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   | December 29, 2000 Galileo Passes Ganymede Cassini About to Make its Closest Pass Tito is Ready for a Trip to Space New Type of Galaxy Discovered? GALILEO PASSES GANYMEDE NASA's Galileo spacecraft successfully flew by Jupiter's Moon Ganymede while it was obscured in the planet's shadow. The flyby occurred yesterday at 8:25am GMT at a distance of 2,337 kilometres, and the spacecraft's objective was to see auroral glows in the moon's atmosphere - visible only when the Moon is in shadow. NASA engineers were expecting glitches in the spacecraft caused by the intense radiation from Jupiter, but so far, everything is working properly. Original Source: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/jupiterflyby/news/gal_status001228.html Internet Coverage: http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/258wunmx.asp http://www.cosmiverse.com/space122902.html http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0012/29ganyflyby/ Similar Stories: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/galileo.html Related Sites: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/ Related Books: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/jupiter.html CASSINI ABOUT TO MAKE ITS CLOSEST PASS Still many years away from its final destination of Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft is about to get a significant speed boost when it swings by Jupiter tomorrow. The probe will pass a safe 9.7 million kilometres from the planet's surface on December 30th and get a boost that will allow it to reach Saturn in July 2004. Recent problems with the spacecraft's maneuvering systems are not expected to pose any problem with the flyby. Original Source: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/jupiterflyby/news/cass_status001228.html Internet Coverage: http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20001229/sp_cassini.html http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0012/29cassini/ Similar Stories: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/cassini.html Related Sites: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/ Related Books: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/jupiter.html TITO IS READY FOR A TRIP TO SPACE In a recent interview, millionaire Dennis Tito confirmed he's still going to be going into space as early as April - if not on Mir, then on a mission to resupply the space station Alpha. Either way, he's paid a rumoured $20 million, and fully expects the Russian Space Agency to fulfill its commitments to send him into space. Tito expects to ride a replacement Soyuz to Alpha, and spend 6 days on board helping transfer supplies and performing some science experiments. Internet Coverage: http://www.msnbc.com/news/509288.asp http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/tito_update_001229.html Similar Stories: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/mir.html Related Sites: Related Books: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/mir.html NEW TYPE OF Galaxy DISCOVERED? Australian Astronomers believe they have found evidence that the earliest stars in the universe may be much older than originally thought following the discovery of an entirely new type of galaxy. Using CSIRO's Australia telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, the team found "galaxies that are absolutely fizzing with star formation - a sort of huge stellar baby-boom". These galaxies, or "starbursts" are hundreds of times more active than regular galaxies Original Source: http://www.csiro.au/page.asp?type=mediaRelease&id=rayuniverse Internet Coverage: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0012/29reddots/ Similar Stories: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/Astronomy.html Related Sites: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/Astronomy.html Related Books: http://www.universe-galaxies-stars.com/Astronomy.html Space-related sites... Lynette Cook's Astronomical Artwork - http://www.spaceart.org/lcook/space.html Extrasolar planets, SETI, and other astronomical wonders International Science Olympiads - http://www.scienceolympiads.org/ annual contests for secondary education in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Informatics, Biology, Astronomy Quirks and Quarks from CBC Radio - http://radio.cbc.ca/programs/quirks Program information, science links and all recent episodes in Real Audio and MP3 from CBC's national science radio program. Munich Astro Archive - http://www.maa.mhn.de/ Site for all people interested in astronomy offering various types of information. Renfrewshire Astronomical Society - http://www.renfrewshire-as.co.uk A well established friendly Society who's main goal is in helping the general public understand and enjoy astronomy Ventspils International radio astronomy Center - http://www.astr.lu.lv/virac/virac.htm VIRAC - a space information center. Main instruments: 32m and 16m fully steerable radiotelescopes, geodynamical station (LV-04 Irbene). Astronet - http://www.astronet.de.cx The Astronomy-Webcatalog The View from Number 80 - http://www.ridgestar.freeuk.com Eighty's view is that we live in a fascinating, beautiful and, let's face it, dangerous universe without complicating matters with gobbledegook. Birr Castle Demesne Voyage of Discovery - http://www.birrcastle.com The site is based around the world's largest telescope (from 1845 to 1917) built by the Third Earl of Rosse and other inventions and contributions to science and technology made by the Parsons family ALL THE RIGHT STUFF - http://www.alltherightstuff.com Unique space themed toys, gifts, party supplies, inflatables and more.
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