RESOUR> Today on SPACE.com -- Friday, March 28, 2003
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In today's issue:
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The Apollo Moonwalks: Now on DVD for the First Time in new digital transfers,
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Featured Products
* The Space Store
Investigation Columbia: Newest Developments in Shuttle Inquiry
http://www.space.com/columbiatragedy/
Spaceflight:
* Inside Iraq: New Satellite Views Show Recent Battle Progress
* 2 Die in Shuttle Probe Copter Crash
* Japan's First Spy Satellites Reach Earth Orbit
* Shuttle Columbia Recorder has Strong Signal, Promising Data
Science/Astronony:
* Gemini: The Origin of 'By Jiminy' and More to Explore
* Mars Water, Odd Surface Features Tied to Life
* Meteor Showers Rocks on Midwestern Homes
* Stargazers Get Special Week to Enjoy Sky
Recent Headlines:
* Columbia Recorder Readied For Playback
* Columbia Board Awaits New Information from Upcoming Tests
* Arlington Cemetery Okayed For Columbia Memorial
* Collision Alert: Radar System May Open Skies for Unmanned Vehicles
* NASA Missed Trouble Signs, Expert Tells Columbia Board
* How Can Humanity Decode Alien Transmissions
* Health Department Tests Handheld Devices as Bioterrorism Alert System
* Hubble Chronicles Mysterious Outburst with 'Eye-Popping' Pictures
* Tech Today: Space-Age Surround Sound
* Black Holes Blow Matter into Space with Tremendous Wind, Study Finds
* Astronotes: SPACE.com Mailbag -- Why Don't Black Holes Simply Consume
Everything?
Plus...
* SpaceTV, SpaceWatch
* Solar and Space Weather
* Starry Night, TeamSETI
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* Featured Products: The Space Store http://www.space.com/spaceagegear/
Visit the Space Store for a full selection of space-themed toys, gifts, and
clothing.
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Spaceflight:
* Inside Iraq: New Satellite Views Show Recent Battle Progress
http://www.space.com/zoomview/
* 2 Die in Shuttle Probe Copter Crash
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_helicopter_030328.html
Investigators pushed through dense, rugged forest to find the site where a U.S.
Forest
Service helicopter crashed while on a mission to find debris from space shuttle
Columbia.
Two people died in the crash and three others were injured.
* Japan's First Spy Satellites Reach Earth Orbit
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/h2a_launch_030327.html
Japan's first spy satellites were blasted into orbit Friday, causing an angry
North Korea to
warn the move could spark an arms race in the region.
* Shuttle Columbia Recorder has Strong Signal, Promising Data
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_oexdata_030327.html
A data recorder that survived the disintegration of Columbia over Texas has a
strong signal
on its magnetic tape and promises to provide new insight into what happened
during the
shuttle's re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 1.
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Science/Astronomy:
* Gemini: The Origin of 'By Jiminy' and More to Explore
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/gemini_twins_030328.html
Although spring officially arrived just over a week ago, we can still partake
of many of the
bright stars of the wintertime season. At around 8:30 p.m. local time, over
toward the west
and south, our early evening sky is strewn with brilliant constellations and
outstanding deep-sky objects.
* Mars Water, Odd Surface Features Tied to Life
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_streaks_030328.html
Mars is one wet and wild world. Scientists are slowly warming up to the view
that trickling
amounts of water on the cold, dry planet may be nourishing Martian biology.
* Meteor Showers Rocks on Midwestern Homes
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/midwest_meteors_030228.html
The midnight sky flashed an eerie blue early Thursday over four Midwestern
states as a
meteorite exploded in the atmosphere, sending rocks as big as softballs
crashing through some houses.
* Stargazers Get Special Week to Enjoy Sky
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/darksky_week_030327.html
Wouldn't it be great if an evening could be set aside for people to go
outdoors, turn off
unnecessary lights, look up and savor the wondrous beauty of the night sky?
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Recent Headlines:
* Columbia Recorder Readied For Playback
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_recorder_030327.html
* Columbia Board Awaits New Information from Upcoming Tests
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_caib_030326.html
* Arlington Cemetery Okayed For Columbia Memorial
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_memorial_030326.html
* Collision Alert: Radar System May Open Skies for Unmanned Vehicles
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/uav_proteus_030326a.html
* NASA Missed Trouble Signs, Expert Tells Columbia Board
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_caib_030325.html
* How Can Humanity Decode Alien Transmissions
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_artificiality_part3_030327.html
Sorting deliberate signals from a gush of cosmic static requires discernment.
It's somewhat
akin to beachcombing: finding the occasional bauble on a shoreline littered
with dead seaweed,
desiccated crustaceans, and other unappealing, sea-borne dross.
* Health Department Tests Handheld Devices as Bioterrorism Alert System
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/pda_alert_030327.html
* Hubble Chronicles Mysterious Outburst with 'Eye-Popping' Pictures
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/light_echo_030326.html
* Tech Today: Space-Age Surround Sound
http://www.space.com/techtoday/tech_today.html
* Black Holes Blow Matter into Space with Tremendous Wind, Study Finds
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/blackhole_seeds_030326.html
* Astronotes: SPACE.com Mailbag -- Why Don't Black Holes Simply Consume
Everything?
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html
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* SpaceTV:
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/
* SpaceWatch:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/
* Uplink: Share your opinion!
http://uplink.space.com/
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SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (March 28, 2003)
3-Day Solar Forecast
Solar activity is expected to be low through Saturday.
3-Day Aurora Forecast
Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to active levels through
Saturday.
Solar Data
The current sunspot number is 116, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in
at 477 kilometers per second.
The solar wind density was 8.1 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
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