Space News from SpaceDaily.com for today
Delta 2 Finds Relief in Routine
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/globalstar-99h.html
MSSS Completes Hi-Res Clementine Maps
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/water-99e.html
- Chandra Successfully Deployed from Columbia
- Mir and Columbia Crews Communicate in Space
- Mir Spacewalkers Search for Leak Unsuccessful
- Nearby asteroid Considered a Stepping Stone to Space Colonization
CHANDRA SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED FROM COLUMBIA
Space Shuttle Columbia has completed its primary mission - to deploy
and launch the Chandra X-Ray observatory. Once it was separated from
the shuttle, Chandra fired its upper stage booster to carry it to a
higher 25-hour orbit. Chandra will be 10-100 times more powerful
than any ground-based X-Ray telescope.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_401000/401910.stm
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/07/23b.html
MIR AND COLUMBIA CREWS COMMUNICATE IN SPACE
Although they were 7,700 miles apart, Columbia astronauts and Mir
cosmonauts spent a few minutes today catching up on old times. The
chat was between two Frenchmen: Michel Tognini on Columbia and
Jean-Pierre Haignere on Mir, but shuttle commander Eileen Collins
broke in to speak a few words to the Mir commander.
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9907/25/shuttle.01.ap/index.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/282786.asp
http://www.flatoday.com/space/today/072599f.htm
MIR SPACEWALKERS SEARCH FOR LEAK UNSUCCESSFUL
Russian cosmonauts spent six fruitless hours in space attempting
to find the source of a mysterious air leak on board Mir. Deputy
flight director Viktor Blagov has informed reporters that the leak
is above the allowable limit, and that the process is not developing
for the better. If the leak isn't found and fixed, the station
will be uninhabitable within 3 months.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/072399/mir.sml
http://www.msnbc.com/news/288305.asp
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/07/23c.html
NEARBY asteroid CONSIDERED A STEPPING STONE TO SPACE COLONIZATION
When it passed within 500,000 miles of the Earth last year, Astronomers
had the opportunity to study asteroid 1998 KY26. They found it spins
rapidly, but more importantly, the asteroid is loaded with ice - probably
a million gallons worth. This makes the asteroid a nearby "oasis"
for space colonization.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/293099.asp
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/07/24a.html