Space & Astronomy

Magazine articles on space and astronomy.

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PC Magazine October 19, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	PC Magazine in Outer Space Zinio Systems, which produces digital versions of popular magazines, has announced that the astronauts living onboard the International Space Station are receiving PC Magazine in digital form to read on their notebook computers.
Technology Research News October 6, 2004	Sound makes electricity for space A compact generator that converts heat to electricity with the relatively high efficiency of 18 percent is especially appropriate for generating electricity aboard spacecraft, according to the researchers.
Outside October 2004 Christine Cyr	Gravity Games The newest in-flight entertainment: weightlessness. Options range from simulated weightessness on a Boeing 727 to a week on the International Space Station.
Geotimes October 2004 Naomi Lubick	Traveling on Mars Over the past nine months, Mars' twin rovers have delivered amazing photographs and data to Earth, and now the first published science findings have appeared.
Science News September 11, 2004	Exploring Mars At its Marsoweb site, NASA provides detailed maps, engineering data, and interactive tools for studying the Red Planet's alien terrain.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004	U.S. space experts focus on reusable launch systems for small satellites The business of orbital satellites continues to grow, and the biggest growth in demand is coming from the smallest payloads.
Geotimes September 2004 Sara Pratt	Solar Storms Strip Water Off Mars For the first time, scientists have observed a solar superstorm with an array of spacecraft scattered throughout the solar system providing data that may help to explain the disappearance of water from Mars.
InternetNews August 20, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Jim Gray, Microsoft Scaleable Servers Research Group Microsoft researcher Jim Gray wants to put everything we know about space into a database. It starts with understanding what existence is all about.
Science News August 21, 2004	Aerodynamics for Beginners NASA's Glenn Research Center offers an extensive online tutorial on the basics of aerodynamics.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 Ben Ames	Astronomers Need Adaptive Optics for 30-Meter Telescope Space-based telescopes do not have to use adaptive optics to correct for peering through the Earth's atmosphere; the biggest advances in space-telescope technology come from the mirrors, which rely on near-perfect calibration and lightweight materials to catch maximum radiation.
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