NEAR Mission Status Reports – http://near.jhuapl.edu MISSION OPERATIONS: The NEAR spacecraft continued to operate nominally in Operational Mode with Flight Computer #1 and Attitude Interface Unit #2 in control. NEAR […]
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The Marine Sector Transformed by Space Technologies
Initiative to Facilitate Development of Commercial Marine Satellite Technology Applications Launched Ottawa, November 16, 1999 – Canada’s marine sector has received a boost from a $2.5 million investment announced today […]
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Solar Spacecraft Had Great Seats for Mercury Pass in Front of Sun
Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 16 November 1999 SOLAR SPACECRAFT HAD GREAT SEATS FOR MERCURY PASS IN FRONT OF SUN NASA’s Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) and the […]
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MOON EXPLORATION COMPANY APPOINTS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Applied Space Resources, Inc. 15 Cloister Lane Hicksville, NY 11801 Contact: Elizabeth Elliott 510/451-2384 eelliott@appliedspace.com FOR NOVEMBER 15, 1999 – 12 NOON RELEASE MOON EXPLORATION COMPANY APPOINTS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER […]
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Kennedy Space Center – Space Shuttle Status Report
MISSION: STS-103 – 3rd Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 LOCATION: Pad 39B TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: December 6 at 2:37 a.m. EST TARGET LANDING DATE/TIME: December 15 at […]
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Hubble Telescope Placed Into Safe Hold As Gyroscope Fails
Donald Savage Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1547) Nancy Neal Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (Phone: 301/286-0039) RELEASE: 99-136 HUBBLE TELESCOPE PLACED INTO SAFE HOLD AS GYROSCOPE FAILS NASA’s Hubble […]
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Failure of Launch of the H-II Launch Vehicle No.8 with Multi-functional Transport Satellite
The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) launched the H-II Launch Vehicle No.8 carrying the Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT) from Tanegashima Space Center at 16:29, Nov. 15, 1999 (JST). […]
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Astrobiologists Flying High to Study Leonid Meteors
Kathleen Burton NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (Phone: 650/604-1731, 650/604-9000) kburton@mail.arc.nasa.gov Laura Lewis NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (Phone: 650/604-2162, 650/604-9000) llewis@mail.arc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 99-71 NOTE TO […]
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This Week on Galileo – November 15-21, 1999
Data return continues this week as Galileo zips toward the Jupiter system and its next daring encounter with Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io. The data are stored on the spacecraft’s onboard […]
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New Explanation of Solar Eruptions Ignites Debate
Scientists Present New Theory on the Origin of Inclement “Space Weather” that Disrupts Satellites, Cell Phones, Electric Power College Park, MD (November 15, 1999)–Increased danger to satellites, the threat of […]
