Contact: Gabrielle Birchak-Birkman Larry Simmons has been appointed as the deputy director of the Space and Earth Science Programs Directorate at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. As deputy director, […]
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Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return Workshop
http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/meetings/asteroid2000/ Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return Workshop December 11-13, 2000 Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston, Texas First Announcement—————————————————————————- SPONSORS University of Arkansas Lunar and Planetary Institute National Aeronautics and […]
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Globalstar’s Failure to Repay Loan Triggers Lockheed Martin Guarantee Under Bank Credit Agreement
Lockheed Martin Corporation disclosed that The Chase Manhattan Bank notified the Corporation on Friday, June 30, 2000 that Globalstar Telecommunications failed to repay borrowings of $250 million under a revolving […]
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On Scientific Assessment of Options for the Disposal of the Galileo Spacecraft
On June 28, 2000, Space Studies Board Chair Claude Canizares and Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration Chair John Wood sent the following letter to Dr. John Rummel, NASA planetary […]
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SMART-1 mock-up assembled
Note: Pictures available at http://sci.esa.int/content/news/index.cfm?aid=1&cid=1&oid=21360 27 months away from launch, the SMART-1 project team and its industrial partners now have their very first full-scale version of Europe’s lunar satellite. The […]
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‘Invisible’ galaxies, distorted arcs and galactic rings revealed by first images from INGRID
Contact: Dr. Chris Packham cp@ing.iac.es 34-922-425431 Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes The Isaac Newton Group Red Imaging Device (INGRID) saw its first light on the William Herschel Telescope on March […]
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Desktop biofactories? New microrobots might manipulate single cells, Science authors report
Contact: Ginger Pinholster gpinhols@aaas.org 202-326-6421 American Association for the Advancement of Science Tiny, submersible robots may suggest a single-cell retrieval system, desktop biofactories, or even tools for minimally invasive surgery, […]
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NASA Daily News Summary 29 June 2000
NASA Daily News Summary For Release: June 29, 2000 Media Advisory m00-130 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES None today. VIDEO ***ALL TIMES EASTERN*** VIDEO FILE FOR JUNE 28, 2000 REPLAYS: ITEM 1 […]
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ESA’s SOHO and Cluster spacecraft star in new IMAX movie
Hugo Maree ESA 00 31 71 565 4604 hmaree@hq.esa.fr Several of ESA’s scientific spacecraft play starring roles in a remarkable new widescreen IMAX movie entitled ‘Solarmax’, which received its world […]
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Letter from President Clinton Regarding NASA purchases from Russia to the Chairs of the Senate Cmte on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Ho
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release June 29, 2000 TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON […]
