NASA has asked the NFRA whether the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) can help look for a sign of life from the missing Mars Polar Lander (MPL). The chance of […]
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NEAR Mission Status Report 1/28/2000
MISSION OPERATIONS: The NEAR spacecraft continued to operate nominally in Operational Mode with Flight Computer #1 and Attitude Interface Unit #2 in control. All instruments remained “ON” during this week. […]
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Breast Cancer Screening Aid Cleared for Diagnostic Use
Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1979) Nancy Lovato Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-0474) RELEASE: 00-17 The war against breast cancer has a new weapon, thanks to an […]
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Cassini Weekly Significant Events for Thursday, 01/20/00 – Wednesday, 01/26/00
The most recent spacecraft telemetry data was acquired from the Goldstone tracking station on Sunday, 01/23. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally. […]
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Space Science News from NASA HQ
From: Craig Tupper (dtupper@hq.nasa.gov) Greetings! A few new things posted in the past week at http://spacescience.nasa.gov/ : ——————– Our Stardust spacecraft has successfully completed a three-part deep space maneuver designed […]
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NASA ER-2 Completes First Science Flight Over Russia
Frederick Johnsen NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA (Phone: 661/258-2998) Chris Rink NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA (VA Phone: 757/864-6786 or 864-6121) NASA newsroom, Kiruna, Sweden (through 1/28/2000) […]
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Radiation Storm Occurs, Magentic Storm Predicted 14 July 2000
Second Eros Rotation Movie: MPEG (3.6 MB) || QuickTime (3.3 MB) On Jan 22 the multispectral imager on the NEAR spacecraft acquired the second in a series of rotation movies […]
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Mars Polar Lander Mission Status January 27, 2000
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 Radio scientists at California’s Stanford University are continuing to […]
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Satellite instruments reveal evidence the atmosphere has gotten warmer and wetter over the past decade
Contact: Frank J. Wentz wentz@remss.com 707-545-2904 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center–EOS Project Science Office Frank Wentz, a physicist at Remote Sensing Systems in Santa Rosa, Calif., has confirmed that the atmosphere […]
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“Mission to Mars” Movie Web Site Blasts Off With Awesome Online Television Ad During This Year’s SuperBowl
Apple Hosts SuperBowl TV Spot Online Available for a Limited Time at missiontomars.movies.com While Touchstone Pictures’ exciting big screen “Mission To Mars” movie does not open until March 10, 2000, […]
