenix lander, the flagship 
spacecraft for NASA's Scout line of innovative and econo-class Red 
Planet explorers.

* Chinese Astronaut an Instant Hero But Where is He?
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/china_ap_031022.html

Astronaut Yang Liwei, the icon, is everywhere in China, lionized in 
the state-run press not only as the country's first man in space, but 
also as an elite pilot, a star student and Communist Party member, a 
devoted family man -- a ''national treasure,'' as one colleage is 
quoted saying.

* Sci-Fi Weapons Closer Than Most Think
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/military_laser_0310
21.html

The technology behind space ship lasers and force fields is a lot 
closer to reality than many think.

* Making History: China's First Taikonaut Flies
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/archive.php?category=
se

Yang Liwei became China's first man in space on Oct. 14-15, 2003. 
Here's a collection of images recalling that historic event.

* Russian Craft Fills U.S. Shuttle Void
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/soyuz_shuttle_031021.html

A Russian spacecraft filled in for the second time since U.S. shuttle 
program was grounded this year after the Columbia disaster, delivering 
a three-man crew Monday to the International Space Station.

* China's Long March 4B Sends Satellite Pair to Orbit
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/longmarch_launch_031021.html

China fired a scientific satellite developed with Brazil into orbit on 
Tuesday in its first space launch since its debut manned flight last 
week, the government said.

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

* Spotlight: From Hobbits to HOOLIGANS
http://www.space.com/entertainment/spotlight.html

He's moving from hobbits to hooligans. LORD OF THE RINGS star Elijah 
Wood will star in the upcoming independent film HOOLIGANS for Odd Lot 
Entertainment.

* Begun, the CLONE WARS Hype Has
http://www.space.com/entertainment/clone_wars_031021.html

With less than three weeks to go until the first episode in Cartoon 
Network's new CLONE WARS series debuts, STAR WARS fans have been 
heading into overdrive trying to learn as much as they can about the 
show.

* Comic Book Review -- Hulk: Gray
http://www.space.com/entertainment/greyhulk_review.html

In an attempt to save the life of a teenager who's in the wrong place 
at the wrong time, Doctor Bruce Banner is caught in the blast of a 
gamma bomb, irradiating him with energy which will...yeah, yeah, you 
know the rest.

* 'Indiana Jones' Flicks Debut on DVD
http://www.space.com/entertainment/indy_dvd_031020.html

Trust them: The makers of the "Indiana Jones" flicks were not about to 
let fans down with the long-awaited DVD release.

* DVD Review -- The Matrix Reloaded
http://www.space.com/entertainment/matrix_reload_review.html

It takes my old computer about five minutes to restart, so it's no 
surprise that it took the Wachowski brothers a few years to reload THE 
MATRIX.

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Recent Headlines:

* Lost & Found: Near-Earth Asteroid Spotted after 66 Years
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_031020.html

* Space Mailbag: What Makes Stars Shine?
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/space_mailbag-1.html

* Brazil's Space Dreams Are Now in Limbo
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/brazil_future_031020.html

* Soyuz Craft Docks With International Space Station
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/exp8_dock_031020.html

* China's First Taikonaut Gets a Promotion
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/liwei_promotion_031020.html

* China Studies Returned Space Capsule
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/shenzhou5_study_031019.html

* U.S. Breathes Life into Hypersonic Rocket Endeavor
http://www.space.com/spacenews/businessmonday_031020.html

* Tech Today: Honey, I Shrunk the Laptop
http://www.space.com/techtoday/tech_today.html

* Monsterfest is upon us
http://www.space.com/entertainment/tv_wasteland.html

* 'Chainsaw' Massacres Box Office Rivals
http://www.space.com/entertainment/box_office_031020.html

* 'Angel' May Resurrect 'Buffy' Characters
http://www.space.com/entertainment/angel_buffy_031017.html

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