[http://www.spaceimaging.com/newsroom/attack_gallery.htm] * World Trade Center — IKONOS 1-meter pre-attack * World Trade Center — IKONOS 1-meter post attack * Manhattan — IKONOS 1-meter black/white overview with World Trade Center pre-attack […]
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Spacehab’s Astrotech closes $20 million financing with Southtrust Bank. September 10, 2001, Washington, D.C.
SPACEHAB, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS: SPAB), a leading provider of commercial space services, today announced that its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has completed a $20 million financing of its satellite processing facility […]
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Kucinich to Introduce Congressional Bill to Ban Space-based Weapons on October 2, 2001
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, October 2, 2001 Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) will introduce into the U.S. Congress land-mark legislation to ban space-based weapons. About his space-based weapons bill […]
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Cold comfort for newborn stars — ISO unmasks the icy veil around the Eagle’s fiery heart
This image was taken by the European Space Agency’s Infrared Space Observatory, ISO, which operated until May 1998 and which is, so far, the best infrared space telescope astronomers have […]
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Lockheed Martin-led National Team passes major design milestone for next generation military communications satellite program
The Advanced Extremely High Frequency (Advanced EHF) National Team of Lockheed Martin Space Systems, TRW Space & Electronics and Boeing Satellite Systems has successfully completed the system Preliminary Design Review […]
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AIP FYI #113: Mikulski on Doubling NSF: “The Appropriators Cannot Do It Alone”
When the House and Senate return next week the most important tasks facing them will be passing the final versions of thirteen appropriations bills. One bill that will be closely […]
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Two Amateur Astronomers from the Pacific Rim to Share the 2001 Edgar Wilson Award for the Discovery of Comets
Cambridge, MA — To some observers, comets are the dirty snowballs of the solar system that only occasionally appear in the nighttime sky. To others, comets are the “white whales” […]
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Aerojet Successfully Test Fires World’s Largest Monolithic Solid Rocket Motor
Aerojet today successfully test fired a full-scale, 67-foot demonstration solid rocket motor for 95 seconds at thrust levels ranging from 285,000 to 390,000 pounds of thrust. The motor, strapped horizontally […]
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‘Quantum weirdness’ may lead to more accurate global positioning system, MIT researchers say
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Exploiting "quantum weirdness" would dramatically improve the precision of radar, sonar, the global positioning system (GPS) and other object locators, MIT researchers report. Seth Lloyd, associate professor […]
