December 2004 in Science - December 13, 2004

December 13, 2004

• Oracle Corp. announces a merger deal to acquire PeopleSoft for approximately US$10.3 billion. (Oracle Press Release)
• The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft completes its third flyby of Saturn's moon Titan successfully. The newly acquired data will be used to fine-tune the trajectory of the Huygens lander, scheduled for release on December 24.
• The BESS-Polar balloon experiment is launched from McMurdo Station to investigate cosmic radiation. (SpaceRef)