Sunday: September 22, 2002   0401 GMT Satellite data credited in earthquake breakthrough California scientists credit synthetic aperture radar imagery from the European Space Agency with making possible new ways to depict earthquake fault zones and uncovering unusual earthquake-related deformations.    FULL STORY Saturday: September 21, 2002   0001 GMT Mystery moon around Earth likely Apollo rocket NASA scientists have confirmed the first known capture of an object into Earth orbit from a Sun-centered orbit, thanks to continuing observations of what is most likely the long-lost third stage of a 1969 rocket to the Moon.    FULL STORY Climate change: 50 years past and possible futures A new NASA-funded study used a computer climate model to simulate the last 50 years of climate changes, projects warming over the next 50 years regardless of whether or not nations curb their greenhouse gas emissions soon.    FULL STORY Friday: September 20, 2002   0230 GMT Secrets of the Crab revealed Just when it seemed the summer movie season had ended, two of NASA's Great Observatories have produced their own action movie. Multiple observations made over several months with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope captured the spectacle of matter and antimatter propelled to nearly the speed of light by the Crab pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star the size of Manhattan.    FULL STORY Video coverage for subscribers only:    VIDEO: WATCH THE ENTIRE NASA NEWS CONFERENCE QT or RV    SUBSCRIBE NOW To search for life but not as we know it This week, astrobiologists are discussing what ESA's Huygens space probe might discover when it parachutes to the surface of Saturn's mysterious moon, Titan, in 2005. Titan possesses a rich atmosphere of organic molecules, which Huygens will analyse. Recently some scientists have begun to think that, by redefining life, in broader terms, what we may find on Titan may be life.    FULL STORY Thursday: September 19, 2002   0506 GMT Spanish satellite soars aboard Atlas 2AS rocket Like clockwork, a Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS rocket blasted off on schedule Wednesday, toting a Spanish telecommunications satellite high above Earth to rack up another successful launch.    FULL STORY    MISSION STATUS CENTER Video coverage for subscribers only:    VIDEO: ATLAS 2AS LAUNCHES HISPASAT 1D QT or RV    VIDEO: OFFICIALS MAKE POST-LAUNCH COMMENTS QT or RV    VIDEO: AC-159 TOWER ROLLBACK QT or RV    SUBSCRIBE NOW 'Runaway universe' may collapse in 10 billion years Two new studies by Stanford University cosmologists suggest that it may be time to rethink the popular view of a "runaway universe." Instead of expanding exponentially, our cosmos may be in danger of collapsing in a "mere" 10 to 20 billion years.    FULL STORY 'Weather central' named for space storms The National Science Foundation has named Boston University to lead the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling. The center will create computer models able to provide advance warning of potentially harmful space weather events that could put astronauts at risk, disable satellites, disrupt communications, or cause costly damage on Earth.    FULL STORY Wednesday: September 18, 2002   0401 GMT Atlas 2AS rocket to launch from Cape today The 25th Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS rocket has been cleared for blastoff today to launch the Spanish Hispasat 1D telecommunications satellite into space. The available window extends from 6:04 to 6:42 p.m. EDT (2204-2242 GMT).    MISSION STATUS CENTER - updates!    LATEST WEATHER FORECAST    LAUNCH EVENTS TIMELINE    GROUND TRACK MAP Hubble discovers black holes in unexpected places Medium-size black holes actually do exist, according to the latest findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, but scientists had to look in some unexpected places to find them.    FULL STORY Video coverage for subscribers only:    VIDEO: WATCH THE ENTIRE NASA NEWS CONFERENCE QT or RV    SUBSCRIBE NOW Astronomers find another Jupiter-like exoplanet An international team of astronomers announced Tuesday that they have discovered another extrasolar planet similar to Jupiter, the 100th planet found outside our solar system.    FULL STORY NASA sets space shuttle Atlantis launch date At the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review held Tuesday at Kennedy Space Center, NASA mission managers set October 2 for the launch of the shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station. Mission STS-112 will continue the expansion of the vast orbiting outpost including additions to the first space railroad.    FULL STORY Tuesday: September 17, 2002   1445 GMT Atlas 2AS rocket to launch from Cape on Wednesday The 25th Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS rocket has been cleared for blastoff Wednesday to launch the Spanish Hispasat 1D telecommunications satellite into space. The available window extends from 6:04 to 6:42 p.m. EDT (2204-2242 GMT).    MISSION STATUS CENTER - updates!    LAUNCH WEATHER FORECAST Station resident named first 'ISS Science Officer' Research aboard the International Space Station is getting a boost. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe Monday named Dr. Peggy Whitson the first NASA ISS Science Officer.    FULL STORY Video coverage for subscribers only:    VIDEO: ISS SCIENCE OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT QT or RV    SUBSCRIBE NOW NASA plans to explore Hollywood's film frontier NASA will host the first symposium to unveil the agency's future adventures in exploration to Hollywood's most influential filmmakers. Astronauts, scientists and aerospace engineers will present NASA's long-range plans to advance the frontiers of flight, space and knowledge.    FULL STORY Spainsat to be launched atop Ariane 5 rocket Arianespace and Hisdesat, the Spanish military operator, have signed the launch service contract in Madrid for the country's first military communications satellite. "Spainsat" will be boosted into orbit by an Ariane 5 in 2004, from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana.    FULL STORY Earth rings: A clue to climate change? Rings around the earth? While most of us know about rings around Saturn and Jupiter, some scientists believe there once were rings of rock debris around our own planet.    FULL STORY Monday: September 16, 2002   0012 GMT Forecast favorable for upcoming Atlas launch A Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS rocket remains scheduled for liftoff Wednesday from Cape Canaveral's pad 36A carrying a Spanish telecommunications satellite. The first weather forecast was issued Sunday:    LAUNCH WEATHER FORECAST    MISSION STATUS CENTER				The ultimate Apollo 11 DVD This exceptional chronicle of the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission features new digital transfers of film and television coverage unmatched by any other.  U.S. STORE  U.K. WORLDWIDE STORE Contact us If you have a comment or question for Spaceflight Now, just send us an e-mail.